Special Announcements:
All of Blade's paintings have his tag & his personal signature on the back of them for over 25 years!!!
Any painting without his signature(on the back) is a FRAUD!!!
You can contact us at
www.bladekingofgraf.com and E-mail queen.1204@yahoo.com
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"IZ THE WIZ" MEMORIAL SERVICE
@ TUFF CITY STYLE
650 FORDHAM ROAD
BRONX NY
THIS SUNDAY JUNE 21,2009 1PM - 6PM
FOR MORE INFO / TEL- 1718 563-4157
Sar.Iz the wiz,Lee,Spar,Ale one,&
Blade at Sar's house in 1990!!!
Tonight
at the haven art gallery, candlelight ceremony for graffiti king "IZ THE
WIZ"
50 Bruckner Blvd. Bldg. A
Bronx NY 10454 Hours 7pm - 10 pm
Blade & Portia & all of "The Crazy Five" send out
their regrets & condolences for
Iz the Wiz (Master Pioneer Bomber of the 70s & 80s) He
will be missed
greatly!!!!
"IZ THE WIZ" THE MASTER BLASTER
1958 - 2009 REST IN PEACE!
Slave Tf5 Dien and Rolieo
Blade,Henry Chalfant &
Martha Cooper
will be in London
on June 25,2009 at the
Thames & Hudson booksigning for the Subway
Art's
25th Anniversary
Edition.
"Blade & Portia would like to send a special &
heartfelt thanks to all of the 1,895
guests,fans & friends who came out to the opening
night to show their love &
support to him & the Helenbeck Gallery (Chantal.Brigitte & Jean Gismondi)who
made all of this possible.We'd also like to thank all
of the sponsors who backed this
historical event!
Last but not least,we'd like to thank everyone
involved in transforming the
Splashlight into the beautifully elegant palace it
became to serve as a perfect
venue!
Assortments of art at the opening
SHARP LEE WITH SON
LEE'S MADONNA GUEST AND LEE
SASHA JENKENS AND WIFE BRIGITTE AND SHABAZZ
BLADE WITH CLAUDE AND CATHERINE
BANNER SPONSORED BY DUGGAL JASON AND BLADE
SHARP AND DAZE CRASH AND CHARLIE AHEARN
CRASH AND MARTHA COOPER NIC ONE AND PORTIA
BLADE'S BLUE PASTEL
BLADE'S SUNKIST BLADES BOOBAH RETURNS
ANOTHER BLOCK BUSTER PROD. SUE BLADE MICHAEL SUZY
SUE BLADE MIMI BLADE'S DOUBLE TAKE
LEE AND MATT BLADE AND MOM
BLADE SHADOW PORTIA AND MATT LOUIE THE 14 AMOIRE
BLADE'S TIME WARP 4/84 LOUIE THE 14 RABBIT CHAIR
BLADE AND FRIENDS MATT AND REVOLT
HENRY CHALFANT AND MATT BLADE PARTIES HARDY AND MECHANICAL LETTERS
KING BLADE BLADE'S GOD MOTHER (RUBY) MOM AND DAD
CATHY PORTIA GEAR BLADE AND JOHN
Blade & Lee now Blade is 52 & Lee is 48.In 1982.Blade was 25years old & Lee was 21!
ASH,BANKSY,BLADE,BLEK
LE RAT,CRASH,DAZE,HENRY CHALFANT ,IKON,JAMEL SHABAZZ,JON ONE,LEE
QUINONES,MARTHA COOPER,NUNCO,PLATEUS,QUIK,RAMMELLZEE,SHARP,SILVIO
MAGGAGLIO,SOZYONE.
This painting"The
Collaboration" will be showing at the
Speerstra Gallery(post
graffiti & contemporary art )
Geneve/Bursins Switzerlannd may 7th-june6th,2009
PARIS.- By commissioning works from the foremost
graffiti artists, Alain-Dominique Gallizia has compiled - and continues to
compile – the most important painted record of what was, until now, an
ephemeral art. Now 300 works have been brought together for an unprecedented
project in the history of Art, shown in a world-first exhibition at the
Grand Palais.
From the street to the Grand Palais. For the first time ever, this art
sauvage is being shown at a Paris cultural institution, in the south-west
gallery, undergoing restoration, on the first floor overlooking the nave.
This new gallery provides an exceptional 700 square metres of space under
the glass-panelled roof of the Grand Palais.
Tags, in which the artist
signs their nickname or street name adjoined to their house number (Stayhigh
149, Tracy 168 and many more), first appeared in the 1960s in the US, and
were brought to wider public attention on July 21, 1971 when The New York
Times ran a seminal story on the tag artist Taki 183.
After the
simply-drawn letters of tags came graffiti. This aerosol art sparked a new
style of calligraphy, a worldwide cultural challenge, and heated competition
between graffiti artists. This new art form was brought to France from New
York in 1983 by Bando, who wrote his name on walls around rue du Bac, the
birthplace of Parisian graffiti art. From the Stalingrad Métro station to
the Louvre, walls old and new around the city were soon covered in art by
Skki, Jayone, Spirit, Psyckoze and others.
Each of the 300 works in this
exhibition comes from an encounter between the leading T.A.G. (Tag And
Graff) artists and Alain-Dominique Gallizia, who has spent the past three
years in a constant quest for the last art form of the 20th century. They
show how the artists, who were all actively involved in shaping this
project, intend leaving an indelible trace of their talent.
All the
works follow a unifying and threefold principle: the same format (a
horizontal canvas in two parts measuring 60x180cm), the same theme (on the
left the artist's signature, and on the right an open interpretation of the
theme "Love") and if possible produced in Alain-Dominique Gallizia's studio
in Boulogne-Billancourt, which he opened to the artists. The (some would say
crazy) objective is to create a comparative record, both artistic and
historical, instantaneous and eternal, of this movement.
The Gallizia
collection speaks volumes about the energy on the street, where every
nationality can express itself from the American pioneers and European stars
to the up-and-coming generations in Korea (Reach), Iran (Isba) and Brazil (Nunca).
Bubble letters, cloud letters, block letters, chromed signatures, restyled
and freestyle cartoon characters… the works at the Grand Palais form a
unique and multiple panorama of styles and colors.
Alain-Dominique
Gallizia is an architect with a passion for graffiti who grew up between
Paris and Provence. He opened his agency in 1984 in Boulogne, specialising
in homes for clients who are in many cases also collectors. A chance
encounter with a graffiti artist spraying a fence around the site he was
working on inspired him to gather traces of this ephemeral street art by
inviting artists to leave their mark on history on a two-sided canvas that
will never be erased.
Laura & John celebrate her 50th B.D.
Laura & John celebrate her 50th B.D. Laura & Susan lookin like Diva's at the party!!!!!!
Laura & John (Sharing a quiet moment)
Laura & Portia Doing their thing on the dance floor!
Blade & Portia dancing at their childhood friend's 50th B.D>Party! Laura, Portia & Susan(Laura sister visiting from Tampa for Laura's 50th B,D, Party
Laura. Joey & Susan are a family who party together at Laura's 50th B.D .Laura , Portia &Susan
Portia& Blade Laura& Blade dancing
Laura,Susan,Blade& Portia Sister to Sister
Cathy,Gear,Portia & Blade Cathy & Gear (STEVE)
Blade,Portia & Rose (Mrs & Mr.Blade)outside Gear's & Cathy's house in Brewster
"Blade's candy bars sell on 5th ave next to Versace & Prada!
ENTER HERE CANDY BAR EXHIBITION
POWERHOUSE SUMMIT WITH THE JANUARY BABIES! PORTIA, BRIGITTE, BLADE, CHANTAL & HENRY CHALFANT
JANUARY GIRLS HANG OUT, BRIGITTE, PORTIA & CHANTAL (TWINS FROM THE HELENBECK GALLERIE IN PARIS & NICE
Please E-mail queen.1204@yahoo.com
GRAFFITI KINGS BY JACK STEWART HITS STORE APRIL 2009
Blade & Ale checking out the new Jack Stewart Book set to be release on May 2009 "Graffiti Kings of the 1970's in the Stewart Studio Feb 2
The Writing on the Subway
Walls
On Friday night
Abrams threw a party at Alphabeta in Brooklyn to celebrate the release of
Jack Stewart’s new book,
Graffiti
Kings: New York
Mass Transit Art of
the 1970s. Regina Stewart, Jack’s widow, is pictured here flanked by two
Graffiti
artists featured in the book, Blade and Ale.
Rub5 & Death (Death invented the Crazy5)
Ale one with his personalized copy of The graffiti Kings!
Ale, Regina and Blade
Party people
Blade one with his brother Craig(Happy times)
Flint 707 is elated that both of his whole cars are in the book Ale, Regina, Blade & Henry Chalfant
Blade presents Regina Stewart with her own model train & a kiss!
Henry Chalfant & Cope2 Yaz56 signing his page
Lava chilling with Flint707 Spec macking at the signing
Nic707 bombing the book Tracy168 hanging with Flint707
Charlie Ahearn,Jane Dixon,Ale & Blade Blade with his mentor Gun229(Master Bomber of the 3rd ave El 2s&5s
Top row Portia, Blade, Gun 229, Clyde, Lask & a Fan Bottom row Ree, FDT
56, Lava & Rub 5
AT THE BOOK SIGNING, the
books are $30.00.NO FREE
BOOKS FOR ANYONE. All proceeds go to Jack Stewart's widow.
1st
:Alpha beta70 Greenpoint ave (bet west & Franklin)
Date: April 10,2009
7pm Friday Brooklyn
SUBWAY ART WILL BE ON THE BOOKSHELVES IN MAY 2009 WORLD WIDE!
This is the 25th anniversary of Subway art.It is 17"long & 12"
wide & the centerfold opens 37".Blade will be in London at the Book
signing for Thames & Hudson with Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant May
2009
Yaki Kornblit, Blade, Director-auctioneer Rob Sneep, Vincent Vlasblom, Portia, after the first success at Sotheby's
The Boss Vincent Vlsblom,Yaki Kornblit, Blade TC5, Herman, Reinet, up front Rob Sneep-Amsterdam Auctioneer Director
Portia, Yaki Kornblit, Blade TC5, Rob Sneep; Vincent Vlasblom,- Blade with 2 new young graff fans outside Sothebys in Ansterdam Dec 3, 2008
Blade & Portia with Yaki Kornblit outside the first successful graff auction Dec 3,2008
Chillin with Blade in front of Martha Cooper's apt on Riverside Drive in front of his 1972 T-bird The Brazilian writers are Os Gemeos(the twins)& their sister.November 2008
AMERICAN GRAFFITI ART 70'S 90'S
GALERIE HELENBECK GALERIE GISMONDI
MARTHA COOPER & BLADE WILL BE THERE "LIVE" SIGNING BOOKS
Blade & Portia outside of the Tag Town book signing party next to the
72 t-bird. Portia,Blade & Amrl
"We'd like to thank all of the people who came out to show their support for Martha Cooper's Tag Town book.The evening was a huge success!!!!
Lava,snake1,#1fan,Clyde,Amrl & Ink76 Stay High149 signing poster
Freedom & family, Fans Galore!
Flint 707 & lovely daughter, Part 1,Portia & Amrl
Mrs.Blade(Portia) & Rub5, Ket, Mr.Hip Hop Ken & Martha
Snake1,Part 1, Groupies!!!!!
COM -N- GRAF 2
SATURDAY 9.27.09
7PM-11PM /ALL AGES /FREE
TECHNICAL SKATE SHOP
230 NEWBURY ST., BOSTON - Tel - 617.262.0003
TECHNICALSHOPS.COM
MYSPACE.COM/ROBSTULL
This Saturday, the work of 45 artists will be packed into one place. The work displayed will be both comic and graffiti art, and the show, COMnGRAF 2, is a conscious attempt to contrapose the two graphic styles, highlighting the stylistic influence each has on the other.
The show is the brainchild of artist Rob Stull, a veteran of the comic book world, and graffiti writer and comic book inker GRODZ. It is the second in a series that began at the end of May. The first show kept Stull so busy that he never noticed, until he got ready to leave, that it had been raining for most of the night.
This installment is expected to create even more excitement, and renowned artists from both graphic persuasions will be attending—including legendary graffiti artist Blade and comic artist Khary Randolph. Randolph just finished his first season as head character designer for the new Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon series for Fox. For Blade, whose career began in the '70s, graffiti was "just a bunch of kids having fun," he says. Blade has painted more than 5,000 subway cars and claims to be the "only living person since Warhol to make the cover of the Sotheby's catalog." This Saturday, he will be showing a re-creation of a piece he painted on a subway car in 1976. It will be reproduced on the underside of a skate deck, something he's never done before, and the purchaser will also get a framed photo of Blade standing next to the original in '76.
The conflation of comic and graffiti art hadn't yet begun when Blade started painting. "Back then, artists were listening to psychedelic rock," he says. "Nobody was spinning on their head listening to Sly Stone or Janis." The idea behind COMnGRAF, to explicitly highlight the crossover of graffiti and comic art, is something Blade has never seen. "It's a new idea, it should work."
Randolph represents another generation of artist at the show. He says that growing up, "graffiti was all around us," and though he's never written graffiti himself, "it fed into what I do." He's seen shows that featured a wide variety of graphic styles, including graffiti and comic art, but never one like this, designed specifically to celebrate the interconnectedness of the two. As a Boston native, Randolph is excited the show will be taking place here. "Even if it's in a small way, I'm giving back to the town that raised me."
The work of comic artists, Leinil Francis Yu, Ed McGuinness, Sanford Greene and many more will be shown. Graffiti artists T.Kid, Ces, Pose 2, Wane COD, Nic One and many more represent the street. It ultimately will lead to the publishing of a book about the connection of the two forms by True Elements, a publishing LLC founded by Stull.
BLADE AND THE BAZAY JAM BAND - SODA POP
BLADES unreleased 70's and 80's recordings available on CD for the first time.
Article by Jason Ksino Woodward.
Those of you down with graff and Hip Hop culture will know that BLADE was an early New York graffiti pioneer. He painted over 5000 subway cars throughout the early 1970s and his work was featured in documentaries like Style Wars and From Here To Carnesie. Most of his fans dont realise he was also a well known and influential bass player and band leader from the Bronx. His funky style was also found in his fat bass playing for groups like THE FIRST CLASS GOOD TIME BAND and the BAZAY JAM BAND. These groups occasionally toured throughout New York State, but rarely recorded. One box of four track cassette tapes remained for all those years of playing.
Those tapes sat dormant at BLADES apartment for years, occasionally getting played to European art collectors who constantly visit him hounding him for new paintings. Tash and I were visiting BLADE at his NYC Bronx based apartment, to pay our respects and get some old school knowledge. Tash was particularly interested in finding out about the old school female writers. I always dig any old school story from someone who was there. I had made the pilgramage to New York City on four seperate occasions for this very reason.
BLADE has lived there most of his life. New York City born and bred. A true Bronx Bomber. From his window, you can see the trains running. His parents live in an apartment block right next door. Near Dyre Avenue in the Bronx. Well worth the travel to check out the legend and his old school flicks. BLADE bought Tash and I lunch for the local chinese takeaway.... beers, bud and black bean sauce... Looking thru lots of old school flixs and getting some bass guitar tips. To get the party moving he busted out some old tapes. Early recordings..... the tapes were fat psychedelic hard fat funk and early electro bombs from the heart of the Boogie Down Bronx.. That day was one of the high points of both our lives.
THE RECORDINGS TRANSFER
These recordings were made in the late 70's and early 80's. One of the tracks
features male vocals reminicent of Tom Jones. BLADE told us that this vocalist
was a huge Jones fan. The rest of the tracks are home recordings made in his
Bronx apartment. On the 80s recordings a FOSTEX home studio 4 track onto cassette
tape was used. Drum programming and keyboards are all by BLADE. That fat bass
was played live by Rickenbacker master BLADE.
Once I had permission from BLADE for the recordings I had to find a studio. I spent a couple of days trying various friends I had and then thru the VILLAGE VOICE I tried a bunch of studios. I could not find any studios with the old recording equipment. I had a moment of clarity and I relised I had to take the 4 track recorder down to a studio. So I had to take his old four track down to little studio on the east side lower Manhattan and get the recordings made into protools. A big chunk of trust was needed as I could have easlily hocked the 4 track.
I had the tracks, 11 in total all transferred onto protools. Each track seperated still. I fly back to Australia 3 days later. Once back I gave the recording to Jigsaw Geoff to cut down. Some of these jams were 12 minutes long and often with tape damage in sections. We made copies of a number of tracks and then sent them out to Australias best beats producers- RANSOM, PERIL, JIGSAW GEOFF.
THE RECORDINGS
11 Original recordings by BLADE
Excerpts from a taped interview Kasino made with BLADE in 1997.
Images from BLADE's archive of 70's graffiti images.
PC/MAC Screensaver.
On each CD you will find 11 original tracks, 3 remixes as well as some excerpts from an interview I conducted with BLADE in 1997. I interviewed a number of New York legends including DERO, BLADE, FLITE, KEL and MIN ONE. All recordings were made on tape and sat in a box at my place Brisbane for the last 5 years. Now grab this rare chance to listen to these funky recordings.This is raw funk from the heart of the Bronx.
PRESSING
This is a one time only release of these rare tracks and these songs will
never be found again. This disc also contains a number of train phots from
his 5000 various panels in the 70s. We are only making 500 copies of this
recording. We will not be repressing this CD. It is strictly for the underground
heads.
TO ORDER BLADES CD
We can mailorder to any where in the world. Credit Card purchases can be made
by calling BUTTER BEATS RECORD STORE. This is a one time only release of these
rare tracks and these songs will never be found again. So get in early our
you will never know!!!
Australian Orders
To purchase a copy of BLADE- SODA POP send a cheque, money order or well concealed
cash $30.00 to 183 Productions. Our address is below. This includes freight
anywhere in Australia Express Post service $8.00 this includes $100.00 Australian
Post insurance.
Non -Australian residents Send us well concealed $20 US Dollars to purchase
a copy of this collectors item. This amount includes freight anywhere on the
planet.
Send cash, cheque or money order for $20US or $30Aust to-
183
PO BOX 5762
WEST END QLD 4101
AUSTRALIA
If you have any questions please email me at kasino@gil.com.au.
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We'd like to thank Jeanette & Jeppe
& their family for purhasing this historiical painting.The family from
Copenhagen made a very good decision!
Line - Mikkel - Mads - Michael - Signe - Jeppe and Jeanette
May28th 
"Blade,Jacques Rue,Portia & Pasqualle mixing business&Pleasure(Jacques
& family flew in from Paris to meet the king of Graf Blade & his wife
Portia")
Jacques Rue,fresh in from Paris with family(purchasing a painting from The king of graffiti Blade")
"Blade & Portia would like to wish Martha Cooper a very Happy 65th birthday" Thanks & God Bless!
Seen,Blade & Lee chillin at Henry's 50th (Back in the
day!!!)
click on first photo for blade interview on youtube
click on second photo for more Blade interview
Blade,Swet.Easy & Biel."Blade Adds some Flavour with writers in Scandanavia"Special thanks to NEXR & His Queen Matilde for their hospitality"
We're sorry for the loss of a good friend & fellow write "AEIS RIP" The wall was painted by "NEXR"We feel your loss here in America!
Blade & Swet painting & chillin in Aarhus(Scandanavia)Sept.2007
BLADE TC5 REMIX 2007
Cope2, Cornbread, Blade & T-Kid will be in Reading Pa. from Dec.7th -Jan.2nd.
"The 1st Graffiti artist in the world (1966) Cornbread
meets Blade (the King of graffiti 1972) at Ian White's show
The Taking of Reading, Pa. The children of Reading Pa, stand with the two
legends!
Blade's 1st collaberation (piece) with Boxie (Amsterdam)
A heartfelt thanks to Henrik, Christian, Jon for making their vision a reality, that shall live in the hearts of all people involved
Copenhagen Exhibition
Blade and Portia would like to thank Jeanette Oxvang and Jeppewestrup of the Graffiti galleret .DK for their support and love during their visit
Aarhus Anders Lars Jimmie were great underground soldiers who rose to the ranks for the kings arrival.The queen gives her love and expresses her gratitude for a warm reception from everyone.
VH1 Presents (The Coolest Nite In HELL) airs on VH1 Channel
at 9pm on August `11th (The Blackout of 1977's 30th Anniversary!!!!) Blade,
Henry Chalfant & Lee appear in interviews!
Sept.5th 2007,Blade lectures at the Danish National Museum of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark (Historic lecture on Graffiti)
BLADE EXHIBITION IN COPENHAGEN
Copenhagen Sept,4th/ graffitigalleriet.dk Sept, 6th afterparty Sept,6th/ Live Painting in Fredericia Sept,7th / Artboks Opening & Afterparty at Sept,8th / Amsterdam Departure Sept, 11th
