Dustin Mounce

Dustin Mounce was born in Hollywood, FL, in 1982 and currently lives and works in Miami, Florida. He received a BA from Florida Atlantic University in 2007. He has had recent exhibitions at Art Asylum Boston "Art Strikes Back" and in Uncle Sam's Music in South Beach. Along with Huascar Ruiz, Mounce is also the co-founder of Foolish Bastards Clothing.

Seher One 100% and 400% Bearbrick by Medicom

Art Asylum Boston is proud to announce that Seher One (Interviewed) has been working on a project with Japanese based Medicom, maker of the prolific Designer vinyl sculptures by the likes of kaws and other world renowned artists.. One of the projects lined up with Medicom is their collectible sensation known as Bearbricks which over the years have been adorned by some of todays hottest artists.

Seher One, is the first Mexican street artist to be chosen to design one his very own eluvise and collectible Bearbrick. based on his signature style Seher has designed one of the most aesthitically appealing bearbricks yet. It is fair to say that this will not only Sell Out but wil be sought after by collectors of both BearBricks and the renowned street artist' work.

Art Asylum Boston x Once 5

ONCE 5

In his work he is primarily interested in exploring issues of race, social justice and popular culture especially as they relate to the social and cultural ambiguity underlying the experiences of the Latin American male.

Because of his background in Architecture, his work has a lot of textures and layering which hint at the domesticity of a particular built environment. This environment combined with symbols, forms, and colors superimposed and buried into a surface portray time, build a vernacular aesthetic and respond to the human condition.

Once 5' work reflects on the paradoxical nature of his life experiences as a first generation Dominican-American. As a naturalized citizen he lacked the genuine Americanness of being “natural born.” The more he understood these issues, the more he realized that neither of the cultures with which he identified wholly accepted him. In the Dominican Republic, he is considered strictly American; a foreigner who lacks Caribbean sabor. In the United States, He is seen as a person with ambiguous racial origin making the natives conclude that he is not “one of them.” Because neither culture readily accepts him, his paintings are worlds where he fits in.

"My art serves as a bridge between these contrasting worlds. The protagonists in my paintings come from places where hope and desperation live side-by-side. I see it as my job to lift the veil of distortion surrounding my community to reveal a place and a people who are ripe with potential. Often times, I am my own protagonist"

You can view more work by Once 5 here: www.Once5.com

Once 5 was also voted Art Nouveau Magazine’s artist of the week! Check it out here.

Banksy x Exit Through The Gift Shop

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
A Banksy Film

The highly anticipated feature film by renowned British street artist Banksy (which features rare vintage footage of Invader, Shepard Fairey, and other artists) opens to the public in select cities this weekend!

The film received rave reviews after a 2010 Sundance Festival debut, followed by press screenings nationwide. It can be seen in Boston starting Friday, April 23rd at Landmark theaters/Kendall Sq. Cinema

For further info on additional dates and locations in select cities, please visit: www.banksyfilm.com

Art Asylum Boston x Skount

Art Asylum Boston presents the works of Skount

Skount develops a line of work characterized by a mixture of influences and multiple forms of expression. It deals with the creation of a wide range of possibilities: from mural painting to music, canvas based work, performances, video art, sculpture and installations.

The stimulus that projects the totality of his works is “the fundamental necessity of the human being to free his mind, his emotions and sensations that extended over soul that have been nourished by everything that surrounds and stimulates him. To research about the oneiric spectrum in a manner in which the urban environment hardens the individual”
A specific characteristic of his work is his interest in texture which can be explained by his interest in the sensorial and reception in terms of the manner of understanding the creation in other cultures.

A great traveler’s spirit and a great curiosity for other traditions and places inspired him to research different types of creativity and carrying out numerous murals throughout Spain and in a lot of countries that have allowed him to integrate a great diversity of influences within is work.

Art Asylum Boston x Collin van der Sluijs

Collin Van Der Sluijs

At the age of 11 Collin started working on the streets, a year later he attended the school for traditional painting in Goes, the Netherlands where he learned the old techniques from painting and the theory from all paint mediums, and how to applicate them.

In 1996 he graduated as the best student and was accepted for a 4 year painting and graphic education at St.Lucas in Boxtel, the Netherlands.

Graduated in 2000, and he attended the art-academy St. Joost in Breda, the Netherlands. He studied illustration for 4 years and graduated with a bachelor-title in 2004. During the time at the academy Collin and a couple of friends started a open minded gallery ‘’Punct’’ for young upcoming artists in Tilburg, the Netherlands, from 2002 till 2006. After the graduation at the art-academy St.joost he moved with his girlfriend to Maastricht, the Nethelands and started a gallery for contemporary art in the city-centre, ‘’Galerie Groen lLicht’’ Currently he is working as a gallery-owner, illustrator and painter. Since 2004 Collin is collaborating on various national and international projects with his good friend, Rutger Termohlen, a illustrator and painter too. The share the same vision on life and work which results in collaboration canvasses with stories about daily life and questioning the society we live in.

View more of Collin's work here:
http://www.collinvandersluijs.com

Art Asylum Boston x UR New York

Teamed together through the art of graffiti, Mike Baca aka 2ESAE & Fernando Romero aka SKI joined forces with the intentions to learn and grow as artists.

Prior to the thought of ever making a living from creating art, "We were forcing people to view our work around the city, illegally..." They spent years painting the streets and dealing with the repercussions of the law until they decided to do something positive with their talents by forming a collective. They have since put together nearly 50 shows /events both here in the U.S and Internationally. The collective is based on the philosophy of creation through destruction! Transforming the street graffiti perception into positive urban-industrial art.



All members of the collective are based out of New York. They primarily began doing art on the streets and subway systems of the city before ever touching a canvas. Collectively, each member adds not only a long history of graffiti based experience but within their works you will also find different styles, tools and creative elements implemented into their creative process through life experience and personal perspective . These guy's are artists in the truest sense of the word as they combine the use of photography (in which they are the photographer), paint(s), silk-screen, graphic design, illustrations, rust oxidation & collage to their works making the end result an array of visual aesthetic and beauty.

for more information & to view additional works check out: www.URNewYork.com

Arkiv Exclusive unleashed!!!

After many suggestions and some minor tweaks we finally hit the nail on the head, by producing what we feel is one of the nicest looking vinyl toy pieces to be released this year in collaboration with AdFunture and Arkiv Instant! This limited Edition vinyl art piece was produced in lieu of Arkiv's first Solo show here in the states with Art Asylum Boston.

These are limited to only 50 pieces worldwide and this is the third colorway in the series and the only one with Black on Black. It has a beautiful shine with Matt black accents.

if you still haven't ordered yours visit: www.artasylumboston.com and select the "exhibitions" tab.. but you better hurry because there's just a few left!

Once5 releases Basquiat print

If you are a fan of street art, then you must love the paintings of the late artist, Jean Michel Basquiat. The artist who was known for his poetic writings all around New York City as well as his paintings representing issues of heritage and society in a densely collaged manner. Basquiat is also known for his SAMO graffiti. Samo, short for “same ol’ shit.” was often followed by a message. The SAMO writing series ended with the epitaph “Samo is dead.”

Art Asylum Boston is proud to present Once5's latest print release.
In this print, New York artist Once5 includes small symbols that are often found in Basquiat’s paintings such as the triple point crown. Embedded within the grain of the wood you can find many of phrases Basquiat scribed through out the city. These sayings include: “SAMO for the so called avant garde.” “SAMO as a neo art form.” SAMO a pin drops like a pungent odor.” ” SAMO as an escape clause.” and “The whole livery line , bow like this with, the big money all, crushed into these feet.”

You can purchase this print for only $60.00 on Once5' page or by clicking here. There is free shipping in the United States and Canada. 50% of the proceeds from the print will go towards the development of cultural centers in Haiti.

Art Asylum Boston x Arkiv Exclusive (Black Colorway)

Art Asylum Boston has teamed up with AdFunture & Arkiv to bring you our latest exclusive all Black colorway of Arkivs infamous character. This is the third colorway in the series & is being released in preparation for Arkiv's first solo show with Art Asylum.

This colorway is limited to an edition of only 50. The first 25 will include an exclusive signed / numbered (hand embellished) print for only US$115.00 after the first 25 sell out, the figure will retail for US$90.00. Pre-order yours by emailing sales@artasylumboston.com or by visiting www.artasylumboston.com.

Art Asylum Boston X Alex Chavez

Art Asylum Boston is proud to announce the addition of Digital Artist Alex Chavez to our lineup of amazing talent.

A graduate of fine arts from California State University Fullerton,

Alex has painted for most of his career. Using acrylic and watercolor to

paint primarily portraits and murals. But after moving to Taos, New Mexico in 1997

he switched to the medium of "digital photo montage".

By Cutting, Pasting,

Altering, Mashing up & Recombining old paintings, Photographs & Scanned

objects in an attempt to create new icons, myths, Saints, and Gods.

Alex' work is addressing religion by attempting to adapt to new and modern issues.
This has resulted in an array of beautiful imagery both intriguing and controversial.

Rourke Van Dal x Art Asylum Boston

Art Asylum Boston in collaboration with VanDal Art is proud to present
their latest release titled “Lands End” by Rourke Van Dal. Lands End
is a Signed & Numbered Giclée Print on 315gsm Acid Free Archival Etching Paper. Measuring 56cm x 69cm with an edition of only 50! To purchase this print you can visit the gallery and for overseas collectors you can purchase
directly from VanDal Art.

Rugman x Art Asylum

RUGMAN



Born and raised in Glasgow, Rugman has lived and worked in good old east London for the past ten years. His love of 70's America and comic books tend to shine through in his work. Most recently he has been involved in the Cans festival and Cans 2, "The POW street Art festival" located under WaterLoo rail station which includes some of the worlds most renowned urban artists and leading Graff artists of today.

Fe Fe Televara

Fe fe Talavera’s monster paintings are metaphors for strong and subconscious human emotions like anger, fear, dreams or desire. The colorful fantastic beasts which she connects with the “dark side” of her inner self stand for the artist’s cultural roots as well as the primary and powerful energy of her work in the streets all over the world. Born in 1979 Fefe was brought up as a native half Mexican, half Brazilian in São Paulo where she lives until today besides her second home in Madrid, Spain.

Interested in all kind of “underground” movements, the typical and unique stylistic freedom of the internationally renowned Street Art and Graffiti scene of her hometown made an important impression on the artist. Her raw creative energy thus found much more correspondence in the angled, tribal-like style she developed while working in the streets, than in her studies in fine arts which she finished with a Bachelor at the FAAP in São Paulo. Showing at galleries and accepting certain rules, limits and intolerance of the art market system represent a contradiction for Fefe who is mainly interested in finding public ways to express herself and a common way of communication.

SEHER ONE x ART ASYLUM BOSTON

ART ASYLUM BOSTON is teaming up with one of Mexico's most renowned street artists to bring you this amazing exclusive fine art print!

Art Asylum recently had the opportunity to interview Seher One about his everyday life & to learn more about his trials and tribulations as a Mexican street artist turned art conglomerate.
Seher has worked with companies such as Nike, vans, Jack Daniels and even has a project in the works with Medicom..being the first Mexican artist to have a release with the Japanese based company best known for their articulate collectibles and the well known Original fake line of good's.

You can see Seher' work adorning the wall's of shop's and even public transport in and around his hometown and he is best known for his juxtaposition of color and elements creating eye candy, for those who view his mural's you can find everything from wildlife to castles mixed in with a number of amazingly vivid colors.

We are excited to bring you this release and will keep you updated on the release date...
Stay Tuned as we have a number of works lined up for 2010.

HANDIEDAN

Art Asylum Boston is proud to present the works of HANDIEDAN

Feb26th - March7th

HANDIEDAN (Hanneke Treffers) is an Amsterdam based artist and designer. In 2002 she graduated in photographic design at the Academy of Arts and Design St. Joost in the Netherlands. Although her degree says photography, she has also become well versed in apparel design as well as creating her own fine art.


HANDIEDAN’s mixed media artworks are a delicate cut and paste mixture wrapped in contemporary antiquity. She meticulously combines classic pin-ups and movie images with paint, ink, yellowed sheet music, old fashioned playing cards, money, stamps, Chinese papers, old wood, rusty metal and doodles as a playful mixture of filigree and a newfangled amalgamation of imagery.

adam Fantome / Fantome press

As Art asylum begins to celebrate our 1 year anniversary this coming March we would like to thank all of the fan's / collectors and contributors who helped make Art Asylum what it is today. We would not have been able to do it without you & your support.

Most Importantly we would like to thank the Artists! who have dedicated their time, effort & energy by allowing Art Asylum Boston to pursue its endeavors & by taking a risk, allowing us to work in a non conventional way. As we approach a time were both urban & contemporary art have become an accepted genre there are a large amount of galleries out there all competing for the same thing. When we approached our artists with our idea's not only was it different but there was also a chance that it would not work & to our surprise & appreciation we have grown to make a very large impact in the art community & work with some of the most amazing talents from around the globe.

One person that is no exception and one we would like to thank personally is Adam Fantome, Adam
was one of the first artist to release an exclusive print with us & this set off a trend for other artists to follow, what makes our exclusives different is not only are they exclusive to Art Asylum but the proceeds are donated on behalf of the gallery & the artist with no profits being made. While Artists seem very mysterious in nature they have normal lives like the rest of us and some have been touched by issue's of cancer, heart disease, diabetes etc.. so Art Asylum is proud to announce that with Adam's help we started off to a great start & raised over $5,000.00USD year to date.

please take a moment to check out Adam's newest works as well as some of his current and past projects, he is very eclectic, talented and quite the enigma..unlike most artists who are striving to make an immediate name for themselves Adam Fantome has taken the time to let his work speak for itself rather than pushing the idea of quantity, he has decided to take his time and push the limits of his talents. This has proven to be very successful as Adam's work is now becoming more desirable & has found its way into collections around the world.


We Thank you Adam Fantome and every other artist who has taken a chance with us and dedicated there hard work and idea's to making things easier for others and by allowing for us to grow and pursue our dreams of making a change through Art.

Binho Martins gets REAL

Binho Martins gets REAL

Binho Martins’ newest work for REAL is, quite simply, Beautiful! Difficult to translate in basic online images, Martins’ allegorical imagery pays homage to his Brazilian roots and offers a bit of positivity to viewers.



His art expresses a sensation of tranquility, positivity, lightness, and harmony. A self-taught artist, he uses techniques of painting, drawing, and graffiti to create a style now easily recognized.



Martins will display his newest work in a show titled REAL. This exhibition shows a world of pictures and symbols where everything is real, showing the importance of our thoughts and beliefs.

REAL opens January 30th at Gallery Quina, Brazil

1148 – Bahia Street

Belo Horizonte – MG

www.flickr.com/quinagaleria

www.flickr.com/binhomartins

We the People and our American Flag

A few months ago a video that Saber created was chosen as a finalist in Organizing for America’s Health Care Video Challenge. You can view the video following this article. Needless to say, the video had a few critics (FOX News Response...), but I doubt any of them understood what it means when an American graffiti artist turns his talent toward such a powerful (and art historically significant) symbol.

Saber, Tarnished Flag, 2009
mixed media on canvas, 19.3 X 25 in • 49 X 63.5 cm
art/ photo © 2010 saberone.com

When the first flag he painted last year was viewed. It was overtly political in a way that had been uncharacteristic of Saber’s art thus far. Compelling in its raw emotion, the dingy gray of the white stripes was created by words like oil, Katrina and Blackwater. Scratched into the textured surface, those words seem to further stain the flag with the dripping of red American blood. And in the square, he wrote the names of people, a real source of American power. This Tarnished Flag spoke of the anger, sorrow and silent shame of things done in the name of all Americans in the first decade of the 21st century.

Art Asylum Boston would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday and we would also like to Thank you all for a great year of Growth and Success! We look forward to the new year and have some amazing projects to unveil in 2010.

Art Asylum Boston