LNY recently painted this mural in at 1st Street & Coles Street in Jersey City, New Jersey. I wish LNY would do more murals, as the few that he has painted have been real winners. A bit of background about this one: One of the men depicted is Ever.
Photos by Timothy Herrick
If you’re a Broken Fingaz fan in Vienna, you’re in luck. If you’re not a Broken Fingaz fan but you are in Vienna, you’re still in luck because you’re about to become a fan. If you’re a Broken Fingaz fan and are not in Vienna (like me) but can afford to travel there (not like me), call work and tell them you’re sick because this Thursday, June 28th they have yet another solo show (because let’s be honest, who’s going to put work next to BF’s?) opening at Inoperable Gallery. For this show, they’ll be exhibiting some new works alongside pieces from their recent show in London and will hang through the month of the July. The piece above, done recently on the side of the gallery, is entitled “Chase the Devil” which is a play on the long history of Devil mythology in Vienna.
It seems that Unga will not be apart of this show, but he’s been busy; Unga and Insa have been blowing up the ‘Reblog’ button with this dope mural GIF. He also put up work with Lush in London and in Paris with Seth, Dem189 and Babs which was probably around the time of the group show in Paris, for which Broken Fingaz showed alongside Pure Evil and Pascal Le Gras.
Photos courtesy of Inoperable Gallery
There are few sites as alluring to artists – or at least to the artists I tend to meet – as abandoned spaces. A few like the Underbelly Project and Mausolee, last summer’s takeover of an abandoned supermarket in Paris, have attracted considerable media attention. But many others — both sanctioned and unsanctioned — take place regularly on a smaller scale. Earlier this month, a soon-to-be-demolished warehouse in Washington DC’s U Street Corridor became the canvas to over 60 artists. Presented by AIGA DC and Albus Cavus, the space opened to the public for six hours on Friday, June 8th. Blended – as the event was called – successfully fused the worlds of graffiti, street art, graphic design and more as it raised money to support the implementation of public art projects. I was impressed by the range of sensibilities, backgrounds and ages of those who filled the space to capacity. Here are some more images that made their way onto the walls:
Earlier this spring in Jerusalem, a diverse group of artists covertly refashioned an abandoned home in West Jerusalem’s upscale Emek Refaim neighborhood. Meydad Eliyahu, a Jerusalem-based artist (whom I met years ago when his stencils surfaced regularly on his city’s public spaces) shared the following images with me:
After the home was refashioned — with library and all — it was opened to the public for a few days. The Empty House is once again empty, but its brief existence has helped revive Jerusalem’s underground art scene.
“Blended” photos by Lois Stavsky & i will not; photos from “The Empty House” by Meydad Eliyahu
I’ve been seeing a lot of work around Philadelphia by Bad Dog recently, so I thought that this might be a good time to point out some of his new and old work to a wider audience than Philadelphia’s somewhat insular sticker community. While Bad Dog’s older work has been a staple in Philadelphia for years, it’s his new stickers with brief slogans on them that are particularly attention-grabbing.
Diego Bergia‘s latest animation based on combining video games and graffiti is a parody of Street Fighter 2 starring Revok and Mike Giant. This could really easily come across as corny, but I’m absolutely loving it. It’s for his project LEPOS: The Primary Invasion.
Right near Banksy’s recent piece in anticipating of the Queen’s Jubilee in North London, Shepard Fairey has just painted a piece. Fairey’s small mural (at least compared to the scale he’s used to working at these days) was organized as part of an effort by local residents working to revitalize the neighborhood and, like Banksy’s piece, is on Turnpike Lane in the borough of Haringey. The Guardian has more details as to how the piece came about, and Hooked has more photos.
Photo by Hooked
Nick Alive appears to be fairly skilled with a can. Nick Alive appears to be fairly skilled at making friends; friends with striking artistic ability. The result of all this is a mad display of the talent in São Paulo, Brazil. Fortunately for me, the documentation of Nick’s numerous collaborative pieces have networked much of this skilled community.
Photos by Nick Alive
The team over at Living Walls in Atlanta has some exciting news this week. Possible Futures will match up to $10,000 of donations made to Living Walls between now and August 1st. Living Walls is, in my opinion, the best mural festival or conference in North America, but the conference relies on donations to make it happen. Thanks to Possible Futures, any donation you make now through August 1st will go twice as far, so even if you can only spare a few dollars, I hope you will consider donating to Living Walls.
Photos by RJ Rushmore
Faith47 recently installed this work, who cannot pretend? death. is a form of art., at the Kulturhuset in Stockholm, Sweden. Really beautiful work, as always from Faith47.
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