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Faust Spring Update...updated

I wanted to let you know about two things going on:

Toy Tokyo and my friend Dizmo culled 80 works of art to auction off online with 100% of the proceeds going to Japan relief. It is a great opportunity to snatch up works by Stash, Shepard Fairey, Henry Chalfant, Crash, and myself for way under market value while supporting a good cause. The drawing I made for this occasion reads Keizoku Wa Chikara Nari which is a Japanese proverb that translates to "Perseverance is Strength".

Also, if you are going to be in LA check out Martha Cooper : Remix at the Carmichael Gallery opening tomorrow night. For the exhibition Martha Cooper invited 50 artists to select a photograph from her oeuvre and create a corresponding work. I selected picture from her most recent book Name Tagging which is of a sticker by Sure, my former partner in crime. I attached an image of my painting (16" x 20" acrylic on paper) side by side with the photo that inspired it. You can read more about the show on Cool Hunting.

-Faust

www.faustnewyork.com

Letter From Faust

Letter from a friend...

"At the end of each year I like to create a greeting card to send to all my friends and family. However, this month has been particularly challenging with the passing of my best friend and partner-in-crime Sure. In addition to being one of the most prolific graffiti writers in New York, Sure was an Intelligence Officer in the United States Marine Corps. This year he was based in Afghanistan and on December 5th was killed at the age of 24.

One of Sure's closest friends came up with the idea to create custom Christmas ornaments to give to his closest friends and family so that they can celebrate the holidays with him every year. So in place of my usual card, I hope you enjoy this tribute.

Best wishes for the New Year,

-Faust

www.faustnewyork.com

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What Does The Elephant Savant Look Like?

Patrick Cournot IS the Elephant Savant

Creator archetype...Patrick Cournot IS the Elephant Savant! 

http://www.ElephantSavant.blogspot.com 

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New Client: Branding the “Creator” Archetype

Archetype: Creator

“If it can be imagined, it can be created.”

“Goal: give form to a vision…Strategy: develop artistic control and skill…Task: create culture, express own vision…Gift: creativity and imagination…” (228)

“When the creator archetype is active in individuals, they often are compelled to create or innovate – anything else and they feel stifled.” (228)

“…A Deeper motivation is the need to exert aesthetic or artistic control – to be, in a way, like God, to create something that has never been there before.  Ultimately, what the Creator desires is to form a work so special that it will endure. And, in this way, the Creator achieves a kind of immortality.” (228)

“…More recently, the field of jazz improvisation has spoken to managers and organizational development professionals, offering a model for staying so attuned to the music that leadership can be rotated as needed, with people so connected to one another that they know when to take the lead and when to follow.” (240)
“Overall, the experience of working for the company and the quality of the product need to satisfy the aesthetic sensibilities of the key players.” (240)

Mark, Margaret, and Carol, Pearson, eds. The Hero and The Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

First consultation inspiration…

“That’s how I have operated Commander’s Palace, as if throwing an ongoing dinner party for my friends, providing the same kind of hospitality for our patrons that I would provide in my own home, making sure the guests are welcomed properly, that they are comfortable, that the service is PERFECT – never obtrusive or interrupting, because to me, the conversation over dinner is what the party is about, along with the food, of course. The food should not be overly complicated, however, just fresh and good, the kind of food that makes you happy.”
           -Ella Brennan

…coming soon…turning the above information into a brand…I must work my voodoo…then I will update the blog!

The Summer of Faust

If you’re in New York this week, check out the ARTEFACTS group show opening Thursday night, July 15th 7-11pm at Toy Tokyo’s new underground gallery space. Faust will have a couple brand new works on display alongside street luminaries Swoon, Shepard Fairey, Cope 2, Mr Cartoon, and Clayton Patterson to name a few. Should be a great show.

Also, at the end of this month, Faust will be among a group of artists installing work on the facade of a vacant factory in Beacon, NY as part of the ELECTRIC WINDOWS exhibition. It is a short walk from Dia: Beacon and a great escape from the city. For more information check out www.electricwindowsbeacon.com

And lastly, Faust’s and his partner-in-crime, Sure, were interviewed by Martha Cooper for her latest book NAME TAGGING which comes out this month. In it she documents how graffiti writers co-opt name badges as a platform to get their name around and also interviews Zephyr, Cost, and Twist on the topic. Check it out!

Check out http://www.faustnewyork.com. The site will be updated periodically!

LC And The Gang

Searing, Seductive, Seditious

 

"mADD Man," Site

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New Faust Installation in Brooklyn - Congratulations to an old friend…and inspiration

It was sometime in 2007. I just moved to NYC from New Orleans. I was still in a post-Katrina, PTSD haze…chain smoking on my stoop in the LES on Clinton Street, watching the characters walk by. Suddenly, from a block away, I spotted him.

He fashioned a fedora (something I had NEVER seen in New Orleans) and a confident stride. From the opposite side of the street emerged an inflated siren donning her newest two editions for the entire neighborhood to see. To my surprise, the fedora and pair of balloons crossed paths directly in front of my flip-flop clad feet. The “cool” man made a huge head turn towards the comical cleavage of the woman.

To my biggest surprise, I laughed…no…I cackled…for the FIRST TIME SINCE THE STORM! It had been almost three years since the “City Formerly Known as New Orleans,” had been shit on by the Bush Administration and the Country as a whole.

Luckily, the “local” man caught my gaze and heard my laughter. We laughed, exchanged names…and spent the next 18 + hours sharing our life stories.

My first friend. My first laugh. My first experience with FAUST! NYC…I AM HOME.

Faust:

"It's part of the second installment of Willoughby Windows organized by Ad Hoc Art Gallery and the Metro Tech Business Improvement District. A developer evicted all of the residents and business owners on the block with plans for new construction, which got halted when the recession hit, and has been sitting vacant ever since. Twelve artists were invited to create installations in these vacant commercial spaces."

"On the storefront windows I wrote "It seemed like a good idea at the time" a statement I felt was subtle enough yet still poignant."

"Inside, I painted a massive Faust tag stretching from floor to ceiling."

 

"I was inspired by the checkered floor in the space and interested in challenging the way people see and think about graffiti by playing with scale and placement and embellishing formal qualities that are often overlooked."

   

"I also included a flik of a gate I recently painted in the LES."  

A true success...mADDman now available @ Vox Pop in Brooklyn!

Images From a Night to Remember...

From

"mADD Man" Book Launch Party Slides

religious icon does backflip off of wall street tower...and sticks it

"mADD Man," Book Release Party


Join us at the Stags Head British Gastropub for the launch of the critically acclaimed memoir, "mADD man", by Brian J. Robinson. Come for a night of fun with drink specials and mADDness from 8pm till the cows come home. Toast the book and support the arts.

Date:     Friday, April 23, 2010
Time:     8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:     The Stags Head
Street:     252 East 51st Street

"mADD Man" Book Release Party

Date:	Friday, April 23, 2010
Time:	8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	The Stags Head
Street:	252 East 51st Street
	New York, NY

click HERE for full event information
Join us at the Stags Head British Gastropub for the launch of the critically acclaimed memoir, "mADD man", by Brian J. Robinson. Come for a night of fun with drink specials and mADDness from 8pm till the cows come home. Toast the book and support the arts.


This memoir is a shocking and honest view of life in the author's harsh and accurate eyes. A true page turner, the story not only sheds light and intelligence on a subject plaguing our society today. "mADD man" is both informative and salacious.

Book buzz so far...

"Finally! A blunt but objective book that debunks LD/ADHD labels and exposes the unfortunate and limiting ways in which societal norms inhibit brilliance. Mr. Robinson's journey of interrupted genius is a first and important step toward a much-needed societal shift in which learning disabilities are celebrated...not diagnosed."
-Dr. Peter J. McDonald, PhD

"I really enjoyed the glimpse into the fascinating mind of such a powerful and gifted young writer." T. Krohn, Random House


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