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2 Year Birthday Party and Group Show
©POP and The Boll Family YMCA will partner up with 323East Gallery to celebrate the second anniversary of the Royal Oak fine art gallery through a unique live street art event from Friday, June 11 through Sunday, June 13. This incredible exhibition will feature several local graffiti artists as they execute live street art murals over the span of 72 hours.
The anniversary of 323East Gallery accompanies the release of My First Graffiti Coloring Book by local artist Kobie Solomon. Solomon's 26 page-coloring book satirizes contemporary children’s literature while outlining and illuminating the subculture of the urban street art phenomenon. Each page of the book depicts a different treatment of letterforms with a unique style of graffiti, poetry and character. MFGCB was first published in 2005 and has since endured a massive cover-to-cover overhaul. Since then Solomon's work has been creating quite the buzz, which was evident at Miami’s Primary Flight where Solomon caught the eye of the infamous street art documentary photographer Martha Cooper. To see pages from My First Graffiti Coloring Book please visit http://www.graffitibook.us/
“I am extremely excited about this opportunity to work with ©POP, 323 East and the YMCA in bringing this collaboration of unique talent together for this special event,” says Solomon. “Having this many gifted artists contribute their time and abilities alone is incredible, but being able to benefit younger artists at the same time is nothing less than a dream come true.”
Included in this three-day event will be visual interpretations of each page of the book by 26 different artists, both local and national, each bringing a unique representation of their individual styles. Proceeds from this event will go towards the Metro Detroit's YMCA's Y-arts program. Y-Arts is the arts and humanities branch of the YMCA of Metro Detroit, for their Art In Schools Outreach Program, an after-school art program in seven different schools around the city that provides after school instruction in traditional and media arts, spoken word, performance, music and dance.
Curator Statement
by Kobie Solomon
Few would argue the fact that audience interpretation and interaction is as integral to the creative process as execution. Without an audience, an artist is left with only a one-sided view of his/her art, and nobody to share their vision and experience. In the interest of preserving the vitality of this interaction between creator and viewer, 323East is bringing a truly unique event to downtown Royal Oak on June 11th 2010.
With My First Graffiti Coloring Book, Kobie Solomon has expanded on this interaction by presenting the public with a 26-page playground meant to inspire, entertain and educate. In a celebration of the book’s release, 323East has teamed up with ©POP to bring forth a feast of sights and sounds for all ages to enjoy. For 3 days straight, 26 artists will display their interpretation of each page of the book, while the outside, 323East Gallery will once again be transformed by local street artists in full public view with an amazing multi artist 72 hour mural.
We invite you to join us on this special occasion to witness further evidence that artists the world over are falling prey the intoxicating beauty of the graffiti letter.
The anniversary of 323East Gallery accompanies the release of My First Graffiti Coloring Book by local artist Kobie Solomon. Solomon's 26 page-coloring book satirizes contemporary children’s literature while outlining and illuminating the subculture of the urban street art phenomenon. Each page of the book depicts a different treatment of letterforms with a unique style of graffiti, poetry and character. MFGCB was first published in 2005 and has since endured a massive cover-to-cover overhaul. Since then Solomon's work has been creating quite the buzz, which was evident at Miami’s Primary Flight where Solomon caught the eye of the infamous street art documentary photographer Martha Cooper. To see pages from My First Graffiti Coloring Book please visit http://www.graffitibook.us/
“I am extremely excited about this opportunity to work with ©POP, 323 East and the YMCA in bringing this collaboration of unique talent together for this special event,” says Solomon. “Having this many gifted artists contribute their time and abilities alone is incredible, but being able to benefit younger artists at the same time is nothing less than a dream come true.”
Included in this three-day event will be visual interpretations of each page of the book by 26 different artists, both local and national, each bringing a unique representation of their individual styles. Proceeds from this event will go towards the Metro Detroit's YMCA's Y-arts program. Y-Arts is the arts and humanities branch of the YMCA of Metro Detroit, for their Art In Schools Outreach Program, an after-school art program in seven different schools around the city that provides after school instruction in traditional and media arts, spoken word, performance, music and dance.
Curator Statement
by Kobie Solomon
Few would argue the fact that audience interpretation and interaction is as integral to the creative process as execution. Without an audience, an artist is left with only a one-sided view of his/her art, and nobody to share their vision and experience. In the interest of preserving the vitality of this interaction between creator and viewer, 323East is bringing a truly unique event to downtown Royal Oak on June 11th 2010.
With My First Graffiti Coloring Book, Kobie Solomon has expanded on this interaction by presenting the public with a 26-page playground meant to inspire, entertain and educate. In a celebration of the book’s release, 323East has teamed up with ©POP to bring forth a feast of sights and sounds for all ages to enjoy. For 3 days straight, 26 artists will display their interpretation of each page of the book, while the outside, 323East Gallery will once again be transformed by local street artists in full public view with an amazing multi artist 72 hour mural.
We invite you to join us on this special occasion to witness further evidence that artists the world over are falling prey the intoxicating beauty of the graffiti letter.