Labrona sent over some photos of what he’s been up to recently. Labrona have some work at Moniker next month in the Campbarbossa booth, so if we’re lucky, maybe he’ll be over in London for that as well. Oh and the billboard below was painted along with Other, who is one of the three artists to contribute a design to a line of Vandalog t-shirts that I’ll be launching soon (more info in the coming weeks).
Photos by Labrona
Usually, I love the shows that Pure Evil hosts. With a keen eye for fellow artistic talent, Pure Evil has put on some amazing solo shows with the likes of ROA, Dran and Specter, just to name a few. This time around though, I am a little disappointed to hear that Robbo is the latest artist to invade the gallery. You can think what you want, but in my blunt opinion, I think this atrocious to back an artist who has remade a name for himself late in his career because of a beef with another artist. I am, however, surprised it has taken this long for him to capitalize on his rejuvenated fame since the “War on Banksy” began. No doubt, there will be some pieces that make fun of the stencil artist, but I think this would be a good time for Robbo to step away from the controversy and show his own talent in a gallery, especially one that is so well respected in the street art community. If he does, I will eat my words. But his current actions in London, hyping the show, beg the differ as he and his cronies continue to bomb over Banksy pieces and make digs at him. For someone who has issues with an artist selling out and getting too big for his britches, I think the pot is calling the kettle black.
The show’s preview will take place tomorrow, September 30, at Pure Evil Gallery on Great Eastern Street. Stop by and let me know how it goes down since I am in Liverpool for the Biennial this week.
Photos courtesy of Robbo, Nolionsinengland, and Pure Evil
It’s hardly been a week since Steph posted about Anthony Lister painting in NYC, but I just had to post what he’s been up to since then: Ian Cox/WallKandy caught up with Lister as he painted the above wall at London’s Truman Brewery with devilish speed. Check out the work-in-progress photos at the WallKandy blog.
Photo by Ian Cox
This new series is entitled Legacy and it is a very basic attempt to reinscribe the figures who have shaped our landscape back onto the surface of their legacy, the infrastructure and policies that we have inherited and must navigate.
Robert Moses was commissioned by the city of Baltimore to oversee the planning of the Franklin St expressway, otherwise known as Route 40, which passes through the primarily black West Baltimore. The quote reads “… Some of the slum areas through which the Franklin Expressway passes are a disgrace to the community, and the more of them that are wiped out the healthier Baltimore will be in the long run” 1944 www.uctc.net/papers/659.pdf
The quote reads:“Flight of the medium and upper income families from the city limits and the replacement by persons of both races of the lowest income levels is a threat not only to our municipal solvency but to the economic stability of the entire metropolitan area,” James Wilson Rouse (April 26, 1914 – April 9, 1996), founder of The Rouse Company, was a pioneering American real estate developer, urban planner, civic activist, and later, free enterprise-based philanthropist.
Photos by Gaia
Ma’Claim are in LA right now, painting a series of murals both for the Montana Store and for Goethe-Institut. They’ve been live painting all day today at the latter.
There will be a presentation introducing guests to Ma’Claim and their work at 7pm this evening. A panel conversation will follow, moderated by Seth Carmichael and featuring special guest Retna.
If you live in LA, here’s where to go:
Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
5750 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100
– Elisa
I really like Ericailcane’s new murals for Fame Fest. He always does some of the best work there, in my opinion. See his 2009 walls here (my favorite) and here.
If you want to see more, I’ve posted some more photos of these new walls, plus a video of him working in Studiocromie, on tasj.
– Elisa
Images via Fame Fest.
As the BLK River Festival continues in Vienna, more artists seem to be filling the city with beautiful new murals every day. Sam3 was extremely busy during his visit. Here are a few of the walls that he painted, and there are plenty more over at Unurth.
Photos by 40 K
Know Hope has just returned from Vienna and he left something quite special on the walls of the city for the BLK River Festival.
The image is in the same series as the one I’m currently using as the desktop background on my computer, so of course I’m a fan.
And while we’re on the topic of Know Hope, any readers in Toronto and in a fortunate position: Know Hope has a solo show coming up next month at Show & Tell Gallery. No doubt this show, There Is Nothing Dear (Nothing Is Too Much Dear), will be something special. I’ve been looking forward to it for a while.
Here’s the flyer:
Photos by Herbalizer
