Matthew A. Eller: I am here today with the one and only Dan The Automator Nakamura and Phil Reese from Good Luck Dry Cleaners, and we are going to talk about art. So Dan, can you tell everybody briefly who you are, and what you do?  Dan The Automator: They call me Dan The Automator.…

#carlomccormick, @erichazenyc It’s seminal! There were certain things that became the means by which hip-hop culture conquered the world, the original memes of graffiti and rap that went global. And this is the very first movie to do that. So it’s super, super important. It’s naive, and fresh, and not cynical. If you think about…

“So hip-hop for me wasn’t about making records and selling records and being in show business.  Instead hip-hop allowed you to tell stories about who you are, just like the people in the comic books. I wasn’t shouting out Queens to rep my hood.  I was shouting out Queens because Peter Parker and Spiderman comes…

Matthew Eller: I had the absolute pleasure spending a raining afternoon walking around lower Manhattan, NYC photographing one of my favorite photographers Phil Penman.  Philip was also kind enough to answer some of my questions about his life, street photography, and his new book “New York Street Diaries”.  So Phil, Tell us a brief bit…

Matthew A. Eller: Today I am lucky enough to sit down and chat with Winston Tseng, the elusive satirical street artist? Satirical wheat paste artist? How would you describe yourself? Winston Tseng: Yeah, I think you said it well, a “satirical street artist”. In my work I like to use brands and advertising to communicate…

Matthew A. Eller:  Today I am at WallWorks in the Bronx chatting with, and hanging art next to the legendary photographer and sculptor Henry Chalfant. His new solo exhibition exclusively featuring sculptural works from all the way back to the late 1960’s.  Henry, for those who are not familiar with your work, can you tell…

Visual contemporary artist Marcela Florido’s work is a reflection on broader themes of gender, race, and identity through a vibrant representation of feminine figures surrounded by vegetation. Her practice questions modern ideas of the body’s representation and its relationship to the Brazilian context. Her work has been widely exhibited in Europe, the United States, Latin America,…

Tania Marmolejo Andersson is a Swedish-Dominican American artist born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Her work juxtaposes the intimate and personal with the monumental, creating large-scale paintings of ambiguous female facial expressions. She also explores issues of gender and identity as a Scandinavian-Caribbean female artist, using portraiture and physical expression as a means of communicating…

Matthew A. Eller: Currently I am sitting with the very elusive street artist ROA. For people who don’t know who you are, please give us a brief intro! ROA: Well, I’m ROA <laughing> and I’m an artist. I live currently, and I’m originally from Belgium. Matthew A. Eller:  Well, you’re not just an artist, you’re…

Athens-based Greek illustrator and painter, Alex Chien is known for his works showcasing fantastical cartoon like characters. These characters are often painted with bold colors and a strong narrative that enhances the audience’s interaction with the work into a more alive and comfortable experience Most of the stories behind his paintings are his perspective on reality by…