This spring, Faust generously donated his time to work with The Street Gallery to support the “Culture Stops!” campaign (www.culturestops.org), a grassroots movement of artists and arts organizations that called on citizens to “imagine a world with no culture,” in protest of Congress’ proposed deep cuts to federal arts and humanities funding. The installation was on 14th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Read more about the Culture Stops! action.
Faust followed his Culture Stops gate with an installation of his own design: Luctor et Emergo, Latin for “I struggle and I emerge.” This installation, using a script he has employed in other works of his, took two site visits to complete.
Faust is a visual artist living in New York City. His work is a response to the perpetually changing image of the city drawing on influences from graffiti and art history. His work was featured in the Le Tag exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris and adorned the facade of White Box Gallery in the Lower Eastside. He previously collaborated with the Graffiti Research Lab projecting his tag in the Museum of Modern Art as part of the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibit in 2008. Faust’s work was published recently in Definition: The Art and Design of Hip Hop by Cey Adams (Harper Collins), photographer Martha Cooper’s book Going Postal (Mark Batty), and Graffiti New York by Eric Felisbret (Abrams).
View Faust’s website.
Thanks to Brian Dowling of The Steel Yard in Providence, RI for a donation funding materials for this installation, to Justin and Zane at Mediacy for hustling to secure the site, to Seth for loaning his van, and to the kind proprietor of Jason’s Jewelry for his patience during final touches….
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