PaperMonster's Give and Take

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PaperMonster's Give and Take project is in its experimental stages. I am working on finding new ways to work on the street and share my work with others. "The Give and Take" project enables me to use the cities natural textures and decay as backdrops to my stencil art. I recently went into Brooklyn to do some test and get a stronger feel for what challenges lay ahead. 1st challenge= evey building is brown and dark. Where is the color? The quest continues and stay posted for more.





Enjoy
Paper Monster
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ROJO Magazine (JUNE) Issue featuring PaperMonster

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PaperMonster is extremely happy to announce that he will be featured in the upcoming release of ROJO Magazine's newest issue on pre-order now (HERE) and full realeased in June.

::::Via http://www.rojo-magazine.com/::::

ROJO® is an open independent creative consortium founded in 2001, dedicated exclusively to the promotion and support of the contemporary arts. Its headquarters are in Barcelona (Spain), and creative centers in Milano (Italy) and São Paulo (Brazil). ROJO® generates cultural and creative networks, developing and coordinating collaborative projects and events, hosting exhibitions in the ®artspace global network, broadcasting audiovisual art through its online TV channel, showcasing the best video art in a DVD collection, and publishing a series of monographic art books by uprising artists.

ROJO®'s new ad free limited edition 240pg heavyweight printed issue available soon, featuring exclusive artwork by Yellena James, Alison Brady, Natalie Westbrook, Oliver Vernon, Marco De Gregorio, Chloe Early, Herr Mueller, Urh Sobocan, Sarah Maple, Theo Gennitsakis, Emanuele Kabu, Lena Szczesna, Levi Van Veluw, Joey Piziali, Jim Mcbeath, Pascale Mira Tschäni, Michael Husmann Tschäni, Esa Peltonen, Drew Beckmeyer, Andrew Mcattee, Ryohei Hase, José Parlá, Daquar, Anna Thereza De Menezes, Alexander Sterzel, Julien Kedryna, Alex Diamond, Boklet, Chamarelli, James Gauvreau, Anna Pantchev, Jason Redwood, Harry Seifert, Kerstin zu Pan, Maxwell Holyoke-Hirsch, Virginia Echeverria, Natalie Huth, Paper Monster, Jeff Soto, William Crump, Tate Foley.

FREE LIMITED EDITION POSTER
The first 200 pre-orders of the new ROJO® printed issue will get a free 80x60cm poster featuring full display of the cover, courtesy of ROJO® and cover artist Yellena James. So be fast, pre-order now and get a limited edition poster for free. (PREORDER HERE)

http://www.rojo-magazine.com/
Enjoy

Paper Monster

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Photos: Spin That Thing (Australia) Opening

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Spin That Thing opened this past Friday at the Famous When Dead Gallery to a fantastic crowd interested to see how urban artists had used the platform of vinyl records as a canvas. You can catch some of the opening photos from the night below via Pinxit Arts and Events (HERE) and a great synopsis from the show via the Melbourne Art Critic (HERE)

Enjoy

-Paper Monster

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PHOTOS: Urban Arts Festival featuring PaperMonster, Will Kasso, Leon Rainbow and Aja Washington (Albus Cavus)

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This past weekend marked the first Urban Arts Festival (HERE) in New Brunswick which brought together amazing outdoor activities for kids and art forms including breakdancing, poetry, and a wonderful mural project/workshop which was put together by Albus Cavus (HERE). PaperMonster along with Will Kasso (HERE) , Leon Rainbow (HERE) and Aja Washington (HERE) were invited to participate and lead the mural project by sharing some of their talents painting on panels and their knowledge of graffiti, stencil art, collage, and painting with the children and families that came out for the festival. Catch tons of photos below from the event and progress shots of each mural.
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Will Kassa, Leon Rainbow preparing the panels.
Kids having a fanstatic time in the bouncing castle.

Aja preparing her wall.

There were many great performers the entire day.

Aja Washington painting.
There were several panels up for kids and families to paint and create.
On the left you can see my tutoring session with Miss C who learned how to paint a cute kitten.
Aja Washington infront of her amazing panel.
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While painting the wind was blowing so hard that I needed a kind volunteer to help hold my stencil. In exchange he wanted the color red to spraypaint his name on a different panel.


PaperMonster-Progress
I wanted to attempt some pasting and collage work that I had never done in an outdoor piece and everything turned out great.


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Out of the hundres of people out for the event I had the pleasure of meeting this teacher and her friends who loved the finished piece.

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I am really looking forward to using this particular stencil on a canvas very soon.
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I was very suprized how well the stencils held up.
One of my favorite photos of the day. I was standing in the street and he just kept standing infront of the pannel flexing his muscles so I had to capture it and share it with everyone.
The gorrilla is meant to be a head dress for anyone who sits below it.
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Peter K. of Albus Cavus did a great job at taking this photo and many of the other photos you will see in this post.
PaperMonster-Finished Panel
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Leon Rainbow's piece was completely done using brushes. He is extremely talented.
Will Kasso and Leon Rainbow working on their panels.
Leon Rainbow-Detail
Leon infront of his finished piece.
Leon Rainbow finished panel.
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Will Kasso- Detail
Will always impresses my with what he brings to every wall he paints on. It is great to see his entire process and he always draws a huge crowd.
Will Kasso and Leon Rainbow working on their panels.
Will Kasso Panel Section
Will Kasso painting inside someone's blackbook
Will Kasso finished panel.
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I want to thank everyone who came out to help and participate in the festival. I had a fantastic time and it was a great opportunity. I am extremely greatful to have the chance to paint alongside such talented artists and share my work with everyone on these amazing outdoor projects.
Enjoy
-Paper Monster
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