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

New DJ; New Graphic

spencer's graphic

Medical Residency Program Site

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

What Does The Elephant Savant Look Like?

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

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

The logo is here…and i’m excited to reveal!

After yesterday’s deadline, I am exhausted and excited. I am so happy with the final logo design for my current project for Doris Lozada’s Creative Renovations that i had to immediately post it!

The Beginnning

On December 31, 2005, I drove from Dallas to New Orleans. This was no run of the mill road trip. I was on my way back home. Hurricane Katrina damaged my house; the Federal Government destroyed my home. During the eight-hour road trip, anxiety and anger overcame me. To be honest, this rancid, emotional state had been pulsing through my veins for every second of every day since I found myself alone, stuck on this identical interstate in gridlock-traffic, evacuating from both the city that I live/loved/grew-up in and my family that stayed behind.
Mind racing….
…What happened to my generation? What happened to this country? WHY ISN’T ANYBODY DOING ANYTHING? WHY DOESN’T ANYBODY CARE? WHERE ARE ALL OF THE PROTESTS? WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?
As if in a manic state, these questions repeated in my brain and the aggravation swelled to my limbs until I shook with anger. My hands clung to the steering wheel. My knuckles turned a severe shade of white. I suddenly realized I was shouting out loud. STOP! I know what you are thinking… ‘this girl must be crazy..she is talking to herself…she definitely has lost IT.’
I am not really crazy, or at least completely. (In New Orleans, multiple-personality disorder is not a disorder…it is a high art.) There was actually another in the car. A ghost. A spirit. A legend.
Her name is Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. The spirit of Marie Laveau has followed me since I was a child. She was the most infamous voodoo practitioners in the beginning of the movement from slavery practices in New Orleans to the high-era of the “free people of color.” People visited Marie Laveau looking for spells to make someone fall in love, make a fortune, or even to kill a neighbor. This Voodoo Queen paraded through Congo Square, dancing to the Vodun rhythms and chanting spells.
Marie Laveau became a household name. Stories of her life are still told today. What made this Voodoo Queen different from the many other Voodoo Queens is that she used her innate womanly power and charisma to influence an entire movement towards freedom and the empowerment of women in New Orleans. To me, she is an inspiration and a gift. She taught me the invaluable lesson of how to influence others to bring about change. Her medium was word of mouth. Her message was the strength of the media.
If old Marie Laveau could bring about such extreme changes in society, spark the popularization and development of jazz as a genre, and still have the ability to keep children behaved hundreds of years after her death by the threat of her spirit doing evil, I could at least do SOMETHING to influence at least one person to bring a change in New Orleans.
I knew that if I was going to be in New Orleans, I would have to raise money for New Orleans by selling something that had the personality of New Orleanians and that would not be just another rubber-wristband with a fleur de lis. I had to come up with something funny and even a little inappropriate because at the end of the day, New Orleanians will always make laughter through tears at inappropriate times because laughter is the best life raft.
“IF THIS FEMA TRAILER IS’ A ROCKING…DON’T COME’ A KNOCKING!”
In two weeks, I sold $13,xxx worth of buttons with this phrase. I contacted a man named James Taylor who was in charge of actually purchasing materials to “repair” the levee systems. What did this buy? A pipe. Not so great. But was much more valuable and what needed to be repaired far more than the levees (they aren’t even repaired anyway now!) was the laughter of New Orleanians. For two years following the storm, I gave a button to anyone with tears in their eyes and of course…at no charge. These people were not hard to find. With each button came a crack of laughter.
Marie Laveau’s legacy was the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. My legacy is “The Button Lady.” I have arrived!