FAILE & BAST together again in the street

(photo via  plaztikmag)

Last weekend BAST and FAILE got together to do an outdoor piece for the Factory Fresh All City Street Art Block Party in Brooklyn.  Reminiscent of the FAILE wall that used to exist across the street from the FAILE studio, the work immediately caught the attention of street art fans and practitioners alike.  Jaime Rojo from Brooklyn Street Art caught the amazing scene below: that's Futura sitting on the top of his car to get a shot of the finished gate.

photo © Jaime Rojo (via Brooklyn Street Art)

PLAZTIKMAG and BROOKLYN STREET ART were both present for the evening's activities and each has posted amazing behind the scenes pics of the the entire happening on their blog.  Thanks for sharing!

new work from BAST

One of our favorite street artists, Brooklyn's BAST, has released a small edition print through Papermonster. The piece is called Woman Ooze, and it features one of the new designs he created for the Deluxx Fluxx Arcade projects last year. The print is huge (34.5" x 48"), hand painted acrylic and screen printing on archival paper, from a signed edition of only 14, and, as of this writing is totally sold out.

Keep an eye on Bastny.com and papermonster.net for upcoming BAST print releases.

deluxx fluxx nyc

Papermonster have just announced on their blog that Bast and Faile are bringing the symbiotic retro madness of their Deluxx Fluxx show to Manhattan's Lower East Side. The location has not been released yet, but the opening of "Deluxx Fluxx NYC" will take place on Friday April 30th from 7:30-10:30pm. Keep an eye on the Papermonster blog for further details and preview pics...

To get in the mood for this show, we suggest you check out DeluxxFluxx.com. The website is the online home to versions of the video games, the original music (by Seth Jabour of Les Savy Fav), and images of the BAST and FAILE art from the original "Deluxx Fluxx Arcade 2010" at Lazarides in London. While you're there, make sure you download the BAST screen saver. It's fantastic!

why we love BAST

Recently BAST released a couple of new prints through his website BASTNY. Our favorite of them was "French Kiss". The edition of 15 was printed on 30" x 40" archival paper, hand colored with acrylic paint and overprinted with black oil based ink. Finally we have an answer to the question "what if Henry Darger had lived long enough to see Star Wars?"

Keep your eye on BASTNY.COM for future releases by BAST. Read about Chicago's own reclusive, schizophrenic, possibly homicidal, outsider artist Henry Darger here.