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The latest from Blu

This is looking like a pretty good week. First Os Gêmeos announce a solo show, and now Blu has painted a new wall. Maybe tomorrow Barry McGee will release a new line of t-shirts or something. These pictures come from Blu’s blog of a new wall in Buenos Aires. This looks like it’s just a single wall, but he’s also been working on what looks like a Muto 2.0 sort of animation down there.

The great thing about Blu is that from far away you get an image, but if you look close, there are 1000 more images to discover, and every detail is unique and carefully considered.

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How I met Justin Lovato

While in Miami for Art Basel last month, I went to more than a dozen different fairs or exhibitions of one kind or another. And I barely scratched the surface of what was there. One night, I was out with a big group including people from Babelgum, Arrested Motion and a few other organizations. We were more or less wandering around Wynwood looking for any fairs that were still open. We ended up at Art Whino. I’d heard of Art Whino, but frankly hadn’t planned on going to the show. There was just so much going on that I didn’t think I would be able to find the time. Turns out, it was one of the more interesting exhibitions in Miami. There was artwork from Chris Stain, Billy Mode, PaperMonster and a whole assortment of others.

But for me, one artist stood out. This guy who had a sort of low-brow illustrator style, but not the kind that I normally hate. There was some substance to these paintings. I was absolutely loving all the paintings by this artist. His name was Justin Lovato. I happened to see Gaia nearby, so I rudely interrupted whatever conversation he was having with somebody I didn’t recognize and told them about how I had just found this amazing new artist called Justin Lovato. Turns out, the guy Gaia was talking to was Justin Lovato. Even better, Justin does paint the occasional piece outdoors, so it gave me an excuse to mention him here.

Here’s what Juxtapoz.com has said about Justin:

Here’s what we have to say: his art looks neat. The linework is nothing groundbreaking, reminiscent of a mix of Andrew Schoultz and Ferris Plock, but he has a distinctively rich, earthy palette and subtle use of stenciling incorporated with hand painting that makes us smile.

(oh, and make sure to click on these pics of his indoor work so that you can see them much larger and in the detail that they deserve to be seen in)

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Yote in DC

Yote hit up Washington, D.C. recently, and while he put up a number of wheatpastes, I just want to focus on one particular block that he put in a few places. To me at least, Yote’s Corn image, unlike his animal pieces, doesn’t really tell a story or allow for much interaction with its environment or the public beyond an aesthetic presence. Instead, it feels more like a tag.

I’m a big fan of people like Mighty Mo, Sweet Toof and Bloke who essentailly use characters as their names, and tag with those, I don’t think I’ve ever come across a (character/image-based) wheatpaste before though that gave me the impression of being a tag. Just think it’s something interesting.

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TMD Crew crush it in NZ

Had the privilege to see Askew painting at Primary Flight earlier this month, and today I came across these two amazing walls he was involved with (along with other members of the TMD Crew) in New Zealand. These are, to put it very mildly, some of my favorite pieces of graffiti in 2009.

Deus, Askew and Berst
Stray, Vents, Askew, Shake, Misery and Berst

You can check out the TMD Crew website for the full story behind these walls and more pictures (and should check it out if only to see these images larger).

Via Hurt You Bad

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Banksy versus Robbo

Photo by TheMammal

One of the four new Banksy pieces in London has caused some controversy in the graffiti community. It’s a solid, well thought out piece, but it just so happened to have involved painting over a decades old piece by London graffiti writer Robbo. Well, Robbo was apparently not very happy about this, but instead of just doing a messy throw-up over Banksy’s piece, Robbo put some thought into his retaliation. Here’s the result:

Photo by Robbo

Graffoto has all the interesting details.