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| JOSH MACPHEE | BILLY MODE | CHRIS STAIN |
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| Josh MacPhee is an artist, curator and activist currently living in New York. His work often revolves around themes of radical politics, privatization, and public space. His most recent book is entitled Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority (AK Press, 2007, co- edited with Erik Reuland) and another, Reproduce & Revolt (Soft Skull Press, 2007, co-edited with Favianna Rodriguez), is forthcoming. For the past couple of years, he has primarily been producing silkscreened posters which have been exhibited widely in the US and internationally. He also organizes the Celebrate People's History Poster Series and is a member of the artist-owned and run Justseeds Radical Artist Cooperative. | Billy Mode is a Baltimore native who emerged as a graffiti artist in 1986. Although he has a BFA in Painting, he credits graffiti art as his formal training. He had a constant presence in the Baltimore Graff seen until around 2000. He is currently doing a residency at school 33 in Baltimore and is active in the local arts community. His recent works have explored psychological, political, and spiritual issues. | In the summer of 1984 the art of graffiti writing spread throughout my neighborhood like an epidemic. It captured the imagination of many pre-adolescent youth looking for ways to express themselves outside the norms of school and mundane playground sports. I was one of those kids who became infected by graffiti's bold
colors, striking form, and independent nature. As time went by I investigated other avenues of art as well, such as print making and graphic design. In high school I learned screen printing which would later help me in the separation of line and color that aids in the process of cutting stencils. My work is a direct reflection of the people, neighborhoods, and struggles, that are swept along with the every day lives of the common
American. It is my hope that through the work I will be able to convey the importance of the role of the less recognized individual of society. |
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