Fountain Art Fair Recap

Jason Mitchell and Adam Suerte had a blast at the Fountain Art Fair repping Urban Folk Art® Studios. They showcased their work, as well as the work of UFA® Gallery regulars KEO XMEN, Dr. REVOLT, Mark Bode, TRIKE GND, and VEEFER. It wasn't an easy set up, they didn't have chairs the whole weekend, but they managed to network, sell some work, and entertain ,friends and fans, and meet some great fellow artists.

Jason Setting up his wallpaper and framed sketchbook pages

Booth all done, Photo by Dr. Revolt

Table set up with comics, tshirts,  patches, and free schwaag. Who knew the patches would be the best sellers? 

Adam, Dr. Revolt and Jason

Adam's old friend and new patron Robert Downey Sr.

 Jason's sketchbook pages looking spiffy

Old friend , Jesse Jones from Yuppicide stooped by to say hi. Urban Folk Art® used to print Yuppicide shirts back in the early 90's.

 

Fred Perry NYC instagrammed us at the fair by way of Jason sporting their wares all weekend long.

Graffiti wall and a close up of Keo and Bode's work

Jason in front of one of his Skroull mirrors

In front of all of his mirrors

Cope2 stopped by and hung with TRIKE, 

Queen Andrea was hanging out next door with some of her work 

Dr. Revolt in front of his work, and Suerte/Mitchell collabos

Thanks to everyone who came out, the old friends and the new ones we made that weekend, cheers!

Fountain Art Fair 2014

Urban Folk Art® Gallery will have a booth at the renowned Fountain Art Fair this weekend. Mainly works by founders Adam Suerte and Jason Mitchell, It will also have work by UFA® pals and Graffiti legends Mark Bode, Keo Xmen, Dr. Revolt, Trike One, and Veefer. It opens Friday from 5pm – 11pm at the 69th regiment Armory at 68 Lexington ave (@ 24-25th street) and is open Sat from 12pm-7pm    and Sunday from 12-5pm. It’s a great way to see some great art. here’s the facebook page.

Come out and say Hi, check out some great art!

Booth D-104

“Fountain Art Fair was founded in 2006 as an attempt to leverage support for smaller independent galleries, collectives and artists who wished to gain access to a larger audience of collectors and critics. From its roots deep within the independent Williamsburg, Brooklyn art scene, Fountain has grown to represent over 80 international avant garde galleries and projects, showcasing progressive primary-market works in New York, Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Fountain Art Fair has received critical acclaim for its uniquely alternative art fair model and genuine dedication to the artists and galleries who share in its vision and ideology. Celebrated as the first of a new influential generation of alternative fairs, Fountain is reinterpreting the concept of the art fair experience and paving a new path for the future of contemporary art.
Fountain Art Fair is the foundation upon which a whole generation of working artists and galleries are able to engage the global art market on their on terms. As a family, Fountain comes together to define an accessible alternative vision for the future of contemporary art.”

It's Alive 2 show Oct 19th: Mark Bode, Dr.Revolt and Stan 153!

Next fri Oct 19th 7-10 will Mark the return of the It's Alive show (It's Alive 2'). 

Mark Bode, Dr. Revolt, and Stan 153 will fill the gallery with new works. The first show was legendary. The show will also be the release party for a never published Miami Mice comic by Mark Bode (published by Urban Folk Art® Studios), as well as the release of the new Miami Mice puzzle from Tools of The Trade (ttotglobal.com). There will also be silkscreen prints signed by all the artists from the first show and new prints for the second show.

For immediate release:

Urban Folk Art® Studios and Brooklyn Tattoo® is proud to re- present the work of Mark Bode, Dr.Revolt, and Stan 153. The first ‘It’s Alive ‘ Show in March of 2010 was the 2^nd gallery opening UFA studios presented, and has stood as the most well received. The show will include new works from Dr. Revolt, Mark Bode, Stan 153 and Jean 13.  Lets recap if anyone hasn’t been doing their graffiti history homework, Dr Revolt is one of the founding members of The Rolling Thunder Writers (RTW) and is infamous for taking over the 1 subway line with his signature graffiti  style (and creator of the ‘Yo MTV Raps’ logo). Stan 153, who got his start on the corner of 153rd Street and Eight Avenue defined the landscape of Harlem in the dawn of graffiti history, the 1970’s. He has been documented in The Faith of  Graffiti by Norman Mailer.. Mark Bode, son of the legendary comic book artist, Vaughn Bode, has developed a worldwide following for taking his family legacy and applying it to the comic and tattoo worlds, and has currently been showing art, painting murals (tributes to his own and his father’s notorious comic characters such as Cheech Wizard), and keeping his bloodline’s legacy alive worldwide. 

The show will be up through Nov 19th.

Here's the Facebook event page.

and while yer at it, here's Urban Folk Art's facebook page, Like it!

Miami Mice cover

Miami Mice Puzzle From Tools of The Trade

"Its Alive" show exceeded our expectations

So the show was amazing. The place was packed with Writers from past decades, the artists that inspired us when we were young green writers. Never in my life I thought I'd be staning in the same room with the likes of CASE2, NOC167, JAMESTOP, ZEPHYR, CHINO, and many more, as well as the guests of honor STAN153, DR.REVOLT, MARK BODE, and JEAN13 (who couldnt make it, unfortunately). Other crews represented TPA, 3YB, RTW,TATS CREW,OTB, and many, many more. Here are a couple pictures I took, Look out for more by the great Joe Russo, and if you are on Facebook, check out these links

Suerte's pictures

Omar's shots

and link up with the gallery!

UPDATE: JOE RUSSO'S PICTURES BELOW

JOE RUSSO'S WEBSITE

alos, Joe Russo's extensive covreage of the event on facebook

                                                               CASE2 and STAN153

                                                                One of the get up walls

 Mark Bode just aquired his father Vaughn's hat from a family friend, above is a photo of Vaughn wearing said hat.

                                                                 BODE and SUERTE

                                                                   Evil DR. REVOLT

                                                               Artists and artist/curators

                                               Here are some of Joe Russo's Pictures below.

                                                                      Joe's website

                                                                  
                                                                       As Jae Era said

There's a big, big chance you wouldn't have seen this picture back in the 70's when I was growing up in The Bronx. The Spades were a power and The Nomads were another. This image is the representation of our turf, of The Bronx.

       Curators Omar Sanchez and Adam Suerte, Both Brooklyn natives,artists,  and ex writers themselves

 Suerte, stan153, Mark Bode, Revolt, Omar Sanchez, Tattooers,Willie Paredes and Myke Maldonado                                                             Rick Cusick from High Times Magazine.

ADAM SUERTE, BAMA, KASE2, NOC167, ERA, SLAVE, CHECKER, STAN 153, OMAR SANCHEZ, DEE3, MARK BODE, DR. REVOLT, NIC 707, NEST, LASK, BES 7...and so on and so forth. Pure magic.

Cover of the Limited Edition Comic by Bode, Revolt and Stan 153 revealed!

Back invite

Here's the back of the invite, please feel free to take it and repost, or get in touch with us for the press release, Alot of people have already rsvp'd on the Facebook event and feel free to join up on the facebook gallery page