Here’s a hodge-podge of photos of some of my favorite murals from Miami this year… Probably more to come in future posts as well. Most of these were part of Primary Flight.
Photos by S.Vegas, Hargo, tatscruinc and courtesy of Thinkspace and Remi
So now that everything has ended as quickly as it has begun, back in Baltimore after a crazy week in Miami. While we’re still going hard down in bmore, the sixth borough was debaucherous to say the least. In between constant libation, definitely crushed with old school writer Sae before Basel formerly jumped off to avoid the beast. Let’s say wasn’t one of those people standing idly while Miami police ran their records because they decided to bomb during the festivities. Props to Overtown, my boy muscles and everyone I saw down there. No love for the side busting that resulted in near immediate buff.
The Highlight was without a doubt being able to hit the abandoned projects with a Corbusier portrait that I knew would be pertinent placed somewhere. Serendipity is pretty wonderful. For more of course visit the flickr.
Continue reading “Gaia Street Work in Miami”
This 1977 Winnebego was in Miami last week, where it was converted by Brooklynite Gallery and Pawnworks (a really interesting sticker project) into Sugar Junkie, a mobile party and semi-art-gallery. Despite a max speed of about 5 miles per hour, Sugar Junkie made its way around Miami last week, making stops at all the big events and letting just about anyone have a go at painting it. It was covered inside and out. Here are some of the artists whose work can be found on Sugar Junkie: COST, ELIK, MISS BUGS, SPACE INVADER, REMED, VARIOUS & GOULD, AIKO, DAVID WALKER, D-FACE, SKEWVILLE, PERU ANA ANA PERU, COLLIN VAN DER SLUIJS, JOE BLACK, ELUS, SPQR, DAIN, LUDO, CASH4, CHRIS MENDOZA, UFO 907, GAIA, NET KRT, STINKFISH, THUBDERCUT, NOJ, VUDU, LEAS, DDOCK, 5003, CASH FOR YOUR WARHOL, CELSO, RUBY, JULIA, HOPE, PAWNWORKS, RAE.
And here are some more photos:
Photos by Brooklynite Gallery
Roa has been painting a lot in the USA lately. Here are a few pieces from LA and Miami. Above and below are walls in Miami.
And this is at an oil refinery in California (photos by Unurth):
Arrested Motion has some photos of more from Roa in LA.
Photos by Luna Park, Becki_Fuller and Unurth
Kid Acne, Skewville and part of Burning Candy worked together a bit in Miami. I think all of these murals were for Primary Flight. Above is a mural they did together, and here are some of the things they did separately:
And lots from Skewville:
Photos by Burning Candy, Kid Acne and Skewville
I’m loving these new sketches from Armsrock. It continually astounds me that he isn’t better-known outside of Germany and Denmark.
Speaking of Armsrock in Denmark, he has a solo show opening in Copenhagen on December 10th.
Photos by Armsrock
I’ve been out of the loop and stuck in libraries lately (and then in Miami for the weekend), and that’s led to me miss posting about a lot of things. I’ve got some catching up to do, so here’s the start of that:
Photo by euniyah
Anthony Lister may have been the busiest artist in Miami last week. I around town 3-4 times in different places, but never saw him paint. Still, he managed to complete a number of murals around the city, put on a little-publicized but impressive solo show in a pop-up space and have work (including an indoor mural) at the Hello Kitty show. Here are some of my favorite things from Lister’s time in Miami:
And all of these were from the solo show too:
First photo by S.Vegas, the rest courtesy of Anthony Lister
While RJ lounges in the sun, I am freezing my tush off in London. Well, actually, not even in London to be honest; I’m in the midlands, which is why I missed all of the openings this week unfortunately. But I will be back tonight and will let RJ tell you guys all about Miami next week, which I am sure you are all looking forward to.
Anyways… here are some of my favorite works I saw this week. I couldn’t help but sneak in Miami ones; the work is beautiful.
Update: You can buy The Phantom’s first print is now available from Morelworks.com for $125.00
I couldn’t help but laugh when RJ emailed me about posting about street artist The Phantom. Just like him my first thought was “Isn’t this the guy that created that Rage Against the Machine cover for “The Battle of Los Angeles.”” Well, yes, it is, (and yes I know who Rage is. I may be young, but I’m not that young), but he also does some really good outdoor workswork that I haven’t seen before and was not even aware of to be honest. Concentrating on the idea of outlines, shadows and social rebellion, The Phantom’s black and white pieces have a powerful impact amongst colorful tags and blank walls.
* Vandalog was sent pictures of the artist himself, but he freaks me out beyond belief. Clowns scare the crap out of me, so face paint and an upside down cross painted on someone’s forehead would go in the category of freaking me out.*
