Dissidents looks like a really exciting group show opening soon at Open Walls Gallery in Berlin. It will feature work by BR1, Just, Vermibus, Alias, Emess, Giacomo Spazio, and Negative Vibes. Dissidents opens April 12th and runs through May 11th. More info on the Facebook event page.

I’m especially excited to see what Just and Vermibus make for this show. Just is one of the great contemporary graffiti photographers, and Vermibus has done some absolutely killer ad disruptions. Luckily, Open Walls Gallery have sent over this preview of a piece by Vermibus…

Photo courtesy of Open Walls Gallery

Seacreative

Seacreative and BR1 have a show at the Galo Art Gallery in Turin in June, so I thought I’d post a few of Seacreative’s recent murals.

Seacreative, Centina, Kraser and James Kalinda

Seacreative, Centina, Fresh and James Kalinda

Photos by Seacreative

Elfo and BR1 (BR1 won the game)

Late link-o-rama this week. Troy Lovegates and Labrona are visiting to paint a mural at Haverford College, and it’s the week of all my final exams. Here’s what I’ve been reading to distract myself:

• With these two pieces, Carmichael Collective looks like a group of artists on the way up.
• Barry McGee has a show opening on the 12th at Prism in LA.
• Mega-collector Selim Varol will be showing the best bits of his art collection in Berlin.
• Nice t-shirt by Gris1 of DMV.
• Shepard Fairey has a show open now at Pace Prints in NYC.
• Spaceboy’s animation/wheatpastes for Red Stripe are kind of interesting, even if it’s mostly post-production work that makes it cool.
• A beautiful new wall by Conor Harrington.
• Nug (of this fame) is showing at Skalitzers in Berlin in a few days. I can’t wait to see how the show looks.

Photo by Elfo

BR1 and Elfo teamed up to make this sculpture in Berlin. It combines so many of my favorite things: Décollage, referencing Gordon Matta-Clark, disrupting advertising and inserting something mildly spectacular into people’s everyday lives. Not the most environmentally friendly work though…

Photos by Elfo