Justin Bua creates cool art. His wiggly-armed D.J. intently scratches vinyl on a turntable‚ head and shoulder wedging in place a set of headphones that he is too cool to wear‚ while surrounded by the tools of his trade. In another painting‚ two shirtless basketball players on a city playground rise into the air as the backboard and pole snake ever upward towards surrounding tenement buildings. In the background‚ a third player stands by in awe‚ mouth agape. These are just a few of the pieces included in THE BEAT OF URBAN ART‚ which showcases a motley cast of jazz musicians‚ homeboys‚ street hustlers‚ and neighborhood toughs-from the heavy-lidded "Piano Man" in his cubist yellow jacket to the slyly romantic "El Guitarrista‚" strumming his acoustic guitar and peering lazily out of his bedroom eyes; from the exuberant nighttime craps players of "Green Street" to the joyously sneaky grafitti artist entering the subway yard through a hole in the fence in "The Artist."
With sketches‚ studies‚ and narrative explaining how his pieces were created‚ THE BEAT OF URBAN ART takes you into the head and heart of the Toulouse-Lautrec of our times-a man who paints the world he sees with a riot of color and movement that is as unique and modern as the art created by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
With BUA's hip urban subjects‚ high-profile artistry‚ and amazingly vibrant talent‚ THE BEAT OF URBAN ART will be a hit with old and new fans alike.
