Mr Brainwash Interview About Upcoming NYC 'Icons' Art Show

Banksy filmed him, Berlusconi has collected his work, and Shepard Fairey called him 'awesome, infuriating, almost impossible to define.' The he in question is Mr. Brainwash aka Thierry Guetta. The exuberant, French, chain-smoking, paint-splattered chatterbox whose street-meets-Pop art is, like any good hyperbole, larger than life. We visited with MBW in the 15,000 square foot warehouse in the Meatpacking District in New York for his solo show that will open this weekend. 

'Icons: Part One' is a loose collection of portraiture divided into several groups; the series depict fashion designers, artists, models, and most cleverly, 'geniuses', technology gurus like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Biz Stone who Mr. Brainwash asserts will 'change the world' and become icons of the future. Another section features variations on the cover art Brainwash designed for Madonna’s greatest hits album Celebration. Apart from the screenprinted and painted canvases replicated ad nauseum on the walls of the gallery space, MBW has assembled some immensely-scaled installation pieces that are irrepressible, bright ‘n’ shiny emblems of an artist having fun with his work. Spinning off a motoscooter piece from his last LA show Life is Beautiful is a yellow taxicab encased in a giant plastic package like a Matchbox car. (The artist Googled cab vendors and found one in Harlem who customized the vehicle in three days, right down to specific signage and decals.) A gigantic paint can — a common image in Brainwash’s oeuvre — is tipped over, spilling paint through grates in the floor down to the basement level, where a 12-foot-tall boombox is propped across from a giant dangling keychain.

Taking on such colorful, Pop-laced iconography draws inevitable comparisons, not the least of which to Andy Warhol. Though he couldn’t really express much difference in the feeling of his portrait work versus Warhol’s 1960s editions, Brainwash states that by painting with hands, and treating art with child’s playful spirit, he embodies the theory that “art is freedom.”

“Icons” by Mr. Brainwash is open to the public from February 14 to March 30 at 415 West 13th Street on the ground floor. The first 300 people to attend the gallery on opening day starting at 3 p.m. will receive a FREE limited-edition signed print.

Mr. Brainwash
"I don't see from my eyes, I see from my heart."

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Great Mr Brainwash Video

Mr Brainwash aka Thierry Guetta "I learned from the best"

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Banksy Movie 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' Trailer

Here is the trailer for the NEW Banksy / Mr Brainwash movie...

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Mr Brainwash 'Mondrainart' Haiti Charity Prints Release Info

Here is the latest garbage by Mr Brainwash. This is called 'Mondriart' they are a blatant rip off of real artist Piet Mondrian's work but with a splash of paint in the corner. HOW ORIGINAL!

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Rene Gagnon' Bull Market' Print Release Info

Here is the next upcoming print release from artist and MBW inspiration Rene Gagnon. This piece is called 'Bull Market' and it is a 2 colour 30 x 22 inch screenprint on 250 GSM Stonehenge paper with an edition size of 33, comes signed and numbered by the artist for $85 each. These will be available on February 1st, 2010. If you are really horny for a new print or need to feed your Gagnon fix or if you want to see what Mr. Brainwash is going to release next, head over to Rene's site. I recommend grabbing 'Destiny' pictured below. It too is a 22 x 30 screenprint but it has 5 hand sprayed colours applied, there is an edition size of 50 and they are also $85 each.

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Mr Brainwash Being Sued By Glen E. Friedman

Glen E. Friedman

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Thierry Guetta (Mr Brainwash)

RFC Case Number: C-G10-14T Court Case Number: 2:10-cv-00014-DDP-JC File Date: Monday, January 04, 2010 Plaintiff: Glen E. Friedman Plaintiff Counsel: Douglas A. Linde, Erica L. Allen of The Linde Law Firm Defendant: Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash Does 1-10 Cause: 17:101 Copyright Infringement Court: California Central District Court Judge: Judge Dean D. Pregerson Referred To: Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian

Mr Brainwash 'Icons' New York Prints Release Info

 

Here they are, the NEW prints everyone has been waiting for from Mr. Brainwash. These are essentially nothing more than promo posters featuring artist Keith Haring for his upcoming show in NYC in February 2010. This print is called 'Icons' New York, these are 6 color 22 x 30 inch screenprints with aerosol hand finishing on archival paper available in 6 different colours; gold edition of 5 for $750 each, pink edition of 15 for $300 each, blue edition of 75 for $150 each, red edition of 75 for $150 each, yellow edition of 75 for $150 each and lastly green edition of 75 for $150 each. These all come signed, numbered and thumb printed by the artist. What's next? Basquait? Warhol Again!... Come on dude, surprise me next! Don't pull another over saturated city themed series of shite. PLEASE!

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Mr Brainwash Show In NYC February 2010

Mr Brainwash "Following his recent trip to NYC, Mr Brainwash decided to take a bite of the Big Apple and do a show there in February 2010. The location and exact opening date will be revealed soon. The first 250 people attending the show will receive a limited edition print. Each one will be hand-finished and unique. See you soon!"

p.s. "The London show will still happen later next year"