Street art photographer Miss Kaliansky sent over these photos of pieces by 3ttman and some of his friends (Remed, El Tono, Nan4814 and Saner) in Madrid…
Photos by Miss Kaliansky
Ron English around London
Ron English is in London and he’s been putting up a couple of posters. These thought bubbles are pretty cool, but I’ve seen a number of them getting ripped down already. Speaking Ron last night at the opening of his show at Lazarides, he was looking to get some paint, so maybe there are more pieces that were done today. I guess we will see soon.
Photos by RJ Rushmore
Ethos and ECB in Miami
ECB and Claudio Ethos have a two-man show on now at 101/exhibit in Miami, Florida called Between Night and Day. The show is open now and runs through July 31st. Looks pretty damn cool to me, and I think ECB and Ethos are a great pairing. Here’s some of what’s at Between Night and Day…
Photos courtesy of Ethos
Weekend link-o-rama
This week the link-o-rama is coming from Steph’s room, where I’ve been staying. After all, got that beautiful baby boy to take care of… Here’s what’s been going on elsewhere in street art this week:
- Margaret Kilgallen’s show at Ratio 3 is open.
- Faile are releasing some gold prints at their print show in LA (opening tonight). Because gold = awesome. Or something like that.
- Cyop and Kaf painting for FAME Festival. And they now have a book.
- Definitely check out this video of Anthony Lister, Mymo and others in Berlin.
- Loving this portrait of a certain clown named Ronald by Zoltron.
- ABOVE has a book coming out later this year.
- This war memorial in Bulgaria has been taken over by superheroes.
- Mathieu Tremblin is interesting as always.
- West Berlin Gallery is showing some photos by Brenna.
- A nice interview with Stik.
Photo by Peter Fuss
Coming next month: Kid Acne’s 1st museum show
Kid Acne will be getting some major recognition from his hometown of Sheffield in July: He has a solo show at Museums Sheffield‘s Millennium Gallery. The show, Kill Your Darlings, will be opening on July 21st. Okay, this isn’t Banksy versus The Bristol Museum, but it should still be pretty cool. Kill Your Darlings will have pieces from all stages of Kid Acne’s career, as well as some new artwork. I came across an album cover he did a while back which I almost bought just for the artwork, so I’m looking forward to seeing more of his kooky graphic design work as well as whatever new things he’s got planned (hopefully a nice sculpture like in the photo above).
Kill Your Darlings runs through October 23rd.
Photo by Unusualimage
Big news day link-o-rama
Normally I’d like to avoid doing a link-o-rama post in the middle of the week, but there have been a number of big stories to break in the last 24 hours or so, and since I’m in the middle of moving house, there’s no way I was going to be able to otherwise cover them in a timely manner. So here we go…
- The artist Ai Weiwei has been released on bail from a Chinese prison, but one of his friends that the Chinese also detained has still not been heard from.
- Banksy has reacted to Tox’s conviction for graffiti (and likely prison sentence) with this piece of street art in Camden. Banksy’s old pal Ben Eine testified on Tox’s behalf at the trial, claiming that just about anyone could be imitating Tox’s tags and pieces because they are so simple, and that the man on trial may have been the victim of imitators rather than still being a graffiti writer, as the prosecutors argued. The prosecutor also told the jury that Tox “is no Banksy. He doesn’t have the artistic skills, so he has to get his tag up as much as possible.” Banksy has actually referenced Tox in his work before. Not all that surprisingly, the Banksy piece is already being covered in plexiglass to protect it (UPDATE: actually it’s been boarded up). To my knowledge, no one has ever covered a Tox tag in plexiglass, although perhaps now they should…
- Liu Bolin, aka that artist who paints himself into landscapes and photographs himself sort of disappearing, has collaborated with Kenny Scharf on his latest piece at Kenny’s mural in NYC. Wooster Collective has that story.
- Although Art in the Streets was supposed to move from MOCA in LA to the Brooklyn Museum next year, the Brooklyn museum has cancelled their iteration of the street art and graffiti show. They cite financial difficulties, but the show is set to break attendance records in LA, so that’s probably some BS to cover their asses. The show has already caused controversy in NYC, and there is speculation that the cancellation is due to political pressure and fears about that controversy. Hopefully a museum with some balls will pick up the show and it will still make it to NYC.
- That controversy in NYC about Art in the Streets cited this article which has been floating around for a while about why the show is so evil. Saber has just written the best response to that article that I’ve read so far.
Photo by Mark J P
Sam3 – different states
Sam3 painted this billboard in Murcia, Spain twice recently. First, he painted the above piece, titled Estado de bienestar, Welfare state. As you can see in the photograph below, he then repainted the same spot. This time he called it Estado de flacidez, which you can probably translate for yourself.
Photos by Sam3
Lush sells out in LA
Please note: It is reasonable to assume that most links in this post are NSFW. You have been warned.
Lush‘s graffiti has been popping up in LA recently (sometimes very much announced, sometimes a bit more subtly). Well, Lush is no idiot. In fact, he is pretty damn clever. So it’s no surprise that all these pieces have been leading up to a pop-up show in LA for next month called Lush Sells Out In LA. I’ve no idea what to expect, except that someone will get offended. His show in Melbourne last year was a huge hit, but wasn’t for the faint of heart or politically correct. I’m really excited to see what he does this time around. Get ready LA, Lush is selling out all over again on July 15th, and it’s gonna be crazy.
San and Escif prepare for a show at Fifty24SF
Escif and San are traveling around the West coast in before for their upcoming show at Fifty24SF. The show, See You In Croatan, opens on June 30th. The Citrus Report has all the info. Until the opening, the two Spanish artists are driving around the West coast checking out the USA and doing some painting. Here is some of what they’ve been up to…
Photos courtesy of Fifty24SF
Aiko solo show coming to Amsterdam
The queen of sexy stenciled girls, Aiko, has a solo show opening in a few weeks at Amsterdam’s Andenken Gallery. Andenken used to be based in Denver, but has relocated to Amsterdam. Her show, Unstoppable Waves, opens on July 9th (6-10pm) and runs through July 24th. The spray cans that Aiko contributed to Up Close and Personal, the show I put on with MANY last month, were some of the most popular pieces in that show, so this should be a real treat for anyone in Amsterdam. Unstoppable Waves will be Aiko’s first solo show in Europe.
Photos courtesy of Andenken Gallery