The Yok and Sheryo have finally returned to NYC after a good few months traveling and painting around the world. We posted a few pieces from this trip back in November, but that wasn’t the whole trip. Here are a few more of my favorites (I think they’ll all located in Australia), plus a video of the above wall being painted.
SCARBOROUGH video from theyok on Vimeo.
Photos courtesy of The Yok
Dscreet met up with famed photographer Alex Fakso during a recent trip to Buenos Aires and made the above film for Very Nearly Almost. Great stuff. You can read an interview with Fakso in Very Nearly Almost issue 21.
It’s a bit late, but it’s link-o-rama time…
Photos by Ludo
A three-person team in Italy, working under the alias “Canemorto“, recently painted this 230 foot (70 meter) mural in North Italy. This is the first work I’ve seen by the trio but I’m excited to see more and after checking out their website they definitely seem promising. We’ll have to keep our eyes out for Canemorto.
Photos provided by Canemorto
Gaia was in Newcastle, UK last month for some murals organized by Unit44. I’ve got photos of the wall here, but I think the video Gaia made with Unit44 is even more interesting. In it, he speaks about the challenges of being a muralist/street artist trying to do more than just impose advertising (aka street art) onto communities. I don’t agree with everything he says, but he makes some very valuable and interesting points.
Photos by David Bilbrough
A huge fan of Cosbe — aka Cosby, Kosbe and just about any variation of his name — since I first discovered his stickers and paste-ups on NYC streets, I stopped by Chinatown’s Suck Store at 88 East Broadway yesterday evening to check out his latest venture, “The Cosby Show.” Bits and pieces of his life — with everything from random sketches to a photo of his late friend and master hand-stylist SURE — make up a huge installation, intriguing and raw. The highlight of the exhibit that opens this evening, Friday, is the 6pm release of a super limited edition of a SUCKLORD x COSBE collectible toy. In addition to Cosbe’s works, a range of Sucklord collectibles are on sale, along with the latest issue of Carnage.
Photos by Lois Stavsky
Alicè Pasquini is visiting the USA from Rome, and she has thus far put up three new murals in New York state. The first was in Bushwick at Bushwick 5 Points as covered last week by Rhiannon, and the latest two are in Ithaca.
Photos by Jessica Stewart
Know Hope is currently half-way through a two-part solo show at Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv. Here, I’ve got photos of Things That Stand Between, the first part of this show which opened at the end of February. The second part, Things Left Standing Behind, opens today (Thursday) at 7:30pm. As I understand it, this second part of the show will involve a complete reinstallation of different work in the gallery.
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Vhils (aka Alexandre Farto) is here in Australia. Sadly (for me anyway) he’s up north in Sydney, so I won’t get to see him or his new show, “Dissolve” presented by Skalitzers Art opening tomorrow on the 21st of March. I DID however manage to get a really great interview with him (via email) over on invurt. Definitely worth a read. For me, Vhils brings a different angle to street art. His chiseled walls and sculptured realistic characters bring a depth and feel to street art that I really appreciate. I also love different techniques, tools and textures so Vhils ticks all of the boxes for me.
The show opens today (March 21st) and runs through to the 6th of March at 140 George St, The Rocks, West Circular Quay, Sydney. Facebook event page here.
I’m a huge fan of Vhils’ work so it makes it even harder not being able to see the show. Some of the preview photos look very exciting. Check them out below.
All photos courtesy of Skalitzers Art
MAKE of the Russian Partizaning Collective did this fantastic and simply ad disruption in the New York City subway with paper, glue, and scissors. MAKE was inspired to do this disruption after Apple charged him over $200 to fix the cracked screen on his own iPad. More of the story can be found here.
Photos courtesy of Partizaning
