Author: Lois Stavsky

Lois Stavsky is an educator, curator and writer with a particular passion for global street art for $1500 personal loans online. She has recently contributed to: Stickers: Stuck-Up Piece of Crap: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art, Rizzoli, 2010; C215: Community Service, Criteres, 2011 and Graffiti: 365, Abrams Books 2011.
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A Manhattan Lower East Side Lot Transformed into an Outdoor Gallery

Down on Manhattan’s Lower East Side today for the first time this summer, we visited the lot at 145 Ludlow Street that had recently become the outdoor canvas for some of my favorite street artists.  Among those whose work is now on the walls are: Bishop 203, Creepy, Gaia, General Howe, Laura Meyers, Nanook, Over Under, QRST, Quel Beast and Yok. The project was sponsored by Crest Hardware and organized by Joe Franquinha of Crest Arts and Keith Schweitzer of M.A.N.Y. Here are some images:

Creepy, photo by Lois Stavsky
The Yok, photo by Lois Stavsky
Bishop 203, photo by Lois Stavsky
Quel Beast, photo by Tara Murray
Laura Meyers, photo by Lois Stavsky
QRST, photo by Lois Stavsky

Photos by Lois Stavsky and Tara Murray

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INSIDE JOB: STREET ART IN TEL AVIV to open Friday @ Tel Aviv Museum of Art

The gritty walls of  Tel Aviv are among my favorite anywhere. I’m so glad that some of Tel Aviv’s most talented artists will be featured in an exhibit opening this Friday, August 26, at the Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Participating artists include: AME72, Adi Sened, Broken Fingaz, Foma, Klone, Know Hope, Yochai Matos and Zero Cents. Among the images curator Tal Lanir shared with me of these artists’ works on the street are the following:

                                                                                      Klone
 
                                                         Know Hope
 
                                                                    Zero Cents, United We Stand
 
                                       Foma, Mother Earth
 
Photos courtesy Tal Lanir

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Gaia in East Harlem

It was a great surprise to come upon this Gaia piece on a semi-desolate block up in East Harlem.  It looks wonderful! I wish more “street artists” would venture up there!

photo by Lois Stavsky

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Cranio’s Impish Indians in São Paulo

Like Mundano’s characters, Cranio’s impish — mostly blue — Indians seem to surface unexpectedly throughout São Paulo. Here are a few we encountered:

w/Ethos, photo by Sara Mozeson, August 2010
photo by Lois Stavsky, July 2011
photo by Sara Mozeson, July 2011
photo by Lois Stavsky, July 2011

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Mundano’s quasi-monstrous creatures surface throughout São Paulo & more

Often exuding a playful social consciousness, Mundano’s delightful quasi-monsters surface randomly throughout the city. I discovered them in quite a few unlikely places. Here are a few:

“Sao Paulo is an ashtray.”

The following fun video that Mundano shared with me showcases a social action project that he initiated in which 130 artists —  80% of whom do graffiti, streetart or pixação on the streets of  São Paulo — created original houses to raise money to provide temporary housing for the needy:  http://vimeo.com/26291598
 

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A Cast of Characters from the Streets of São Paulo

Ranging from the playful to the mournful, the cast of characters gracing the walls of  São Paulo always intrigues. Here’s a sampling:

Onesto, photo by Lois Stavsky
Ricardo AKN, photo by Lois Stavsky
Ethos, photo by Sara Mozeson
Sinhá, photo by Lois Stavsky
Nove, photo by Lois Stavsky
Magrella, photo by Lois Stavsky

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Vila Madalena’s Beco do Batman (Batman’s Alley): An Open-Air Gallery

Located in the Vila Madalena district of São Paulo, Beco do Batman is a narrow alleyway that’s evolved into an open-air gallery. I discovered it last summer on my first visit to Sao Paulo. When I returned earlier this month, I revisited some of my favorite pieces, but many new ones had surfaced. Here’s a sampling:

Photos by Sara Mozeson; artwork by various artists to be identified