Just want to highlight two new walls that I think were particularly well painted collaborations.
First is this wall in NYC with Veng, Indie, Deem and Cern. Great mix of graffiti and street art. Love to see these two often opposing groups working together.
And here is a wall in Cardiff by Remi/Rough and Timid:
Collaboration is where it’s at.
Klone has some new work up in Tel Aviv. Here’s a sample.
And check out Facing Klone, an article about Klone written by Hagi Kenaan, a professor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University:
Their presence on the streets of Tel-Aviv has become so clear in the last two years: what is the kind of voice that enunciates itself in Klone’s images? How do Klone’s human-alien-predators speak to us, as they unexpectedly surface on buildings, houses, walls, street corners, power boxes, doors, entryways, doorframes and windowsills, as they flicker – appearing and disappearing – on Marmorek, Yehuda Halevi, Shenkin, Lillienblum and Herzl streets; on Rothchild Boulevard, or in the Florentin and the Old Central Bus Station districts; in the Dizzengof Square area, the old Tel-Aviv Theater on Pinsker Street, in Bezalel Market and northward along Ben Yahuda Street? How should we listen to the voice of these images?
Keep reading Facing Klone here.
Great piece by Cyclops and Sweet Toof of the Burning Candy crew photographed by Nolionsinengland. Keep an eye on The Thousands’ blog for a BC related announcement soon.
Sam3 posted some photos today of the pottery he’s been making at FAME Festival. I agree with Sebastian at Unurth on this one, these would be great to have at home.
Via Sam3’s blog
I should make somet pun about this ‘piece that looks like a throw-up by Brad Downey. But I’m not that clever. Hopefully you get what I’m trying for though. Anyway, check out the detail on this:
So that’s cool. Go Brad!
via urbanpainting.info. photo courtesy of 1984-productions.com. progress shots here.
see you at BELEF 2010 everybody!
Elisa x
Revs is getting even more complex with his latest sculptures. Love it.
General Howe emailed me recently about his work, and I think it’s something well worth checking out. My friend and I glued some toy soldiers to the street last year, but we just did it for fun. I like the fact that General Howe actually has a point to his work. Here’s what he said:
For just about two years now I have been spreading the streets of Brooklyn with British colonial toy soldiers in locations where Americans and British fought in the Battle of Brooklyn. The Commanding General of the British was General Howe, which I have taken as my street art identity.
The research and experiences of doing this work has led me to my most recent project, Remains of Wallabout Bay. I have been making linoleum cut images of bones and remains of dead American soldiers from the Revolutionary war. The British captured thousands of American soldiers and would keep them on prison ships docked in Wallabout Bay a.k.a. Brooklyn Navy Yard. When these unfortunate soldiers would die, their bodies were discarded over the side of the ship, I imagine in similar fashion to trash and waste that is discarded in this same area today.
This work stemmed from having so many different emotions about the U.S. being in Afghanistan and Iraq. My thoughts kept bringing me back to past wars we’ve been involved in and thinking of the question, what would we do if foreign armies invaded and occupied our own country?
This work has been fun and meaningful and I look foreword to making work on the street for years to come.
And here’s some of his work…
Check out more at General Howe’s flickr
Here are two very original pieces of street art (if you can even call it that, I guess street intervention is more appropriate).
First up are Sean Martindale and Eric Cheung who have been making Toronto just a bit greener in their spare time.
Sure is a lot nicer than a wall of advertisements. More on their blog. (Via CitySPK)
And then there is this sign in New York:
Jordan over at Public Ad Campaign says this about the flyer:
I took one of the phone numbers and promptly called. An answering machine immediately picked up and said the following before the familiar beep telling me it had begun recording. How Bizarre.
“Free yourself from your burdens.
Record your confession or secret after the tone.
There is not limit on the number or the length of the messages,
And its completely anonymous.”
