In central Baltimore on Franklin Street. Once the snow melts the bottom half will emerge. Had to dig at least four feet of snow in front to get it closer to the ground. More Here
All cans, in a vacant office building in Virginia.
- Gaia
On North Ave and Pennsylvania. Mad ghetto. Will hopefully have the portrait of my grandfather up soon! http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaiastreetart/
In other news, here is a spot on Malcolm X and Dekalb in Bed Stuy that just went up two days ago. It’s always important, especially in New York, to hit cutty spots that extend beyond downtown and williamsburg, where street art becomes intimate, fresh and expands its boundaries. So in that sentiment, Blanco just put up a powerful piece in Harlem.
Photo by Jaime Rojo
Gaia and NohJColey just completed this mural for Espeis Outside in New York City. I for one am loving this double-animal thing that Gaia has been doing lately, and although Gaia and NohJ aren’t an obvious duo to collaborate with each other, the result is surely interesting. Here’s a film of them wheatpasting the mural:
The mural was organized by BrooklynStreetArt, and they have a short interview with the duo on their blog.
… and two relatively new elbowtoe pieces. Took Clownsoldier out to this wall. The MBW literally went up the other night cause when I was scoping this spot it wasn’t there. So all of this is totally fresh.
Over the past two nights, M-City and I painted this collaborative mural on Malcolm X Blvd under the auspices of Brooklynite Gallery. It was a pleasure to work with this incredible artist and frankly the painting went swimmingly, without so much as a single conflict in our styles or vision. A big shout out to Mikeion for the fantastic documentation and the wonderful Brooklyn Street Art for the coverage
A Cry For Help runs from January 8 – February 5 at Thinkspace in LA. Not only does it feature a long list of great local and international artists, the show supports animal rights and protection so there will be adoptions throughout the opening weekend and the opportunity to donate food, toys and blankets to local shelters. If you love art and care about animals, this is the show for you! We also previewed it in the January issue of The Art Street Journal.
Above are pieces by Bumblebee (who also did a big install in the gallery window, plus a cool street piece nearby: see below) and Gaia, but as there is a lot of great work to be found in the show, I recommend you go check it all out for yourself here.
- Elisa
While in Miami for Art Basel last month, I went to more than a dozen different fairs or exhibitions of one kind or another. And I barely scratched the surface of what was there. One night, I was out with a big group including people from Babelgum, Arrested Motion and a few other organizations. We were more or less wandering around Wynwood looking for any fairs that were still open. We ended up at Art Whino. I’d heard of Art Whino, but frankly hadn’t planned on going to the show. There was just so much going on that I didn’t think I would be able to find the time. Turns out, it was one of the more interesting exhibitions in Miami. There was artwork from Chris Stain, Billy Mode, PaperMonster and a whole assortment of others.
But for me, one artist stood out. This guy who had a sort of low-brow illustrator style, but not the kind that I normally hate. There was some substance to these paintings. I was absolutely loving all the paintings by this artist. His name was Justin Lovato. I happened to see Gaia nearby, so I rudely interrupted whatever conversation he was having with somebody I didn’t recognize and told them about how I had just found this amazing new artist called Justin Lovato. Turns out, the guy Gaia was talking to was Justin Lovato. Even better, Justin does paint the occasional piece outdoors, so it gave me an excuse to mention him here.
Here’s what Juxtapoz.com has said about Justin:
Here’s what we have to say: his art looks neat. The linework is nothing groundbreaking, reminiscent of a mix of Andrew Schoultz and Ferris Plock, but he has a distinctively rich, earthy palette and subtle use of stenciling incorporated with hand painting that makes us smile.
(oh, and make sure to click on these pics of his indoor work so that you can see them much larger and in the detail that they deserve to be seen in)
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A couple of weeks ago, I linked up with Keith Schweitzer from No Longer Empty, to paint a pull down gate in Chinatown that is right around the the corner from the D*Face mural that he created through the organization as well. It was a wonderful night and the documentation of the process was impeccably on point. Here is the final video. If you want to check out NLE and all of the amazing things they do, check out their site http://nolongerempty.com/.
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