Please let us know if you can make it and spread the word!!
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I contributed some older drawings large and small to this awesome event...
140 W. Michigan, Three Rivers, Michigan
3 weeks ago
6/3/13
~UniBrow Art Season begins Featuring Chicago's 83ism.
We are pleased to present works by the 2012 3D Art Prize Winners 83ism ~ the dynamic artist collective from Chicago .
Please let us know if you can make it and spread the word!!
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I contributed some older drawings large and small to this awesome event...
Please let us know if you can make it and spread the word!!
click for a larger image
I contributed some older drawings large and small to this awesome event...
12/5/12
~OMG HOT @ Believe Inn
Believe Inn
2043 N. Winchester Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
BELIEVEINN.ORG
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Andrea Alonge, Antonio Martinez, Brooks Golden, Ethan Stuart
BE GOLDEN 2012
11/21/12
11/15/12
~New Interview @ On The Wall(PILSEN)
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"When asked why an owl, Golden simply replied, “ I’m obsessed with birds.” But his fascination with owl imagery began in 2007. The indigenous history behind these nocturnal birds of prey and the folklore attached to them appeals to Golden in a special way, particularly because of his Native-American descent."
READ THE REST HERE
Special Thanks to Samantha Pena for the opportunity
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10/2/12
UPDATE!!! ~Hot Box Mobile Gallery presents: GOOD GUYS show
Saturday, October 13, 2012.2:00am until 10:00pm..
They roam the streets, armed with paint and paste... its the GOOD GUYS!
Featuring works by Brooks Golden, Clam Nation, Don't Fret, Espir, Left Handed Wave, Lucx, Nice One & Nudnik.
We'll be hanging out with Galerie F all day for the Squared! Art Walk (anysquared.com). Join us.
Galerie F
2381 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60618
11:00 am - 6:00 pm.Phone (773) 819-9200
Email galeriefchicago@gmail.com
Website http://www.galerief.com/
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MY FINISHED PIECE LOOKED LIKE THIS...
9/15/12
~Eastern Sentral & Pacific Show. @Maxwell Collete
Saturday, September 15, 2012.6:00pm until 11:00pm..
6th Annual Tri-costal Graff art showcase.
A coinciding show celebrating the all star talent of the Meeting Of styles 2012.
This year hailing from the EAST its KEO(Tc5, XMEN), PURE aka AindriaisDolan(TFP,AOK), TATU(XMEN), VEIN(BT)
From the WEST, its SKILL(UTI) & FEARO(UTI),THANKS 1 (UTI), CHUCK, BRIEF
And from the SENTRAL its HECKLE, DRASTIC, SMOKIE, EMTE, DEMON, ROME, TSEL, , THOR, OSCAR ARRIOLA, JUICY, WERE, NYKE, LABRAT, STEF, SYRAK, REL 1st, RAMIRO DECADES, DETEL, TRIXTER, YAMS, UNEEK, TRAZ, CYFN,THE SEVENIST, ISH, FLEX, KATO, ASCEND, STATIC, OBE, DENZ, NERD, LOVE(THC),DASH, EGOR, REEFR, Flash, J-love,EDEM, Lady Rise, PHOR...
Be Golden(C)
Fan Brooks-Golden~ART on Facebook
Check out my drawing blog the Broken Arts Club (BAC)
6th Annual Tri-costal Graff art showcase.
A coinciding show celebrating the all star talent of the Meeting Of styles 2012.
This year hailing from the EAST its KEO(Tc5, XMEN), PURE aka AindriaisDolan(TFP,AOK), TATU(XMEN), VEIN(BT)
From the WEST, its SKILL(UTI) & FEARO(UTI),THANKS 1 (UTI), CHUCK, BRIEF
And from the SENTRAL its HECKLE, DRASTIC, SMOKIE, EMTE, DEMON, ROME, TSEL, , THOR, OSCAR ARRIOLA, JUICY, WERE, NYKE, LABRAT, STEF, SYRAK, REL 1st, RAMIRO DECADES, DETEL, TRIXTER, YAMS, UNEEK, TRAZ, CYFN,THE SEVENIST, ISH, FLEX, KATO, ASCEND, STATIC, OBE, DENZ, NERD, LOVE(THC),DASH, EGOR, REEFR, Flash, J-love,EDEM, Lady Rise, PHOR...
Be Golden(C)
Fan Brooks-Golden~ART on Facebook
Check out my drawing blog the Broken Arts Club (BAC)
9/14/12
~Meeting Of Styles Weekend
Me and my litto contribution for MOS, thank you to all the great ppl that came by and said nice things as i painted...
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Check out my drawing blog as well....The Broken Arts Club (BAC)
8/10/12
~(@v@) Owl mural In Pilsen and Sun~Times Article
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Scott Stewart~Sun Times
Brooks Golden, a 38-year-old studio artist from Pilsen, finished painting a mural of a giant owl head last week at 16th and Paulina at the request of the alderman’s staff.
“It felt great. It gives me the opportunity to share the work with the community, which is probably the most satisfying. I got pretty much nothing but positive feedback from all the neighbors,” Golden said Wednesday.
“There are movements all over Europe where whole sides of buildings have been given to artists. Here, I always felt the city had a problem with art on walls. It’s a stigma attached to graffiti. This is the first time I’ve seen artists approached to paint in communities like this large-scale murals of their choosing.”
If the mural movement can somehow spread citywide, Golden said it would “bring people from around the world to Chicago to take pictures ….It’s kind of hard to believe we haven’t done this already.”
And why the head of an owl?
“It’s my favorite iconic animal,” Golden said. “I love the way they look. I love the way they fly silently, their solitary nature. They make for a pretty intimidating animal.”
Read the whole article and interview here:
http://www.suntimes.com/14657568-418/ald-solis-turn-two-mile-wall-along-16th-st-into-public-art-canvas.html
Thanks to Alderman Solis' office
Lauren Pacheco, and the wonderful neighbors in pilsen on 16th street
Be Golden(C)
Brooks Golden, painted an owl on the 16 Street wall beneath the railroad tracks near Paulina. Chicago Alderman Danny Solis, is stepping up a campaign to use public art to combat crime and graffiti. Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Scott Stewart~Sun Times
Brooks Golden, a 38-year-old studio artist from Pilsen, finished painting a mural of a giant owl head last week at 16th and Paulina at the request of the alderman’s staff.
“It felt great. It gives me the opportunity to share the work with the community, which is probably the most satisfying. I got pretty much nothing but positive feedback from all the neighbors,” Golden said Wednesday.
“There are movements all over Europe where whole sides of buildings have been given to artists. Here, I always felt the city had a problem with art on walls. It’s a stigma attached to graffiti. This is the first time I’ve seen artists approached to paint in communities like this large-scale murals of their choosing.”
If the mural movement can somehow spread citywide, Golden said it would “bring people from around the world to Chicago to take pictures ….It’s kind of hard to believe we haven’t done this already.”
And why the head of an owl?
“It’s my favorite iconic animal,” Golden said. “I love the way they look. I love the way they fly silently, their solitary nature. They make for a pretty intimidating animal.”
Read the whole article and interview here:
http://www.suntimes.com/14657568-418/ald-solis-turn-two-mile-wall-along-16th-st-into-public-art-canvas.html
Thanks to Alderman Solis' office
Lauren Pacheco, and the wonderful neighbors in pilsen on 16th street
Be Golden(C)
6/12/12
6/11/12
~Photos from the Library Display Case... Harold Washington Library 2012
Chicago street artists Brooks Golden and Nice–One have had a long and varied history producing artwork for display in the public arena.
An important figure in the Chicago street art/graffiti community, artist Brooks Golden explores our distinct American footprint by using acombination of folk, tribal–based and other visual symbolism to promote a sense of humor and allegory. In a 2011 interview with Sixty Inches From Center, Golden stated:
"I don’t think there is a big distinction between actual graffiti and streetart—it is all the same. It is all a pure expression of whatever thoughts or ideas you want to express. There are different roads to that same kind of thinking, some people come to graffiti [the spray painting route] and some people come from the art making, wheat pasting, stencil artist, creative side of that and they meet in the middle and they are both doing something that is technically for the law’s sake, that is not acceptable… It is all just an extension of being an artist without parameters."
A 2009 graduate of Columbia College, Nice–One is a street artist whose humorous and satirical characters can be spotted flying or driving in unexpected places around our urban landscape. All are identifiable by his signature scuba goggles and many, many colors. The two artists collaborated to create this original installation for the Library.
The artists, with guest curator Oscar Arriola, will discuss the making of their large-scale installation as well as the meaning and method of street art as art without parameters in their Artist Talk. Arriola has been documenting graffiti and street art since the late 1980’s and worked as a photographer on Chicago Rocks magazine. Many of the magazines and artworks in this exhibition are from his personal collection. A lifelong Chicagoan, Arriola has been with the Chicago Public Library for 20 years. He curates art exhibitions in Chicago and shows his photographic work nationally.(from :http://www.chicagotalks.org/2012/07/06/25333/)
PROMO VIDEO:
Brooks Golden and Nice One artist talk at Harrold Washington Library from Andrew Roddewig on Vimeo.
June 15th-August 10th ~~~Visual & Performing Arts, 8th Floor
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An important figure in the Chicago street art/graffiti community, artist Brooks Golden explores our distinct American footprint by using acombination of folk, tribal–based and other visual symbolism to promote a sense of humor and allegory. In a 2011 interview with Sixty Inches From Center, Golden stated:
"I don’t think there is a big distinction between actual graffiti and streetart—it is all the same. It is all a pure expression of whatever thoughts or ideas you want to express. There are different roads to that same kind of thinking, some people come to graffiti [the spray painting route] and some people come from the art making, wheat pasting, stencil artist, creative side of that and they meet in the middle and they are both doing something that is technically for the law’s sake, that is not acceptable… It is all just an extension of being an artist without parameters."
A 2009 graduate of Columbia College, Nice–One is a street artist whose humorous and satirical characters can be spotted flying or driving in unexpected places around our urban landscape. All are identifiable by his signature scuba goggles and many, many colors. The two artists collaborated to create this original installation for the Library.
The artists, with guest curator Oscar Arriola, will discuss the making of their large-scale installation as well as the meaning and method of street art as art without parameters in their Artist Talk. Arriola has been documenting graffiti and street art since the late 1980’s and worked as a photographer on Chicago Rocks magazine. Many of the magazines and artworks in this exhibition are from his personal collection. A lifelong Chicagoan, Arriola has been with the Chicago Public Library for 20 years. He curates art exhibitions in Chicago and shows his photographic work nationally.(from :http://www.chicagotalks.org/2012/07/06/25333/)
PROMO VIDEO:
Brooks Golden and Nice One artist talk at Harrold Washington Library from Andrew Roddewig on Vimeo.
June 15th-August 10th ~~~Visual & Performing Arts, 8th Floor
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For more info about DIPSTK <---CLICK THIS LINK!
4/19/12
11/24/11
~ Text and Drugs and Rock n Roll
DIPSTKS and DIPETTES!!!
Come see the most EXPLICIT piece of "DIPSTK related" art rock ever created and shared by our roadie (@brooks golden).--->Partial Profile Nudity, Sexting Naughtiness and Suggested Heavy Metal Silliness. Brett Haus's little brother (Ricky ) gets his first taste of groupie love all captured for you to see. Although, in the age of Sexting and the Internet, we think he might have it all confused.
"TEXT AND DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL" (Plumbing the depths of text driven art)@ MaxwellColette Gallery on December 2nd 2011...MaxwellColette Gallery @ 908 N. Ashland. Come show your support for the Local Street Arts and Artist of Chicago!!! Show opens on December 2nd and runs through January 14th 2012.
- Brooks Golden/Be Golden© 2011(Roadie for the greatest band ever...DIPSTK)
~~N.W.A (Never Work Again)"A Zine Of Stuff" Issue #1
Each zine comes with a hand drawn owl sticker...
Be Golden© Presents ~N.W.A (Never Work Again)"A Zine Of Stuff" by Brooks Golden. 27 pages of Original Drawings & Awesome Randomness. Ask for the Crip cover (BLUE ) or the Blood cover ( RED). Each Zine comes with a free hand drawn OWL STICKER. (Only 25 issues made )--3$ dollars in person --$5 dollars post paid anywhere in the U.S. Help Support Independent Zine Makers and Arts Professionals...Be Golden© 2011
...Zines make great gifts for the creative types amongst your friends and family.
Message me any inquires @ brooksbgolden@yahoo.com... Thanks
7/6/11
5/31/11
~On Public Art: “An Artist Without Parameters” A conversation with Brooks Golden
~I did a pretty lengthy interview with friends at ...Sixty Inches From Center....PT. 1 of 2
Brooks Golden. 2011. (Photograph by Nicolette Caldwell)
""Brooks Golden aka Be Golden© is a tremendously important figure in the Chicago street art community. The relationship between Brooks and the “raw” nature of “street art” is like an abiding romance. Brooks Golden appreciates the optimistic, tight-knit local community that has positioned itself parallel to the continued dichotomy of “street art”. His breadth of knowledge about the history of “street art” is impressively comprehensive and personal.""
Read the Entire Interview HERE
Thanks to the folks at SIXTY INCHES FROM CENTER for all the support theyve shown.
Be Golden 2011
Brooks Golden. 2011. (Photograph by Nicolette Caldwell)
""Brooks Golden aka Be Golden© is a tremendously important figure in the Chicago street art community. The relationship between Brooks and the “raw” nature of “street art” is like an abiding romance. Brooks Golden appreciates the optimistic, tight-knit local community that has positioned itself parallel to the continued dichotomy of “street art”. His breadth of knowledge about the history of “street art” is impressively comprehensive and personal.""
Read the Entire Interview HERE
Thanks to the folks at SIXTY INCHES FROM CENTER for all the support theyve shown.
Be Golden 2011
~A couple new street pieces...
~Golden Griz Collabo
~super cutty cutty
~made in oakland
Be Golden 2011
~super cutty cutty
~made in oakland
Be Golden 2011
4/29/11
~ The Chicago Street Art Retrospective SHOW/BOOK in May!!!
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Friday, May 13 at 6:00pm - May 14 at 12:00am @ The Chicago Urban Art Society
With installations and work from Artillery, Bonus Saves, Brooks Golden, Chris Silva, CLS, Senor Codo, Cody Hudson, CRO, Cyro,Chris Diers, Don’t Fret, Emen, 80 legs, Tom Fennell IV, “Its yours, Take it”, Goons, The Grocer,Juan Angel Chavez, Klepto Salem, Melt, Nick Adam, Oscar Arriola, Poor Kid, Safety First,Saro, Sighn, Solve, Tiptoe, The Viking, You Are Beautiful, among others…
~~~Concerning the Book Release...
CHICAGO STREET ART BOOK RELEASE AND SIGNING
FEATURED AT CHICAGO STREET ART SHOW MAY 13TH AT CHICAGO URBAN ART SOCIETY
Street Art stands as a bold, subversive and passionate form of expression. The practice of this medium involves working completely outside the normal expectations of what art is and what it can provide for a viewer. Chicago Street Artists offer unique unassuming public artworks that: challenge ideas, define politics, and adds a beautiful character to the cityscape. However, nearly all evidence of this history has been purposely erased.
As an author, Depre, has spent the last five years globe-trotting, writing, and photo documenting Street Art around the world. This new volume is a first for Chicago. Separating the genre from its roots in graffiti, Depre clearly and passionately explains his perspective and interest in a cultural tracing of Street Art. Working with four other photographers, the book is a photo documentary and serves as an overview of the often over-looked but vital art scene that appears and disappears on the streets of Chicago. (See extended credits for collaborating photographers).
Part history lesson, part field guide, part cultural insider wisdom, the book is offered as a legitimate pictorial text that moves the Street Art practice into the position as an important cultural marker distinctive to a specific city and time. Featuring six short essays from Depre, as well as, some words and over 200 full color images from notorious Artists and Photographers of the Chicago Street Art community. This is MUST have volume for anyone who has wandered the Chicago’s Streets and wondered about the artists who have grace walls with humor, beauty, insight, or critique year after year. The text is designed to get the reader to a place of understanding, appreciation, and co-habitation with these remarkable and temporary works.
The release of Chicago Street Art will be a featured event on May 13 at the opening of a retrospective of Chicago Street Art at the Chicago Urban Art Society, 2229 South Halsted. The show will run until June 4.
~~~im super excited about this...its gonna be an interesting moment!!!!
Be Golden
Friday, May 13 at 6:00pm - May 14 at 12:00am @ The Chicago Urban Art Society
With installations and work from Artillery, Bonus Saves, Brooks Golden, Chris Silva, CLS, Senor Codo, Cody Hudson, CRO, Cyro,Chris Diers, Don’t Fret, Emen, 80 legs, Tom Fennell IV, “Its yours, Take it”, Goons, The Grocer,Juan Angel Chavez, Klepto Salem, Melt, Nick Adam, Oscar Arriola, Poor Kid, Safety First,Saro, Sighn, Solve, Tiptoe, The Viking, You Are Beautiful, among others…
~~~Concerning the Book Release...
CHICAGO STREET ART BOOK RELEASE AND SIGNING
FEATURED AT CHICAGO STREET ART SHOW MAY 13TH AT CHICAGO URBAN ART SOCIETY
Street Art stands as a bold, subversive and passionate form of expression. The practice of this medium involves working completely outside the normal expectations of what art is and what it can provide for a viewer. Chicago Street Artists offer unique unassuming public artworks that: challenge ideas, define politics, and adds a beautiful character to the cityscape. However, nearly all evidence of this history has been purposely erased.
As an author, Depre, has spent the last five years globe-trotting, writing, and photo documenting Street Art around the world. This new volume is a first for Chicago. Separating the genre from its roots in graffiti, Depre clearly and passionately explains his perspective and interest in a cultural tracing of Street Art. Working with four other photographers, the book is a photo documentary and serves as an overview of the often over-looked but vital art scene that appears and disappears on the streets of Chicago. (See extended credits for collaborating photographers).
Part history lesson, part field guide, part cultural insider wisdom, the book is offered as a legitimate pictorial text that moves the Street Art practice into the position as an important cultural marker distinctive to a specific city and time. Featuring six short essays from Depre, as well as, some words and over 200 full color images from notorious Artists and Photographers of the Chicago Street Art community. This is MUST have volume for anyone who has wandered the Chicago’s Streets and wondered about the artists who have grace walls with humor, beauty, insight, or critique year after year. The text is designed to get the reader to a place of understanding, appreciation, and co-habitation with these remarkable and temporary works.
The release of Chicago Street Art will be a featured event on May 13 at the opening of a retrospective of Chicago Street Art at the Chicago Urban Art Society, 2229 South Halsted. The show will run until June 4.
~~~im super excited about this...its gonna be an interesting moment!!!!
Be Golden
4/19/11
~New Creative Collaborations in The Bay...
So whilst on a working vacation in the bay this month....Working on a new poster with deadeyes POP BDS!....
~Invoking the Spirit...of Collaboration...(live art sesh w/ Ras terms , Safety First & Myself)
( any inquiries on owning this beauty: brooksbegolden@yahoo.com)
be golden
~Invoking the Spirit...of Collaboration...(live art sesh w/ Ras terms , Safety First & Myself)
( any inquiries on owning this beauty: brooksbegolden@yahoo.com)
be golden
~Desktop Cleanse!
sorry friends, its been a long 2 months since i last posted, ill try to be much better about posting current things...thanks or understanding, =)
...some stuffs piling about on the desktop...enjoy/comment...ya know =)
be golden
...some stuffs piling about on the desktop...enjoy/comment...ya know =)
be golden
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