Posts Tagged ‘Endless Canvas’

VIVID DECAY #1: DAVID POLKA Documentary

Friday, April 26th, 2013

Endless Canvas is proud to release the first episode of VIVID DECAY: Creating Beauty in a Broken System in partnership with Grounded Media Network!

David Polka is a visual artist and graphic designer currently based in Oakland, CA. Originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico, he is a graduate of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and has been exhibiting work professionally since 2006.

Drawing inspiration from abandoned and neglected places, stories and people, Polka’s work distills the ephemeral nature of human experience into a visual record of accumulated memories and emotions. Flowing, abstract forms envelop figures weary from loss and hardship in an exploration of transitory connections. Reflecting a myriad of aesthetic influences including Native American art, graffiti, anime, and Colonial and Byzantine devotional art, these images examine how personal interactions are fostered and eroded by adversity, revealing the lines connecting different facets of our existence with irrevocable patterns of life and death, destruction and rebirth.

To view his latest work, visit davidpolka.com.

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ZION I “Shadow Boxing” – at Endless Canvas’s SPECIAL DELIVERY 2012

Sunday, February 10th, 2013

Music video by Zion I performing ShadowBoxing. 2013 Live Up.
Filmed inside Endless Canvas’s SPECIAL DELIVERY Bay Area 2012 (Large Scale Mural Exhibit).

From the album, “Shadow Boxing (Deluxe Edition)”
Available now:
iTunes http://tinyurl.com/amdtw7q
Amazon Music – http://tinyurl.com/afkc2uz
Google Play – http://tinyurl.com/akpq5wl

Graffiti Art: Curated by Endless Canvas as part of the SPECIAL DELIVERY 2012 Exhibit. Featuring Anemal, Jurne, Rekn, Yoder, Grow, Depht, Enor, Meck, Enero, Ernest Doty, GATS, Jules Muck, Vator, Scez, Just Becauz, Goser, Samri, M4M, Imp, Kure, Logic, Jaut, Omega, Ghost Owl, Plant Trees, Leach, Cops, Swampy, Zame, Yovoy, Pastime (Full List of Artists)
Director of Photography: Michael Sato
Assistant Director: Nicole Roman
Lighting: Dorbyworks
Editing: Spencer Groshong for Ineffable Music
Location Scout: David Wong for Ineffable Music (About the Location)

2013 ENDLESS CANVAS Best Throwie Contest

Thursday, December 13th, 2012

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GUERILLA COCKTAIL PARTY by True Modern (at SPECIAL DELIVERY 2012)

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

This past Saturday (December 1st, 2012), True Modern set up a guerilla cocktail party inside The Carbon Warehouse. The abandoned ink factory housing Endless Canvas‘s SPECIAL DELIVERY Bay Area 2012 Mural Exhibit provided a beautiful contrast to the custom Modernist furniture displayed at the cocktail party. As models served h’orderves, guests were given flash lights and encouraged to explore three stories of the post apocalyptic museum. It was pouring rain and the flooded floors turned into giant mirrors giving new life to the artwork. Water ran through the eyes of murals from floor to floor creating the Bay Area’s own Trevi Fountain.  What I thought was going to be a simple furniture shoot turned into one of the most gorgeous things I’ve ever seen.

RELATED LINKS:
True Modern – Modernism for Life
Special Delivery – Bay Area 2012 Mural Exhibit
Endless Canvas – Bay Area Graffiti Culture

M4M at SPECIAL DELIVERY Bay Area 2012 Exhibit

Friday, September 14th, 2012

M4M Graffiti.

SPECIAL DELIVERY 2012 – Gallery Hours Update

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
(Photo by Little_Joe)

FOR OPEN GALLERY HOURS CHECK:
www.EndlessCanvas.com/specialdelivery2012

Our opening reception was far more successful than we could of fathomed with well over 3,000 people showing up and a line ten deep that stretched three blocks.  We received a lot of very positive press which then attracted five major news stations to stop by on Monday.  This was a life altering event for many people and we thank everyone in the community for pulling together to make this happen!

RECENT PRESS

Oakland Local:
Endless Canvas opens a Sistine Chapel of graffiti art

East Bay Express:
A Decidedly Special Delivery

Huffington Post:
Graffiti Museum: Local Warehouse To Temporarily Exhibit Local Street Artists

Some other folks photos:
Other Photos

NART at SPECIAL DELIVERY Bay Area 2012

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

Keep checking our website for gallery hours.

NART Floor Piece.

SPECIAL DELIVERY Bay Area 2012 – Trailer Video

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

(Trailer Video by MAPACHE FILMS)

Special Delivery Bay Area 2012 Trailer from Mapache Films on Vimeo.

Endless Canvas and The Carbon Warehouse Present:
SPECIAL DELIVERY Bay Area 2012 – Large Scale Graffiti / Mural Exhibit
Opens September 8th

Over 100 local Graffiti / Street Artists including names like Swampy, Jurne, Gats, Pemex, Optimist, Quake, Broke, Nesta, Roar, Ras Terms, Anemal and many more paint the interior of a 36,000 square foot, three story factory from the 1920’s. Even the open floor space will be filled with sculptures by the likes of Dead Eyes, Monica Canilao, Harrison and Ben Wolf. On September 8th, we will be opening the building for public viewing and celebrating by lighting the building for the first time since it was abandoned over a decade ago.

Opening Celebration – Second Saturday, September 8th, 2012
Free Event – Live HipHop on the 3rd Floor Provided by Ear Peace Records
Exact location to be announced at www.EndlessCanvas.com/specialdelivery2012 the day before the opening to protect the privacy of artists. It’s taking place in the East Bay.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: (Alphabetically)
7Seas, Anemal, Ankra, Attica, ATWA, Aura, Awo, Bella Ciao, Blief, Broke, Bvrs, Cannon Dill, Circle Face, Cops, Coyote, Cuss, David Polka, Dead Eyes, Defie, Del Phresh, Devote, Drama, Eon75, Edith, Enero, Enor, Ernest Doty, Faring Purth, Feral Child, Five, Fresh Prince, Freya, GATS, Goser, Griffin, Grow DWT, Imp, Irot, Jeans, Jules Muck, Jurne, Kava, Koleo, Kure, Logic, Logo, Meck, Monica Canilao, Mr.Ef, Nart, NESTA, Nina STM, N.O. Bonzo, Old Crow, Odd Fellow, Omega, Optimist, Pemex, Pez US, Pobrecito, Quake, Ras Terms, Ref, Rekn, Release, Ripo, Roar, Scez, Scribbles, Somar, Safety First, Swampy, Sway, Tupac, Turnip, UpFuk, Vator, Wesk, Wetso, Yoder AND MANY MORE! (full list here)

Endless Canvas wins BEST OF THE BAY 2012

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

East Bay Express proclaims Endless Canvas as MOST REVOLUTIONARY USE OF STREET ART!

Come celebrate with us at our first ever BOOK RELEASE on Saturday July 28th at Famous Four Colors Gallery in down town Oakland. Free event, starts at 7pm. (More Info Here)

Endless Canvas Best of The Bay 2012.

Source: www.EastBayExpress.com

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PAPER TRAILS (A Zine Show) – Opening Night

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Show runs from March 9th through April 12th, 2012.

Paper Trails is a collaborative art show – partnering with the Rock Paper Scissors Collective and Tomas Moniz of Rad Dad Zine. It’s a zine-themed show, encompassing hundreds of zines, many of which are locally-produced.

The opening featured a Zine Variety Show with readings by Tomas Moniz, John Bobst, and Mari Naomi along with music performances by Annah Anti-Palindrome and Jon Barba. DJ Baro added some vinyl flavor to the party.

During the opening party visitors drew pages to be compiled into th Paper Trails Zine. The zine will be printed and distributed by the R.P.S. crew – it will be available for purchase at R.P.S., Actual Cafe, and other art spaces and book outlets when it’s done.

Other featured installations from local zinesters include Endless Canvas, MariNaomi, Jaime Crespo, and others, and tons of other zines on a display designed by Jamie Mayne of RPS.

Genres include Riot Grrrl, Radical Politics, Parenting, Gender & Sexuality, Comics/Art/Photography, DIY Skill-Sharing, and more.

Where:
Actual Cafe (Actual is the name of the cafe)
6334 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA
Corner of San Pablo and Alcatraz

ENDLESS CANVAS Shirts Available – Design by Best HandStyle Contest Winner TBIS

Monday, February 27th, 2012

FREE SHIPPING (in the USA) on these shirts if you order before midnight on February 28th, 2012.
Grab yours here… www.EndlessCanvas.BigCartel.com

Endless Canvas Handstyle Shirts.

This shirt features an EC design by TBIS, the winner of our 2012 ENDLESS CANVAS Best HandStyle Contest! There were well over 150 submissions that came in internationally. Thank you everyone for supporting the Bay Area Graffiti Art scene!

AVAILABLE IN:
- Black on a Standard Unisex shirt or
- Charcoal Grey on smaller Female Cut shirts.

SPECS:
- 100% Cotton (Pre-Shrunk)
- Ultra soft “Discharge” screen print pulled by hand.

Discharge is a printing process where instead of putting uncomfortable ink onto the shirt we remove the dye from the shirt leaving the natural cotton color. It can never fade or crack because it is literally an anti-print that cannot be felt at all.

For the ladies that means the design wont buckle when stretched out over your chest like traditional plastisol shirts do.

Available here… www.EndlessCanvas.BigCartel.com

HANDSTYLE Art Show – A Celebration of Street Caligraphy – Friday Feb 24th, 2012

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

Endless Canvas Handstyle Art Show.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24TH 2012 - 7pm to 10pm
Free event taking place at Ear Peace Records – 3268 Adeline Street in Berkeley, CA
(Two and a half blocks from Ashby BART toward Oakland.)

To mark the end of our ENDLESS CANVAS Best Handstyle Contest we are throwing an Art Show focused on the ancient art of “Writing your name on shit!”

FEATURING HANDSTYLES BY:
Optimist, Pemex, Ceaver 640 THR, Roar CBS, Ras Terms, Pobrecito, GATS, Logo, WKT Crew, Dead Eyes, Meck, Broke One, Anemal AOD, Cuss, Safety First, Nina STM, Musik, Tupac, Bella Ciao, Attica, Raskal, Elite, Sabot and MANY MORE!

We will be releasing a new ENDLESS CANVAS T-Shirt designed by TBIS (the winner of the contest) as well as a new Limited Edition Screen Print by legendary graff artist RAS TERMS at the event.

Don’t blow up the spot! Please don’t crush the block the night of the event out of respect to the venue for hosting our crazy asses.

www.earpeacerecords.com

WINNERS of the 2012 ENDLESS CANVAS Best HandStyle Contest

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in and supported this contest!
To our surprise we received well over 150 submissions!

We will be printing t-shirts of TBIS’s Endless Canvas handstyle and releasing them on Friday February 24th, 2012 at Ear Peace Records in Berkeley, CA.  Come out at hang out with us from 7pm-10pm and pick up a shirt… www.facebook.com/events/265818370155077

Befriend TBIS Magazine: www.facebook.com/tbis.mag

Phobia submitted all the way from Guam.
Phobia’s Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/23684584@N02

Oster of ARG Crew submitted all the way from Cordoba, Argentina!
Oster’s street work: www.flickr.com/photos/ostergraff

THANK YOU to everyone who submitted handstyles…
Ceaver 640, Welsed, TBIS, Sensr 385, Ankra, NoMore, Septerhed, Orena BYB, Attica, Hula DH, Amboz, Emos, Sars, Phone, JAS, Ras Terms BDS, Phewsr, Electric Dragon, Digital, Cexr, Deaf HUI, Dust, Kite, Mikey IT, Reakt Evk, Aeks SNV, AteTry, Oster (Argentina), Chris Moon, Reco Calk, Elite, Solve, Neil Coates, Cear, Collin Saineful, Egads Eg, Ogee Mesh, Jemer IFSK, Whut BM, Skimone, Byler, Riz 503, Papi Nizmo Mak, Ass Milk, Dirty Gerk, Drowsy CLSK, The Farmer, Kersv, Phobia, Gear, Menace, Sunfish, Roger Harmon, Roe 510, Aersok, Boser CLSK, Defy 831, Wayward, Suenos TFN, Roscoe QBC VDS, Sens (San Diego), Photo Coyote, GATS, Bos Hope CBW, Andres Musta, Sanek VNO, Camel (Oakland), Examer, King Sheep, Siker PM (Portland), Dog Fight (Australia), Task Calk, Bella Ciao, Gaily Ezer, Local, Sanek VNO, Clyde (New York), Atake AKO, Fancy, IMP, Reagan, Rajivius Coburnicus, Jack Eldredge, Raiyo, Oakland Ninja, Swaj, Roger (Texas), Uknow M&M, CPSH74 (Paris), Hooligan, Jeffrey Hall, Devote, Dekster PA H8K and everyone else!

THE TRUCK SHOW S.F. – Official Limited Edition Zine

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

The Truck Show SF Official Limited Edition Zine.

The Truck Show SF Official Limited Edition Zine.
Layed out by Plant Trees and published by Endless Canvas.

Don’t Sleep on these! Come to The Truck Show SF Friday Feb 10th at 1AM Gallery (6th & Howard, SF) and swoop up yours while they last!
There will only be 100 of these at the event!  Four different covers… only 25 of each.

MORE INFO ABOUT THE SHOW:
http://thetruckshowsf.tumblr.com 

ENDLESS CANVAS Bumper Stickers – Now Available

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Endless Canvas Graffiti Sticker Packs for Sale.

Just got our stickers in from www.BuildaSign.com… the folks at Build a Sign were very helpful and they had a really fast turn around time. They are nice to work with because they are willing to do small runs and don’t charge for extra colors which is kind of rare.

Pick up a bunch of Endless Canvas stickers here…
www.EndlessCanvas.bigcartel.com
The more you buy the cheaper they are.