Last year, JR made a version of his Women Are Heroes project in Paris, covering bridges and walls along the Seine. He’s recently posted this video documenting the project:
Via Nuart
Banksy versus Robbo update
It looks like Team Robbo isn’t done with Banksy just yet. If you don’t know the story, you catch up with this video from a couple of weeks ago. And here’s the latest action by Team Robbo:
Case paints in London
I’ve been posting a lot about Case recently, but I thought I should share this video about his recent visit to London:
Logan Hicks interview for Scion
Logan Hicks is one of those cool guys that I just plain enjoy posting about. He’s one of the nicest, hardest working and technically skilled artists I know. This video was made in conjunction with one of Scion’s art installation tours.
Logan Hicks Interview from Scion ART on Vimeo.
Neckface talks about Devil’s Disciple
V Magazine has a nice video of Neckface at his Devil’s Disciple show back in October/November.
Writers’ Block videos
Fans of London graffiti have got to check out the Writers’ Block series of videos. Basically, writers put a few tags in a black book. Here are two of my favorites…
Ludvig:
Panik ATG:
Some of the other writers who have worked with Writers’ Block include Gold Peg, Insa, Mighty Mo and Elate.
Faile and Bast videos
London has been abuzz with talk of Faile and Bast’s Deluxx Fluxx Arcade show at Lazarides‘ Greek Street. Luckily, for those who aren’t in London and can’t see the show in person, Babelgum has put together a video about it:
And of course, Faile also have a retrospective going on just down the street at Lazarides’ Rathbone Place location:
Open Air documentary
Wooster Collective posted this interesting street art documentary called Open Air. It’s not new, but I hadn’t seen it before.
MBW: Terrible artist, or the worst ever?
I didn’t intend to post anything more about Mr. Brainwash’s Icons “art show,” but then Animal New York make this hilarious video:
Banksy on Channel 4 News
A very interesting article on Channel 4’s website and piece on the 7pm Channel 4 news on Monday. Read it if you are interested in the art market.
There’s no one quite like Banksy – the only street artist most of us have ever heard of it.Aside from the mystique that surrounds his identity (the Daily Mail claims to have unmasked him) his rise from the streets has brought him into conflict with the art market. One Notting Hill dealer accuses of him of being a control freak.
Our little excursion into the Banksy market was instructive.
Banksy has an outfit to sell his prints, Pictures on Walls in Commercial Street, and a sister organisation, Pest Control to authenticate everything. He has an agent and a publicist.
I’ll say two things about the article and video: 1. Who cares if Banksy’s a brand or whatever? Every successful artist does the exact same things to varying degrees. 2. Channel 4 should stop pretending that the media aren’t complicit in the Banksy hype that they’re now trying to call him out for. The BBC found the house where Banksy grew up and could have revealed his identity, but didn’t. The Daily Mail could probably do a hell of a lot better job “unmasking” the guy. And if the Channel 4 reporter Nicholas Glass was at the opening of Banksy versus The Bristol Museum and honestly didn’t notice that there was artwork for sale, he can’t be said to have been very observant at all. And of course, I include myself in being complicit building Banksy-hype and generally ignoring the odd bits like not authenticating street pieces or the fact that he works with a PR agency, but I don’t think I’ve ever pretended to not be part of that hype-machine. Oh, and I’ll add a third comment: 3. Yes, we should respect Banksy’s privacy and just let this thing run it’s course, it’s more fun that way.