Hyuro is currently at work in Copenhagen painting a massive (271-meter long) mural. I really want to drive along this road once the piece is done. She also has a solo show, In/Between, of 17 drawings opening in a few days at ArtRebels (Nørre Voldgade 18) in Copenhagen. In/Between opens on Friday the 24th from 5-8pm …
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Based out of Hawaii, Cryptik is known for brining popular Eastern philosophy iconography to Western walls. The hand-painted script by this man, who is described by the Huffington Post as “reclusive, fastidious and soulful,” apparently stems from a background in “gang graffiti.” Photos courtesy of Cryptik Movement
Check out this set of signs from Trustocorp: On a related note, Trustocorp had a show at Brooklyn Brothers Gallery in NYC last month. It could have been disastrous. To be honest, I kind of expected it to be. Turns out, I was wrong. Looks like it wasn’t bad at all and Trustocorp didn’t just …
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Peace of Wall looks it could be one of those great unappreciated art books, as important for his documentation of art as for its documentation of a critical time in East Timor’s history. Chris Parkinson spent four year photographing in East Timor, and this book is the result of all that work. It’s definitely not …
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NTEL is one of my favorite Philly graffiti writers. From stickers to throw-ups and extinguisher tags to beautiful pieces, plus sculpture and other methods of getting up, is one of the most versatile and unique writers in the city. That’s why I’m so excited to include his work in ALL BIG LETTERS, which opens today at Haverford …
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Vanessa Rosa, the author of this post, is an artist based in São Paulo. This is a story of an alleged attempt to create dialogues between opposite worlds: street art, and one of the world’s most oppressive police forces. In November of 2016, the same terrifying week that Trump conquered the presidency of the USA, a …
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Recently, VladyArt introduced me to the work of the Italian artist Francesco Garbelli. Garbelli has been working outdoors since the mid-1980’s. While he certainly wasn’t the first to do street art and the term was used in its present meaning as early as 1970’s, Garbelli was certainly active long before the term street art was commonplace, …
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Why do people collect art? Perhaps part of the reason is a memory or an experience associated with the object. The possessions I have most affection for were bought on holiday or given to me by a friend. There’s a cool story that goes with them. If we accept that artistic experience is in part …
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Had a fantastic time in New York last weekend finishing up The Art of Comedy, but that meant missing out on a lot of news, so some of this week’s link-o-rama is a bit more dated than usual: The Wall Therapy mural project in Rochester, NY is working on a short documentary about this year’s …
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Kaff-eine is another of my favourite Melbourne street artists. Since first discovering Kaff’s characters pasted in Melbourne’s alleyways, I quickly fell in love with her work. Kaff-eine paints using a number of different media, including aerosol, pigment ink, watercolor and acrylic paint. Her characters light up drab grey walls and alleys and bring real character to Melbourne’s …
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