Author: RJ Rushmore

RJ Rushmore has been involved in contemporary art as a writer, curator, photographer, arts administrator, and fan since 2008. With a focus on street art, graffiti, and public art, RJ facilitates and promotes catalytic and ambitious art outdoors, in galleries, and online. He founded the street art blog Vandalog and has worked at The L.I.S.A. Project NYC, Mural Arts Philadelphia, and Creative Time. Currently, RJ is Co-Curator of Art in Ad Places.
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Saber hits the LA skies in defense of murals

While some people would argue that LA has one of the most vibrant mural, street art and graffiti scenes in the world, there’s something holding it back: The legal impossibility of painting murals with permission. Because the city of LA essentially considers all murals commercial signage, getting permission from the property owner is not enough. Without permission from the city government (which sounds nearly impossible to get), even murals painted with the building owner’s permission are illegal in the eyes of the city.

Today, Saber decided to fight back against the city by hiring 5 skywriters to write messages in support of art and his friends across the skies of LA. Additionally, Saber has a blog post explaining his opposition to the city’s mural moratorium and cataloging instances where good art has been impacted by the absurd enforcement of a law that was intended to impact public advertising.

Saber has also started a petition urging the city to end its mural moratorium. You can sign that here.

Here’s a bit more of what Saber had his skywriters put up:

Photos by Saber

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Weekend link-o-rama

A freight train in Atlanta

This week has been a lot of trying to get ahead on my work, because on Saturday evening I’m headed to New York City for the night. I’ll be checking out Flash at the Wooster Street Social Club. Here’s some stuff I missed covering over the last few days:

Photo by RJ Rushmore

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Peat Wollaeger on the job

Eyez on the Job…in these Modern Times! is a video of Peat Wollaeger putting up a stencil. So you’re probably thinking, “Oh great, another pointless time lapse of street art that probably should have just been shared as a quick photo on twitter, but instead I have to wait 2 minutes to see this finished product while the artist tries to look all cool and rebellious when the whole thing is actually sponsored by a major shoe manufacturer.” Luckily, Peat has a sense of humor, and that’s not what this video is like at all. Instead, it’s Peat’s humorous view of what it’s like to be “a professional street artist” today.

Eyez on the Job…in these Modern Times! from Peat Wollaeger on Vimeo.

Photo courtesy of Peat Wollaeger