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September 14, 2012May 10, 2013

Weekend link-o-rama

7983682774_b016660727_z — Zéh Palito and Tosko

It is time for me to get a reasonable number of hours of sleep. Until I have to get up in the morning. Here’s what we didn’t get to write about on Vandalog this week:

These two prints from Tristan Eaton and Everlast come from 1xRun and benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, so you’ve got great artists, a great print studio and a great cause all in one package, but less than one week left to buy.
Two updates on Hyuro’s wall in Atlanta: The neighborhood organization has voted to ask the property owner to remove the mural, and someone vandalized it anyway.
This freight by MERS is stunning.
This piece by Batis is pretty great too.
Buff Monster, David Meade and friends of Vandalog Hrag Vartanian and Adam COST will be speaking on a panel at Doyle New York next week in anticipation of their upcoming street art auction.
NYC has some great art on its trucks and vans.
Endless Canvas’ Special Delivery warehouse show looks like it’s got some cool work from Swampy, GATS, Feral Child and others, but really it’s clear that photos do not do the show justice and that you had to be there.
Adam Neate has a solo show coming up at Elms Lesters in London.
And Gris1 has a solo show coming up in Marseille.
My final show to mention this week is Roa’s show opening on Saturday at 941 Geary in SF.
Know Hope’s latest zine is now available.
SFMOMA as acquired a huge Margaret Kilgallen piece.
Invader actually sent a space invader to space.
Leon Reid IV’s The Hundred Story House project has been installed and is now active.
The Weird crew’s latest mural features some nutty Disney characters.

Photo by Zéh Palito

August 31, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

It’s back to school in a few days for the college-aged Vandalog bloggers. Caroline moving to New York City tomorrow, so say hello if you see her around.

Shepard Fairey has a show of his printed works opening next month at The Public Trust, a gallery in Dallas.
Although it frustrates me how Sever comes across as a graffiti writer who hates street art and also does street art, he actually makes some good work. Here’s a great piece from him about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as posted to his (I believe new) website.
AEC of Interesni Kazki painted this mural for FAME Festival.
This I’m pretty sure this or something similar has been done before, but I still like this Monopoly-themed street art in Chicago.
In Myanmar, graffiti seems to be a sign of improvement and more freedom for the country’s citizens, even if the work is still technically illegal.
More people need to do this. Looks like a really fun way to waste cops’ time.
This mural by A.Signl does a really fantastic job of highlighting some issues with being a consumer who also cares about human rights.
LA’s Corey Helford Gallery will be showing Giles Walker’s spectacular The Last Supper installation. The show runs September 8th-22nd.
Looking at this new piece from Jade and comparing it to just a year and a half ago, it’s impressive how far he’s come.
New York’s Moustache Man has a show at the UCB Theatre next month about his experience drawing moustaches on advertisements around NYC and subsequently getting arrested.
Aryz and Os Gemeos are collaborating on this mural in Lodz for Urban Forms Gallery.

Photo courtesy of Don’t Fret

August 5, 2012August 9, 2012

The Living Walls Conference 2012

The 2012 Living Walls Conference is about to begin, and the line-up of events and murals has finally been announced. Once again, I’ll be participating at the conference. I’ll be speaking at a panel on the issue of gender, hosting an evening of short films and maybe doing a Pecha Kucha talk if I come up with something to talk about.

But of course, the highlight of Living Walls is going to be the murals. For this year’s conference, the festival organizers have decided to go with an (almost) all-women lineup of muralists including Fefe, Hyuro, Miso, Cake and Olive47, plus photographers Martha Cooper and Teen Witch.

Other speakers at the conference include Living Walls alums LNY and Gaia, as well as Ian Wilson, who recently organized the Wall\Therapy mural festival in Rochester, NY.

Living Walls will take place August 15th-19th, with special events every day. For the full lineup a comprehensive listing of events, check the Living Walls facebook event.

Photo by RJ Rushmore

July 28, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

I’m off for a few days of traveling. Expect lots of pictures. Here’s what we missed on Vandalog this week:

Endless Canvas has organized a show of murals in an old factory in the Bay Area. They are using Kickstarter to get the show off the ground, and could use some help.
These abstract pieces by 1010 and Bemie are pretty great.
And more abstract work by Cron.
The zine and print from Lush’s London show are now available online.
Saber and Revok have shows opening Saturday evening at Known Gallery.
A stellar new print from WK Interact is available at Jonathan Levine Gallery.
The ATG crew will be showing at Stolenspace Gallery in August.
Arrested Motion has a preview of the upcoming Barry McGee retrospective.
Keep an eye on 12ozProphet’s Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos of the upcoming Os Gemeos show at the ICA Boston, opening next week.
Some beautiful new work from MOMO in Spain and Rome.
Something a bit different from Pixelpancho in Russia.

Photo by Rub Kandy

July 23, 2012July 23, 2012

Whitecross Street Party

This weekend saw the return of the Whitecross Street Party and the Rise of the Non-Conformists Art Show. Each year, the event gets bigger and bigger featuring an array of talented artists that display their work for several months in the heart of London. Always a fan of White Cross, this year’s line-up was the best yet featuring large scale works by Malarky, Ronzo, Shepard Fairey, Conor Harrington and so many more which will be on display until September.

Below are just some teaser images of the work, but check back for pictures of the antics from the weekend.

Connor Harrington and Robots>>>> — Conor Harrington and Robots

Continue reading “Whitecross Street Party”

July 22, 2012

Brass Knuckle Crew presents 2nd East Coast Sticker Show in Bushwick, Brooklyn

A number of months ago, Jice 1 and Rid 1 of the BKC put out a call for stickers for its second East Coast sticker show. The response was obviously tremendous as the exhibit held yesterday in Bushwick featured thousands of stickers – from simple tags to somewhat sophisticated pieces — covering every available space of the Ivy House Studio. The event was an opportunity for sticker heads to not only trade stickers but also to share black books. Here are some more images:

Photos by Tara Murray

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012

The Painted Desert Project – round 1, post 3

This is post #3 and in our series about The Painted Desert Project. You can see posts 1 and 2 here and here. The first round of The Painted Desert Project took place last month in the Navajo Nation and was an effort by Jetsonorama and Yote to use art to help improve the local economy. Gaia, Overunder, Doodles, Labrona, Jetsonorama, Tom Greyeyes and Breeze put up art as part of this round of the project, and there will be at least one more group of artists visiting in the future. After the jump, we have photos of work by Jetsonorama, Breeze, Gaia, Labrona and Doodles, as well as a couple of shots of Jetsonorama of the artists at work and play… Continue reading “The Painted Desert Project – round 1, post 3”

July 17, 2012

Brandalism: Mass-takeover of British billboards

insect_man_crushed_1_web — Paul Insect in Leeds

Brandalism is a large-scale billboard hijacking project up right now throughout England. The organizers have put artwork over ads in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London over the past few days, and they’ve worked with dozens of artists from 8 countries to do it. So far, about 35 billboards have been taken over and replaced with art, but there may be as many as 50 when the project is finished. The project calls itself the “the world’s first international, collaborative subvertising project,” which is not true, but it is still very exciting and a high-impact way to show what could be in our public spaces instead of advertising. Some fantastic artists have contributed to the project including Jordan Seiler, OX, Ron English, Cleon Peterson, Paul Insect and Know Hope.

You can read more about Brandalism in The Independent or on the project website.

Check a bunch more disruptions from the Brandalism project after the jump… Continue reading “Brandalism: Mass-takeover of British billboards”

July 15, 2012July 15, 2012

The Painted Desert Project – round 1, post 2

This is part 2 of our series of The Painted Desert Project, in which Gaia, Overunder, Doodles, Labrona, Jetsonorama, Tom Greyeyes and Breeze painted and wheatpasted in the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The first post can be found here.

Here’s how Overunder describes the impetus for the project:

The Painted Desert Project began as Jetsonorama, aka Chip Thomas pasted one of his photographs on an abandoned roadside stand only to return months down the road and see the very same stand now open for business. Amazed, he pulled over and chatted with the folks only to learn that their impetus to re-open was based on seeing tourists stop to take photos of the art work. They figured it was the best captive audience they’d seen in years and the only thing to make it better was if there was another one for traffic going the opposite direction. Unabashadly Chip let them know about his altar ego Jetsonorama and the cogs started turning.

Before the paste could dry Chip and fellow street artist Yote had a plan to bring some of their favorite artist to the Painted Desert to paint run-down stands in an attempt to rejuvenate the life of those in need of business and as Chip states, “explore how this might build community.”

Overunder has more about his part in the project on his blog.

After the jump, we have photos of work by Jetsonorama, Doodles and Gaia… Continue reading “The Painted Desert Project – round 1, post 2”

July 14, 2012July 10, 2012

Remed and Saner paint for Wahaca

Tristan Manco recently brought Remed and Saner together in London to work on a project for Wahaca, a chain of Mexican restaurants in London. The Wahaca Southbank Experiment, where Remed and Saner painted, is a temporary restaurant at London’s Southbank Centre. More info here, and more photos of what Saner and Remed got up to after the jump. Continue reading “Remed and Saner paint for Wahaca”