whup yo kids

Great Success!!!

2011-04-27T11:51:00.001-07:00

Everything Must Come to an End.

2011-04-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

Stop by the Closing reception this Friday April 15th, and invite your friends. Last chance to view Chicago's most talked about art exhibition, Afro-Futurism: Impossible View.

Hebru

The Show of Shows

2011-02-22T07:56:00.000-08:00

AFRO-Futurism is my ism.

SORRY....

2011-01-12T06:37:00.000-08:00

Okay I'm back after what seems like forever. I promise not to leave you again so long my brothers. Back with something new for this year my brothers.

CHI BUT NEVER TIMID

2010-11-07T10:28:00.001-08:00

A RESPONSE TO ALL THE CHICAGO VIOLENCE! HUSTLERS ON MORE THAN FOUR CORNERS. R>I>P>>>>>

Its Coming!

2010-10-29T06:44:00.001-07:00

March 2011 for all those folks who might be a little slow.More info coming soon.

Who's Got A Glass?

2010-10-28T19:51:00.000-07:00

How many artist can say they've got a wine bottle??????????
GET Yourself a bottle @ Three Peas Art Lounge

FLYBOYS ASSEMBLE!

2010-10-10T20:45:00.001-07:00

A Lil MO'

2010-10-10T20:38:00.000-07:00

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I AM THE ONE WHO WILL DANCE
ON
THE FLOOR
IN THE ROUND
-BILLIE JEAN

JUST A LIL NEW NEW!

2010-10-10T20:35:00.001-07:00

CROWN OF THE METROPOLIS

2010-09-28T09:44:00.000-07:00

2 SHOWS SAME NIGHT. I CONFESS TO BE EXCITED MY BROTHERS.

WALL PAINTING

2010-09-24T07:07:00.001-07:00

1 of 2 Shows Opening the Same Night!

2010-09-24T07:05:00.000-07:00

Hope to SEE YOU THERE.

THROWBACK

2010-09-23T09:04:00.000-07:00

END

They Never Played Fair!

2010-09-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

Catching Up!

2010-09-22T19:05:00.000-07:00

It's me my brothers, your appointed leader of the new. I have been so busy this summer I really haven't had the time to inform you my brothers of all that's been going on. Well this summer I did a collab with my artist homie RAY NOLAND (CRO). I really respect this dudes hustle. He gets it in on the streets and the guy had a dynamite show this summer that made me reevaluate what the ferk I been doing. Till next time my brothers.

Wait A Cotton Pick'n Minute

2010-09-13T19:17:00.001-07:00

Late Night In Brooklyn

2010-09-13T10:17:00.000-07:00

Wish I had more time to get loose... I'll be back real soon Brooklyn.

SHOWTIME!

2010-09-05T18:54:00.000-07:00

ARMY READY TEDDY!

2010-08-26T22:32:00.001-07:00

HEBRU X CHRISTOPHE ROBERTS

BLEED MY OWN BLOOD!

2010-08-10T22:06:00.000-07:00

I love how this piece turned out. The expression on the the guys face tells the story.
Black LOVE in the bottom left corner.

COME ONE COME ALL! OR DON'T!

2010-07-18T16:48:00.000-07:00

BANKSY IN THE CHI

2010-06-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

After discovering that the haters of my city destroyed one of 3 pieces he did, I ran across this one in my old hood on the low end.

Art Chicago NEXT

2010-05-13T17:28:00.000-07:00

Hello my brothers. It's been awhile since I have given you reason to love me. I have been busy creating new wonderful things to give to the world. Ohh my brothers the days have been long and blending together. My brothers I have tasted minor success and like a shark with a hint of blood, I want more. The summer air is filling my lungs and I am getting excited. Excited at the shear possibility of what my future holds. I shall continue to pilot the space craft as long as you promise to man it.

YouTube - Deer Hunting by Christophe Roberts

2010-04-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Deer Hunting by Christophe Roberts

The Arts | Art review: 'Lions Disguised as Lambs' at new Capitol Hill space | Seattle Times Newspaper

2010-04-02T06:11:00.000-07:00

The Arts | Art review: 'Lions Disguised as Lambs' at new Capitol Hill space | Seattle Times Newspaper

Lions Disguised as Lambs Revisited

2010-03-18T10:03:00.000-07:00

Gorillaz - Stylo

2010-03-03T21:40:00.001-08:00

It just Keeps getting better! Are you kidding me Bruce Willis too! my man cool white man crush, I'm also a huge Gorillaz fan. Add music and dope ass art and now even MOS DEF, shit I'm sold. Got the new album this weekend and I'm loving it. Its been my new painting soundtrack. PLASTIC SHEETS PLASTIC BEACH

Lions Disguised as Lambs

2010-03-03T21:23:00.001-08:00

pun(c)tuation presents:

Lions Disguised as Lambs

Hebru Brantley

March 12 – April 7, 2010

The opening reception will be held 8pm – 11pm on Friday, March 12, with a special celebrity guest DJ to be announced soon.

This will be the first showing of Lions Disguised as Lambs, a series that features pieces of images from 1940-50s Coon Toons, animated cartoons depicting that era’s stereotypical images of African-Americans. Inscriptions of contemporary language surround the images, allowing viewers to bridge the turbulent past with the current state in cultural relations. The exhibit will be on display until Friday April 9 at pun(c)tuation, open 2 – 9pm Monday through Friday.

Whup Yo Kids @ Silver Room

2010-03-03T21:15:00.000-08:00

That BITCH!!!

2010-02-20T18:29:00.001-08:00

So about 2 years ago I was hired to do this installation painting for this chick. After a day of work I and what I thought to be a good start, she calls the interior design at 2 am and tells him she wants me to stop. The next day we paid her a visit and she said she wanted me to stop because I was stealing thoughts and bad memories from her head and she couldn't take it. Did I mention that this Bitch was a serious pot/coke head? The convo got heated and I called her a crazy bitch and stormed outta her crib, never really getting any good flicks of the unfinished work and leaving behind all my cans and paint. That Crazy Bitch!

TIM BURTON @ The MOMA

2010-02-16T15:51:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite directors, I had NO idea his illustrative skills were so intense.
Check out the website it's an experience.
www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2009/timburton/

New This Week

2010-02-15T12:52:00.001-08:00

This Friday until the end of March

2010-02-13T07:55:00.000-08:00

The Russes are Talented.

2010-02-13T07:53:00.000-08:00

:The Russes - "MEDICATED" from :the russes on Vimeo.

Step into my World

2010-02-07T11:46:00.000-08:00

Come Check me out @ The Silver Room for the my new show. The show will feature a large installation, prints and t-shirts. Come spend money and have a good time.

OLD ME

2010-01-31T22:21:00.001-08:00

Diggin'

Just though this to be pretty Brillant

2010-01-31T22:16:00.001-08:00

The Art of Nick Gentry, stolen off the pages of Wooster Collective. I love their blog even though I've sent them my work a zillion times and still no love. ---curse'n under my breath---

Destino DALI + Walt Disney

2010-01-29T16:57:00.001-08:00

2010-01-29T08:12:00.000-08:00

If you are a Mos Def fan, and you probably should be, this is going to be a really cool show. HVW8 Gallery in Los Angeles, that has some of the most interesting shows in all of the southland, is hosting a one week exhibition of my man Cognito's (www.frolab.com) photos of Mos Def and the Ecstatic Tour all over the world

MOS DEF x NIto

2010-01-29T08:11:00.001-08:00

FANBOYS DREAM

2010-01-24T10:57:00.000-08:00

I grew up on the turtles and this is one of the coolest things they've done with the characters in years.

NYE SOUTHSIDE of the CHI

2010-01-24T10:52:00.000-08:00

Crown of the Metropolis

2010-01-23T12:03:00.000-08:00

Exhibit A

2010-01-23T11:01:00.001-08:00

He's all I been listening to lately. He's really bringing back the essence of whats faded from hip-hop. Hit the net and grab a Torrent of his work. you wont be disappointed.

SHOWTIME!

2010-01-23T10:48:00.001-08:00

Diggin In the Archives

2010-01-13T12:07:00.000-08:00

I swear they're really are outta control

2010-01-12T21:39:00.000-08:00

Before The Coldest Winter

2010-01-12T09:57:00.000-08:00

Last wall I did before the Chi-town winter officially rolled in.

The one with Bad Mutha Fucka on it

2009-12-27T00:15:00.000-08:00

The Man I wanna work for

FLYBOY-RED

2009-12-26T21:55:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve Paintings

2009-12-26T21:29:00.000-08:00

Harley Quinn

2009-12-26T21:26:00.001-08:00

For some reason Ive been on this Batman vibe real strong lately.

How we relate.

2009-12-20T19:36:00.001-08:00

IN THE STREETS OF THE CHI

2009-12-20T11:18:00.001-08:00

BATMAN RETURNS

2009-12-20T11:15:00.000-08:00

Steppin' up the digital skills.

Gimmie LOVE by Hebru Brand

2009-11-19T07:33:00.000-08:00

The Shogunate

2009-11-19T06:55:00.001-08:00

CARDBOARD a cardboard animation!

2009-10-14T11:43:00.001-07:00

This is amazing. Its more entertaining than a lot of the b.s. hollywood spits out these days

Studio Opening

2009-10-12T10:49:00.000-07:00

Hebru Glow: Hebru Brantley

2009-10-12T08:41:00.001-07:00

Last days of summer

Wood Cut-outs

2009-10-11T23:40:00.000-07:00

Supermang!

2009-10-09T12:06:00.000-07:00

The best ice cream ever!

All that shit in your hair

2009-10-08T12:00:00.000-07:00

Used coffee and sugar to create this piece
Sold it the homie
He has a Rott
Rott ate half the face (where most of the sugar was)
Sucks

MONOPOLIZE

2009-10-08T11:45:00.000-07:00

Being a kid of the digital age it really takes a lot for me to play a board game.
My lil sis and girlfriend begged me to play them in a game of monopoly.... lets
just say they wont be asking me to play with them anytime soon :)

New Kids

2009-08-23T08:19:00.000-07:00

Selected work from the showing at Lyons Wier. I only had 4 hours to work on each piece, total we created like 15 new works. Hands down the most fun I ever had producing an Art show.
We gotta do it again real soon.

Oooohhhhh Os Gemeos!!!!!

2009-08-13T09:30:00.000-07:00

After the show last night I made my way to Soho becuse I had to see it in person....
One word....
Astonishing.
I could not leave Bowery. It was so much to take in I must have stayed planted on that corner for like 45 mins. Big Propers to the Brazilian Brothers for putting it down.

THE FAK'TRY LIVE @ LYONS WIER

2009-08-13T09:15:00.000-07:00

All this week we have been doing a Live feed from Lyons Wier Gallery In Chelsea. Its an amazing experience I've had the pleasure of sharing with my brother from another mother Fahmau Pecou.
We've Collab'd on every piece during the course of this show. As of today we will officially be known as "The Hollywood Africans".

Hold the applause till the end, Thank you.

"INSTANT ART HISTORY IMMEDIATELY

2009-08-01T11:14:00.000-07:00

"INSTANT ART HISTORY IMMEDIATELY: The Fak'try", is a modern day reincarnation of Andy Warhol's hip 60's hangout where artists, musicians, writers, critics and socialites gathered and shared in creative energy and live parties.

The project is a site specific living installation that features Fahamu Pecou and Hebru Brantley performing a Warhol-Basquiat style painting session while their contemporaries, which include a host of artists, musicians, performers etc. take up residence in the space engaging in, well, whatever they want. Photographers and filmmakers will document this momentous history-in-the-making.

Each night features a mini-opening and party
from 7p-12a.
During the course of the week long performance, scenes for the accompanying "mock-umentary" The Fak'try will be filmed.

Come be a part of Instant Art History...

I Wanna be a TOYS R' US kid!

2009-07-14T11:05:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my China connects the new FB will be here soon. Got a Few Life sizes coming ur way too! I'm super geeked about this one. Keep Ya'll Posted.

Hipster Fly Boy

2009-07-14T11:02:00.001-07:00

The REAL Chicago Picasso

2009-07-11T15:23:00.000-07:00

Shouts to my man Naledge from Kids In The Hall for the best Mixtape to come outta Chicago Ever!!!!

HEBRU x LDRS1354 x ADIDAS

2009-07-11T15:08:00.000-07:00

Getting it n with Adidas. Give thanks to LDRS1354 and Adidas, had a great time.

Whup yo kids

2008-04-29T10:44:00.001-07:00

Whup yo kids, originally uploaded by hebrubrand.

My Ninja Oskee (The Cunning)

Happy BDay Million Dollar mano

2008-04-29T10:42:00.001-07:00

Million Dollar mano, originally uploaded by hebrubrand.

I almost forgot.... My man and fellow Aries MANO had a banging ass bday party at the Funky Buddah Chicago. I supplied artistic flavors for the old school photo back drop. Shout to the Cool Kids, Hollywood, and Mike Terror.

The Ski Mask Way Baby

2008-04-29T10:37:00.001-07:00

papperadd, originally uploaded by hebrubrand.

This is mos def the show to attend in May. Free ski mask to the first 50 people. Great art and a free ski mask... how can u beat that?

art beats lyrics wall

2008-04-25T10:14:00.003-07:00

art beats lyrics wall, originally uploaded by hebrubrand.

abl

2008-04-25T10:14:00.001-07:00

abl, originally uploaded by hebrubrand.

It goes down tonight. Shout to JAB for always putting me down... even though he didnt on the flyer. I know I'mma have the livest shit rocking anyway.