John Breiner

Lost An Found

2011-12-29T16:18:00.001-08:00

The Next show..

The Cycle keeps moving like a big machine

2011-12-09T10:45:00.000-08:00

Living In the woods north of toronto December 2010 vs the Edge of Bushwick Brooklyn December 2011 ( studio views)

DRAWING RITUAL

2011-11-21T07:52:00.000-08:00

Next on my agenda: curating a show with my friend and very talented artist Alexis Grabowski
December 1st 2011, from 6 to 10 pm at Rebar, 147 Front street, Dumbo Brooklyn ( F train to york st) One block down the hill, 1st left at the corner onto front st the entrance is on your right.

King Of What..

2011-08-14T16:14:00.000-07:00

King OF STYLE!!!Real By Kase 2

Rest in peace Kase 2, despite having just one arm this man inffluenced Graffiti over the entire planet, ( true story too),
Its funny can you think of an other art form that was created in this country. That wasn't a meshing of cultures or imported from europe or somewhere else? Let alone created in our life time and buy kids mostly under 15?

2011-08-10T08:19:00.000-07:00

New mini interview: Vibe MAgazine online

2011-07-20T09:13:00.000-07:00

For my piece in the Brooklyn Hiphop Festival art show @ Powerhouse Arena , Up daily untill august 7th..free 31 main st brooklyn

2011-06-09T08:36:00.000-07:00

"Elephants Memory"
Acrylic ink and Etching on book jacket,
2006

Silent Auction for Japan at TT- Underground

2011-04-03T09:51:00.000-07:00

Check out johnbreiner.com for more good stuff..
Also I need your vote,, Check out my submission at Artists Wanted 2011

Japan Benefit Auction Exhibition from KWEENZ DESTROY on Vimeo.

I donated this piece to benefit Japan
to bid on it Click here
"United Planet Study"
Mar. 2011
Acrylic ink and Mixed Media on book

100% of Proceeds go to the Japan Earthquake & Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund through GLOBALGIVING.ORG

New Interview + Cover

2011-01-13T13:51:00.000-08:00

New Interview..
Posi+tive Magazine
January 2011
Click here

Open City #30 Literary magazine.
Published December 2010. NY, NY
(Front Cover)

2010-12-17T10:44:00.000-08:00

"And You Can Fell The Pressure Push" *
2009
Ink on paper

New Edition: Laundry Day

2010-12-10T09:13:00.000-08:00

I know for years i've been asked if i have prints of my work. Ussaually i said soon, but soon is now!!!
There limited edition, and come in all sizes, including extra super duper strap to your roof of your car big!
And its one of my favorite and most detailed pieces,, hook up yourself or some one else's apt with something fresh for their walls.
Click here Laundry Day

Online studio visit

2010-11-29T14:58:00.003-08:00

Visit My P.S. 1 online studio visit Click here

"Masonary Travels" 2010, Mixed ink on assembled paper

Wheres Waldo?

2010-11-08T16:37:00.000-08:00

I've been on the constant move for the last few months so i haven't been posting too much..But here's what you missed..
-I curated a group show in North Adams Mass at Gallery51 that just wrapped up..(Click here for Pictures)

-Also I'm working on getting my Youtube page up and functional, clickhere

"Untitled Cart Study, New Market Ontario
Mixed on paper
fall 2010

I completed this massive piece over the summer..( below)

"Cats Claw"
mixed ink on paper
88"x30"
July 2010

(detail)

and I'm now living in a sort of self imposed residency at this cottage In Keswick Ontario..
Ill be here to Xmas, strictly focusing on making work for a variety of up-coming shows and projects for 2011

SEE you soon!

The Collectors

2010-08-17T08:52:00.000-07:00

the original & the finished

A poster i just completed for their fall residency..

ohh.wonderful life you..

2010-07-13T10:24:00.000-07:00

"You & NDie" 2010, 40.5" x various , ink on paper, May - june 2010

"And You can feel the pressure Push"

2010-05-05T18:55:00.000-07:00

At: Panda
139 Chrystie st (At Delancy st)
New York, NY 10002
tuesday - Saturday 9 am - late night
until may 30th

If your in New York before may 30th 2010 be sure to check out my newst solo exhibition.
New and Selected works from the last decade. Plus the release of my 1st published book of work.

arrrrrrrrr..

2010-03-08T08:10:00.000-08:00

Art Fair week...jeezz, that was intense.. i came out of it fairing well though. With only minor misspellings, and another piece of mine released from captivity (aka the closet my art lives in!) you better belive i got more too find homes for!
heres a review thanks to Art Ravels
"NowsThe Time" *mixed on book

"The Light that failed *2003Etching on book

"god sound"..
illustration for a short story..
ink on paper..

"Entropology" @ Mighty Tanaka

2010-01-04T11:45:00.000-08:00

"238 Melrose st"
2010
mixed technique on paper

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the opening, it was quite a sucsess, & thanks to Daydream pilot for giving us some shine..
Daydreampilot

2009..

2009-12-29T10:08:00.000-08:00

as we approach the end of the 2009's heres a look back at the past year.

"Horse Power" part of the Tank Theory artist series,Limited edition

Tank Theory artist T's

GrandChampions Forever @ Factory Fresh

2009-10-27T16:30:00.000-07:00

In october i curated a massive group show, so large it needed its own website,
**Click here for the site+pics

venerable

2009-07-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

The Next in my ever growing series of headress studies..
Aerosol and ink on wood panels..
Diptych 2.5 ft x 4ft (aproxx)

yoo.

2009-07-15T20:06:00.000-07:00

A quick collabrartion with Liz Hamby.. Brooklyn NY, aerosol on wall

stretched version

(News:) willoughby windows show..

2009-06-23T20:43:00.000-07:00

I'm participating in the Windows on Willoughby show that opens today

like it or not it is.. hot humid, summer..

I have work in a group show the opening is
Fri, june 26th, 7 to 10 pm, @ Eastern District 43 bogart st, brooklyn NY (showing until July 19th)

plus an oldie i found, painted in North Carolina, 2001

New Mural in Dumbo

2009-05-26T07:10:00.000-07:00

Over this past memorial Day Weekend Me and My Studio Mates (Studio 303) took around 35 hours to Collaborated on this gigantic wall at the corner of Water and Pearl Street in Dumbo Brooklyn.
The Artist's are, Craig Anthony Miller, Demon 202, Tron, and myself..

plus a great time lapse look, this is 15 second shots taken every four minutes during the four days it took.

Mural on Water Street from Blue Barn Pictures, Inc. on Vimeo.

***plus some video links on the wall.video link

Time to shine

2009-05-04T15:52:00.000-07:00

2009 is the time..
I've been quite sparse on the blog entries for a while, about a year almost..
And in that year i've been busy,lazy,happy and sad. Things took a lot of unsuspected turns, i suspect foreveryone.
But such is life right?
but now with a new place to work in Dumbo, bk 2009 is looking fine..
( i hope...)

Self,How did i get (t)here?
2009
Ink on book..

mañana
2009
Ink on paper

Prints

2009-04-17T07:34:00.000-07:00

New Prints for sale..
"LatchKey"
2009
5x7
hand printed collage transfer on paper
Edition of 30
$30.00

johnbreiner1@gmail.com

Hey Yall..

2009-03-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

"Planets Getting Small With No Plans To Stop At All" ( The animals are the 1st to know series)
2009
Hand Transfered Drawings on Paper
Large..
Available, Limited Edition of 4

2009..

2009-01-20T20:13:00.000-08:00

untitled
2009
11" x 28"
hand drawn transfer and acrylic ink on paper

"Cant Fly".. ( A falconry study of course..)
2008
ink on book
wow...

The Day The wheels Stopped Rolling..

2008-12-07T11:37:00.000-08:00

2008,
Hand Transfer on Paper
16 x20"
Limited edition of 20.

Finally Fall

2008-09-16T14:43:00.001-07:00

Works from this Summers Chelsea Market show..
"Last Dayz"2008 , Acrylic ink on book
(*)

Study of Mongolian Woman.2008, ink on book
(*)

Trail of an Octopus leading a parade.2008, ink on book
(*)

some fall shows..

A flashback, to an art show with the crew..Tribeca 2004

Newts boots

2008-07-06T06:43:00.000-07:00

Sk8 Deck for Good Wood Benefit. (*)

unfortunately this is the best pic i have at the moment..

Bushwick open studios, 08

and This Friday..

UpComing events..

2008-05-29T08:09:00.000-07:00

Laundry Day 2008
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*article from Anthem Magazine,*
Issue# 23
july /august 2006

Things Fall Apart

2008-04-23T08:13:00.000-07:00

"Things fall Apart" * August, 2007 Acrylic ink, Hand Drawn transfers and Xerox on book..
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Detail#1

Detail#2

"Trail Of An Octopus"..

2008-04-23T08:10:00.000-07:00

Sensei East 1st st. NYC
August, 3rd 2007..

"Just Staying Afloat" Acrylc ink, Spray paint and Xerox on bookjacket.

Self Portrait..
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After a rather tremultuous year plus some, I finally found my newest artwork slithering into the Lower East side's Sensei Gallery. With the help of one Stephen "Dirty South" Key, the work was hung with no problems. A homeless dude yelled about his Johnson, and A parking ticket was given. (Sneaky short chick couldn't even see her over the roof of the car..) Uneventful enough by NY standards I set out into the hot afternoon relived that the show was up...
Later that night despite the 90 plus degrees 100% humidity weather, A good amount of people braved the heat and came out and checked the work.. This Group of work had Basically become a journal, of sorts. My Trail of thoughts and ideas for the last year. As well as my Defense, all left in behind in ink.

Down In the Park. 2007 Ink and xerox on book.

"DumbDown" 2007, Ink and xerox on BookJacket..
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Trail Of An Elaphant.. 2006.Acrylic ink and Spraypaint on book
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"Somethinginthewaterthoughwhereicomefrom" 2006, hand drawn transfers on book
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Detail..

secret wars. 2007. Ink and xerox and spraypaint on paper

Thanks to Joe and Lola and everyone who came out..

"The Scales That Weigh The whales"

2008-04-20T08:46:00.000-07:00

Invisible NYC:
148 orchard st: L.E.S march 23, 2006

"Be Aware pt#3" Mixed on paper 2005
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"Revolution" xerox on assembled paper 2005
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"Streets are hot" 2005 Acrylic , Etching, Xerox

"BearPaw" party of 5 mixed on book
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"WolfenBerry" (Granny) party of 5 mixed on book 2005
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"Herbie" (gramps) Party of 5 mixed on book 2005
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"The mom", party of 5 mixed on book 2006
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"LandShark" ( the Dad) party of 5 mixed on book
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Party of 5 is a family i constructed out of found photos, drawing and collage while watching hurricane Katrina come in,then destroy. Then Leave.I started to realise the backdrops i was creating for them, how ever beautiful they were contained animals that would soon take there lives. Life is full of balance like this, and this project helped me understand that..

some other things from around then..

"Lure" 2005 Photo Etching and ink on Paper
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"Madlib" 2005 Ink on paper
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maybe the only person ive done 2 portraits of..?

old School Monday: P.P.O.W

2008-03-10T16:38:00.000-07:00

The inception of the books,, 2002- 2003 P.P.O.W Gallery NY

Originally i was Attracted to the yellowness, but soon it became a project of rescuing books never to be read again. I strip them down and work with with the marks life provided. I then add my own and send them back out into the world. By stripping them down of anything that mighty scare off the audience, (I.E. Thickness of pages) i also work on the end pages where some people will read the summary of the book, and obviously a pictures worth a thousand words. My hope is that in this new format these books will be able to compete with moder media and return to conveying information as they once did.

Untitled Pigeon book"* 2003 Acrylic ink on book

"Chief" 2003 Acrylic ink and Smoke on Book

BeAware pt 1" 2003 Etching on book

Untitled 2002. Acrylic ink on book

Found photo Fridays!!

2008-02-15T10:29:00.000-08:00

This installment, i believe.. ? takes us to S.F. where this gentlemen seems pretty happy with the hate.. Found in Brooklyn ny..

"Trail of an elephant with octopus" 2007 -08

cant Stop..

2008-01-28T20:11:00.001-08:00

Cant Stop .. Fall 2007.. Acrylic ink, Spraypaint and Xerox on book jacket

juxtapoz

2008-01-15T17:42:00.001-08:00

"Water World" (*) 2005, Etching, acrylic ink and spraypaint on book
me on juxtapoz.com.Take a look:
Link to artical

New Interview..

2008-01-15T17:41:00.001-08:00

the nice people over at MyArtspace.com recently conducted an interview with me.. check it out..
my interview
"HeadRess" * 2004 Acrylic ink and spray paint on book jackets

This Side Of Light

2008-01-15T17:36:00.001-08:00

Friday, September 21st 2007
Ad Hoc Art Brooklyn NY

"Things fall Apart" 2007 Acrylic ink, Hand Drawn transfers and Xerox on book

Detail#1

Detail#2

"Untitled Elephant" 2003, Acrylic ink on metal

"Deadly Game Of Chess Realized"..2007 , Acrylic ink and spray Paint on wood

"Cope" 2004 , Acrylic ink, Etching and Spraypaint on book jacket

"Evil Twins Handstands" * 2005, Etching on paper

"Somethinginthewaterthoughwhereicomefrom" (version2) * 2007 Acrylic ink and handdrawn tranfer on canvas

"HUH?" 2005 Etching on book jacket

Thanks To everyone who came out to ADHoc last night..

The J.B's did there thing..

Wbuha was confused..

and Farmer Fresh was in the place..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adhocart/sets/72157602103466327/

Adhoc Art

2008-01-15T17:18:00.001-08:00

"Uphill Water" 2006 Acrylic, Razzor blade and Spraypaint on found wooden panel.

I've recently been working with Adhoc Art out here in Brooklyn. They feature some of my work for sale on their site. check it out..
Adhoc Art
my work

Portraits

2008-01-15T14:36:00.000-08:00

Some musicaly inspired works

Thelonious.. 2003 Ink on paper..

The Rula" 2003 ink on book *

Sean Lennon for Sentimentalist magazine. Jan 2007 ink and xerox on paper

R.I.P. Buffy the Human Beat Box..Design for a dinner plate that never went down.. 2005 ink on paper

Ghost Dinn'e .. 2006 Ink on book..

O.D.B. rip 2005 Etching on book.

Brubeck Vs Brubeck (dave Brubeck) 2005 Etching on book..

Birds of a Feather

2008-01-11T08:34:00.000-08:00

A mural painted for Cannibal Ox that apeared on there 2000 debut album the "Cold Vein" on def jux.
by me and Taras.. 2000 Queens NY. aerosol on wall..

Count your sheep..

2008-01-10T11:54:00.000-08:00

While you sleep your sleep.. BY Taras Hrabowsky and John Breiner
Summer 2001. Aerosol on wall .. big.. 48 Morgan Ave. Brooklyn NY

Fly Away..

2007-12-19T09:58:00.000-08:00

Flying away to a new home..

"Love Story" * 2005 Acrylic ink and spraypaint on paper..

2007-12-16T17:21:00.001-08:00

"Race" Photo etching on paper

test print for bear paw.. Hand drawn Transfer on book *

"Headress pt 2" 2007. Acrylic ink on paper

Flashback: Scope art

2007-11-26T10:07:00.004-08:00

Detail of my room..Photo by: Vara Fine art

Scope Art Miami Fl. Dec 2004
In a not so old, old school monday i present what was to be my first major show intitled "Surfaces". Curated by Renee Vara and Michael Sellinger it featured the Work of myself, Jeroen Jongeleen and Eric Payson. It was During Scope Art @ the Townhouse hotel in December of 2004 that i was first introduced to the rapid pace, highspending art circuit. A place where little old ladys moved at the speed of light. I knew little of this..

"HorsePower" * 2004 Acrylic ink and Spraypaint on bookjacket

"Aesop" * 2004 Etching on paper

"Untitled Crab book" * Photo Etching and Acrylic ink on Book

"Untitled Pigeon book"* 2003 Acrylic ink on book

"Chief" 2003 Acrylic ink and Smoke on Book

"BeAware pt 1" 2003 Etching on book

Elephant book * 2004 Acrylic ink and Spraypaint on Book

Physical Diagnosis * 2003 Acrylic ink and Spraypaint on paper

"untitled" 2002? Acrylic on found Metal

"Kareem" * 2003 Acrylic and Spray paint on found metal..

(A mention in Londons "Art News Paper")

( an excerpt of a conversation featured on Latin Arts.com)
SCOPE and the NADA Art Fair operate in a similar manner. Converting hotel rooms (SCOPE took place at the TOWNHOUSE Hotel) into exhibition spaces is a challenging endeavor. There were several rooms at SCOPE where the mattresses had been removed from the rooms and the bed frames were turned on end and used as hanging supports. There were also single artist installations, which I again found more successful. Artist John Breiner, for example, creates drawings on book covers. Rather than discard the book pages, for his installation at SCOPE the unused pages (the meat of the book) were strewn throughout the room to completely cover the floor, the bed, and even the bureau. The drawings depicting fractious narratives of Indians, mechanical landscapes, and zebras, to name a few, were hung in no apparent order around the room. The underlying sense of violence in the images complimented the destructive act of taking apart the books--the torn pages left as evidence.
(the whole artical) http://www.latinart.com/aiview.cfm?start=1&id=326

all room photos by Vara Fine Art.

(The Show, other artist's and Pics below:)
http://www.varaart.com/main.asp?page=surfaces

Found Photo Fridays..

2007-11-24T00:09:00.000-08:00

Keepin it simple for the first instalment
..found by me.. Brooklyn ny.
MAR 31, 1952 writen on back

"When It Rains"..2006, ink on paper

Tuesday Is other peoples Day..

2007-11-20T15:12:00.000-08:00

This Tuesday's instalment is in honor of one of the wackest holidays of all..
( turkey's good , Pilgrims suck..)
So we have a bird painting by the late 17th century Japanese artist Ogata Korin.. Shits good enough to eat,, no?

From the cover of Realites October 1961.

Cant Stop..

2007-10-15T18:13:00.000-07:00

Busy in the lab>>
Cant stop (deatail) 2007..

slithering across the river

2007-09-14T06:28:00.000-07:00

Come this Monday,, there's a 10 piece jazz band at 930!!

Hey Look Away Now...

2007-09-13T07:51:00.000-07:00

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"Pray #1" * 2003 Acrylic ink on paper
Oh...what a time you chose to be born..

BlackOut..

2007-09-10T14:33:00.000-07:00

"Looting" * 2004 Acrylic ink on paper

2007-09-08T09:50:00.000-07:00

Detail From Secret Wars..07

Deadly Game Of Chess..

2007-09-07T13:19:00.000-07:00

Deadly Game Of Chess (part #3) * .. 2007 Mixed Technique on Paper

The Deadly game of Chess is a group of thoughts and visions i started getting around a year or two ago. Not always but mainly of wars going on just below the surface, or just out of sight.. Or Simply when no ones looking..Between Animals, People,and elaphants and Ants on seesaws..( I use Animals because there cooler then a gun ( like 2 guns..)
The animal world is just more real, no egos, or weird motivations, if your a zebra youll have your leg swiped off by a tiger, If your a person holding a camera, youll be eaten..I like getting down to the basics..So i use em..

Deadly Game Of Chess Part #2 ( Blue Beee's vs yellow Bee's w some goats and cows in between)
unfinished here..
Mixed Technique (which if your curious, involves pen, acrylic ink, and xerox, sometimes spray paint..)

Deadly Game Of Chess part 1 2006.. Mixed Technique on paper.. (And all xeroxes are hand drawn ..)

This is the first one, i came up with. Inspired from one of my former views in Jersey City..
Part 3 up top is my curent veiw in Brooklyn..

GHOSTFACEKILLAH!!!!

2007-09-06T09:42:00.000-07:00

Ghost Deini..2007. Acrylic ink on Book.. Available

Part of the "If you do 6 plus amazing ablums in a row, ill paint your portrait too"..series