Just found this artist called Medo. He works in Sao Paulo (like so many great undiscovered great street artists seem to). Reminds me a bit of Sam3’s piece for Fame festival.
More from Medo at his flickr
Via my favorite street art photoblog, Unurth
Fire Extinguishers in New York
Recently there has been a slew of fire extinguisher tags New York. Reader is back in the city so he has definitely made his mark as of late with this scourge of graffiti.
Some oldies but still worthy of mention
Street art… meet twitter
Little faces
Flickr user 80R6 sent me these images of a little project he’s been up to. I’m not going to call it great art, but just one guy trying to brighten up the world, one smiley face at a time.
See more on 80R6’s flickr.
The Os Gêmeos blog
Don’t know how I haven’t mentioned this yet, but Os Gêmeos have started blogging on 12oz Prophet. My favorite thing they’ve posted so far is this classic piece:
Installation at Critica Urbana
I was a little late to do some work for the exhibit, but I got to paint a room at the wonderful Critica Urbana festival when I returned from Madrid. The building that the exhibit is currently being held is a remarkably inspiring squat that has been functioning as a cultural center, bar, workshop and living space. The curators and organizers of the show had one room that had no installations so I decided that I would try to do something in the small bathroom.
Since I had a flight in the morning the next day I started painting at around 10pm and was able to finish at around 7am in time to take a shower and meet up with my dad to visit the Prada museum before going to the airport. The installation that I painted decided itself as the work proceeded in an improvisational fashion since I really didn’t know what I was going to do with the space.
The piece ended up being a warped version of the bear image that I have been working with as of late. It wrapped around three walls, the ceiling and the floor and emanated from a small seat in the opposite corner of the room facing the viewer. The image was abstracted until one sat in the corner and received the proper perspective. A drawing above the sink with the knife and pencil inside its basin, provided a reference of the image when entering the room.
the room prior to the installation
The final product from the seat in the corner of the room.
Thank you to the wonderfully kind and generous people at Critica Urbana. I’m so appreciative of their being down for the last minute arrangements. It was pretty down and dirty
– Gaia
What the Walala‽
Recently some new wheatpastes have been popping up around London by somebody called Walala. A quick flickr search reveals the artist is fashion designer Camille Walala. Here are a few shots of Walala’s work:
Photos from Camille Walala’s flickr
The latest from FAME
FAME Festival is shaping up to be pretty cool. Here’s some of the latest work from Sam3 and Mark Jenkins.
Via Arrested Motion
Painting with friends
It’s always fun to see artists painting together, which is why this piece is pretty nice.
The spindly figure on the left is by Know Hope, The guy in blue and grey is from Chris of Robots Will Kill, I’m not sure who painted the bird or the guy in the checkered hat, the next figure is by Veng of Robots Will Kill, and then the bear is by Flying Fortress and the guy above that is by Chris again.
Elbowtoe in London
I’m a bit late on this one, but I think the work that Elbowtoe put up while he was in London recently is really something. He came over as part of a show at Black Rat Press, but I think where he really made an impression is on the streets. Unfortunately, a lot of this work hasn’t survived very long, but there is still one large piece completely untouched just outside the doors to Black Rat Press (as if you needed a reason to stop by that gallery).
