The exhibition is Nada’s fifth solo show, coming off of a hiatus of six years since his fourth. So the title “Homecoming” is fitting, marking his return to the gallery setting. Those familiar with his personal street art style and murals scattered around the San Juan and Quezon City area will be interested to see how his style has evolved. And evolved it has, revealing a secondary meaning to the show’s title: come into the Nada household.
Read MoreBeing Nobody, A Brand Bigger than Itself
“Ego death,” says Kyle, one of the founders of Nobody Clothing, when asked to describe the ethos behind their streetwear brand. It’s a company that’s about being bigger than oneself. About escaping self-aggrandizement.
Born in Quezon City’s Cubao Expo, the group would hang out, sitting around on the compound’s curbs until midnight, scheming and designing. They wear the local badge proudly, making Cubao’s zip code a prominent element across their apparel.
Read MoreKaws: Holiday Taipei
In January of 2019, Street artist Kaws displayed his largest sculptural installation in the center of Taipei. The installation, an 11 story high inflatable character powered by an army of fans and diesel generators, ran for an entire week for visitors from both Taiwan and other cities to come and enjoy. Surprisingly, though Kaws only announced the installation a couple weeks before the actual event, there were many foreign tourists who had come to enjoy the work.
Every day, hundreds to thousands would line up to get a photo with the character and enjoy a very, very short lights show that would run once the sun went down. Seriously, the show was only a few seconds long.
Read MoreLook Inside Taipei’s Andy Warhol Retrospective at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall
Taipei’s CKS Memorial hall is host to a 4-gallery retrospective to the late pop art icon and creator, Andy Warhol. So much of what we celebrate today as street and contemporary art is erected through the trench dug out by Warhol’s work, as the American artist blurred the lines between industrial and fine art. So when we had the chance to take a look at this exhibit, we jumped at the opportunity.
Accessibility becomes a major theme of the exhibit, with a multitude of magazine and album covers designed and signed by Warhol. One can only be amused at how Andy chose to autograph the prints, often inscribing his name right over the faces of the subjects of the portraits. This adds an extra and curious layer to the exhibit, making one wonder exactly what went through his head daily.
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