Gas, The New Gold - Mashville

Rex2 and Audroc took part in the June edition Mashville held at The End in Nashville. The idea behind the production/poster is the universal theme of the summer. There was a cookout with some DJs. WFR was the "live art installation." The Rebellion looks forward to working with the fine folks from Mashville again.

Strictly Business

The Rebellion is taking part in another Combined Visions event.
This one is called Strictly Business. It's going down July 11 at The Exit/In on Elliston Place. If you're around come see us.

www.combinedvisions.com

Ice Cold Live

Audroc and Rex2 got down at the Combined Visions jam "Ice Cold" in May. It was a good time. Rebellion supporter Dylan Mire was there taking photos, and he supplied us a few for the blog. We're hoping to get a good flick of the completed project hanging in its new home. Check back for that.

Check out Dylan Mire's photos:
www.DylanMire.com

Ice Cold

The Rebellion will be invading The Rutledge, located at 410 4th Ave South, (Downtown Nashville) on May 10 as part of Combined Visions' ICE COLD party. If you're in the area come check us out.

For more info:
www.combinedvisions.com

Jerry's Demo

Rex2 along with Verse - IA, AM7, Rago - IA and Riet were invited by Jerry's Artarama in Antioch, TN to come and demonstrate painting techniques with Montana Gold spray paint. Rex2 started at 11:00 am and finished up at 4:00 pm. Here is the finished canvas. Thanks to Shannon at Jerry's for the invite.

Size 72" x 72"

Project 21: So Flossy

We went all out on this. We teamed up with our friends at Studio 1403 and King Funk to create an interactive art show at their last party. The party was called "Butt Naked Booty Bash" and they brought in DJ Slugo, world famous house DJ from Chicago. It went down on Friday, March 28, and the almost famous WorkForce Rebellion provided the art.

What we did:
We created a visual theme that would be incoporated in mulitple ways at the event. That element was a WorkForce Rebellion pattern based on the fashion icon Louis Vuitton. We incoporated this pattern in a large scale graffiti mural (which included Rex2-TM, Verse-IA, AM7, Rago-IA, Audroc-TM), we used the same pattern on the wall behind the DJ, on a limited run of t-shirts and on 20 one-of-a-kind prints (by Audroc and Rex2) that some guests recieved. We also hung a lot of our other prints.

The party was great, and we hope to participate in some future events. Special thanks to rebellion supporters Aaron Ochoa and Thad.

Project 20: Rex2 Self Potrait

Rex2 created this poster design of himself.

Size 18" (wide) x 24" (tall)

Project 19 - Tie In Mouth Syndrome

Audroc created this little joint. He says it is not inspired by Siegfried & Roy's white tiger, Montecore.

Project 18 - Bloody Mondays

AudRoc (Thoughts Manifested/TM crew) created this print. Don't let life make you the bull.

Limited Edition Prints

Rex2 went into his stencil archive and broke out these gems. He only made two of each print and will not make any more prints with this stencil. The first is Jam Master Jay (RIP), the DJ for the legendary rap group Run DMC. The second is 80s rap pioneer Slick Rick.
These were originally created for "Kudzoo 3.0" a 2005 art show at Studio 1688 in Memphis, Tenn. Each was painted on a 2' x 2' wooden panel and themed around 1988 rap music icons. There were five panels created for that show and they were hung as a group. The other designs featured Eazy-E, KRS One and Biz Markie.
Kid Rock bought a Jam Master Jay panel for his home in Nashville.

size 18" (wide) x 24" (tall)

The Rebellion Invades Portland Brew

Portland Brew logo on a table top.





We are exhibiting work at Nashville area Portland Brew coffee houses. It features most of the projects posted on this blog. Go check it out and buy some art.

East Nashville Location: March 8 thru April 30
1921 Eastland Ave.
Nashville, TN 37206

West End Location: March 9 thru March 31
3431 Murphy Rd.
Nashville, TN 37203

12th South Location: early April - April 30
2605 12th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37204

Project 17 - Ali

Audroc got out his Muhammed Ali stencil and made this fresh print.
A little history -
The first fight between these two took place on February 25, 1964 in Miami Beach. It was Cassius Clay vs Charles "Sonny" Liston. Liston was the Heavy Weight Champion of the world, but lost the title to Clay that night.
Clay converted to Islam on February 28, 1964. On March 6, 1964 Elijah Muhammad, the founder and leader of the Nation of Islam, gave a radio address which he declared the name Cassius Clay lacked a "divine meaning" and gave him the muslim name Muhammad Ali.
The rematch between Muhammad Ali and Charles "Sonny" Liston took place in Lewiston, Maine, on May 25, 1965.
At the moment depicted Ali had just knocked Liston down and screamed "Get up Sonny!" Some people still think Sonny Liston took a dive.

Project 16 - Cash

Audroc busted out his Johnny Cash stencil and created this print.

Project 15 - Technics 1200s

Back in the day before MP3s and digital file sharing, there were several essential tools all good DJs had. The most essential were two good turntables, and The Technics SL-1200s were the best record players out. So if you had two 1200s, a good mixer and hot records (at least 1000) you were ready to rock the party.
This poster was created by Rex2 (Thoughts Manifested/TM crew) for all the DJs who rocked or are still rocking vinyl.

Size 18" (wide) x 24" (tall)

Project 14 - It's a Jungle Out There

This poster was created by Audroc for the exhibition at Portland Brew later this month.

Portland Brew Preperations

We've been doing a lot of prints lately getting ready for an upcoming exhibit at the three Nashville area Portland Brew Coffee Shops. The Rebellion will be in Sylvan Park and East Nashville starting the second weekend of March. Then in April we will be at the location in the 12th South neighborhood. Go check those spots out!
We had an art night to finish up a lot of the work. We will post all new projects soon.

T-Shirt Design #1

We just got in our first order of WorkForce Rebellion t-shirts. The lettering was created from the stencil used in Project #1 - Southern Hospitality.
Each run of shirts we do will be a limited run of 25, and they will be sold for $25. They are printed on the soft, 100% cotton American Apperal Ts. On this design we have black, navy and grey in mens sizes M, L and XL.
Support the Rebellion and buy a fresh T-shirt. It's sure to impress your friends.

Project 13 - Pawns in the Game

Audroc created this poster. All pawns unite!

Size - 17.5" (tall) x 7" (wide)

Bashville Stampede 4 - Trophies

Audroc has been representing b-boy culture for a long time. He's the OG break dancer of Nashville. So, he always supports Bashville Stampede, the biggest b-boy event/competition held in Nashville. It is thrown by Rocketown and Illville crew and organized by Q-Kong. This year it was bigger and better than ever.
Audroc made the trophies last year. The trophies went over so big with the participants, they asked AudRoc to make them for 2008. Here is what he created, and a picture of Q-Kong showing them to the crowd.

Rex2 & Rago production

Rex2 (TM crew) was invited by Rago (IA crew) to get down on a legal spot that IA hooked up. Rex2 was glad to do it. They started on Saturday, February 16, 2008 and finished up the next week. Here is the finished production.
Big ups to Rago and the rest of IA crew.

Project 12 - My Valentine

Audroc, being the single guy, is always thinking of ways to impress the fairer sex. Tonight, on Valentines Day, he's hitting the town to bless 25 lucky ladies with these slim posters. The design features a boquet of red roses, and are sure to make the girls smile.

Size 17.5" x 7"

Quick Rebellion Plug

Rex2 ran into Nashville graffiti writer Begr-NSH, IA. Beg had a little something going and invited Rex2 to join in. The result was a little graffiti advertising for the rebellion.

Project 11 - Jungle Green

Krylon used to make the color Jungle Green but stopped in the late 1980s. Since then it has become graffiti lore. The color never went out of style with writers. Clever techniques were invented to mix spray paint. Mixing yellow and green gave artists varities close to the original.
Today many writers collect vintage spray paint and Jungle Green is one the most covetted colors. One Nashville collector has found some of these rare cans. Rex2 was lucky enough to buy his favorite color and some other great dead-stock cans from him. Rex2 created and painted this poster in honor of a great color that represents a period in graffiti with many innovations.

Tastes Like Burning Show

Thursday, February 7, 2008 Audroc and Rex2 took part in the Taste Like Burning show at Rocketown (downtown Nashville). Audroc was the show organizer. Also participating was Zew, Rago, Pako, Smok, Hasp, Tier2 and Veto. There was a really good turn out and some art was sold. It was nice to see Nashville's graffiti scene come together. We plan on doing some more of these group shows in the near future.