CONCRETE JUNGLE

We have to keep it moving right, it has been a while since our last big piece but we finally got back together and made a new one, this is the start of our new collection "Concrete Jungle" and it plays with scenarios from New York city using the amazing photographs of Chinitas combined with my goofy characters.

After all, this city embraces all unique and weird characters and because this is our last year living here we decided to make a tribute to all the things New York city brought to our lives, for all the new things we learned and for making us better artists... and here goes some of the process, it took us a week to complete this 12"x48" piece.

HACIA AFUERA PHOTOS

We had to document the event so here are some photos for the ones that missed it, and thank you very much for the ones that did make it in spite of the rain.

We love projects where you have to interact with the community. Free workshops, performances, music, mural painting, body painting, food carts and 13 amazing artists including us!

HACIA AFUERA PROCESS "UNDER THE SAME SKY"

If we all live in the same planet, if we all fall under the same sky, doesn’t that make us all equal? “Under the same Sky” is a piece that communicates equality. For this project we used the interior packaging of wine bottle boxes combining photography and illustration.

Wine bottles come from different places and they travel all around the world just to be drank by different people, in a sense they are immigrants, like everyone of us. Why wine? We used wine as a metaphor for bringing people together and even though we all come in different packages, at the end we have the same essence.

So, we finally finished our piece a night before the show and after a week of sleepless nights, some glue and some markers we can tell you we were really happy with the result and it wasn't just the after effects of the glue and markers.

Here are some photos so you can see our process. 50 characters + weaved sky + city collage.

HACIA AFUERA EXHIBITION

This is the first exhibition we’ll be as a collective and we’re really excited about it!

Hacia Afuera is a public art festival in East Harlem-El Barrio. In recent years gentrification has become a reality for many of El Barrio’s residents and thus Hacia Afuera is to be used as a vehicle to reclaim the public space be it a garden, a sidewalk, or walls in celebration of its cultural diversity.

Art Exhibitions Featuring: Adrian Roman, Roberto de Jesus, a Live Painting by Manny Vega, Sarah Olson, Carlos Martinez, Heather O’Brien, Cacy Forgenie, Louis Nieves, Ale Bara & China Yon, Alex White-Mazzarella , Tara Parsons, Michael De Feo, and Daniel Cordani!