After David Cameron said this, K-Guy made these.
Photos by K-Guy
Weekend link-o-rama
A day late, but here’s the link-o-rama. Let’s just say it feels like I’ve been competing, exactly one year on, with Ben Eine for the title of having had the strangest week. Here’s what I’ve missed:
- The NYTimes has an article about Taki183, an update of sorts on their article from that original article from 40 years ago I guess.
- A video and images from that show of graffuturism in Glasgow.
- Kid Acne’s museum show in Sheffield has opened and Arrested Motion interviewed the artist.
- Don’t Panic interviewed Pablo Delgado.
- Insa’s just done a new Gif-itti animation.
- Lots of updates from FAME Festival: Boris Hoppek, Erica Il Cane, Blu and Aryz.
- And if you need more Italian political street art, you can check out the latest short film from Six Oranges.
- Shok-1 painted a mural in China, but now the government wants it removed.
- Vhils is getting up in LA.
- A politician in Bristol wants to find a way to protect (extremely valuable) street art. I’m not saying I oppose the idea, but the article does read exactly what something I’d expect to find in The Onion.
Photo by Sabeth718
TrustoCorp stays (mostly) positive
- You Look Lovely. Keep It Up.
These new pieces by TrustoCorp recently appeared in Brooklyn, although I’m very curious to hear how long they ones on subway stop will last. Of course the subway pieces are similar to work that Darius and Downey did years ago, but it never hurts to put a positive message out into the world. Okay actually I’m not sure about that D&D thing. Yes, they did work on inserting things into subway stations that would look like they belonged, but did they ever hit these spots on the outside of stops? I vaguely recall something like that, but I can’t find an image. So maybe I’m wrong. Anyway, enjoy some new TrustoCorp work…
- Everything Is Fine. LOL.
Photos by TrustoCorp
More from Vila Madalena’s Beco do Batman
Here are some more images from São Paulo’s amazing ever-evolving open-air gallery in Vila Madalena:
photos by Lois Stavsky; artists to be identified
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
Snyder’s angry student
Even if Snyder‘s character is called Doodle and looks and sort of acts like Dran’s character Scribble, a fun stencil is a fun stencil. This piece by Snyder is at Melrose and Fairfax in LA. Apparently Doodle is meant to have kicked a hole in the wall, although it looks to me like he’s stared a hole into the wall, if that makes any sense… Maybe Doodle has superpowers.
Photo by Snyder
Rebu!ld project
The Rebu!ld Project is an incredible installation located in the increasingly vacated Middle East Baltimore. This neighborhood has especially struggled in a city that has yet to recover from white flight, deindustrialization and racial ruin. Having been the site to numerous revitalization efforts through the Pilot Program and Urban Renewal, Middle East has for the past decade been slowly rebuilt literally from the grassy ground up, in the largest redevelopment projects in the history of the United States. (for more information please visit http://www.ebdi.org/)
Rebu!ld is a project by Ryan LeCluyse that has taken many different turns of documentation but whose final installation is on Madeira Street and is quite frankly incredible considering its breadth and scope. Fore more information do visit http://rebuild.comforteconomyluxury.org/
Aiko in Amsterdam
Aiko‘s solo show at Andenken Gallery in Amsterdam opened last week. Here are a few photos of Aiko out on the streets of Amsterdam and in the gallery. You can check out more on Aiko’s blog. Also, Aiko released a print at Andenken called Save Our Souls, which comes in 3 colorways and goes for 150 euros each. Check those out here.
Photos courtesy of Andenken Gallery
Weekend link-o-rama
Well, it’s been quite a week for me at least. Here’s what I wasn’t posting about while I was busy breaking up fights…
- Tox has been jailed for an absolutely insane sentence of 27 months for writing graffiti. There are not words the express who screwed up that sentence is. The British Transport Police claim Tox’s graffiti caused passenger delays, but sending him to jail for 27 months just costs taxpayers a boatload of money. Graffiti writers should receive sentences of community service and/or fines. Not jail time.
- JR has posted a short video highlighting one of the stories to emerge so far from his Inside Out project.
- Dirty Hands, a film about David Choe, is finally on DVD and streaming online.
- Some big names including El Mac, SheOne, Roids and Kid Acne are due to paint some big murals on a Bristol street soon.
- The Toykio cafe/gallery is finally open and it looks fantastic.
- Vhils has another video out of his artwork-by-explosion technique.
- I’m not usually a fan of light art or “light graffiti,” but this stuff blows me away.
- Graffiti writer BNE has raised almost $20,000 towards providing clean water to people in need. And he’s looking to do even more.
- Roa’s show in Berlin has opened.
- Becca is part of a show in LA.
- Thom Thom / Hephaestus makes some damn cool ad disruptions.
Photo by Delete08
A Visit to São Paulo’s Choque Cultural
São Paulo’s Choque Cultural represents some of my favorite artists — whose work I don’t get to see often enough. Among them are Titi Freak and Daniel Melim. Here are some Titi Freak pieces I discovered on my recent visit to their space in Pinheiros:
Although I had to return to NYC before the opening of Daniel Melim’s solo exhibit, I did get to see some of his earlier pieces:
- Daniel Melim @ Choque Cultural, photo by Sara Mozeson
An exhibit of Daniel Melim’s newest body of work opens this afternoon and continues through August 26 :
