Rowdy and Gold Peg in Leeds

I missed last week’s link-o-rama because I was in Boston for the Barry McGee show at the ICA Boston. So worth the trip (more on that soon), but for now here’s what I missed:

• Wow. So many great murals at La Bienal de Arte Urbano in Bolivia: Erica il Cane x Bastardilla, Charquipunk, Decertor, Inti… Definitely check those out.
• Hooked visited with Gaia while he prepared a new linoblock print for his upcoming London solo show.
• Josh MacPhee of Just Seeds is speaking tonight in Philadelphia.
• A really great community mural.
• A young Canadian Instagram user was arrested for a photo she posted of a piece of street art because they thought she made the piece. Well, if I ever go to Montreal, I guess I should be careful about what I post to my Instagram.
• They sold out pretty quickly so I’m sorry I didn’t get to this sooner, but Essam (the artist who did those great NYPD/drone ad disruptions) released a few prints of those posters at 1xRun last week.
• Russian street artist Pasha 183 (think along the lines of Banksy or SpY) has died at the age of 28.
• The fantastic artist Nychos will be showing at the equally fantastic Galo Art Gallery in Turin, Italy later this month. A great pairing.
• Cre8tive YouTH*ink & Centrefuge Public Art Project are raising money through Indiegogo to work with teens to make a series of murals in NYC.

Photo courtesy of Rowdy

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 event, and they’ve recently released a trailer for that film.
• Station 16 recently released Hanksy’s latest print.
• I absolutely love this collaboration in London between Stinkfish, Cranio, Aeon Fly, and Dscreet.
• Vitche’s latest mural in Sao Paulo has some interesting elements that pop off the wall a bit.
• If you’re a fan of Horfe, you’ve got to check out this video of the Peace And Love crew, of which Horfe is a member.
• How and Nosm are the latest artists to paint the wall at Bowery and Houston.
• KAWS has work on the outside of a NYC subway car, but not in the way you might be hoping, just the way you’d expect.
• Erica il Cane and Blu have collaborated once again, this time on a mural in Bari, Italy.
• Hell yes: Two trucks painted by Aryz.
• A zoo in Turin, Italy closed down. This is what happened when artists were given access.

Photo by Luna Park

Erica il Cane

Henrik Haven visited FAME Festival in Grottaglie, Italy for the festival’s opening events last month. Naturally, he took plenty of stunning shots of the new work there. In a two-part series, we’ve selected some of our favorite pieces from FAME 2012. In part one here, we’ve got walls by Erica il Cane, Conor Harrington, Interesni Kazki, Vhils, Moneyless, Brad Downey, Akay and Cyop & Kaf.

Cyop and Kaf

Vhils

Brad Downey and Akay

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Sam3

Well, the big story this week was of course Hyuro’s wall under threat in Atlanta, but a lot more has been happening elsewhere on the web, plus I missed a week of link-o-rama when I was in Atlanta myself, so here’s what I’ve got to share:

• Living Walls mentioned in the New York Times last week, but not because of Hyuro’s mural or even in the arts section. For some reason, some narrative was created about Living Walls relating to the recession. Well, whatever. I guess it’s a hook, and strange press is better than no press.
• This is a nice mural from Erica il Cane in Slovakia.
• And of course, Aryz’ work in Copenhagen is impressive as always.
• Chris Stain painted a great mural in Charlotte, NC, and BSA interviewed him about it.
• Someone stole a Banksy street piece off of a private wall, and now he’s going to trial because of it. Beautiful.
• Run in underrated.
• I agree with Eko: “This is 2012 graffiti.”
• Or maybe this is.
• Everyone’s been quoting this Steve Powers interview where he says “Most Street art isn’t art and it isn’t street.” He’s such a provocateur (read: guy well-respected enough that the world allows him to be an asshole). Actually though, as annoying as the guy can be, he’s right. Particularly that most street art isn’t art. A lot of it is great graphic design or illustration or signpainting. Nothing wrong with that, but it’s a misnomer that confuses a lot of people.
• Hate President Bush? You’ll probably love this book.
• There’s been some hilarious/scary fallout from LEWY BTM painting the Brooklyn Bridge.
• Aram Bartholl is amazing. And here’s an interview with him.

Photo by Sam3

Cept

Caroline and I are out in Colorado this week with my family, so art is coming second, but luckily it looks like it’s been a slow week. Here’s what I almost missed…

• An interesting essay about street art and MOCA’s Art in the Streets show (although far from perfect and obvious a little late).
• Sam3 has up to some absolutely great stuff (including a collaboration with Escif).
• Blu has also been busy recently.
• Caroline and I went to the opening of Pandemic Gallery’s latest show and it certainly looks better in person than over photos, but it’s not bad at all.
• Subway Art Blog’s zine can now be purchased online.
• There’s been some anti Chick-Fil-A street art, and one piece has resulted in an arrest. Of course, these pieces play on the Chick-Fil-A advertising that emulates graffiti.
• Dal and Faith47 put up some nice work in NYC recently.
• I absolutely love this piece, however simple it is, by Nuria Moria.
• And this Erica il Cane piece is a lot less simple but equally fantastic.

Photo by Nolionsinengland

Nanook and Ever in Foligno, Italy

The work of Baltimore-based artist Nanook has been appearing around the world a bit lately. Here’s work of his in Italy, Germany and Canada. His mural in Foligno, Italy with Ever is part of Attack Festival, which looks like they will have more artists coming to Foligno through September including Ericailcane, Sten&Lex and Moneyless.

Berlin

Newfoundland (installed by Tekar)

Newfoundland (installed by Tekar)

Photos courtesy of Nanook

Here’s something a little bit different from your average mural. Andreco and Erica il Cane collaborated together on this wall in the Saraha Desert of Morocco.

Photos courtesy of Andreco

Erica il Cane recently painted three sides of an artists’ studio space, Het vogelnest vzw, in the Belgian city of Ghent. He will also be showing his work inside the space on the 19th-20th of May and there is a “street art night” on the 19th with lectures by Sarah Rombouts, Peter Bosschaert, Harlan Levey and Javier Abarca, and a screening of Exit Through the Gift Shop. For more info on those events, check out the studio’s website. You can see all Erica il Cane’s murals after the jump… Read the rest of this article »

Draw The Line, the mural festival in Campobasso (Italy), finished up recently. Here are the final two murals for the festival. The above wall is by Sten and Lex, and Erica Il Cane’s is below.

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Photos courtesy of Draw The Line

Swoon in New York City

A day late, but here’s the link-o-rama. Let’s just say it feels like I’ve been competing, exactly one year on, with Ben Eine for the title of having had the strangest week. Here’s what I’ve missed:

• The NYTimes has an article about Taki183, an update of sorts on their article from that original article from 40 years ago I guess.
• A video and images from that show of graffuturism in Glasgow.
• Kid Acne’s museum show in Sheffield has opened and Arrested Motion interviewed the artist.
• Don’t Panic interviewed Pablo Delgado.
• Insa’s just done a new Gif-itti animation.
• Lots of updates from FAME Festival: Boris Hoppek, Erica Il Cane, Blu and Aryz.
• And if you need more Italian political street art, you can check out the latest short film from Six Oranges.
• Shok-1 painted a mural in China, but now the government wants it removed.
• Vhils is getting up in LA.
• A politician in Bristol wants to find a way to protect (extremely valuable) street art. I’m not saying I oppose the idea, but the article does read exactly what something I’d expect to find in The Onion.

Photo by Sabeth718