Gaia

[sleepboy]

Interesting Placement. This will also be a print.





"This is the first part of a piece in which I will be
upholstering a the stoop which sits adjacent to a bus stop, in an
attempt to draw people into the piece as inadvertent/indirect
participants while also providing a small space of comfort while
waiting. This is an attempt to further articulate the role that I feel
a lot of image based street art interventions simply recede into the
environment and go relatively unnoticed. The powerful and potentially
inflammatory gesture of the artist imposing themselves illegally is
seen almost as a parody, for most people hardly recognize the
existence of the poster. Yet the poster is setting a trap, luring
viewers in, beckoning them to sit and notice. It is an empty hunt."

[kamikaze]

I love Gaia's stuff. In fact, I'm hunting for one of his Bryce prints (see below) -- or better yet, a copy of the design incorporated into a larger work. Shoot me a message if you've got one you'd be interested in selling. Thanks!

[rkitek]

So, are you looking for something like this one (which happens to also be mine):

[adhocart]

If you are interested in Gaia make sure to check out Ad Hoc Art's new show with Imminent Disaster and Gaia! It opens this Friday, the 26th of June, and will run till July 25th. For more info go to adhocart.org.
Hope to see you there! His new stuff is really great!

[sleepboy]

More pics of his work from the Ad Hoc show on the "showthread" but here are some images of him working at night.

[mike]

Gaia is amazing. The figure in the doorway is awesome, the larg scale pieces even more so..

Show looks great adhoc..

[sleepboy]

I liked the concept behind this new sketch, the references kinda cracked me up - Deny Me Three Times.

[sleepboy]

[sleepboy]

Doing work at Art Basel.

[sleepboy]

[sleepboy]

Cool new piece.

[bspear]

This guy is crazy talented. He's not even 21 years old (I think), and he's already shown great maturity and versatility (with sculptures and paintings too). I may be biased because he goes to school in my town, Baltimore. But I love seeing his pieces around town. Too bad NYC got this latest one!!

[primitiveflesh]

Feb 4, 2010 18:46:57 GMT -8 bspear said:

This guy is crazy talented. He's not even 21 years old (I think), and he's already shown great maturity and versatility (with sculptures and paintings too). I may be biased because he goes to school in my town, Baltimore. But I love seeing his pieces around town. Too bad NYC got this latest one!!

I believe on Arrested Motion it says this latest piece is in Baltimore.

[bspear]

Yup, you're right! My brain shuts off around 9pm sometimes.

I'll have to track this one down after the blizzard stops.

[sleepboy]

Nice placement of this piece...

[bspear]

Rumor is he's gonna paste up a handful of pieces like this in SF for his show.

[lowpro]

A piece right around the corner in Philly.



Excuse the crappy iPhone pic.

[sleepboy]

He's now in Korea working on some stuff and found this sign.



Also, this cracked me up haha.

[sleepboy]

A piece from Korea.

[sleepboy]

Second piece in Korea merging Buddhism and Christianity...

[ken]

Just posted an interview my good friend Lauren Quinn did with Gaia regarding his recent Korea adventures-
hifructose.com/the-blog/854-an-interview-with-gaia.html

[Weekender]

Some pieces from the Street/Studio 2.0 at At Irvine Contemporary

[sleepboy]

A new piece in Miami.

[sleepboy]

something new he's working on.

[sleepboy]

Here are some views from his recent work in Chicago (gallery and on the streets).

Never knew he had such fine art skills.





Some street work.





More pics here.