About Vandalog:

Vandalog is a blog about street art. It’s the place for street art fans to keep up to date on what’s going on with street art (and London street art in particular). If something matters in street art, you can read about it on Vandalog. Vandalog was started by RJ Rushmore in October 2008. This is the blog, but you can also check out the Vandalog flickr and the Vandalog Twitter. One day there might be a wiki too.

Unlike most street art blogs that just focus on one type of post (such as print releases, show announcements or photographs), Vandalog tries to cover street art in a variety of ways. Vandalog includes photos, videos, interviews with artists and gallery owners, show previews and reviews, print releases and other features.

Another thing that sets Vandalog apart from other street art blogs is the statement of opinion, good or bad. For better or worse, a lot of street art blogs only talk about the things they like and stick to dishing out compliments. Not so on Vandalog.

Writers:

RJ Rushmore – Editor-in-Chief

RJ is an expatriate (originally from Chicago) living in London. Currently, he’s on a gap year, and in fall of 2010 will start attending Haverford College. RJ hasn’t been involved with street art very long, only since early 2008, but it’s quickly become how he spends most of his time. RJ has interned at a couple art galleries in London, and collects street art alongside his dad. Some of RJ’s favorite street artists are Adam Neate, Banksy, Judith Supine and Swoon.

Elisa Carmichael – Contributing Writer

Elisa co-owns and runs Carmichael Gallery in LA. She also edits The Art Street Journal, a monthly international art publication that highlights the best artists, galleries, events and more around the world. Elisa was born in Scotland and grew up in Bermuda and Australia. After finishing high school in Sydney, she traveled to Europe on a gap year. A few months later, she met her future husband, Seth, in the south of France and the two of them decided to embark on a crazy trip across the US that ended at Los Angeles, their current home. Their love of art led them to open Carmichael Gallery there two years later. The gallery and journal keep Elisa busy, stressed out, and living and breathing art 24 hours a day every day, but she’s forgotten what it feels like to have a day off and secretly enjoys her life the way it is.

Gaia – Contributing Writer

Gaia is a Brooklyn and Baltimore based street artist with a background in Printmaking and Sculpture. Marrying the animal and the human form, Gaia conjures mysterious figures that carry a heavy sense of mythology and recall a past when man and nature were once united. These romantic creatures stand in relief to the urban environment as they lurk and beckon in the city’s forgotten and neglected spaces. The conveyance of their story relies on the chance coincidence with a passerby, and even in that intimate moment, their narrative is precarious and delicate.

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Vandalog Blog by Michael “RJ” Rushmore is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. If you want to use anything on this blog for commercial purposes, just email me and I will probably say that it’s fine. Also, just to be clear, this license applies to content created for Vandalog, not content such as photographs that are credited to others.