Year: 2012

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Weekend link-o-rama

Mural by Eduardo Kobra. Photo by Lord Jim.

Let’s do this:

Photo by Lord Jim

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How and Nosm at work in Philadelphia

Photo by Steve Weinik

How and Nosm are the latest artists with a graffiti background to work with Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program, one of the the country’s top public art programs and the main organization behind Steve Powers‘ initial A Love Letter For You murals in Philadelphia. This week, How and Nosm have been painting their Mural Arts mural at 13th and Sansom. Here are a few pictures of the work in progress. Expect some shots of the completed mural next week.

Photo by RJ Rushmore
Photo by Steve Weinik

Photos by RJ Rushmore and Steve Weinik

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Meggs at White Walls

With an interest in superheros and comic book narratives, Meggs delves into the world of fantasy tales to create his latest show, Truth in Myth, opening this Saturday at White Walls in San Francisco.

The show is comprised of a collection of paintings, collages, and sculptures, in which Meggs searches “for balance in the understanding of physical and ideological duality of self” referencing “classic renaissance composition and contemporary pop culture.”

If these teaser shots of Meggs on the street and in the studio are anything to go by then Truth in Myth looks like a show that is well worth a visit!

More shots after the jump… Continue reading “Meggs at White Walls”

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Bushwick’s Low Brow Artique Opens with “Welcome to the Neighborhood”

Bushwick’s new Low Brow Boutique is a street artist’s and street art lover’s dream. Offering a first-rate selection of aerosol art supplies, it also houses a gallery and store that features a range of artwork in different media by artists whose primary canvas is the streets.  The brainchild of Bishop 203 – who’s left his mark for years on everything from freight trains to stickers – Low Brow Boutique officially opens tomorrow Saturday evening at 7 pm at 143 Central Avenue in Bushwick.  When we stopped by this afternoon, the Yok, Sheryo and See One were busy gracing its exterior and Rhiannon Platt, who curated the opening exhibit “Welcome to the Neighborhood.” shared some of the artwork with us. Here are a few images:

The Yok and Sheryo at work
See One at work
A small sampling of supplies
Willow artwork on exhibit
Cern artwork on exhibit
Elle artwork on exhibit

Other artists in Low Brow Artique’s opening exhibit include: Clown Soldier, Enx, Sheryo, the Yok and See One. Welcome to the neighborhood!

Photos by Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky

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Nychos at 1xRun

Nychos has two prints available right now at 1xRun. The prints are different colorways of an image called Ghetto Bird. The blue Ghetto Bird is an edition of 15 and available for $100. The tan version is an edition of 40 and is available for $50. 1xRun’s prints are only available for a limited amount of time, even when they don’t sell out, so you’ve only got about a week to pick up one of these Nychos prints before they go into 1xRun’s archives.

Via Very Nearly Almost

Photos courtesy of 1xRun

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Wild Style Wednesday!

Zeros in San Francisco. Photo by FunkandJazz.

How ill is Zeros’ Haring throwback? (Rhetorical, unless you’re funny)

Shock, Snek, Ter and Graphis in Sao Paulo. Photo by Graphis.
Goser and Chez in East Bay Photo by FunkandJazz.
Pere Meser in Peru
Nem, Truff and Nick Alive in Sao Paulo. Photo by ‘N’.
A1one in Paris. Photo by Vitostreet.
“Your Name” by Ripo in Barcelona.
Mine in San Francisco. Photo by FunkandJazz.
Shane and Dashe in Paris. Photo by Startape Photographe.

Photos by FunkandJazz, Graphis, ‘N’, Pere Meser, Ripo, Startape Photographe, Vitostreet

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Skullphone show coming up at Ivory & Black

Photo by Ian Campbell

Skullphone has a solo show opening later this month at Pedro Matos’ gallery Ivory & Black. London, XX12 will, I believe, be Skullphone’s first solo show in the UK. It opens on July 20th (6-9pm) and will run through August 24th. Whether you’re in town for the Olympics, or you want to run away from the Olympic madness for a few moments, Ivory & Black should be high on your list of galleries to run to.

Here are a few of Skullphone’s Digital Media Paintings similar to what can be expected at London, XX12…

Photo courtesy of Ivory & Black
Photo courtesy of Ivory & Black

And here’s an in-progress shot of a sculpture that will be in the show…

Photo courtesy of Ivory & Black

Photos by Ian Campbell and courtesy of Ivory & Black

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The Painted Desert Project – round 1, post 1

Tom Greyeyes

Last month, Gaia, Overunder, Doodles, Labrona, Jetsonorama, Tom Greyeyes and Breeze participated in the first iteration of The Painted Desert Project, a project developed by Yote and Jetsonorama and which took place in the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona.

Of the project, Jetsonorama says:

We hoped to connect artists with vendors working along the roadside in homemade structures where food and jewelery are sold. We attempted to familiarize artists with the culture before they started painting. Because of the location of this project where large walls are few, the emphasis was on establishing a connection with the community. Both Tom Greyeyes and Breeze are Native American and came to the project already sensitized. We’d hoped to get more local youth involved in working with the artists but will have to pursue this with future iterations of the project.

As much as I enjoy the mural projects going on around the world right now, things like The Painted Desert Project are fantastic low-key but potentially impactful counterpoints to the hype and huge walls that seem to accompany more urban festivals.

Some of the crew

Jetsonorama is a talented photographer who took some spectacular photos of the artists at work and of the finished walls and signs, so it’s going to take more than one post to show everything. After the jump, we’ll start with work by Labrona, Breeze and Overunder… Continue reading “The Painted Desert Project – round 1, post 1”