Escif has been keeping busy as ever recently. Here are just of few of his latest walls. Continue reading “New murals from Escif”
New murals from Escif
Street artists head to Boston
Fourthwall Project in Boston has put together a show with LNY, Radical!, Tiptoe, Nanook, The Phantom, Geoff Hargadon, Zatara and Blackmath. Each artist in Street Wall will wheatpaste their work onto the gallery walls. Although the artist line up is great, the concept is the sort of thing that could really go either way and it’s impossible to say for certain. Hopefully it works out.
Photo by Radical and flyer courtesy of Fourth Wall Project
Lazy art for very motivated fans
Laurence Billiet sent over this photo of a piece she spotted in Paris, referencing Damien Hirst’s spot paintings. Hirst’s spot paintings have currently taken over all 11 Gagosian galleries in 8 countries. While some people may think that Hirst may be a lazy artist making art for lazy people, so far three people (including Tanley Wong of Arrested Motion) have completed the “spot challenge” and visited all 11 exhibits, so at least some of Hirst’s fans are pretty driven.
On a similar note, Kaws released a new toy this week.
Photo by Laurence Billiet
Win a Stikman calendar
Stikman has sent over some calendars to give away to Vandalog readers. The calendars feature a classic pin-up girl next to a Stikman character. I’ve got one on my wall right now, but Stikman sent 6 more for me to give away. If you’d like a calendar, just leave a comment on this post with the reason you’d like a Stikman calendar (and be sure to leave your email in the box where it asks for that info). I’ll choose the 6 winning responses on Friday, January 27th.
Photos by Lois Stavsky and courtesy of Stikman
Retna’s alter-ego: Brimstone
I’m told, although it’s certainly not the easiest thing to read, that this Retna mural (organized by Primary Flight) says “Brimstone MSK” and that Brimstone is a sort of alter-ego for Retna. Can you read it? Either way, there’s a great video showing the work in progress…
Retna x Brimstone from Colin M Day on Vimeo.
Photo by Mike Pearce
Faile explain their Challenger image
In this video with Ride5 Films, Faile explain the use of the space shuttle Challenger in their work. Coincidentally, their explanation sounds a lot like the John Fekner’s random date work from the 1970’s.
FAILE from Ride5 Films on Vimeo.
Photo by RJ Rushmore
Ludo hits Rome
With Ludo’s first solo show in Rome opening today at Wunderkammern, it’s no surprise that he has been getting a bit in Rome while he’s there.
Photos courtesy of Wunderkammern
Deciduous Lampposts by luzinterruptus
luzinterruptus‘ latest action, Deciduous Lampposts, has brought autumn to Madrid. Here’s what luzinterruptus have to say about it…
As every year, we wanted to pay our personal tribute to the autumn that has gone by, because we love this season, which fills the streets with dry leaves covering the cold asphalt in wonderful orange tones.
But there are streets in Madrid to which, unfortunately, autumn never arrives, they are deprived, with only perrenial leaves, which makes strolling in them like entering into an area with no climatic or seasonal references.
In these harsh gray streets we wanted to carry out our installation Deciduous Lampposts.
For this reason we went to the Parque del Oeste, where we collected 5 sacks full of beautiful dry leaves, which we transported to the city center, specifically to Calle Flor Alta, recently renovated and in which there remains no sign of trees and other adjacent streets, where nature is represented by a few tiny, unidentied trees.
There we put the leaves under the streetlamps, as if they were resistant trunks, tall and erect, under which there is never shade, nor can the green freshness of vegetation on hot days be enjoyed.
It was a joy to see that, despite the late hours and autumn cold, some of the people who had stopped to observe the spectacle of leaves under the lampposts, decided to stay a while, to enjoy the curious scene.
Photos by Gustavo Sanabria
Weekend link-o-rama
Well, the internet went a bit crazy this week, but it looks like we’re winning. Thank you to anyone who noticed that Vandalog was offline on Wednesday in protest of SOPA and PIPA and took the time to contact their representatives to voice objections to the bills. But enough about politics. This is an art blog.
- This Mark Jenkins exhibition in Berlin looks awesome. The show has new sculptures, but it is also the launch of his monograph with Gestalten.
- In a subway station a bit like the site of The Underbelly Project, a number of Russian street artists painted this installation.
- Here’s a beautiful new piece from Phlegm.
- Above has a bunch of new photos on his website.
- The Toasters’ film launches in London on Tuesday.
- Barry McGee will have a show this year at UC Berkeley’s art museum. The show is made possible by a $100,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
- Leon Reid IV‘s latest project is pretty different from what we’ve come to expect from Reid. It’s a series of posters depicting recent world events. Hrag Vartanian spoke with Reid about the series.
- Looking for something great to do on Saturday night in LA? Try this – New Image Art and The Hole have teamed up for a party with some DJs and musicians plus installations by Retna, Anthony Lister and Drugs Crew.
Photo by Dal
Eine in Mexico City
Ben Eine has been spending some time painting in Mexico City. Delusional is his latest piece. Check out more from his trip on the White Walls Gallery blog.
Photo courtesy of Eine