Looks like Giant Robot’s GR2 store in LA will be a Buff Monster fan’s paradise on Saturday. Buff Monster has brought together almost 50 artists to customize blank Buff Monster toys. And the list of artists is impressive. I can’t wait to see what Flying Fortress, Skinner, Tristan Eaton, The London Police, Travis Louie and so many other talented people have come up with.
Speaking of Buff Monster, he’s been putting up some posters in LA recently:
Photo by Reserve Result
These past few weeks Invader has been quite busy plastering San Diego with his signature tile creatures. Preparing for the “Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape” at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. The show, while taking place inside and on the streets of San Diego, is set to open July 17th and is sure to be one of the most talked about street art shows this summer. As one of the featured artists, Invader will not only have pieces within the museum walls and all around San Diego, but created an interactive movie map of his Invasion of San Diego. Here is the trailer for the film thus far:
Check out more photos on Invader’s website
All photos courtesy of Invader
Armsrock was in Cairo, Egypt recently for a Streets of Cairo festival. Naturally, he did some work outside, mostly more events in his continuing series of projecting drawings onto city walls.
Armsrock also put up at least one wheatpaste in Cairo. With permission, he pasted one image of an Egyptian man outside of Cairo’s Townhouse Gallery:
But by the next day, Egyptian police had seen the artwork and decided that they didn’t like it. The police painted the figure white:
Armsrock’s reaction? Not what you might have expected:
When I interact with the streets I want something to happen, some sort of situation should occur, and it always does. I have only never experienced such a direct form of censorship before, and expressed in such an interesting manner, and that was what I thought was a good thing.
You can read more about what Armsrock thought of the censorship at The Daily News Egypt and his blog.
Photos by Armsrock
Aryz and Ripo recently painted this wall in Barcelona. I’m loving it. Here’s a detailed shot of Aryz’s bit:
Via Ekosystem
Photos by -zwosiba.blogspot.com-
A couple new things have been popping up as of late. Overunder is back in town, along with a couple new lovely pieces from Swoon alongside some fresh Imminent Disaster up in the mix. Mint and Serf have been engaged in a campaign to reset some street spots in an effort to challenge people to “just put better work out there.” Whatever that means, I was not spared from the apparent critique.
Via LunaPark and Rebecca Fuller
No official confirmation yet on Banksy’s website, but this sure does look like his work. It appeared at Glastonbury, where Banksy has worked a few times before.
I know there are a lot of people out there who are fed up with all the Banksy-hype and craziness out there. I am too. But after spending just a few weeks not thinking about Banksy at all (besides this post), I’ve gone back and looked at this website. He’s actually kind of clever. With Banksy being so active outdoors lately to promote Exit Through The Gift Shop, some people, myself included, were just sick of him. For me at least, I’ve discovered that I wasn’t so much sick of his work, just the hype. The work on it’s own, that’s as strong as ever. Don’t believe me? Have a look.
Photo by al_green
MOMO has just spent 12 days painting at FAME Festival. During that time, he painted five walls. Here are a few of them.
As FAME’s organizer, Angelo, points out on his blog, MOMO’s abstract designs are very different from the figurative pieces that FAME is known for, but MOMO seemed to work just fine in Grottaglie, even with a slightly different aesthetic.
Photos courtesy of FAME Festival
These signs have been put up in Lisboa by a collective called CC. The signs parody the Securitas logo. Apparently, these ladies are quite a common sight in Lisboa. Target says “I remember I used to play soccer on the street, and this lady always called the police whenever we were there. Of course by the third day she did that again, police didn’t bother anymore.”
I love things like these, they cause you to make a double take and re-examine your surroundings.
Photos by CC
This piece by NohJColey, titled Kleptomaniac, is the first in his upcoming Just Dieserts series. One of the many things I hope to come across when I’m in New York City next week.
Photo by NohJColey
My man Rambo has been blessing quite a few billboards along the BQE as of late. Enjoy the adventure virtually and keep your eyes up if you re in queens or brooklyn, whether looking for graff spots or not. Via Lunapark, Lukwam and Changsterdam
