In anticipation of his debut solo exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Conclusions, RIME invited us into his Brooklyn studio to get a sneak peek of the new work and talk about his process. RIME (aka Jersey Joe) has over twenty-five years of experience in graffiti and is recognized as an esteemed artist with adventurous style.... read more
This Is What Ukrainian Fairytales Look Like By David Jenison Interesni Kazki started out as traditional graffiti artists in Ukraine, but in 2005, the Kiev-based duo started creating street art and gallery pieces with spiritual, magical and fantastical themes in dreamlike settings. The artists—who go by the names AEC and Waone—channeled folklore, mythology and science... read more
VIBRANT PORTRAITURE BY ARTIST ERIK JONES Jones is preparing a solo exhibition at Jonathan Levine Gallery in Chelsea By Chad Saville Erik Jones is a Brooklyn-based artist who creates hypnotic portraits of beautiful women. Using watercolor, colored pencil, acrylic, and wax pastels, Jones conjures gorgeous nudes within a hurricane of color. Born in Florida and... read more
Fantastical Paintings of Animals Within Post-Apocalyptic Environments by Martin Wittfooth By Kate Sierzputowski Martin Wittfooth transposes the temperament we typically associate with large animals to those much smaller, painting foxes and birds as the heroic victors of this works while making larger animals much more passive and calm. Each of his paintings feature these creatures... read more
For opening night of Aqua Regalia – Chapter Two a projection mapping sequence was created in collaboration between Faith47 and Inka Kendzia (The Grrrl). Faith created a shrine-like installation made out of found objects and the mapping sequence was then projected onto the structure. Watch the video below to get a glimpse of this beautiful project. Video... read more
CONTEXT | ART MIAMI 2015 December 1 – 6, 2015 Booth CTX26 Art Miami Pavilion Wynwood Arts District 2901 NE 1st Avenue Miami, Florida 33137 Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to invite guests to the gallery’s booth, CTX46, at Art Miami. We will be presenting work by the following artists at CONTEXT: AJ FOSIK ALEX... read more
Augustine Kofie Remixing Deep Cuts in ‘Inventory’ By Jaime Rojo and Steven Harrington Co-Founders, Brooklyn Street Art Newly re-mixed and sampled soulful works by Augustine Kofie are featured in the “Inventory” show that just opened here in New York at Jonathan Levine this weekend. No, he’s not looking through his storeroom of canvasses and... read more
Mana Urban Arts Project and Jonathan Levine Gallery present this short video documenting Los Angeles-based artist Augustine Kofie’s addition to the Ice House, the latest from an ongoing collaboration. Kofie harmonizes differing shapes and angles in his work by setting futuristic compositions against vintage earth-toned palettes and collaged graphics, creating organically complex formations through meticulously... read more
How Faith47 Translates Her Public Art for the Gallery By Mike Steyels There’s always a battle within an artist when it comes to bringing street art or graffiti into the confines of a gallery. The ideas that make art work in a public space don’t always translate well when brought indoors. Usually, the problem... read more
GARY TAXALI EXHIBITION SHOWS STYLIZED SUGGESTIVE VISUALS AT JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY Artist Gary Taxali has traveled quite a bit lately and during his trips he often wondered what does it mean to be “there”? If everything in this planet is connected, (and so it seems), is there truly a difference between here and there? Or... read more
In anticipation of her deput exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, as well as in New York City, Faith47 created a series of new murals all around the world. With a street art carrer spanning over 15 years, she attempts to disarm the strategies of global realpolitik in order to advance the expression of personal truth.... read more
Augustine Kofie (b. 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is inspired by the basic building blocks of the geometric world and has formed a retro-futuristic aesthetic, transplanting shapes and angles into an organic, yet highly mathematical form of abstraction. Merging his traditional graffiti education with his deep love of illustration and architectural renderings, he plays with... read more
In anticipation of his debut solo exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Conclusions, RIME invited us into his Brooklyn studio to get a sneak peek of the new work and talk about his process. RIME (aka Jersey Joe) has over twenty-five years of experience in graffiti and is recognized as an esteemed artist with adventurous style.... read more
This Is What Ukrainian Fairytales Look Like By David Jenison Interesni Kazki started out as traditional graffiti artists in Ukraine, but in 2005, the Kiev-based duo started creating street art and gallery pieces with spiritual, magical and fantastical themes in dreamlike settings. The artists—who go by the names AEC and Waone—channeled folklore, mythology and science... read more
VIBRANT PORTRAITURE BY ARTIST ERIK JONES Jones is preparing a solo exhibition at Jonathan Levine Gallery in Chelsea By Chad Saville Erik Jones is a Brooklyn-based artist who creates hypnotic portraits of beautiful women. Using watercolor, colored pencil, acrylic, and wax pastels, Jones conjures gorgeous nudes within a hurricane of color. Born in Florida and... read more
Fantastical Paintings of Animals Within Post-Apocalyptic Environments by Martin Wittfooth By Kate Sierzputowski Martin Wittfooth transposes the temperament we typically associate with large animals to those much smaller, painting foxes and birds as the heroic victors of this works while making larger animals much more passive and calm. Each of his paintings feature these creatures... read more
For opening night of Aqua Regalia – Chapter Two a projection mapping sequence was created in collaboration between Faith47 and Inka Kendzia (The Grrrl). Faith created a shrine-like installation made out of found objects and the mapping sequence was then projected onto the structure. Watch the video below to get a glimpse of this beautiful project. Video... read more
CONTEXT | ART MIAMI 2015 December 1 – 6, 2015 Booth CTX26 Art Miami Pavilion Wynwood Arts District 2901 NE 1st Avenue Miami, Florida 33137 Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to invite guests to the gallery’s booth, CTX46, at Art Miami. We will be presenting work by the following artists at CONTEXT: AJ FOSIK ALEX... read more
Augustine Kofie Remixing Deep Cuts in ‘Inventory’ By Jaime Rojo and Steven Harrington Co-Founders, Brooklyn Street Art Newly re-mixed and sampled soulful works by Augustine Kofie are featured in the “Inventory” show that just opened here in New York at Jonathan Levine this weekend. No, he’s not looking through his storeroom of canvasses and... read more
Mana Urban Arts Project and Jonathan Levine Gallery present this short video documenting Los Angeles-based artist Augustine Kofie’s addition to the Ice House, the latest from an ongoing collaboration. Kofie harmonizes differing shapes and angles in his work by setting futuristic compositions against vintage earth-toned palettes and collaged graphics, creating organically complex formations through meticulously... read more
How Faith47 Translates Her Public Art for the Gallery By Mike Steyels There’s always a battle within an artist when it comes to bringing street art or graffiti into the confines of a gallery. The ideas that make art work in a public space don’t always translate well when brought indoors. Usually, the problem... read more
GARY TAXALI EXHIBITION SHOWS STYLIZED SUGGESTIVE VISUALS AT JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY Artist Gary Taxali has traveled quite a bit lately and during his trips he often wondered what does it mean to be “there”? If everything in this planet is connected, (and so it seems), is there truly a difference between here and there? Or... read more
In anticipation of her deput exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, as well as in New York City, Faith47 created a series of new murals all around the world. With a street art carrer spanning over 15 years, she attempts to disarm the strategies of global realpolitik in order to advance the expression of personal truth.... read more
Augustine Kofie (b. 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is inspired by the basic building blocks of the geometric world and has formed a retro-futuristic aesthetic, transplanting shapes and angles into an organic, yet highly mathematical form of abstraction. Merging his traditional graffiti education with his deep love of illustration and architectural renderings, he plays with... read more