Fab 5 Freddy

Constructor: Brendan Emmett Quigley and Caleb Madison Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium   THEME: none   Word of the Day: Max EUWE ( 2D: Dutch chess grandmaster Max ) — Machgielis (Max) Euwe (last name is pronounced [ˈøːwə] ) (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess Grandmaster , mathematician , and author. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion (1935–37). Euwe also served as President of FIDE , the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978. (wikipedia) • • • Fell...Read Full Story

Photos by G.  Art by Fab 5 Freddy . New York: New Work by Fab 5 Freddy. Now showing at Gallery 151 in NYC through July 1, 2011 Fred Brathwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy is a pioneer in hip hop and graffiti.  His latest exhibit is entitled “New York: New Work” and is showing at Gallery 151 in New York.  His mixed-media canvases use a modified pointillism technique where he incorporates hand-laid crystals into his works. It’s hard to see the crystals from these pictures, so perhaps a closer look...Read Full Story

From Paper Mag : When he's not kicking back with hip-hop royalty, chilling in his Harlem brownstone, having dinner with David LaChapelle or managing one of his numerous side-ventures -- most recently as a curatorial advisor to Jeffrey Deitch on MoCA's monumental "Art in the Streets" exhibition -- Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite can be found painting in a Brooklyn studio he shares with his old running buddy and fellow graffiti artist Lenny McGurr , a/k/a Futura 2000. After putting art on...Read Full Story

Graffitti and street art is now an integral part of the visual arts landscape. I mentioned South Park Inspired Masterpieces, Cartman Kaiju Death, Opera Gallery, New York recently. In Los Angeles on April 17, Geffen Contemporary at MOCA swung doors open for Art in the Streets (April 17-August 8, 2011). Call it a retrospective is you will with a world view: "Art in the Streets will showcase installations by 50 of the most dynamic artists from the graffiti and street art community...Read Full Story

Filed under: Hip-Hop News , Side Gig Moises De Pena, Getty Images Hip-hop historian, OG graffiti artist and industry veteran Fab 5 Freddy is getting some recognition in the art world for his mixed media pieces. The former 'YO! MTV Raps' host was recently honored as the first artist-in-residence at the Cosmopolitan Hotel's P3 Studio in Las Vegas. Freddy's work -- a mixture of boxing and striptease scenes -- is featured throughout the hotel's luxurious properties and in a site...Read Full Story