Street Spot

Walking down Canal Street in Chicago, Il.

PHOTO BY: Keath Sodapop

Street Samurai

One of my FAVORITE friends and CREW MATE. In his BBOY stance. This guy's legend is so crazy you won't even believe me if I told so why bother. Taught ME a lot about the game and schooled me well. Much love and RESPECT! Always a crowd favorite. DOUSE aka FOLO aka BIGS. Patches O'Hooligan. Ill STATUS! WORLDWIDE

Crusin' Illinois @ Decatur Street Art Exhibit

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO ALL OF OUR "STREET ART" EXHIBITORS!!! The Decatur Area Arts Council really appreciates everyone's effort to make the "Street Art" exhibit a rousing success. Thank you all for sharing your talents. We had over 1200 visitors to the gallery in September. Your art brought a lot of smiles and enjoyment to your audience.

If you'd like to check out the videos filmed by Cruisin' Illinois, you can go to http://cruisinillinoistv.com/players/clips/vid_86.shtml.

And, the story they did on Deborah Mahan who was demonstrating at the opening is at http://cruisinillinoistv.com/players/clips/vid_90.shtml.

I've attached a few pictures of the exhibit for those who weren't able to attend.

- Sue Powell

Decatur Arts Council PRESENTS!

These are pictures from a show I was in this September. Thanks to Sue Powell, Robbie Smith, my wife, Jesse Stone, and the rest of the staff at the Decatur Area Arts Council.

THE BREAD SLED

Phor CMK

SUBSURFACE 2009
Indianapolis, In.

Four One CMK

CMK CREW @ SubSurface in Indianapolis

Very One

Very One from Osaka, Japan makes his way to the MIDWEST.

Osaka Japan

Nibl One

KillaKoes loose out in PORTLAND

My Little homie took a trip out to the NorthWest recently and hooked up with the homie's. Big ups to Nibl, Bzerk, Depths, Gser.

VERY ONE THE LEGEND

Very One

SHARKULA

About Thig

Thig is the famous mad hustling genius from the streets of Chicago. Recording under the names Thigahmahjiggee and Sharkula, he's been a fixture in the neighborhoods and on public transit, selling his wares and preaching the hip-hop gospel. But what distinguishes Thig from the pack is ability to translate what he does across social and artistic divides. In addition to the excellent straight up hip-hop work he's done, he's been involved in wide range of genre-crossing projects, including collaborations with Mark DeNardo and features on albums by acts like Pigface and Bagman.

http://www.sharkula.info/

Bottomless Pitt

Gettin' GULLY

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Keath Sodapop

It is 5:00 A.M. Monday morning and the city is beginning to stir. The air remains still and quiet except for the faint outline of a shadowy figure feverously working to complete his masterpiece under the approaching sun. For the masses the rising sun is a symbol of a new beginning and a movement towards the routine but, for Keath Sodapop it represents the unwanted recognition of the public.

Who Keath Sodapop truly is can only be seen through the use of a nom de plume. However, under close insightful investigation it can be understood that such a surname can reveal more about an individual than true identity could ever hope to project. Keath’s work on display to the public acts a window and creates an omnipresent atmosphere for the viewer to look and observe through. Since the viewer is unable to experience Keath’s work in its true environment this piece is intended to serve as narrative making explicit the true nature of a poet and muralist hidden within a subculture.

A LEGEND Has passed. RIP SACE IRAK

I might be late to hear this but the story hits the heart. Please read up on this guy! Super inspirational and always a crowd favorite. I have enjoyed and jocked SACE's work ever since the first spotting. Regardless from my birthplace in CHICAGO I never seen much in person, but felt the wrath. Dash Snow was an awesome artist and from what's said and heard " He was a man of mystery " and will be missed. Perfect story written by a PERFECT ARTIST! Rest IN PEACE

Keath Sodapop

http://blogue.us/2009/07/14/rest-in-peace-dash-snow/


http://nymag.com/arts/art/profiles/26288/

Chasing Dash Snow
At 25, he is a growing downtown legend, a graffiti writer turned artist with a beautiful face and a De Menil pedigree, elusive even to the two friends who created his myth. What happens if he’s caught?

The artist Dash Snow rammed a screwdriver into his buzzer the other day. He has no phone. He doesn’t use e-mail. So now, if you want to speak to him, you have to go by his apartment on Bowery and yell up. Lorax-like, he won’t come to the window to let you see that he sees you: He has a periscope he puts up so he can check you out first.

Partly, it comes from his graffiti days, this elusiveness, the recent adolescence the 25-year-old Snow spent tagging the city and dodging the police. “He’s pretty paranoid about lots of things in general, and some of it was dished out to him, but others he’s created himself,” says Snow’s friend, the 27-year-old artist Dan Colen.

Decatur, IL. " STREET ART SHOW "

Keath Sodapop

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Street ART Exhibit

http://www.decaturarts.org/

Keath Sodapop

Pilsen Together Chamber of Commerce Art Festival

The Pilsen Together Chamber of Commerce Art Festival is a two part event: The Opening reception gala/auction and a one day art fair. The opening reception gala/auction will be held at the National Museum of Mexican Fine Arts on Thursday August 27, 2009 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM while the one day art fair will take place on Saturday, August 29, 2009 on the parking lot of Holy Trinity Catholic Church located on 19th and Throop from 11 AM to 7PM we will have food and a DJ and possibly live performers to accompany the visual artists.

" It's a fact "
Keath Sodapop
2008

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