February is TC5 “Style History Month” here on www.dirtypilot.com. We hate to name drop, but check out work by Sye, Doc, Web, Keo, Dontay, Abby, Wane, Doves,Totem,  Ebn, Cycle, Dezo and Wiggles. New York, during the mid-1980’s, was an amazing time for graffiti writers. Trains were crushed, styles were poppin, and TC-5 was one of the main crews at the forefront of the thriving graffiti scene.

The crew’s roots originate in the early 1970’s. With an impressive roster consisting of BLADE, DEATH, VAMM, TULL 13, CRACHEE, and later AJAX, COMET, SILVER TIPS, and MAZE. In the earlier days of graffiti, most writer’s wrote for a few years then moved on. COMET and BLADE weren’t the average writers though, and crushed NYC Transit through the late 70’s into the early 80’s.

After most original members of The Crazy 5 had retired, in a somewhat controversial move at the time, COMET granted presidency of TC-5 to a writer from the Bronx named SEEN (or as some called him, L’il SEEN). SEEN reshaped the crew with some of the freshest writers of his generation such as BEAM, JUICE, DOZE, DOC, LADY PINK. TC-5 rocked the number and letter lines hard with some of the freshest cars pulled out on the NYC Subway system, and has continued to push the boundaries of contemporary letter and character styles over the past 25 years.

Know the history, respect the style. Now thu March 12, 2010.

 www.DirtyPilot.com  is stoked to announce a collaborative exhibition from Future Colors of America. Founders, artists and friends Albert Reyes, Matt Furie, and Aiyana Udesen put together a kick ass show featuring a new body of collaborative work that will blow you away. Now Thru March 11 2010.

Albert Reyes is a Los Angeles-based San Francisco Art Institute graduate who has developed a style equally influenced by graffiti, comics, and fine art. Among other media, he draws and prints on the inside covers of old books and mixes traditional Mexican imagery, popular culture icons, and political suggestion.

Aiyana Udesen went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute with Reyes, and lives in San Francisco, where she gained attention for her “how-to-draw” series of zines, many of which have married her interests in celebrities, animals, and realistic-yet-stylish illustration.

Matt Furie, a San Francisco-based artist whose richly detailed, hyper colored illustrations and paintings reflect the creative cross breeding of The Neverending Story, unrestrained imagination of The Muppet Show, and humor of ALF. His corruption by popular culture is further complicated, or perhaps enriched by the energy of BMX culture and anarchy of street art.

The Deer Hunter. Acrylic on canvas, 16x20. 2010

Hendrix in Wonderland, Acrylic on canvas 18x24. 2010

David MacDowell was raised by a television set, and soaked in culture like a sponge. A self-taught artist, he incorporates media and social themes into brilliant and controversial satirical paintings. Working primarily with acrylics on canvas, David is not afraid of tapping into the dark side of American media worship. He tops off celebrity renderings with crying babies, candy colored nightmares, and a hilariously acidic sense of humor. Some have called his work a virtual “Disneyland on acid”. By bravely peeling away the veneer of pop culture, he validates the abused underbelly of society with x-ray glasses. With an ever-expanding list of international clientele, David’s work can be found in Atlanta, California, Florida and New York and now DirtyPilot.com.

Join us in the Pilots Lounge as Dave will be showing a collection of new paintings from “MiseryLand” here at DirtyPilot.com now thru Feb. 10, 2010.

Ellis @ work

Triple Bike . Edition of 30. 16x20.

www.dirtypilot.com Presents the chalk drawings of Ellis G.

By now we have all heard about Ellis Gallagher. A native New Yorker who creates chalk etchings of shadows of everyday, urban street objects. As a former graffiti writer. he traces the shadows of objects on the street such as a bicycle propped against a fence, a tree, a lamp post. The next morning the shadow has moved, but the trace is still there, a reminder of the shadow that once was.

DirtyPilot presents photographs and editions from new work created around Historic Boston, Ma, NYC and Beyond – now thru Feb 10, 2010.

WWW.DIRTYPILOT.COM is stoked to grace our cyber walls with two of the graffiti worlds most celebrated artists Quik and Ghost.
Check out this long awaited show consisting over 35 totally dope works on paper, canvas, drawings and paintings.
Show Runs through Jan 2

NYC subway era legend, Ghost developed his unique formal technique through his involvement with the NYC Graffiti movement where he became recognized for his original style and vibrant color combinations, along with his sense of satire

‘Quik’ Lin Felton started tagging during the 1970’s in Hollis (Queens, NY), twere he grew up. He’s one of the few New York graffiti artists who made it to the art galleries and museums in the 1980’s. His work has developed far beyond the original tagging and although he preserved the spirit of the graffiti, he expanded at the same time their conceptual limits by introducing both social and personal topics into his paintings.