B Scene Zine, Volume 1, Issue 8, Summer in the City

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Volume 1, Issue 8, Summer, 2022

Paris Street Art Akiza 18emedesigne Nô Daryl-Ann Saunders Daniel Root Charlie Doves Aaron Poochigian Louis Angel eva f 0h10M1ke Sharon Volpe Stickermaul Double R Creates Adrian Bermeo Steven Eaton

Summer in the City Can you hear the phrase “summer in the city” without a mental response of “backa my neck gettin’ dirty and gritty.” We can’t, but we can present our first summertime issue of BSZ, loaded with topics that are hotter than a matchhead.

Anyway, we’ve included a four-page program profiling artists currently showing as part of Midtown Modern summertime show at the Blue Gallery which is a bit afield of The B, but the art is much more EV than Midtown.

In our first dispatch from aboard, we’re taking a look at Parisian street art, which has a history very similar to our own.

Also featured is July 4th, a loaded EV holiday that has a go-boom past and present, including the annual viewing of the Macy’s fireworks show in the East River from every local rooftop.

This issue also includes exclusive photography from Daryl-Ann Saunders and Daniel Root, poetry from Aaron Poochigian, mural painting by Charlie Doves on 7th, and more. And what would a summer issue be without an advance on the upcoming citywide Pride celebration?

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To the Rooftops

There’s probably no single day of the year during which more people can be found on EV rooftops than July 4th. Why? The answer is loud and clear, it’s the view. Just look eastward and the Macy’s July 4th fireworks can be viewed in all their shimmering, obstreperous, pet-frightening glory.

The pyrotechnics will begin at around 9:25 p.m. and include more than 48,000 shells and effects launched from five barges positioned between E. 23rd and E. 42nd Streets on the East River.

Macy’s, sponsoring the fireworks for the 46th year, calls the event “the nation’s biggest party.” Among the absurdly named effects: whistling jellyfish, little snakes, blinking smiley faces, and shimmering chrysanthemums.

Above, fireworks photo by Daryl-Ann Saunders.

New York Summer Swelter...

The city is always a hot place to be, but during the summer months it becomes quite literally a heat island, one hot rock. Below are some shots of summers in the city.

From the streets, to the subway, to the beaches, New Yorkers find a way to deal.

Photos by Daryl-Ann Saunders

And Some Vintage Summer Shots Top, a sweaty NYPD cop on horseback looks longingly at the cool waters of the TSP pool. Below, when the heat goes up, the shirts come off. These 1980s era pics were taken by long-time EV resident Daniel Root.

Photos by Daniel Root

The Making of an EV Mural

Charlie Doves, a NYC artist known for his use of a wide range of urban styles, recently completed this mural of the nabe's jazz greats near the corner of 7th and B next to Ed. Varie Gallery. The project took less than a week to complete. @charliedoves

Pride Week

Just a few of the many events spread across NYC JUN 26 12:00 pm New York, NY JUN 26 2:00 pm Harbor Rooftop

JUN 26 11:00 am Greenwich Village JUN 25 2:00 pm Harbor Rooftop JUN 25 2:00 pm Governors Island JUN 25 2:00 pm 3 Dollar Bill JUN 25 1:00 pm TBA JUN 24 4:00 pm The Battery JUN 23 9:00 am New York Law School

The March

The first March was held in 1970 and has since become an annual civil rights demonstration.

Bliss Days

NYC Pride's Annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ Womxn, formerly known as Femme Fatale

PrideFest

PrideFest is BACK for our annual LGBTQIA+ street fair

Fantasy Days

NYC Pride's Annual Circuit Party

Pride Island

Pride Island returns on both Saturday June 25 and Sunday June 26

Teaze

NYC Pride's Annual celebration of Queer Existence TEAZING New York's most diverse party experiences

Youth Pride

Celebration of and for LGBTQIA+ and ally teens returns

The Rally

Event RALLYING the LGBTQIA+ community together to advocate for change!

The Conference

NYC Pride’s annual symposium of transformative changemakers in the queer community

Check nycpride.org and other sites for many more Pride Week events.

La Scène Street Art Parisienne

The street art scene in Paris is a lot like that of Lower Manhattan – lots of stencils, wheat paste, stickers, less and less spray paint – though there is a distinctly French flavor to the art that decorates the walls of Montmartre, the Parisian neighborhood most like the EV. "I think the French artists are influenced by the Americans and the American artists are influenced by the French," said Zig, a collage artist who leads tours of Parisienne street art.

Left, a work in the Passage des Abbesses by Nô, who says: " I express myself essentially on walls and disaffected urban furniture. For me, street art is a way to reclaim public space in a world where it has been sadly confiscated by screens and ads."

Below, Can Can Dancers by PRWND, Rue d'Orchampt; Gregos, Passage des Abbesses; and Zig in front of a work by A2. Bottom Michael Jackson by JoDiBona, Rue Robert Planquette.

Above: 18emedesigne, "Libertad," Rue d'Orsel on the wall of the Théâtre de l'Atelier. "We have all accepted in our lives to put our freedoms aside. Basically, we have very often made this choice out of love to the point of feeling prisoner in this society where the human and the emotion are no longer at the center of what we build," he said. Below: Mr. Lolo, Rue Houdon, two by AKIZA, Rue Berthe and Passage Briare. "AKIZA has proven itself to be expressive and impenetrable, sexless and erotic, cute and disturbing, retro and futuristic," says the artist. Finally, two by Smile (of Boulder, Colorado), Rue André Antoine; and Shaka, Rue Véron. Book a tour with Zig at streetarttourparis.com

Les Géants du Street Art Français Blek le Rat began his practice on the streets of Paris in the early 1980s, decorating the landscape with stenciled images of a rat, which he called “​​the only free animals in cities.” His later creations, which melded stencils, paint and photos, never shied away from controversial topics including war, religion, and the plight of the underprivileged.

Miss Tic was among the world’s first female street artists, joining her male colleagues in the practice in the mid 1980s. She inspired generations of women artists with her black-and-white stenciled depictions of dark-haired female figures that resembled her own stark beauty. Sadly, Miss Tic passed away in May at the age of 66, but left a lasting artistic legacy for her followers.

Jef Aérosol is a first generation stencil artist who began his practice on the streets of Tours in 1982. His trademark red arrow sets off his otherwise black-and-white pieces. Aérosol’s work often depicts the famous – Presley, Lennon, Hendrix, Basquiat, Dylan – but also anonymous characters like children, the homeless, beggars and buskers. His “Sitting Kid” image was the subject of a 2010 short film “The Sitting Kid in Hollywood.”

JR was an early Paris graffiti artist who found his artistic focus behind the lens of a camera, where he captured black-and-white images he would blow up and paste on surfaces from the Louvre Pyramid to the Pantheon. His work often includes stark and engaging images of the powerless and marginalized.

He is the subject of Agnès Varda’s 2017 film Faces Places.

Invader is an innovative Paris street artist who prefers tile mosaics to spray paint or wheat paste. His ubiquitous images harken to 1970s era 8-bit graphics made famous in video games like Space Invaders, from which he took his name. His images have “invaded” urban landscapes across Europe and the United States.

Aaron Poochigian Memorial Square You know that church, that birch, that rusted grating.

You recognize the park from years ago.

It’s like the bench and pigeons have been waiting; tulips are selfless, putting on a show.

As manhole steam eddies across the lawn, the sunlight crimsoning it says, “Night’s near.”

The fury you were walking off moves on.

This place, an old friend pleading, “Come; sit here.”

East Village Style, Midtown Gallery Artists with downtown styles are taking part in the Midtown Modern summertime show at the Blue Gallery, 222 E 46th St, June 18-19. Among the show's curators: the redoubtable 0H10Mike and the engaging Louis Angel.

0h10M1ke Brooklyn Street artist 0H10M1ke (b. 1977) pronounced Ohio Mike, lives and works in New York City. He is known as The One Line Master, completing portraits of strangers on the street with a single line in a NY minute.

His work has been shown at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Rubin Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Fountain Art Fair, West Chelsea Contemporary, Spy Museum, Art Expo New York; Spectrum Art Fair Miami; Month of Performance Art Berlin, Okazi Gallery, Freie Internationale Tankstelle, Berlin; Festival de la Imagen, Manizales, Colombia; Sado Island, Japan. @0h10m1ke

Louis Angel Louis Angel is an artist, curator and founder of Brooklyn-based Guerrilla Art Shows. @guerrillaartshows

Adrian Bermeo Adrian Bermeo is a LatinZ painter whose neo-expressionist approach to form and texture can be traced to hiphop or graffiti itself. His techniques include heavy layered brush strokes, spray cans and pigments, repurposed dish-soap and sriracha squirt bottles used to create drips, reliefs and outlines. His work blends concepts from New York and Caribbean cultures. His practice includes graphic design, gallery exhibitions, painting workshops, fundraising and community outreach. @bermonyc

Steven Eaton Steven Eaton (@steve_ce) is an abstract artist obsessed with composition, pizza and the Oxford comma. He lives in Bushwick. Coming up in the punk scene in the late 1990s in Boston and New York, he designed logos and painted many leather jackets, but did not begin painting in earnest until 2019. Mondrian, Klee, Miro, Gris, Pollock et al form the basis of his influence, with an obsession for composition from years of taking photographs. @steve_ce

Sharon Volpe Sharon Volpe is an illustrator/painter who transforms how humans feel on the inside through to the outside using expressions, playful themes and symbols. She comes from the surrounding NYC area, and completed an M.F.A. in illustration at FIT and studied graphic design at The School of Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited in advertising, gallery spaces and editorial channels. @sharonvolpeartwork

eva f / tcj As the street artist known as thechalkjungle, eva f created joyful chalk art on boarded up storefronts in New York City becoming a citizen artist, without formal training, spreading positive feelings during challenging times. She then began seeking ways to maintain the feeling of her initial medium of chalk in her street art on canvas through bold strokes, bright colors and the physicality of working with her hands. @thechalkjungle

Stickermaul Stickermaul is a mixed-media collage sticker artist slapping positivity, word play and love on the streets of NYC and beyond. Always keeping an eye out for the perfect placement for her slaps, she appreciates the opportunity to create a connection on the street with her art. She has been featured on BrooklynStreetArt.com, on UPMag.com and in the Street Art Issue of BSceneZine. Her sticker art has also been shown at #0h10M1keandfriends sticker shows and included in MoSA: The Museum of Sticker Arts - an installation project at the Kingsborough Art Museum. @stickermaul

Double R Creates Enter the world of a man who, with his mind and both hands as well as a unique creative stance, portrays an emotional colorful dreamland to entertain and attract more loving fans. Double R Creates is an abstract artist and illustrator based out of New Jersey. His inspiration comes from water, space, the creation and explosion of stars and the vast array of colors that make up cosmic dust. He also draws from a more urban source in street graffiti, only without letters, just shapes. @ryan.t.roberts

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