Ácaro is a street artist based in Monterrey, Mexico with a lot of talent and a beautiful black and white style and iconography reminiscent of Roa, Herakut, and Phlegm. Ácaro’s characters really look like they belong where they are painted, and that’s a rare but important skill for a street artist. Can’t wait to see more from them, but here’s some of my favorites from their flickr archives.
Photos by Ácaro
This video by Creative Urban Industries and Rowdy features art from Rowdy, one of my favorite British street artists, animated into a short little story about crocodiles in the big city.
Happy weekend. Hope you’ve had a less busy week than me.
Photo by Unusualimage
Okay, I’ll admit this is a slightly odd collaboration, but still probably a pretty cool opportunity for M-City and I like the result. Earlier this week, M-City painted a car for the Lotus F1 Team as part of an event for burn, Coca-Cola’s energy drink. Lotus F1 Team driver Kimi Räikkönen even picked up a stencil and spraycan for a little bit. The event took place at burn Yard, a traveling event that will also be headed to Hungary, Korea, Mexico and Brazil. Here’s more from the event:
Photos courtesy of burn
Colin M. Day made this video at Roa’s recent show in Brussels, Belgium. It’s not your typical show teaser or post-show wrap up video. Dolin is doing his own thing with what he is passionate about. And I guess I’m not the only one who thinks so, because Brussels TV did a piece about Colin filming Roa. It’s a great little insight into the mind of an art fan. If you’ve ever wondered why people like Colin do what they do or people like me run blogs in our spare time, this should give you some idea:
Gaia, Nanook, Mata Ruda and LNY are trying to raise some money on Kickstarter to paint some arabber stables in Baltimore. Arabbers are fruit venders who sell fruit on the street from horse-drawn carts. Gaia already painted one mural at their stable last summer.
These four artists are all known as talented muralists, but they also do great sketches. Which is lucky because funders of the project can get some very affordable sketches for helping out.
Check out more about the mural project here.
LNY was at Haverford College this week to paint on James House, a student arts space that has also been painted by Gaia, Labrona and Troy Lovegates. Here are some photos of his mural, Apex Predator. One of his best pieces yet, in my opinion. Thanks to The John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities’ Student Arts Fund at Haverford College and James House for sponsoring the mural.
Photos by RJ Rushmore
Blu recently finished two murals in Niscemi, Italy, where residents are protesting the US Navy’s installation of communications satellites which will be integral to controlling the next generation of military drones.
The above piece is one of my favorites from Blu in quite a while. The drones slowly transform into crosses at a graveyard, and the multitudes of Niscemi stand up and resist against the military monster. Besides the ethical concerns about drones, residents are also worried about the electromagnetic waves that the communications satellites will emit. Check out the No MUOS website for more information about the protests.
While the idea of satellite dishes as visual pollution would probably come up anywhere, it’s especially relevant in Niscemi, which looks like an absolutely beautiful place. Just have a look at the spectacular view just next to this mural.
And I also want to give major props to Blu for continuing his mission as a mural painter on his terms, even when he could certainly be making a living by painting at mural festivals around the world and selling his work indoors. Instead, he gets to paint what he wants, where he wants, when he wants, but he doesn’t have the easiest time of it. Any other muralist of Blu’s fame and talent would have a scaffolding or a lift to get help him paint, but all Blu had for these murals was a ladder and an extendable pole…
Photos courtesy of Blu
Brooklyn-based Dega Films launched a Kickstarter last week to fund their upcoming series of street art films, Wild In The Streets. To me, the series looks like Dega Films is trying to make street art videos in the style of skate videos. It’s a really cool idea. I’m not sure if it will work, but it’s definitely worth a shot. Obviously graffiti writers have been making bombing videos for decades that work on that same principle, but those were always circulated among other writers and not really made for the general public.
Here are two of Dega Films most recent videos:
ART POLLUTION: The Yok & Sheryo – 5Pointz – Queens, NY from DEGA films on Vimeo.
Wild In The Streets: Jilly Ballistic from DEGA films on Vimeo.
