Be Free is one of my favourite Melbourne street artists. Like many of Melbourne’s street artists, I noticed Be Free just appear out of nowhere a few years ago. Since then it’s always a pleasure to stumble upon a new piece while walking the streets. Be Free uses real playing cards, string, and other props …
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So, here’s an email I got on Tuesday afternoon: Hello Vandalog writers, I recently attached a dildo to a shoebox with wheels and then hooked it onto one of the SF cable cars. I like to think that this counts as art. Here’s a link to the full youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjH3OhJKKcI Here’s a link to …
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We had it right when we were younger: bubble wrap releases endorphins. Fra.biancoshock reminds us of how it’s done with this simple little install. I don’t know if it eliminates stress so much as transfers it from the person popping the bubble wrap to the people surrounding them. But hey, it’s free, it’s fun and why restrain …
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This has to be one of the greatest projects I’ve seen all year: “Free Speech” by the pretty much always fantastic Evan Roth. It was part of this year’s BLK River Festival. Just watch the video… Via Rebel:Art Photo courtesy of Evan Roth
Never2501 recently painted a truck and a wall for the ParisFreeWalls project, an ongoing mural project in Paris. Photos courtesy of ParisFreeWalls
ParisFreeWalls is a mural program in Paris that have organized 11 walls since last November, including contributions from some of my favorite artists. It’s being curated by MSAGallery. Here are a few of the highlights from the program so far. Photos courtesy of ParisFreeWalls
A note from the editor: Yes, the Daniel Lahoda in this post is the same Daniel Lahoda who was investigated by the LAPD and complained about online on numerous occasions. While, to my knowledge, Lahoda has never been arrested and none of the past complaints have resulted in civil litigation, there were a lot of …
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RJ shared background info and some photos last week regarding This Side of Paradise, an extraordinary exhibition that opened this evening at the Andrew Freedman Home in the Bronx. Curated by Keith Schweitzer with No Longer Empty, it features the work of over two dozen artists who — working in a wide array of styles and media — have transformed an abandoned …
It seems that portions of The Freedom Tunnel were recently buffed, including some of Freedom’s murals. Maybe this has something to do with our recent interview with Chris Pape aka Freedom reminding people about this graffiti treasure trove… More than likely though, it had to do with the New York Times article about Freedom and …
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Not many people can say that they have a tunnel named after them. Chris Pape aka Freedom aka Gen II can say that. He painted what is now known as the Freedom Tunnel between 1980 and 1996. Over the last few decades, this tunnel underneath the Upper West Side of New York City has become …
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