Well, I think the content of this new piece by Mr. Thoms rather self explanatory. I was almost disappointed by the location outside Florence, since it looks as though this wasn’t done in a highly visible spot, but on second thought, the people who will most likely encounter this are the probably the people who should: explorers, graffiti/street artists, homeless, basically those who rely very little on the stock market for happiness.
Photo courtesy of Mr. Thoms
Via Arrested Motion
Z from Bomit has curated GO! STICKER, a show of sticker art by about 100 artists. The show opens later this month at The GO! Shop, a part of Wynwood Walls in Miami. At least by number of artists, the show is quite massive and maybe “organized” is a better word to describe Z’s role that “curated,” but it will include work by some world-class sticker artists like Os Gemeos, Invader, Skullphone, Pez, D*face, Baser, Aiko, Ader, and Shepard Fairey.
Stickers occupy a strange space in the graffiti and street art communities. For some, stickers are an essential part of their practice, maybe even the primary piece of it, but other reject stickers entirely and look down on them. Some spend time working on unique handmade stickers that act as markers of where they have been. Others print up tens of thousands of stickers with the same design and distribute them to fans worldwide. The fanbase for stickers also seems to be oddly separate from the fanbase for most street art and graffiti, kind of like the men and women who obsess over freight train graffiti. All of which is to say that I’m very glad Z has put this show together, but I’m also very curious and unsure of what the response will be. Sticker art is important and deserves to be highlighted, and Z is one of the best possible choices to put together such a show, so I hope he succeeds at making stickers appeal to more than just us sticker-heads.
GO! STICKER opens February 13th from 6-10pm and runs through February 28th at The GO! Shop in Wynwood, Miami.
Next month, the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, Denmark will hold a show about nearly 30 years of graffiti in Denmark. Two of the artists due to be in that show are Sabe and Faze, writers from Denmark who have been at it nearly since the beginning of modern graffiti in that country. Henrik Haven caught up with Sabe and Faze as they worked on a piece together in Copenhagen.
Photos by Henrik Haven
Slow week, but that doesn’t mean nothing good happened. Here’s some of it…
Photo courtesy of David de la Mano and Pablo S. Herrero
Occasionally I write pieces for Complex.com. This week, they published piece of mine called 10 artists using the internet like the street. List posts can be entertaining, but I wouldn’t normally say that I’m proud of my list posts. This particular piece is different though. It’s a list of visionary artists doing game-changing work that blurs or even completely ignores any lines that exist between the street and the internet. These are the artists I’m writing about right now in the book that I’ve mentioned here from time to time. So consider this post a little teaser of what I’ve been thinking about lately, and what I’ll be writing about in great detailing in the future.
Please check out the post, because I think these artists are doing really important work, and I’d love to get your thoughts on what they are doing. Maybe I’m onto something here, or maybe you think I’m on the completely wrong path. Either way, I’d like your input. So, go check out 10 artists using the internet like the street and let me know what you think by leaving a comment on this post or over at Complex.com, emailing me, or tweeting me.
Thanks.
Photo by Lush
Mobstr has done it again, dancing a little dance with the buffman for our entertainment. The Story involves essentially the same dance as his search for acceptable shade of grey, except that this time he makes it quite clear what the consequences of his work being buffed will be. The first fame of The Story is above. Enjoy the rest after the jump… Continue reading ““The Story” by Mobstr (and an anonymous collaborator)”
Last week, el Decertor began working on a small township called Huachipa near Lima, Peru. I spoke to him about the context of his pieces and asked for a bit of background about the environment he works in.
decertor:
I chose this mural because it has a direct view from the hills, it is titled “Porvenir” (“To Come”) because of the elements I used: the brick symbolizes the future of a town that is emergent, the boy is the heir to this dream and apparent progress. There is also a plant growing from the brick, which is a repetitive element in my work that I generally associate with resistance, strength, and faith.
decertor:
This area is home to some brick enterprises and factories, the land has a clay-like texture, which is the key material for the manufacturing of bricks. It is a very positive activity for the families in the areas, whom mostly make a living from that industry. This area is rapidly growing in its population, therefore families living there have to organize and mobilize their rights effectively, so that they have property over their homes. Frequently, they are kicked out by “land owners” or “companies” who don’t care about the community that is being built, nor the amount of time and effort families dedicate to this area.
decertor:
In addition to the brick companies, there’s also a large area where grass is grown to sell for profit by square meters. I did this intervention at a high point in a hill where you can see in the landscape the brick and grass companies. In the Andean world, hummingbirds are a good luck charm and if a person runs into one it signifies something good is to come.
Photos courtesy of el Decertor
Interesting wheatpaste in Jerusalem by Shinlamed. Reminds me of this classic Dale Grimshaw.
Photos by Shinlamed
I love the way Nether’s graceful portraits of everyday folks — pasted onto abandoned and decaying spaces in his native Baltimore — interact with their surroundings. His current exhibit Crumbling Cities at Weldon Arts provides a wonderful glimpse into the world that Nether has created in Baltimore and in his travels. Here are a few more images:
The exhibit continues weekends through Saturday, February 16th at 181 Irving Avenue in Bushwick.
Photos by Tara Murray
Polish duo ETAM Cru consists of Bezt and Sainer who paint with an imaginative, quirky and illustrative style. The talent these two use to create these surrealistic murals is phenomenal, and even a bit reminiscent of Aryz or Ericilcane. Here are a few of my favorite pieces from the last 2 years.
Photos by ETAM Cru
