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November 12, 2011November 13, 2011

Weekend link-o-rama

6319407195_2fe735f54b_z — Os Gêmeos in Greece

It’s 11/11/11, so I guess that’s a big deal to some people. That seems so arbitrary to me, since our calendar is pretty arbitrary to begin with. Besides, it’s really 11/11/2011. A few years ago, 11/02/2011 was much cooler. In my social sphere though, 11/11/11 seems like an excuse to throw parties, so maybe I shouldn’t complain. While I was thinking about the ridiculousness of this date, here’s what almost passed me by this week in art:

As pictured in part above, Nolionsinengland came across a well-preserved mural by Os Gêmeos, Nina, Same84 and Nunca in Athens, Greece.
LNY designed a couple of t-shirts.
I’m loving this “Occupy Your Mind” poster by EZRA.
Echo and The Bunnymen are a brilliant band and Will Sergeant is a fantastically talented member of that group. Unfortunately the same things cannot be said about his attempt at street art.
Last month, Ola Bad’s first solo show took place in Atlanta. It does not look like it’s his first show. It looks much better than any artist’s first solo show should look. There are a number of photos from the show here.
A tribute to Robbo has been painted on the wall where he and Banksy feuded. It looks like it’s by Banksy, but there’s been no word from his camp or any other artists claiming responsibility. Last we heard, Robbo was still in intensive care at a hospital due to the injuries he sustained back in April.

Photo by Nolionsinengland

November 11, 2011November 10, 2011

All up in your rural hood: El Euro

El Euro from Italy, typically paints rural walls, outside of the city, or abandoned building. In an interview with Illicitexhibitions, El Euro stated “Usually in the big cities there isn’t good quality graffiti. I don’t like to paint in the cities. I prefer country side”.

Photos by El Euro

November 11, 2011

Herakut Hits “The Wall Along Wilshire”

Herakut, "Good Can Come From Bad Can Come From Good" (Complete)

The Wende Museum has been doing some very interesting things lately, including the creation of an outdoor gallery wall (complete with framed work) on Main Street in Downtown Los Angeles, but its current project on Wilshire looks to be the most intriguing yet.

Now standing directly across the street from LACMA are several weathered sections of the concrete Berlin Wall. “The Wall Along Wilshire” is part of “The Wall Project,” the museum’s ongoing cultural history program.

For the front of the wall, the artists paired with Thierry Noir (one of the first artists to paint the Wall in 1984) were Kent Twitchell, Farrah Karapetian, and Marie Astrid Gonzalez. Yet, the museum also saw fit to invite several street artists to paint the back of the sectionals, asking Herakut, RETNA, and D*face to do the honors. It is expected that the other street artists will start Thursday or Friday evening, but Herakut have already completed their work.

I arrived last night when they had just finishing painting. One half of Herakut, Jasmin Siddiqui (Hera) explained that the Wall holds a very special significance for Herakut, not just because they are from Germany, but because she grew up in the West, while her partner, Falk Lehmann (Akut), grew up in the East.

“It’s amazing how small it looks now,” Jasmin said as she surveyed their work, “and it’s hard to imagine it kept so many people apart.”

Their piece on the left-most sectional, “Good Can Come From Bad Comes From Good,” was informed by the transformative circularity of history, and features two pregnant women crouched together in a yin-yang position. Their piece on the right-most sectional, “We Are All Just Kids, Right?” depicts a thin schoolboy tapering into a teddy-bear-like black and green shadow. Both showcase the dark, illustrative quality of their work, and are all the more poignant given the history of the material they are painted on.

“The Wall Along Wilshire” will be in front of 5900 Wilshire until November 13, 2011, where a private reception will be held with the artists from 1 to 4 p.m. After that, the sectionals of the Wall will shift to The Wende Museum’s permanent collection at 5741 Buckingham Parkway, Suite E, Culver City, CA 90230.

Herakut, "Good Can Come From Bad Can Come From Good" (Yang, Phase 1)

Herakut, "Good Can Come From Bad Can Come From Good" (Yang, Complete)

Herakut, "Good Can Come From Bad Can Come From Good" (Yin, Phase 1)

Herakut, "Good Can Come From Bad Can Come From Good" (Yin, Complete)

Herakut, "We Are All Just Kids, Right?" (Boy)

Herakut, "We Are All Just Kids, Right?" (Shadow)

Photos by Ryan Gattis

November 10, 2011December 9, 2012

ABCDEF

I saw artist ABCDEF on Graffuturism this week. Somewhere between minimal and chaotic. It works!

Photos by ABCDEF

November 9, 2011November 10, 2011

Brooklyn Muralists @ Work: Never in Bushwick & Cern in Williamsburg

Two of Brooklyn’s most prolific muralists, Never and Cern, were captured at work this past week. We are looking forward to seeing the final pieces, but here’s a glimpse of the works in progress:

cern6 — Cern in Williamsburg, photo by Dani Mozeson

Photos by Lois Stavsky and Dani Mozeson

November 9, 2011November 8, 2011

Evgeniy Dikson in Russia

I’ve got to give a big thanks to Unurth for once again finding a talented artist whose work I would have probably never otherwise seen. Evgeniy Dikson is an artist based in Russia who paints street art and post-graffiti. Here are a few of my favorite pieces by him:

6181842630_cf32001815_z — "Degradation or progress?"

Photos by Evgeniy Dikson

November 6, 2011November 3, 2011

Holy truck! It’s Horfé

Horfé has such copious amounts of work up in Paris, it’s almost terrifying that it’s also mobile. I’m sort of hoping to see Horfé hit a couple planes and reach international status.

Photos by Vitostreet, •G•, and LePublicNME.

November 6, 2011November 3, 2011

JB Rock in Rome

JB Rock is an artist working in Rome. Some really great work. It’s graphic and the impact is immediate, but JB Rock also has his own styles and doesn’t look like he’s just recycling stereotypical street art styles. He does go over graffiti though…

November 5, 2011November 2, 2011

Tant and Unga

Here are two pieces done recently by a couple of my favorite artists, Tant and Unga, from Israel’s Broken Fingaz crew. Fresh attitude, vivacious energy, and ample ability.

Photos by Tant

November 5, 2011November 3, 2011

Vhils at Woolfest (yes, wool)

Vhils recently chiseled a wall in Covilhã, Portugal for Wool, an urban art festival in a town which has been closely tied to the wool and textile industry since the industrial revolution. The organizers of Wool say “With this piece VHILS wants to talk about the desertification of the interior of Portugal, which appears to be irreversible and portray the reality that we live in a territory with a population growing older, ‘where the cuts and the current measures are felt even more hardness and where most of young people are future opportunities and are forced to seek them elsewhere, either on the coast or abroad’.”