My (public) Space from Pilar Haile-Damato on Vimeo. This short documentary on the work of PublicAdCampaign’s arousingly recalcitrant Jordan Seiler was shot and edited by Pilar Damato. Jordan’s unbending mission to directly confront advertisement’s encroachment on our public space, despite its daunting odds, is a powerful presence in the street art community.
Omar loves to cap the street artists. Shot by Blanco
Signor Sick and Karma are two Estonian street artists who paint huge and uniquely styled monsters. I’ve been enjoying their blog and I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with next.
Ginkopress has released a 30 year retrospective of Dan Witz’s street work and fine art. From the site: ” A benefit of having one of the most sustained careers in street art, if such a thing exists, is the degree of growth, freedom and experimentation that such an extended period allows. Another advantage would be …
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The “Godfather of Graffiti” SEEN is one of the most well respected writers alive today. Here’s a chance to meet him in person in a Parisian book signing event. SEEN will be present at the Beaubourg National Modern Arts Museum in Paris for the book signing of the book From Style Writing to Art, a …
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As you may have heard, Rowdy’s home burned down recently. Luckily, he was not hurt (I don’t think anyone else was either), but everything inside the house has been destroyed. Rowdy is a member of Burning Candy, a hard working artist, a friend that I’ve worked with on multiple projects in the last year and …
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Yes. Armsrock has a solo show coming up in London. This is going to be fantastic. Except, for some reason, it sometimes feels like I’m alone in thinking that Armsrock’s work is brilliant. Hopefully this upcoming solo show will change some people’s opinions. Drawn Towards the Present opens at Signal Gallery on June 3rd. Here’s …
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Poster Boy, more accurately Henry Matyjewicz who is one of the artists involved with the Poster Boy movement, was recently sentenced to 11-months in prison for a just few hundred dollars worth of “damages” (depending on your point of view) to ads on the New York subway system. Mark Batty Publisher, the publisher of Poster …
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It looks like things are starting to come together for this year’s FAME Festival. The latest artists to stop by are the duo Cyop e Kaf. I’ve never heard of these two, but Angelo (FAME’s organizer) says that they are the biggest street artists in Naples, Italy. It looks like they’ve done quite a few …
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Dolk is in New York for his two person show that opened at Brooklynite with M City entitled Eurotrash. Of course, like an good street artist, Dolk has crowned the visit with some fantastic pieces. I’ve been scheming on that spot on Graham Avenue for almost a year now but never followed through. Glad he …
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