D*face recently went out and did some simple (but effective) redecoration to some of the pine trees sitting around the streets London post-Christmas. Has he says, “A tree is for life not just Xmas!” More here.
Photos courtesy of D*face
Weekend link-o-rama
Looks like the art world has gotten back on track after the holiday season. Lots of links this week.
- Over at Complex.com, I wrote about the 10 (well, actually 12) street artists that I think people should be watching for in 2013.
- Rae, one of the artists on that list of mine, has a solo show opening at Signal Gallery in London later this month.
- Broken Fingaz are also on that same list, and it looks like they have some new work up in London.
- Sten and Lex get up in an ancient church.
- I’d never heard of Kraser Tres before, but damn can he paint.
- And so can Sokram.
- Faile are working on a huge project with the New York City Ballet. It sounds like a bit of a strange collaboration at first, but I’m excited to see the results. It seems like this has given Faile an opportunity to develop new work in a direction that they would have otherwise never gone, and the results that have been teased so far look strong.
- 2501 has a show opening this month in Bologna.
- A lot of Rammellzee’s work is on display now at New York’s Children’s Museum of the Arts.
- There’s some great work available in the Iron To Gold/Ashes To Hope benefit auction which will help to fund an artist residency program in Detroit.
- Here’s a nice video of Kid Zoom at work.
- I might have asked this question before, but can someone please explain the appeal of Barry McGee’s recent Brooklyn mural to me? The first of the videos here has some info about it, but I need more. McGee has previously stated his objections to painting so-call beautifying murals. The only time in recent memory that I can recall seeing anything similar to the Brooklyn mural is the one he painted a few years ago in Miami, but even that piece included a fair bit of traditional graffiti. Plus, the Brooklyn mural was painted by the billboard painting company Colossal. I’ve got no problem with artist assistants or anything like that, but the whole thing strikes me as McGee just saying “Sure, if Cadillac wants to pay me a bunch of money to license one of my images and hire someone else to paint it on a building, I’ll take that paycheck.” And hey, more power to the guy if he can get Cadillac to pay him for that, but is that all that’s going on here or am I missing something? Has McGee’s philosophy about public art changed?
Photo by Tellas
Faith47’s “Fragments of a Burnt History”
Faith47 has a show running now at David Krut Projects in Johannesburg, and it looks like an absolutely must-visit. Of course, not all of us are in Johannesburg, so Faith47 has provided plenty of photos and a video. Fragments of a Burnt History was open last year, but the show has been extended and will be open again January 15th through February 9th.
Faith47-Fragments of a Burnt History from FAITH47 on Vimeo.
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WK Interact speaks about Project Brave
Back in September of 2011, WK Interact installed a large series of wheatpastes in New York City that paid tribute to the first responders of 9/11. He called this Project Brave. Just this week, a video has gone online with WK and others explaining the project plus some shots of it coming together.
Project Brave – WK Interact from Chris Richter on Vimeo.
Photo by Matthew Kraus
Chris Dyer and friends
Chris Dyer is a Peruvian artist now based on Montreal, Canada. Paints colorful murals that might seem a bit scary if there weren’t so many smiling faces, and he’s collaborated with artists like Bue and Labrona.
Photo by Chris Dyer
Weekend link-o-rama
Okay Christmas and new years are over. Let’s get back to real life.
- Blanco uses water to freeze a poster to a wall in Mongolia.
- Some great new tiny work by oaKoaK and Slinkachu.
- NoseGo has a show at Slingluff Gallery’s new Honesdale, Pennsylvania location.
- If you’ve never seen Evan Roth give a talk before, here’s a good one to start with.
- Aakash Nihalani has a show coming up in NYC at Jonathan Levine Gallery.
- Looks like the Living Walls team had a good time in Miami.
- A show with two members of DRUGS Crew (Panda Sex and Mark Cross) just opened at New Image Art in LA. Sounds really interesting.
Photo by Jake Dobkin
Ever, 2501, and Pixelpancho side by side
This recent collaboration in Miami includes some of 2012’s breakthrough street artists sharing a wall: Ever, 2501, and Pixelpancho, plus a base (although I don’t have a good photo of this part of the wall unfortunately) by El Topo.
Photos courtesy of Ever and by Wil Hughes
Waone in India
This piece by Waone of Interesni Kazki is called Lost Sheep and it’s in a little backstreet of Kochi, India. I know Interesni Kazki have done some huge murals and people really seem to love those, but I prefer their smaller works like this one. Their smaller pieces become a part of the environment rather than looking like a giant canvas attached to a wall.
Here’s a video to give a sense of the area where the piece was painted:
Photos courtesy of Interesni Kazki
Wheatpastes by Cel Out
Cel Out is a street artist working Melbourne, Australia. I started checking out his work after Caroline posted about one of Cel Out’s most recent pieces. The work is Banksy-esque, without coming off as little more than a sub-par ripoff (most of the time). I can’t wait to see what Cel Out does next.
Photos by Cel Out
Labrona and friends in Miami
Labrona sent over some photos from his time in Miami last month, including some collaborations (with Omen and Five), work by his friends (Miss Me and Kin), and the latest En Masse wall. En Masse is a collaborative project based in Montreal where artists draw together in black and white, similar to the American project Paint It Now.
Photos courtesy of Labrona