California based graffiti artist Saber was recently inspired to make a new short documentary entitled Peppers World about a homeless man who embraces the culture of street art. Pepper is a true street artist in the purist sense. He’s known to some by his altar ego; the Mayor of Skid Row, and he’s proud to …
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Seth and I were really sad to hear this morning that our good friend Poster Boy has been sentenced to 11 months in jail. Things weren’t looking good for him, but it’s just awful to hear that they have come to have this. Animal New York reported the news here and also commented on the …
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Gallery Heist is pleased to present The Reinvention of Nature, the San Francisco debut exhibition for Brooklyn/Baltimore based street artist GAIA. The Reinvention of Nature – Opening reception: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7-11pm MAY 15 – MAY 31, 2010 Gaia is a Brooklyn and Baltimore based street artist with a background in Printmaking and Sculpture. …
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This should be an interesting show. Mighty Tanaka presents Babel Code: Osmotic Transmissions, a two-man show with AVOID pi and infinity. Babel Code opens May 21st. As Brooklyn Street Art notes, AVOID and infinity are two smart guys. For me, a lot of the art AVOID pi and infinity make for galleries seems like it …
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Last month, Roa spent some time in London for his solo show at Pure Evil Gallery in London where he put on a killer show and painted outdoors almost every day. Now he’s in New York City for a solo show at Factory Fresh and it looks like he’s going to try and do it …
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Tonight was the last screening (for now) of Dots, Burning Candy’s film-in-progress. It’s a project I’ve quite enjoyed being involved with, so I’m happy to say that some of the paintings we had on display at those screenings will move right over to High Roller Society for their upcoming show Candy Shop (which Gold Peg …
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Sometimes the art world is full of good news and smart people. Not today. In LA, photographer Jonas Lara was arrested back in February while taking pictures of graffiti writers working on an unauthorized piece. After police changed their minds multiple times, in the end he has been charged with aiding and abetting. His trial …
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It gives me great pleasure to share with everyone that artists Chris Stain and Leon Reid will be exhibiting at the Creative Alliance right here in Baltimore. The exhibit opens Sat May 8 at the right by Patterson Park from 7-9pm, On view May 8-29 Free. Opens w/ From Mountains to Maryland at 5:30pm, and …
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May 1st was the opening of what may surpass Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop as the street art event of the year so far: Shepard Fairey’s May Day show at Deitch Projects. Because the opening evening was open the public instead of simply a guest-list-only affair, it got a bit mad. I’ve heard that …
My man Alberto de Pedro doing some amazing work! One of the nicest people I’ve ever met. He posted me up when I was in Madrid and helped me paint an installation all night inside a really incredible squat. Afterward, we walked back through the city to my hostel, I went to the Prado and …
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