It’s that time again…
Photos by TheHarshTruthOfTheCameraEye and TheSaltr
Wild Style Wednesday!
Check it – Mr. Wany rocks the streets
Mr. Wany is an Italian-born graffiti artist and part of the Heavy Artillery crew and Ironlak Team Europe. His character-style incorporates an imaginative approach to graffiti, and has appeared on walls all over the world. He has been writing since 1990 when he was just 12.
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It’s time for some springtime colors.
Photos by Brighton Rocks, Gorillahs, and Voodoodi London
Defaced vandalism makes it into a gallery
Let’s be real: Subjectively, it is difficult to see these and not immediately think of Mr. Brainwash, Supreme, or any of the other thousands of examples of celebrity images used in wheatpasted vandalism.
If I walked by one of these I would probably deface it until I really felt it learned its lesson.
This was the response Burton Machen was hoping for he when went around New York City and Los Angeles putting these up. Machen periodically revisited his paste-ups to document their evolution with time, and the alterations or destructive contributions of passersby.
Next month, April 19th to May 19th, Hionas Gallery in New York will be exhibiting photographs of his defaced posters and others selected works, in Machen’s upcoming show Urban Evolution: PORTRAITS PROJECT.
Personally, I feel a lot less compelled to deface images of people I don’t know. Do you think Machen’s choice to use celebrities was a matter of taste or a strategic move to maximize their alterations?
Images courtesy of Hionas Gallery
Wild Style Wednesday!
Help the police.
Photos by AVK ONE, Brighton Rocks, Datachump, SÖKE, Thias, and Voodoodi London
China Style Wednesday!
Being that I just got back from China, I decided to do this week’s Wild Style Wednesday with the graffiti and street art of the Chinese city of Shanghai.
Legal Team? Whatever that means.
Photos by Kersavond and MyJediLightSaber
New work by Hush and an upcoming solo show
That flared tag is chilling. Hush gave us this as a little sample of what we’re to expect at his upcoming solo show in May at Metro Gallery in Melbourne. The show will be displaying a large body of his work and wide range of techniques. RJ and I frequently debate Hush’s work since we have strong opinions and fairly different tastes, but even he liked this one. What do you think?
Photos by Cleo la Vel, courtesy of Hush
Sr. X and Spidertag tag team
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The Simpsons guest star Shepard Fairey and more street artists
Last night The Simpsons aired the highly anticipated episode “Exit Through The Kwik-E Mart”, which guest starred a few of street art’s all-stars: Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf, and Robbie Conal. The episode has Bart covering Springfield in wheat-pastes of Obey-esque posters of Homer, which eventually leads him to the likes of the street artist guest stars. If you want a full recap of the episode go here.
What struck me was actually something we all already knew- street art is on the market and has seen some fast and steep increases in its value. It’s just weird to see it satirized on The Simpsons: Bart’s street work leads him to show work in a gallery. Bart jumps on Homer’s car and tags the hood, and as Homer starts to yell at him for doing this, Bart points out that he just increased the car’s value by 50x.
Being on the Simpsons is definitely noteworthy for street art history. But this isn’t the first time art vandals have rocked the cartoon world: Obey Giant was on Family Guy. Invader was referenced on Futurama. Shepard Fairey’s Obama poster was featured on South Park. Banksy directed this cool Simpsons’ intro.
If you’ve seen the episode what did you think? If you haven’t, but still feel the need to insert your opinion, what’s your take on street art getting Simpsonized?
Photos thanks to The Dude Box