I received a package in the mail over the weekend. I opened it and to my surprise I found a signed print from Ed Emberley that Roger hooked up for me. So dope, it even looks like he drew Leroy!
This is almost 30 years full circle for me, since I had a few of his drawing books as a child in the late 70′s, early 80′s. I still remember drawing his characters. Good to see he is still publishing.
Thanks man!
While we were in Paris, the girl and I swung through the Pompidou. I had been interested in seeing this modern art museum since first seeing pictures of it in a textbook back in high school. It was a pretty impressive building and a bold move architecturally, considering the departure from the classic French style of the city.
We had dinner with my man CURVE and his girl the night before they headed back to the states and he told us that Nike Air Maxes were based off the design of the Pompidou. It kinda sounded far fetched, but then he dug up this video.
When someone says trains, art is not the first thing that comes to mind. One may think: large loud dirty machines that hold me up as I try to get past this crossing to the other side of the road. To the average person, a litany of fleeting thoughts probably comes to mind when they see or think of trains. Something as gaudy and grimy as the railroad cannot possibly have any artistic value what so ever.
Art, in its purest sense, began to appear on trains as far back post bellum America. For years, decades even after this period, the art of and on trains remained a clandestine activity. It was allusive and mysterious. In the late 1960s, the thought of art and trains, together, took the proverbial giant evolutionary leap forward with the introduction of the spray paint can.
Out of this phenomenon grew an entirely new culture known today as writing graffiti. In a more broad sense, writing graffiti is an iatrical part of the development and history of the Hip Hop culture which is now as much a part of American culture as baseball or apple pie.
The Steel Wheels Show captures that very narrow sliver of space where art and trains exist together. Steel Wheels Show is a well-planned event that has succeeded at securing a cult following over the last 3 years.
The upcoming third installment will bring fresh new art to quench the thirst of the loyal follower and art enthusiast who has never seen this spectacular intriguing event. Artist range from the old to the new who employ a wide variety of mediums.
