Banksy‘s website has just been updated with some new work from his recent trips to Glastonbury and Hastings UPDATE: and Brighton. Check out these two videos:
Pier Pressure in Hastings Brighton–
and Royal Visit at Glastonbury-
And you can go to the “Outdoors” section of Banksy’s site to see some of the stencils and signs that he put up in Hastings and Glastonbury and Brighton.
UK based underground culture and graffiti zine Not Guilty has just released it 3rd issue for August 2010 along with this fresh new video, seen above.
This months issue focuses on the culture surrounding trains, subways, urban exploring, rioting and more across 56 full colour pages. You might also be interested to know that this issue includes specials with ROFD rcls and SIAR plus stories of London subway missions, sketches, action shots and much more.
Get your hands on a copy here
Of Our Youth – RETNA • EL MAC from RVCA on Vimeo.
Mural giants RETNA and EL MAC recently teamed up for yet another epic creation, this time in Culver City. Their newest mural, titled “Of Our Youth”, can be seen on the side of Graphaids art supply store, on La Cienega between Jefferson and Washington.
The imagery and text used in this mural was inspired by their time spent at Skid Row, while painting their previous mural. The artists met a man by the name of Ralph Woodruff aka Chato and were inspired by this man’s past hardships, experiences and overall outlook on life. His ability to recognize his mistakes and atone for his sordid past was something that resonated with RETNA. The text which reads, “So today I’m trying to change a few things to rectify the situation of my past. So today I’m looking towards the future (of our youth highlighted)” is a quote taken from their conversation.
Been in NYC for the last few days. Besides being busy, it seems like the hotel I was at still hadn’t quite figured out the concept of wifi extending to all rooms in the hotel… So now I’ve got a lot of stories to post about. Here’s what I missed while I was away, though you may have read about it elsewhere:
So that’s it for now, but I should be back to daily posts now.
Check out this trailer from a forthcoming DIY-style documentary on graffiti in Caracas, Venezuela.
There is something about media art that I just love. Maybe it’s my passion for film, but still, stop motion works are fascinating to me. The intense labor and meticulous placement to achieve desired effect is truly a work of art. The latest stop motion piece from Quintessenz Creation took 4 months to make, includes over 5,000 photographs, and is all handmade color abstractions without any digital effects. As much as I hate abstract minimalism, this creative piece blows me away with the use of such a diverse and exact color palette.
Courtesy of QuintessenzCreation
Feast your eyes on this new video for Dolby Digital featuring New York graffiti artist RIME.
“For this piece I attempted to create something inspired by an excerpt from a 1951 documentary, on the process and philosophy of Jackson Pollock. A lot of what Pollock says in the following clip is relatable to my experiences with free-styling graffiti pieces. Pollock talks about the comfort and expressive feeling he gets when working large and loose. This way of approaching work has been something that I have focused on in the past 15 years of my 20 year career as a writer.” says Rime.
Rime has traveled to and painted in over 17 major U.S. cities, 6 European countries, Japan and Taiwan. In 2005 he founded The Exchange, an elite group of graffiti stylists from North America and Europe. Now based in Los Angeles Rime works closely with The Seventh Letter Crew on art based murals and gallery shows. Rime’s mission is to solidify the idea that graffiti is a viable and innovative art form. With the hint of pop culture’s welcoming back of graffiti art, Rime realizes it is up to the artists that are actually out there putting in work to be responsible for the way the art form pans out in history.
You can check out exclusive photos from the shoot and more over at Rimes blog here
Vandalog’s friend Mundano sent over this video of Brazilian artist Treco painting in São Paulo:
DEU TRECO from rodrigo piza levy on Vimeo.
Fool’s Gold European Tour and Exhibition from Pigeon Promotions on Vimeo.
Here’s a new little video from Insa documenting his recent tour around Europe.
The mural piece at 2.26 is pretty rad!
Before a painting by Ben Eine was given as a gift to President Obama, Eine already had a great new project up his sleeve: A poster for Don’t Panic. Londoners should be able to pick up the poster in Don’t Panic packs within the next few weeks. Thankfully, Don’t Panic have also made something to be enjoyed by people around the world, a video interview with Eine. Check it out below:
Via VNA
