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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Oct 9, 2013 17:12:46 GMT 1, Breeze Block Gallery presents: Three The Hard Way: Augustine Kofie / Jerry Joker Inscoe / Christopher Derek Bruno Three-person exhibition curated by Sven Davis Breeze Block Gallery Portland OR. 7 November โ 30 November 2013
For the month of November, Breeze Block Gallery is very proud to present Three The Hard Way; a three-person exhibition featuring Augustine Kofie, Jerry Joker Inscoe and Christopher Derek Bruno.
All three artists come from a graffiti background, and are firmly established members of the pioneering Transcend graffiti collective. These highly versatile artists are equally known for their large-scale mural projects, as well as their own very individual voices in a gallery setting. Traditional letterforms are abstracted into geometric configurations within their work; and dimension, form and space are considered and explored within their dynamic compositions. Their collective approach to art-making is steeped in academic discourse, and whilst retaining the vibrancy of their graffiti backgrounds, traditional art movements such as Futurism, Abstract Expressionism and Precisionism are also embraced by the visual vocabulary imbued within their work. The exhibition title itself is a literal reference to the historical terminology Hard-Edge painting; which was first coined in the late fifties and used to describe intense and abrupt delineation of color within the burgeoning Geometric Abstraction and Op-art movements. Whilst these artists acknowledge and embrace movements of the past, they confidently stand outside of historical classification and have established themselves as a core group of protagonists defining a contemporary movement they have made their own.
Whilst the three artists have shown together previously in larger group exhibitions, Three The Hard Way is the first time that this trifecta has shown together in a collaborative environment. For the month of November the three artists will take over both of Breeze Blockโs gallery spaces for an installation that incorporates the full range of multi-facetted oeuvres from each of these influential creators.
The exhibition opens at Breeze Block Gallery in Portland on Thursday 7th November 2013 6-10pm. All three artists will be present.
About Augustine Kofie Inspired by the basic building blocks of the geometric world, Augustine Kofie has formed a retro-futuristic aesthetic which transplants these shapes and angles into a soulful, organic, yet highly mathematical form of abstraction. Merging his traditional graffiti education, his inclination toward โcertain colour forms and certain application techniquesโ, with his deep love of illustration and preliminary design, his fondness for โdrafts, architectural renderings and pre-production conceptsโ, Kofie plays with form and line, with balance and depth, twisting and manipulating his murals, his illustrations, his compositions, into ever new and dramatic arrangements.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kofieโs instinct to draw was cultivated through the creativity of his mother. Whilst she was studying fine arts at UCLA, Kofie was using the supplies that lay around his house to start experimenting on his own, he starting to excel in drawing by the time he had reached middle school. Whilst his art education never went further than high school, Kofieโs real training was garnered through his time spent painting graffiti, he coming to prominence in the Los Angeles graffiti scene by the mid 1990s. Giving him an extensive understanding of both โcolour and layering, points of perspective and arrangementโ, graffiti not only gave Kofie his technical foundation however, it also provided the underpinning for his love of construction and form: Through drafting and sketching wildstyle pieces, โstretching the letters out and rebuilding them, giving them varied points of perspective and basically building shapes outโ, Kofie began to understand the architectural basis of writing, an understanding pushing him to focus on the linear rather than alphabetic aspects of his work. Having also felt that he had made an honest contribution to the LA graffiti scene, Kofieโs evolutionary drive meant he soon began to โdistort and manipulateโ his work, attempting to โre-contribute and redistribute something newโ.
Developing his aesthetic into an almost pure abstraction then, dominated by the simple squares, triangles and circles that make up our structural universe, Kofieโs relentless desire to experiment and explore his visual surroundings meant he was forced to engage in a constant test of his own mind-set and preconceived ideas, each work an attempt to find a geometrical solution to a graphical problem. Putting his entire soul into his work, into his craft, Kofie has thus formed an intensely layered, earthy, dynamic style of contemporary muralism, an illustrative practice which digs deep and looks forward, a practice which surveys the future and the past at very the same time.
About Christopher Derek Bruno Christopher Derek Bruno is a maker above all other things. After his education in industrial design, Derek moved about the United States cultivating his approach to the design/fabrication of furniture, and sculpture based imagery. Currently residing in his hometown of Atlanta, his recent work intends to explore the cognitive visual experience using (but not limited to) a set of 0-dimensional points bound by 1-dimensional lines, combined to make 2-d planes, organized into 3-d forms, applied to objects with the express purpose of creating a 4-dimensional relationship with someone else. A highly versatile artist, his gallery work utilises his fabrication skills along with his background as a graffiti artist and muralist to create visually arresting dimensional works.
About Jerry Inscoe At first glance, Jerry Inscoeโs gallery work appears to be a formal extension of a Deconstructivist style of typography. Letters are fragmented and sheared, stretched and re-formed with precision. Itโs a science of Post-modern typographic abstraction, one that is characterized by unpredictability and controlled chaos. Born out of the mid-eighties Graffiti scene in Washington DC, Jerryโs work evolved over the years and matured, shifting from the early New York-influenced models to a more abstract and idealistic take on what Graffiti could be. He incorporated aspects of his undergraduate design education and a myriad of other influences into his work, including architecture and industrial design. This infused Jerry with the desire to create highly original work. A pioneer of the post-graffiti scene, he is the leader of the Transcend Collective โ an abstract graffiti crew that established an experimental aesthetic. He is now based in Portland, Oregon.
About Transcend Started by Joker (from Washington DC) and Carl123 (from Manchester, UK) in 1990, Transcend is an artists collective whose sole purpose is to constantly evolve, and break personal ground. Originality is most important but the pursuit of constant progression is also important in reaching their goals. Those early years saw the Transcend collective consist of Joker, Carl123, SheOne, Req, Persue and Felon. A few years later, Poesia joined Transcend, followed by Mune, Kema, Ouija and photographer Anna Antik in the late nineties. UK based O.Two, fittingly; brought Transcend into the 21st century, and more recently Augustine Kofie, Duncan Jago and Christopher Derek Bruno were inducted into the group to continue to push the boundaries that Transcend has become known for.
Contact Details For more information, images, preview or sales inquiries, please contact Paige Prendergast: paige@breezeblockgallery.com Breeze Block Gallery 323 NW 6th Ave. Portland OR 97209 USA breezeblockgallery.com/ Phone +011 503318.6228
Useful Links breezeblockgallery.com keepdrafting.com/ www.christopherderekbruno.com/ jerryinscoe.com/ www.facebook.com/transcendcollective
Breeze Block Gallery presents: Three The Hard Way: Augustine Kofie / Jerry Joker Inscoe / Christopher Derek BrunoThree-person exhibition curated by Sven Davis Breeze Block Gallery Portland OR. 7 November โ 30 November 2013 For the month of November, Breeze Block Gallery is very proud to present Three The Hard Way; a three-person exhibition featuring Augustine Kofie, Jerry Joker Inscoe and Christopher Derek Bruno. All three artists come from a graffiti background, and are firmly established members of the pioneering Transcend graffiti collective. These highly versatile artists are equally known for their large-scale mural projects, as well as their own very individual voices in a gallery setting. Traditional letterforms are abstracted into geometric configurations within their work; and dimension, form and space are considered and explored within their dynamic compositions. Their collective approach to art-making is steeped in academic discourse, and whilst retaining the vibrancy of their graffiti backgrounds, traditional art movements such as Futurism, Abstract Expressionism and Precisionism are also embraced by the visual vocabulary imbued within their work. The exhibition title itself is a literal reference to the historical terminology Hard-Edge painting; which was first coined in the late fifties and used to describe intense and abrupt delineation of color within the burgeoning Geometric Abstraction and Op-art movements. Whilst these artists acknowledge and embrace movements of the past, they confidently stand outside of historical classification and have established themselves as a core group of protagonists defining a contemporary movement they have made their own. Whilst the three artists have shown together previously in larger group exhibitions, Three The Hard Way is the first time that this trifecta has shown together in a collaborative environment. For the month of November the three artists will take over both of Breeze Blockโs gallery spaces for an installation that incorporates the full range of multi-facetted oeuvres from each of these influential creators. The exhibition opens at Breeze Block Gallery in Portland on Thursday 7th November 2013 6-10pm. All three artists will be present.About Augustine KofieInspired by the basic building blocks of the geometric world, Augustine Kofie has formed a retro-futuristic aesthetic which transplants these shapes and angles into a soulful, organic, yet highly mathematical form of abstraction. Merging his traditional graffiti education, his inclination toward โcertain colour forms and certain application techniquesโ, with his deep love of illustration and preliminary design, his fondness for โdrafts, architectural renderings and pre-production conceptsโ, Kofie plays with form and line, with balance and depth, twisting and manipulating his murals, his illustrations, his compositions, into ever new and dramatic arrangements. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kofieโs instinct to draw was cultivated through the creativity of his mother. Whilst she was studying fine arts at UCLA, Kofie was using the supplies that lay around his house to start experimenting on his own, he starting to excel in drawing by the time he had reached middle school. Whilst his art education never went further than high school, Kofieโs real training was garnered through his time spent painting graffiti, he coming to prominence in the Los Angeles graffiti scene by the mid 1990s. Giving him an extensive understanding of both โcolour and layering, points of perspective and arrangementโ, graffiti not only gave Kofie his technical foundation however, it also provided the underpinning for his love of construction and form: Through drafting and sketching wildstyle pieces, โstretching the letters out and rebuilding them, giving them varied points of perspective and basically building shapes outโ, Kofie began to understand the architectural basis of writing, an understanding pushing him to focus on the linear rather than alphabetic aspects of his work. Having also felt that he had made an honest contribution to the LA graffiti scene, Kofieโs evolutionary drive meant he soon began to โdistort and manipulateโ his work, attempting to โre-contribute and redistribute something newโ. Developing his aesthetic into an almost pure abstraction then, dominated by the simple squares, triangles and circles that make up our structural universe, Kofieโs relentless desire to experiment and explore his visual surroundings meant he was forced to engage in a constant test of his own mind-set and preconceived ideas, each work an attempt to find a geometrical solution to a graphical problem. Putting his entire soul into his work, into his craft, Kofie has thus formed an intensely layered, earthy, dynamic style of contemporary muralism, an illustrative practice which digs deep and looks forward, a practice which surveys the future and the past at very the same time. About Christopher Derek BrunoChristopher Derek Bruno is a maker above all other things. After his education in industrial design, Derek moved about the United States cultivating his approach to the design/fabrication of furniture, and sculpture based imagery. Currently residing in his hometown of Atlanta, his recent work intends to explore the cognitive visual experience using (but not limited to) a set of 0-dimensional points bound by 1-dimensional lines, combined to make 2-d planes, organized into 3-d forms, applied to objects with the express purpose of creating a 4-dimensional relationship with someone else. A highly versatile artist, his gallery work utilises his fabrication skills along with his background as a graffiti artist and muralist to create visually arresting dimensional works. About Jerry InscoeAt first glance, Jerry Inscoeโs gallery work appears to be a formal extension of a Deconstructivist style of typography. Letters are fragmented and sheared, stretched and re-formed with precision. Itโs a science of Post-modern typographic abstraction, one that is characterized by unpredictability and controlled chaos. Born out of the mid-eighties Graffiti scene in Washington DC, Jerryโs work evolved over the years and matured, shifting from the early New York-influenced models to a more abstract and idealistic take on what Graffiti could be. He incorporated aspects of his undergraduate design education and a myriad of other influences into his work, including architecture and industrial design. This infused Jerry with the desire to create highly original work. A pioneer of the post-graffiti scene, he is the leader of the Transcend Collective โ an abstract graffiti crew that established an experimental aesthetic. He is now based in Portland, Oregon. About TranscendStarted by Joker (from Washington DC) and Carl123 (from Manchester, UK) in 1990, Transcend is an artists collective whose sole purpose is to constantly evolve, and break personal ground. Originality is most important but the pursuit of constant progression is also important in reaching their goals. Those early years saw the Transcend collective consist of Joker, Carl123, SheOne, Req, Persue and Felon. A few years later, Poesia joined Transcend, followed by Mune, Kema, Ouija and photographer Anna Antik in the late nineties. UK based O.Two, fittingly; brought Transcend into the 21st century, and more recently Augustine Kofie, Duncan Jago and Christopher Derek Bruno were inducted into the group to continue to push the boundaries that Transcend has become known for. Contact DetailsFor more information, images, preview or sales inquiries, please contact Paige Prendergast: paige@breezeblockgallery.comBreeze Block Gallery 323 NW 6th Ave. Portland OR 97209 USA breezeblockgallery.com/Phone +011 503318.6228 Useful Links breezeblockgallery.com keepdrafting.com/ www.christopherderekbruno.com/ jerryinscoe.com/ www.facebook.com/transcendcollective
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Oct 28, 2013 19:52:50 GMT 1, Some of the yardstick framing from Augustine Kofie's work in the show...
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by graffuturism on Oct 28, 2013 20:34:41 GMT 1, Cant wait for this Show I am so glad you were able to put this together Sven. This will my highlight of the year watching this Trio work together. You have the trifecta 3 generations represented The Founder, The contemporary Star, and the young rising star.
Cant wait for this Show I am so glad you were able to put this together Sven. This will my highlight of the year watching this Trio work together. You have the trifecta 3 generations represented The Founder, The contemporary Star, and the young rising star.
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svenman
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Oct 28, 2013 21:43:40 GMT 1, Cant wait for this Show I am so glad you were able to put this together Sven. This will my highlight of the year watching this Trio work together. You have the trifecta 3 generations represented The Founder, The contemporary Star, and the young rising star. Thanks Poesia. This is certainly going to be a highlight of my year too. I have a lot of respect for all of these guys individually, their work is looking fantastic, but most of all i'm very excited to see how they pull the installation together.
Cant wait for this Show I am so glad you were able to put this together Sven. This will my highlight of the year watching this Trio work together. You have the trifecta 3 generations represented The Founder, The contemporary Star, and the young rising star. Thanks Poesia. This is certainly going to be a highlight of my year too. I have a lot of respect for all of these guys individually, their work is looking fantastic, but most of all i'm very excited to see how they pull the installation together.
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Nov 2, 2013 23:21:03 GMT 1, Augustine Kofie studio visit on Hi Fructose...
While most established artists who started out in graffiti move on to something more pictorial, Augustine Kofieโs evolution went in the other direction. The artist, inspired by the geometry of letterforms early on, abstracted the building blocks of graffiti until there was no semantic meaning left, leaving us with geometric forms that faintly echo the structure of the letterform. Kofieโs work takes from the avant-garde of the past century. While his color palette of mustard yellows and mossy greens evokes 1970s kitsch, his geometric forms, mapped out with mathematical precision, recall the high-velocity compositions of Futurists like Kazimir Malevich. Augustine Kofie will be in a three-person show, โThree the Hardway,โ alongside Jerry โJokerโ Inscoe and Christopher Derek Bruno, opening November 7 at Breeze Block Gallery in Portland. The three artists are members of the Transcend graffiti collective and share a mutual love for geometric abstraction. Take a look at some shots from Kofieโs studio by Sunny Phono below.
Loads more pictures here...
Augustine Kofie studio visit on Hi Fructose... While most established artists who started out in graffiti move on to something more pictorial, Augustine Kofieโs evolution went in the other direction. The artist, inspired by the geometry of letterforms early on, abstracted the building blocks of graffiti until there was no semantic meaning left, leaving us with geometric forms that faintly echo the structure of the letterform. Kofieโs work takes from the avant-garde of the past century. While his color palette of mustard yellows and mossy greens evokes 1970s kitsch, his geometric forms, mapped out with mathematical precision, recall the high-velocity compositions of Futurists like Kazimir Malevich. Augustine Kofie will be in a three-person show, โThree the Hardway,โ alongside Jerry โJokerโ Inscoe and Christopher Derek Bruno, opening November 7 at Breeze Block Gallery in Portland. The three artists are members of the Transcend graffiti collective and share a mutual love for geometric abstraction. Take a look at some shots from Kofieโs studio by Sunny Phono below. Loads more pictures here...
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by brownbuffalo13 on Nov 3, 2013 18:47:39 GMT 1, can't wait for the preview, really hoping to get a small kofie piece. thanks for the images, looks like its going to be a killer show!
can't wait for the preview, really hoping to get a small kofie piece. thanks for the images, looks like its going to be a killer show!
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Nov 3, 2013 22:05:43 GMT 1, can't wait for the preview, really hoping to get a small kofie piece. thanks for the images, looks like its going to be a killer show! this is one of my most anticipated shows of the year brownbuffalo13
Kofie is known for going big, or when he makes small pieces they are more like studies of clipboard pieces. Thhis show will have a range of sizes from 10x10 inches upwards, all at nice affordable prices and house friendly sizes. the work looks great and is amongst his very best i've seen. preview pdf is all ready to go out really soon.
here's a look at some of the smaller pieces.
can't wait for the preview, really hoping to get a small kofie piece. thanks for the images, looks like its going to be a killer show! this is one of my most anticipated shows of the year brownbuffalo13Kofie is known for going big, or when he makes small pieces they are more like studies of clipboard pieces. Thhis show will have a range of sizes from 10x10 inches upwards, all at nice affordable prices and house friendly sizes. the work looks great and is amongst his very best i've seen. preview pdf is all ready to go out really soon. here's a look at some of the smaller pieces.
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by Gard on Nov 4, 2013 10:08:14 GMT 1, Looks like a killer exhibition svenman. I just recently learned to appreciate Kofies art, and I must say that the more I see the more I love it. Have a big canvas on it's way, but i may need some smaller pieces to hang around the house
Looks like a killer exhibition svenman. I just recently learned to appreciate Kofies art, and I must say that the more I see the more I love it. Have a big canvas on it's way, but i may need some smaller pieces to hang around the house
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Nov 5, 2013 1:20:20 GMT 1, Looks like a killer exhibition svenman. I just recently learned to appreciate Kofies art, and I must say that the more I see the more I love it. Have a big canvas on it's way, but i may need some smaller pieces to hang around the house Well, this could be your best chance at some smaller to medium scale pieces Gard !!
preview will be going out very soon.
if anyone is interested, get at paige@breezeblockgallery.com to request the pdf.
Looks like a killer exhibition svenman. I just recently learned to appreciate Kofies art, and I must say that the more I see the more I love it. Have a big canvas on it's way, but i may need some smaller pieces to hang around the house Well, this could be your best chance at some smaller to medium scale pieces Gard !! preview will be going out very soon. if anyone is interested, get at paige@breezeblockgallery.com to request the pdf.
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Nov 5, 2013 1:20:34 GMT 1, Remi Rough wrote an interesting article on the 'Three the hard way' exhibition, featured on Vandalog here...
blog.vandalog.com/2013/11/three-the-hard-way-triple-interview-with-kofie-joker-and-derek-bruno/
He wrote of the historical context of the 3 artists and conducted interviews with Jerry, Derek and Augustine. Well worth a read. Here's an extract...
Work like this is not mainstream. It swims against that with every fibre of itโs being. It struggles for a larger acceptance because people opt for the safety and reassurance of the obvious. This isnโt only the case with the viewers and art fans, itโs largely the case within the whole graffiti movement itselfโฆ But the fact that these 3 have managed to command the respect they so rightly deserve from the more traditional fraternity only goes to secure their places in the future of the art world.
I asked all three a set of tailored questions and asked them all to supply one image taken by Android phone. My thoughts were that in modern society we all have at least 3 points to make everyday and all use our phones as visual reference on a daily basis.
Remi Rough wrote an interesting article on the 'Three the hard way' exhibition, featured on Vandalog here... blog.vandalog.com/2013/11/three-the-hard-way-triple-interview-with-kofie-joker-and-derek-bruno/He wrote of the historical context of the 3 artists and conducted interviews with Jerry, Derek and Augustine. Well worth a read. Here's an extract... Work like this is not mainstream. It swims against that with every fibre of itโs being. It struggles for a larger acceptance because people opt for the safety and reassurance of the obvious. This isnโt only the case with the viewers and art fans, itโs largely the case within the whole graffiti movement itselfโฆ But the fact that these 3 have managed to command the respect they so rightly deserve from the more traditional fraternity only goes to secure their places in the future of the art world.
I asked all three a set of tailored questions and asked them all to supply one image taken by Android phone. My thoughts were that in modern society we all have at least 3 points to make everyday and all use our phones as visual reference on a daily basis.
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by brownbuffalo13 on Nov 5, 2013 1:30:54 GMT 1, can't wait for the preview, if only i can make it in person to see it!!
can't wait for the preview, if only i can make it in person to see it!!
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by sal on Nov 6, 2013 0:25:31 GMT 1, Some of Derek Bruno's new work for the 'Three the Hard Way' exhibition posted on BOOOOOOOM! today. How does he get so much clean transparency with spray paint?!?? From these photos I have a feeling his work went a whole step up in quality and precision.. Well done!
Some of Derek Bruno's new work for the 'Three the Hard Way' exhibition posted on BOOOOOOOM! today. How does he get so much clean transparency with spray paint?!?? From these photos I have a feeling his work went a whole step up in quality and precision.. Well done!
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Nov 6, 2013 22:24:36 GMT 1, Some of Derek Bruno's new work for the 'Three the Hard Way' exhibition posted on BOOOOOOOM! today. How does he get so much clean transparency with spray paint?!?? From these photos I have a feeling his work went a whole step up in quality and precision.. Well done!
17 years of can-rattling I guess sal !!
Here's some pics of the installation going down from yesterday...
Some of Derek Bruno's new work for the 'Three the Hard Way' exhibition posted on BOOOOOOOM! today. How does he get so much clean transparency with spray paint?!?? From these photos I have a feeling his work went a whole step up in quality and precision.. Well done! 17 years of can-rattling I guess sal !! Here's some pics of the installation going down from yesterday...
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by craigf on Nov 6, 2013 22:44:54 GMT 1, A fantastic body of work Sven, lots of temptation
A fantastic body of work Sven, lots of temptation
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by sal on Nov 7, 2013 0:30:43 GMT 1, with each little preview photo I see, the works seems to look a tiny bit better than the last one I saw.. really excited about this!
with each little preview photo I see, the works seems to look a tiny bit better than the last one I saw.. really excited about this!
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Nov 7, 2013 16:35:00 GMT 1, Thanks Poesia for posting the link. I was looking forward to see how Carlos's and Kofie's interview came out. Thanks for your support of the show also.
Brooklyn Street Art did a nice preview article on the show today.... These guys get it as well...
Traditional letterforms are melting and straightening and refracting and layering and abstracting and slicing into geometric forms tonight in Portland Oregon as โThree The Hard Wayโ opens with men who came up through graffiti and embraced a new enthusiasm for this modern visual vocabulary.
Hard in this case doesnโt refer to their individual dispositions but it may refer to the amount of effort and skill they each have put into building a body of work, and a point of view. Naturally it also name-checks Hard-Edge painting and the surety and confidence you have to have to make choices in your art.
So here you are, some fresh images of some of the new works on display tonight by Augustine Kofie, Jerry Joker Inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno, three artists whose large scale works on the street have taken different directions over the last decades but now all have led to this one place.
Lucky folk in Portland will meet all three if they go tonight. Congratulations to the curator who possesses an architectural sensibility, Sven Davis, for creating this sharp focus on dimension, form, composition, and space. This trio smartly soars.
Here's a few images. Lots more on their blog...
Thanks Poesia for posting the link. I was looking forward to see how Carlos's and Kofie's interview came out. Thanks for your support of the show also. Brooklyn Street Art did a nice preview article on the show today.... These guys get it as well... Traditional letterforms are melting and straightening and refracting and layering and abstracting and slicing into geometric forms tonight in Portland Oregon as โThree The Hard Wayโ opens with men who came up through graffiti and embraced a new enthusiasm for this modern visual vocabulary.
Hard in this case doesnโt refer to their individual dispositions but it may refer to the amount of effort and skill they each have put into building a body of work, and a point of view. Naturally it also name-checks Hard-Edge painting and the surety and confidence you have to have to make choices in your art.
So here you are, some fresh images of some of the new works on display tonight by Augustine Kofie, Jerry Joker Inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno, three artists whose large scale works on the street have taken different directions over the last decades but now all have led to this one place.
Lucky folk in Portland will meet all three if they go tonight. Congratulations to the curator who possesses an architectural sensibility, Sven Davis, for creating this sharp focus on dimension, form, composition, and space. This trio smartly soars.Here's a few images. Lots more on their blog...
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Nov 30, 2013 17:32:35 GMT 1, Today's the last day of the hugely successful Three the Hard Way exhibition featuring Augustine Kofie, Jerry Inscoe and Christopher Derek Bruno at Breeze Block Gallery. If you're in Portland, its your last chance to check it out for yourself...
Some very kind words on the show from Graffuturism:
Three The Hard Way opened last week at Portlandโs Breeze Block Gallery. The exhibition curated by Sven Davis of Arrested Motion featured recent works from Augustine Kofie, Jerry Inscoe and Christopher Derek Bruno. Besides having a common interest in the geometric and linear aesthetics, the 3 are also all members of the Transcend Collective, a group Jerry started in 1990. Sven did an excellent job of curating this exhibition bridging the aesthetics with a common collective that weaves the trio together in a broader conversation. Being able to see all three artists work exhibited together is significant, 3 generations of writers who have all individually made a name for themselves in the past and present. This exhibition might may resemble your traditional art show with some great works, yet because of the range that these artists cover and will cover in the future historically, I tend to view the show as more of a survey. This exhibition covers so much territory with the 3 artistsโฆ. Jerry the pioneer, Kofie, considered one of todayโs top artists, and Christopher Derek Bruno, the rising star who will I am sure be the future. Although we can categorize the artists in past, present, and future tenses, Three The Hard Way shows us that these artists are all just hitting their stride and have much more to show us. Besides the remarkable individual pieces from the artists the highlight of the exhibition has to be the collaborative installation that shows just how in tune these artists are with each other as well as taking over a space. We hope anyone in or near Portland, Oregon takes the time to see this show before it comes down November 30th, you wont be let down.
Check that article here, along with a ton of pictures. graffuturism.com/2013/11/15/three-the-hard-way-new-work-by-augustine-kofie-jerry-joker-inscoe-and-christopher-derek-bruno/
More coverage and pictures courtesy of Arrested Motion and VNA below:
arrestedmotion.com/2013/11/opneings-three-the-hard-way-breeze-block-gallery/
verynearlyalmost.com/dev/2013/11/three-the-hard-way/
Thanks to everyone that supported the show - i know a few forum members picked up pieces from the show. Hope you enjoy them!
Today's the last day of the hugely successful Three the Hard Way exhibition featuring Augustine Kofie, Jerry Inscoe and Christopher Derek Bruno at Breeze Block Gallery. If you're in Portland, its your last chance to check it out for yourself... Some very kind words on the show from Graffuturism: Three The Hard Way opened last week at Portlandโs Breeze Block Gallery. The exhibition curated by Sven Davis of Arrested Motion featured recent works from Augustine Kofie, Jerry Inscoe and Christopher Derek Bruno. Besides having a common interest in the geometric and linear aesthetics, the 3 are also all members of the Transcend Collective, a group Jerry started in 1990. Sven did an excellent job of curating this exhibition bridging the aesthetics with a common collective that weaves the trio together in a broader conversation. Being able to see all three artists work exhibited together is significant, 3 generations of writers who have all individually made a name for themselves in the past and present. This exhibition might may resemble your traditional art show with some great works, yet because of the range that these artists cover and will cover in the future historically, I tend to view the show as more of a survey. This exhibition covers so much territory with the 3 artistsโฆ. Jerry the pioneer, Kofie, considered one of todayโs top artists, and Christopher Derek Bruno, the rising star who will I am sure be the future. Although we can categorize the artists in past, present, and future tenses, Three The Hard Way shows us that these artists are all just hitting their stride and have much more to show us. Besides the remarkable individual pieces from the artists the highlight of the exhibition has to be the collaborative installation that shows just how in tune these artists are with each other as well as taking over a space. We hope anyone in or near Portland, Oregon takes the time to see this show before it comes down November 30th, you wont be let down.Check that article here, along with a ton of pictures. graffuturism.com/2013/11/15/three-the-hard-way-new-work-by-augustine-kofie-jerry-joker-inscoe-and-christopher-derek-bruno/More coverage and pictures courtesy of Arrested Motion and VNA below: arrestedmotion.com/2013/11/opneings-three-the-hard-way-breeze-block-gallery/verynearlyalmost.com/dev/2013/11/three-the-hard-way/Thanks to everyone that supported the show - i know a few forum members picked up pieces from the show. Hope you enjoy them!
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by kendo on Nov 30, 2013 17:48:24 GMT 1, Looks like a fantastic show once again - they just get better and better! Can't wait for my Kofie piece to arrive
Looks like a fantastic show once again - they just get better and better! Can't wait for my Kofie piece to arrive
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Nov 30, 2013 18:04:06 GMT 1, You made a great choice on your piece kendo
You made a great choice on your piece kendo
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by Agent Provocateur on Nov 30, 2013 18:09:34 GMT 1, WOW! I seemed to hav missed this whole show!
Gr8 trio of artists that work really well together in the same space, balancing each others styles and complimenting each other at the same time. A really strong body of work too, can't see a filler anywhere.
I am a AK fanboy, love his work, the studio work-in-progress shots and the final pieces are just fantastic! I covet... and plan to own one oneday, fingers crossed.
ps. awesome G North try within 2 mins of the game against Australia
WOW! I seemed to hav missed this whole show! Gr8 trio of artists that work really well together in the same space, balancing each others styles and complimenting each other at the same time. A really strong body of work too, can't see a filler anywhere. I am a AK fanboy, love his work, the studio work-in-progress shots and the final pieces are just fantastic! I covet... and plan to own one oneday, fingers crossed. ps. awesome G North try within 2 mins of the game against Australia
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by morgan on Nov 30, 2013 20:32:30 GMT 1, I too am a Kofie fanboy, he is amazing!
I too am a Kofie fanboy, he is amazing!
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by kendo on Nov 30, 2013 20:35:52 GMT 1, You made a great choice on your piece kendo Thanks svenman - it was a hard choice! They are all fantastic!
You made a great choice on your piece kendoThanks svenman - it was a hard choice! They are all fantastic!
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by .dappy on Nov 30, 2013 20:54:39 GMT 1, I deliberately did not request / open a pdf / read through this Thread / look at Sven's Facebook page / or any emails / as I saw just from the few photos that hit me what great stuff there was ... and I just would not have been able to resist buying something. GL to those who did not that you need Luck!
All the Best to Paige and Sven for another great collection of artists and show.
I deliberately did not request / open a pdf / read through this Thread / look at Sven's Facebook page / or any emails / as I saw just from the few photos that hit me what great stuff there was ... and I just would not have been able to resist buying something. GL to those who did not that you need Luck! All the Best to Paige and Sven for another great collection of artists and show.
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Augustine Kofie, Jerry inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno @ BBG, by svenman on Dec 1, 2013 15:29:10 GMT 1, I deliberately did not request / open a pdf / read through this Thread / look at Sven's Facebook page / or any emails / as I saw just from the few photos that hit me what great stuff there was ... and I just would not have been able to resist buying something. GL to those who did not that you need Luck! All the Best to Paige and Sven for another great collection of artists and show. You should just give in .dappy !!
Thanks for the kind words guys. I think the way the 3 guys combined their aesthetics for the mural / installation worked wonderfully. The dimensional elements that Derek used gave an interesting dynamic.
I deliberately did not request / open a pdf / read through this Thread / look at Sven's Facebook page / or any emails / as I saw just from the few photos that hit me what great stuff there was ... and I just would not have been able to resist buying something. GL to those who did not that you need Luck! All the Best to Paige and Sven for another great collection of artists and show. You should just give in .dappy !! Thanks for the kind words guys. I think the way the 3 guys combined their aesthetics for the mural / installation worked wonderfully. The dimensional elements that Derek used gave an interesting dynamic.
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