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Weekend link-o-rama

Awer in Berlin. Click to view large.

It’s a mega link-o-rama this week because I’ve been traveling from last Saturday until Thursday morning.

Photo by Awer

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Philadelphia’s Joe Boruchow

Photo by Joe Boruchow

Philadelphia is known, perhaps too well, for character-based sticker art. Even some of this city’s best street artists, like NoseGo, have roots in characters on stickers. But Joe Boruchow is one artist who is onto something completely different. I’ve seen a few of Joe’s pieces in person and they always make me stop to have a closer look. His placement is so spot-on that the work looks legal even when it is not, although his fine-art vibe probably helps a bit too.

Photo by RJ Rushmore
Photo by Joe Boruchow
Photo by Joe Boruchow

Photos by Joe Boruchow and RJ Rushmore

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Thank you to our sponsors

We would like to take a brief moment to thank this month’s sponsors. These are the organizations and companies that keep us publishing, so be sure to check them out!

  • Art Southampton – The Premiere International Contemporary & Modern Art Fair in the Hamptons, July 26th – 30th
  • Asia Society Museum – Current exhibition of ink paintings by Wu Guanzhong, considered one of the most important Chinese artists of the twentieth century, April 24th – August 5th

Photo by blhphotography

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Wild Style Wednesday!

Graphis in São Paulo.

Art for money’s sake. Graffiti for ego’s sake.

Lepos and Pro in Toronto
Tiger in Sydney. Photo by Baddogwhiskas.
Rikarer in France. Photo by GhettoFarceur.
Maska, Fend and Seps in San Francisco. Photo by FunkandJazz
Resh in Paris. Photo by Startape Photographe.
Leiga, Nick and Nem in Sao Paolo. Photo by ‘N’.
Meyer and Osmoz in Nantes. Photo by Startape Photographe.
Nihao in Shanghai. Photo by Dezio One.

Photo by Baddogwhiskas, Dezio One, FunkandJazz, GhettoFarceur, Graphis, Gris One, Lepos, ‘N’ and Startape Photographe

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Woodward Gallery Presents “Summer Selections” with Stikman, Kosbe, Darkcloud and many more

Alexander Calder and LAll, Pyramids and Oval

I made it over to Woodward Gallery last week to check out its current exhibit, Summer Selections. Described as “a selection of work by legendary and new contemporary masters,” it features some of my favorite street artists, along with such masters as Jasper Johns, Paul Gauguin and Robert Rauschenberg.  And what a treat to discover an original vintage Alexander Calder lithograph with drawings by LA ll!  Here are some more favorites from the exhibit that continues through this Saturday, August 4th at 133 Eldridge Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side:

Stikman, Dora Maar, Pablo Picasso
El Celso, La Luz
Kosbe, AH
Darkcloud, Vermillion Army
Thomas Buildmore, Spirit Animal

Photos of Calder & LAll, Kosbe, Darkcloud and Buildmore, courtesy Woodward Gallery; Celso photo, Tara Murray & Stikman, Lois Stavsky

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APC print release (with a contest) at Mula Printing

If you aren’t sold solely on the opportunity to own a limited edition print by a member of the APC crew (including Stinkfish, Buytronick, Meca Mutanterio and Lorenzo Masnah), than Mula Printing has included a bit of artistic competition to this collective print release to sweeten the deal: The first 40 to buy one of these APC prints will be eligible to partake a coloring contest using this unfinished Pez piece. The winner, who will be chosen by Pez himself, will receive an original drawing by Pez. Buying a print includes the chance to win a Pez print from an edition of 6 as well.

Stinkfish. “Spine Baby” 10 of each color available.
Buytronick. “Ritmo Prehisterico” edition of 35.
Lorenzo Masnah. “Bogotaxi” edition of 35.
Meca Mutanterio. “Jardin De Hierba” edition of 35.

Photos courtesy of Mula Printing

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Jetsonorama in Durango, CO

Jetsonorama was recently invited to Durango, Colorado to put up a mural, but the story of how the wall came to be is as interesting as the finished product. The mural, headless heroes of the apocalypse, is from a photo that Jetsonorama took while he was in Baltimore earlier this year for Open Walls Baltimore, and now it seems that Durango’s city council is warming up to public art a bit like Baltimore, with special thanks to an 11-year-old boy. Here’s what Jetsonorama wrote about the situation:

in durango my crew there (nick jones,  aaron schmitt and brian raymond simmonds) told me about what they went through to get the wall i was going to work on.  this past spring they had a graff show called open art surgery: an exploration of public art where a small group of artists from all over the country came for a gallery show.  several people collaborated for a kick ass mural loved by the community on the side of a gas station with the owner’s approval.  however, the mural violated the city’s sign code.  so rather than let the wall go since the mural had so much community support, aaron and his friends met with the city council (i think it was) and presented information at a public forum on the issue as to why the mural should keep running.  one of the objections the city had was that the artists hadn’t prepped the wall and the mural was already starting to peel.

dig that.  that was one of the city’s concerns as opposed to being totally closed to the possibility of starting a mural program.  one of the people who stood before an audience of his community members was 11 year old nick brieger, a big time fan of street art.  he was devastated at the thought of the mural leaving.  he and his dad know where the spots are around town and will go watch writers paint asking them questions about the process.  brian totally digs the art form.

yeah, so anyway – nick was happier than a pig in stink to be working with us yesterday and we were happy to have him there.  it’s his wall.  he stood before city council and fought for it.

Nick at the mural with the speech he gave to the city council
Half-way finished
Finished

Photos by Jetsonorama

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Nanook updates (plus a bit of Ever)

Nanook and Ever in Foligno, Italy

The work of Baltimore-based artist Nanook has been appearing around the world a bit lately. Here’s work of his in Italy, Germany and Canada. His mural in Foligno, Italy with Ever is part of Attack Festival, which looks like they will have more artists coming to Foligno through September including Ericailcane, Sten&Lex and Moneyless.

Berlin
Newfoundland (installed by Tekar)
Newfoundland (installed by Tekar)

Photos courtesy of Nanook

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Weekend link-o-rama

FIGHT by Rub Kandy

I’m off for a few days of traveling. Expect lots of pictures. Here’s what we missed on Vandalog this week:

Photo by Rub Kandy