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Wheat Paste
Hand-painted Faux Show Cards, Wheatpastes & Woody Guthrie the Sign-Painter
Contrary to popular mythology, it was with paint brushes in hand, not a guitar, that [Woody] Guthrie hit the road for California. He had hocked his guitar . . . and it was his artistic skills that he brokered for room and board. –Nora Guthrie
For Woody Guthrie dot org © Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant
I’ve had more than my share of time on my hands the last few days – off my feet due to an accident – and I’ve been watching Turner Classics. We watched back-to-back The Grapes of Wrath, based on Steinbeck’s brutal retelling of the Dustbowl era and how big industry exploited American migrant workers during our great economic catastrophe (sound familiar?), and Bound For Glory, the story of Woody Guthrie’s phenomenal yet humble beginnings of an illustrious career played quite convincingly by David Carradine. During both films, the stark reality of how history repeats itself was made evident – and now yet again the American majority is being exploited by bailed-out banking institutions and holier-than-thou conservative politicians.
Woody Guthrie: Art Works - Rizzoli Books - Authors Steven Brower & Nora Guthrie
As I went walking I saw a sign there – And on the sign it said “No Trespassing.” – But on the other side it didn’t say nothing, – That side was made for you and me. – Alternative verse from This Land is Your Land – Woodie Guthrie
Woody’s first chosen pursuit was painting illustrations and text — he painted signs for businesses to earn a living as a young man before his music became the wellspring of his legacy. As powerful as music can be as medium for social change, the melding of slogans & graphic images has been a powerful and enduring propagandistic tool for both worthy and misguided causes. From Shepard Fairey‘s brilliant Obama Hope Campaign posters to the early hand-painted wall ads for tobacco companies, text and image has been used to persuade, convert, or pervert the masses. Naturally, I was delighted to see Fairey’s “exquisite print” he created for Guthrie’s centennial as a fundraiser when I went to the Official Guthrie Website after seeing the film of his early life. Yet even the simplest urging from a handcrafted store sign or for a sale generated by a stylistic grocery store show card can stop you in your tracks and send you down the aisle looking for a circular coupon. On the Kaufmann Mercantile blog the art of the “snappers,” the slang term that was used to call sign painters, is celebrated and analyzed.
Mixed type and tense lines. From Simplified Show Card Writing, Carl Rousseau Havighorst, 1942 via The Annie Show via Newhouse Books- Kaufmann Mercantile CLICK FOR LINK
Below are the works of who I believe to be a single anonymous snapper who has been posting show cards with wheat paste for ironic and dubious products at bargain prices from the shores of the Gowanus to the wigwams of Tacoma over the last eight years. No clue as to who he or she is but would love to give a proper artists’ credit to the creator of these humors ads with the stylish fonts.
Tacoma Faux Show Card Wheatpaste - Previously posted 8-27-2009 - © Frank H. Jump
Myrtle & Bedford Avenues in August 2005 - Previously posted on FAB on May 4, 2008
Sunset Park Industrial - Hamilton Ave - Previously posted on February 20, 2008 © Frank H. Jump
Other wheatpaste mural art:
Woody Guthrie sites of interest:
Nether Street Art – Baltimore, MD
Girl with red bra strap & fedora: Chase & Clay - © Nether Street Art - CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE
Orleans & Collington - © Nether Street Art - CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE
Walls of Fame - Secret Bridge Spot - © Nether Street Art - CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE
Vacant Rowhomes - Whitelocke Avenue - © Nether Street Art - CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE
Wyman Park Bridge - © Nether Street Art - CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE
Artist: Nether
Photographer: Nether
City: Baltimore
Bio: NETHER is a urban art campaign that hopes to impact and beautify BMORE’s bleakness through vibrant street art with the hopes of evoking public discussion. The pieces that are wheatpasted to the chosen (usually vacant) surfaces directly comment on the city and the forces that have brought it to it’s shameful state.
Nether sees his work as a force that solidifies people’s connections to locations in the city that are distinctly Baltimore. He tries to reclaim and recycle the tragic landscape. This city is a place that is simultaneously loved and hated for bringing both contentment and fear, anger and joy; it’s vibe is a permeating force that becomes part of every mind experiencing it’s poetic chaos. The intention is to relentlessly pursue capturing that beauty in the mundane, that excitement in the fear, and whatever force brings out the orange and purple as a heart- felt declaration of true Bmore pride. OWN.YOUR.CITY – Nether
Keep A Breast Foundation – The Non-Toxic Revolution Campaign
Seattle –
The Non-Toxic Revolution Campaign
Ballard Bridge Overpass - NW Market St & 15th Avenue NW - KABF
Ballard Bridge Overpass - NW Market St & 15th Avenue NW - KABF
University District NE 45th Street & 12th Avenue NE - KABF
Qwest Field - 1st Avenue South - KABF
Crossroads Trading Company - 325 Broadway Avenue East - KABF
Golden Gardens Park - 8498 Seaview Place NW - KABF
The Keep A Breast Foundation announces the Non Toxic Revolution campaign. The goal of the Non Toxic Revolution (NTR) is to inform and educate young people about the dangers of toxic chemicals in our environment and food supply and the link to breast cancer. The program focuses on prevention as a means to maintain long-term health and well-being by providing alternatives so that young people everywhere can make educated decisions.
Keep A Breast has partnered with the design firm Studio Number One founded by artist Shepard Fairey, to create a campaign that will ––encourage youth to embrace prevention as a deterrent to breast cancer and other diseases. NTR strives to enlighten youth about some of thecommon toxins that scientists and informed health advocates are advising thepublic to avoid. Keep A Breast believes the more this generation understands, the better choices they will make to stay healthy and cancer-free.
“I have been a supporter of The Keep A Breast Foundation for over 10 years,” stated Fairey. “When they asked me to be a part of their Non Toxic Revolution initiative, I jumped on the chance to help create images. Social causes and issues related to art is what drives the Obey Awareness projects, so a graphic program for Keep A Breast to raise awareness about toxic chemicals was a perfect fit. Breast cancer prevention is personal for me because I have lost two Aunts to breast cancer, and my Mother is a breast cancer survivor. I feel privileged to work with KAB and hope that the work my studio, Studio Number One, and I created can be helpful to this important cause.”
The campaign that launches today includes information on how to make your environment non toxic by following ten simple rules for different aspects of your life including: Your House, Your Mouth, Your Body, Plastic Sucks, Heart and Soul and Your Pet. Visit wwww.kabntr.org to learn how NTR will break down scientific journals into easy to read and comprehend tips, as well as educate people on how they can get involved and petition for safer products and better legislation.
NTR will embark– on a 8-city tour to help inspire and educate young people about toxic chemicals infecting our food, products, and environment. The campaign tour will strive to be as non toxic as possible starting with a truck converted to run on vegetable oil – With a team of volunteers, artists and activists embedded in each city, the tour seeks to educate, inspire and activate individuals to be more aware of the harmful and cancerous toxic chemicals found in our food and environment have on all of us. – KABF
Portland –
The Non-Toxic Revolution Campaign
Acme Artwalk - Portland, OR - The Non-Toxic Revolution - KABF
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Burnside Skatepark Overhang - KABF
KABF - NTF Horse
Ladies, Gents clothes peek // From above Botanica // Fifth & Fifth, B’klyn #haiku
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Made to order © Frank H. Jump
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Banksy? Is that you? © Frank H. Jump
Good luck to whatever business winds up here, but do go and spend some time at this storefront while you can. Bring a camera!
Ladies, Gents clothes peek // From above Botanica // Fifth & Fifth, B’klyn #haiku #location #placepoem
Audrey Sightings in Paris & Ghent
Walking down from Sacre Coeur - Rue d'Orchampt - Paris © Jump/Nevada
Walking down from Sacre Coeur - Rue d'Orchampt - Paris © Jump/Nevada
Werregaren Straat - Gent - België - © Frank H. Jump
Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian.
Born in Ixelles, Belgium as Audrey Kathleen Ruston, Hepburn spent her childhood chiefly in the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem, Netherlands, during the Second World War. She studied ballet in Arnhem and then moved to London in 1948, where she continued to train in ballet and worked as a photographer’s model. She appeared in a handful of European films before starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi. Hepburn played the lead female role in Roman Holiday (1953), winning an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for her performance. She also won a Tony Award for her performance in Ondine (1954). – Wikipedia
