Attempting to walk that tightrope which keeps corporate sponsorship of art cool and not simply corny, Cirque de Soleil has recently gotten interested in street art. Their Safewalls project begins this week in London with a launch even at High Roller Society. At each stop on the Safewalls tour, artists from that city will be …
Continue reading “Safewalls from Cirque du Soleil at High Roller Society”
This project by Octopus and Pauer is great. A. I love the song that they’ve used in the video and B. It’s that fantastic kind of street art that just makes people smile and have a better day without asking for anything in return. Press The Button took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Here’s the video: …
Continue reading “Press The Button”
Legendary in his native Chile and throughout South America, Cekis is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Working primarily as a muralist here in the U.S., Cekis’s artwork has also appeared in a number of galleries including the Carmichael Gallery, the Brooklyn Rotunda, Ad Hoc, and the Abrons Arts Center. As a member of the …
Continue reading “Speaking with Cekis”
Last night hosted a packed opening at Black Rat Projects entitled Printmaking Today. Normally print shows tend to be a bit tedious, since they are usually reproduced images of originals or have been so before upon their initial releases. But Black Rat hosted a refreshingly eclectic display of prints by artists ranging from Damien Hirst, …
Continue reading “Printmaking Today at Black Rat Projects”
I really enjoyed this video of Dan Witz talking about his latest series of street art: Dan Witz – What the %$#@? : San Francisco 2011 from Colin M Day on Vimeo. Via My love for you is a stampede of horses
Mike Ballard, aka Cept, has a show opening this week in Cork, Ireland. Yep. Cork. Sounds like a kind of random place for a show an artist like Mike Ballard, but then again, Mike is not the type to do things the usual way (like the substantial differences between his art as Mike Ballard and …
Continue reading “Mike Ballard – Community Thunder”
Here are some new works by French street artist Milo Project. Reminding me a lot of Mark Jenkins, Milo Project places realistic mannequins in the fetal position all over France. Below is a video of people’s reactions that is pretty funny even if you don’t speak French. All photos by Milo Project
The more I research Latin American street art, the more I fall in love with it. This is Blast One from Monterrey, Mexico. Using a color palette of red, black, white and teal, He gives us beautiful murals to look at. To see more of his work please visit his website or Flickr. Photos by …
Joe Iurato, an artist whose stencil for The Underbelly Project was one of my favorite artworks there, is part of a show opening this week at Vincent Michael Gallery in Philadelphia. Natural Selections/Salvation includes work from Joe as well as Shai Dahan. It opens today, Friday the 4th, and runs through the 25th. I don’t …
Continue reading “Joe Iurato at Vincent Michael Gallery”
This should be a fun event. ROBOTS, makers of large wooden street art sculptures, have put together a show with Roa and Phlegm for later this month in South London. Black/Light will include new murals and installations from the artists, plus live music and films. The show runs from the evening of February 24th through …
Continue reading “Roa, ROBOTS and Phlegm”
