Iron on Resistance
Driving on Florida Avenue, Susan and I came across the following images
Iron On Resistance
Obey
These were all found at the Praise Cathedral at 5103 N. Florida Ave
Then at the old Eckerd's at MLK and Nebraska we found more images
Dirty but Sophisticated
and some different Obey images
So what's up with these?
A Google search revealed the following website http://irononresistance.com/ "An Art Product Collective for Your Proletarian Lifestyle" - Coming in November.
There is no further explanation. However there is a link to Red Labor http://www.redlabor.com/ Red Labor is the work of artists Josh Bertrand and Dave Rau. In that website and blog is this comment:
Well, how about some tshirts, purses, ipod cases, buttons and limited
edition clothing and screen prints; maybe you’re interested you say?
Iron-On Resistance
6 comments:
I saaw these a lot in Miami last year and this spring, mainly around the design district...I believe new times had a brief sie column about it..gorilla art ya know..sociaa memes.
There's some of this near the Tampa theater and on Nebraska in Ybor Heights near the I-4 underpass.
The urban artist and activist in me is curious. But part of me also considers it nothing more than a higher quality of grafiti, vandalism, and trash.
www.obeygiant.com
There's a face on a water tower near hyde park, and one on S. bound 275 just north of Busch blvd.
http://www.myspace.com/dirtybutsophisticated
There's an exhibition at the USF Contemporary Art Museum called Beautiful Losers. Unfortunate title aside, it's a great collection of art from what's considered street culture - skateboarding, graffiti and so on. There are some pictures of Red Labor's work there. It runs through December 17 - check it out.
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