2009 – Page 5 – Vandalog – A Street Art Blog

December 15, 2009

Best Ever and Dead Leg crews at MuTate Britain

Loving this video from the folks at MuTate Britain of Best Ever and Dead Leg painting a piece. It even includes a bit of animation.

And I’m thinking that the MuTate guys would like me to mention their new shop which is now online.

December 14, 2009December 14, 2009

Nunca : The Wynwood Walls

There are a lot of pictures out there of Nunca’s wall for the Deitch/Goldman Wynwood Walls Project during Art Basel Miami as it looked at the opening party, but not so many people saw the finished piece. Nunca continued to work on the characters, coloring and background details right up until late Sunday night, and, as you can see from the photo above, developed his mural from something really good into something spectacular. Take a closer look below:

In case you missed what Aiko, Nina, Shepard, osgemeos, Barry McGee and Clare Rojas were working on around Nunca, check out more of my photos of The Wynwood Walls here, here and here.

– Elisa

December 14, 2009December 14, 2009

Faile to show at Gagosian

It looks like Faile will by showing with the Gagosian Gallery next month in California. The Gagosian website lists them in a group show called Meet Me Inside at their Beverly Hills location. Meet Me Inside opens January 15th and features Uta Barth, Gregory Crewdson, Roe Etheridge, Faile, Jacob Kassay, Mike Kelley, Monica Majoli, Adam McEwen, Allison Miller, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Seth Price, Rob Reynolds, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Taryn Simon, Robert Therrien, Piotr Uklański and Andy Warhol.

Looks like it’s time to start snapping up Faile prints like crazy (again).

December 14, 2009

The Fiesta Resistance

Finally found some pictures from The Fiesta Resistance on now at Pictures on Walls. They’ve just released a bunch of stunning prints (Banksy, Date Farmers, Anthony Lister, Dran…), but I want to focus on just their show with The Date Farmers, Saner and Smithe.

All photos by Unusual Image, who has many more pics from the show on his flickr.

December 13, 2009

Primary Flight

My highlight of Art Basel was almost definitely Primary Flight, the huge mural project in the Wynwood district. They had over 100 artists painting murals, from big names like Shepard Fairey and Nick Walker to local graffiti writers. Here’s some of what they did.

Joe and I made a video about the project:

Many many more photos on Jeremiah Garcia’s flickr

December 12, 2009

All the cool things happen while I’m on holiday

This past week has been pretty crazy. I’ve been running around NYC seeing friends and art, and now I’m in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Unfortunately, the art world does not hit pause just because I’m taking a holiday. Here are some of the things I would have loved to cover on Vandalog if I’d had the time. And keep an eye on Vandalog tomorrow because I’ll be doing a big wrap up of Primary Flight.

Invader has gone HUGE in London by Truman Brewery.
Grifters at Lazarides Gallery looks great. JR amazes me as always, there are some of those new Faile pieces with wooden blocks, and I don’t mind Invader’s neon characters.
MuTate Britain has reopened for the holiday season. Cool as always.
Damn you Mark Jenkins. Damn you and your awesomeness straight to hell.
And last but certainly not least, ABOVE is in a giving mood with a new print to support a homelessness charity.

December 10, 2009

David Ellis sculpture sells to Saatchi

Looks like I’m not the only one who liked the sound sculpture by David Ellis at Anonymous Gallery‘s SCOPE Miami booth. After collectors saw his piece at SCOPE (a video of which was previously posted on Vandalog), 3 sound sculptures were commissioned. And one of those pieces was commissioned by Charles Saatchi! Congrats to David for his success and to Mr. Saatchi on such a great purchase.

December 10, 2009December 10, 2009

TLP and Galo at Factory Fresh

The London Police and Galo have a show opening Thursday the 10th at Factory Fresh in New York. I will definitely be there.

Fresh Geezers

This December, Factory Fresh pulls out all the stops as we welcome The London Police and Galo as they return to New York to celebrate more than a decade in the game. Known for their iconic characters collectively these artist work have respectively graced streets and galleries in 35 countries and have been feature in numerous publications throughout the globe. The artists will be showcasing new canvas, featured films of the artist and installation works created site specifically
for Factory Fresh.

This year has seen the return of Bob Gibson to The London Police after five years of touring with the band ‘MOSS’ and flipping burgers in a filthy Dutch snackbar. And so the original founding members are re-embarking on their quest to combine making artwork and travelling the globe to better themselves and spread artistic love through the world. The blueprint for this year was to produce solid back-to-basics black and white artworks collaborating the iconic LADS characters drawn by Chaz with the tight architectural and illustrative landscapes of Bob Gibson. To celebrate 10 years in the field TLP had shows in London (Stolen Space, April 2009), Amsterdam (Go Gallery, May 2009), and Los Angeles (Carmichael Gallery, Sept 2009) with their final show at New York’s Factory Fresh.

Italian stallion, Galo, packs a punch when it comes to covering things in paint – he has painted almost every surface imaginable to man or beast. His work has appeared on three continents, in galleries, museums, cafes and nightclubs, on walls and off. Life for Galo is just one big moving canvas. Welcome to the Galoverse…

In addition to the newly painted works created specifically for this show by each artist , The London Police and Galo will create a collaborative site specific installation for Factory Fresh. Despite the possible cold weather, plans are set for painting a large scale mural in the courtyard of Factory Fresh.