I recently posted an image of osgêmeos working on their new mural outside the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, or MAM. Just wanted to share another progress pic of their work, one that really shows things coming together (sorry, but I don’t know who to credit for it!) The twins have a lot of great things coming up this year, so stay tuned!
– Elisa
Know Hope just got back to Tel Aviv after an intense lithography workshop at Edition Copenhagen. I’ll put up an image of the print he finished there as soon as I have one.
He also put up some great street pieces during his stay, such as this one marking the entrance to the tunnel below Dr. Louise’s Bridge. Seems like this is a regular spot for artists there to hit.
– Elisa
Escif has a solo show at Pictures on Walls coming up on April 16th. I’ve been looking forward to this for a while and as Escif has promised an installation composed of hundreds of little drawings (including the ones above and below), there will be something for everyone to take home!
Hopefully, he’ll also paint some murals during his stay in London – his outdoors pieces keep getting better, both in technique and originality.
– Elisa
Thanks to Escif for the images.
PS Read Sebastian from Unurth’s first interview with Escif here. Part 2 of their conversation is in the March issue of The Art Street Journal.
Aakash Nihalani is always busy! He just relaunched his website (updated with images of many of his outdoor, indoor and digital projects from the past few years) and has designed an album cover for the band Das Racist. I’m not much of a fan of contemporary indie music so I don’t know what Das Racist’s songs are like, but I do appreciate good album layout when I see it. It’s also nice to know that there are bands out there who respect Aakash’s work without feeling the need to make an embarrassingly bad copycat version of it to promote one of their shitty new songs.
– Elisa
When TLP hit a wall, they do it in style and as big as they possibly can. Here’s their most recent outdoor piece, painted in Miami prior to their show at The BLDG in Louisville.
Chaz and Bob also made sure to document the process through video, so check them out in action below.
Via Unurth/Wooster Collective.
– Elisa
Ethos asked me to extend the return date of his plane ticket to a week following our New York show, and I’m glad I did – here are two of the walls he finished during that time!
– Elisa
Things have been very busy here at Carmichael Gallery lately as we prepare for our Saturday opening with Nina, so I didn’t get a chance to write about a few of the things that were on my “need to post” list yesterday. First up, Faile has released some new prints and original works on paper and they’re some of the nicest I’ve seen in a while. Faile just continue to grow on me and I love what they’re doing these days with their wood pieces. As regards the release, I just checked their site and it appears that the two originals and one of the three prints are sold out. Both my favorite original, No Escape: Return To Faile (the image above), and my favorite print, the same image but in purple hues and entitled No Escape, have gone. Here’s my second favorite, the other sold original, which has the frankly awful-sounding name of Wrong End 86 Katsina (the print version (similar but yellow as opposed to orange) is simply and much more appealingly called Wrong End Of The Rainbow), below.
Sorry for posting another item that is sold out, but it’s still worth mentioning Lazarides‘ release of JR’s Women Are Heroes book. Each of the twenty copies boasts a hand-pasted, thus unique, cover image of Self-Portrait In A Woman’s Eye (Kenya), one of my favorite of JR’s photographs.
Laz also has some cute Lucy McLauchlan Paint Pots available.
Finally, Opus just released some nice limited edition collab prints by Dan Baldwin and Hush.
– Elisa
Ericailcane has a new website! Check it out now – he’s uploaded lots of great photos of his drawings, murals, installations, videos and more!
– Elisa
Kill Pixie/Mark Whalen is one of the most talented Australian artists connected with the street scene, so I’m always interested when he does something new. Brisbane isn’t exactly my favorite city in the world, but I wouldn’t mind making a quick trip there next week to check out Observatory at Edwina Corlette Gallery, which from the preview looks like it will be another great show from KP. It even looks better than his last two shows, and I enjoyed them. Take a look at some of my favorite pieces below (with Kill Pixie, I think the trippier and busier the work is, the better) and, if you’re in Brisbane, head over to the gallery and let me know what things are like in person. I’d like to review it in the April issue of The Art Street Journal.
Here’s a studio shot that helps give a sense of size for some of the pieces.
Pics via Kill Pixie and Edwina Corlette.
– Elisa
Lots of amazing pieces have been hitting the streets of one of my favorite countries recently by some of my favorite artists. Check out these pics of work by Zezão (above), osgêmeos, Titi Freak and Emol.
Can’t wait to see this finished!
Loving Titi Freak’s evolving style – he’s pushing himself in a good direction.
Emol’s new work is awesome, so I’m posting two photos for him.
Thanks to Zezão, Titi, Emol and @felix001 for the images.
– Elisa
