David Walker and Vhils recently painted some work as part of Visual Street Performance in Lisbon. Very cool results. I love these sort of street art events in places outside of London and NYC. Photos courtesy of David Walker
One thing that makes street art so great is the dialog it creates, and the opportunity for collaboration. Of course, I think it’s going to be a while before I see anything better than Skewville’s Your Ad Here, but Elbow-toe has made something pretty interesting out of a decaying wheatpaste by Mr. Brainwash. Photo by …
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There was a very positive response from my first holiday gift guide post about affordable prints, so I thought it might be worth putting together a similar list for art books. 1. The Faith of Graffiti by Norman Mailer and Jon Naar Okay, this book isn’t actually released until December 29th, but it absolutely needs …
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Within my post-colonial theory readings I chanced upon the street work series entitled “Dialogue” of Zhang Dali, which utilizes the classic graffiti trope as a conversation with the city but also engages the now familiar practice of deconstructing portions of ruins to establish new frames. Most of these interventions were executed a decade ago, but …
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So maybe this is the first of a few posts with street art related gift ideas, maybe not. Here are some prints that are available online for a very low price (but they aren’t cheap. Right Zeus?). 1. Logopops by Sickboy. Last night was Sickboy’s one night only show, Logopops. Lots of hand finished prints …
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A little diary entry sort of thing from me went online today on Drago’s website. Of course, I encourage you to have a read of the full thing yourself, but here’s a sample: I went to Miami for Art Basel and the satellite events there. The experience has made me realize how mainstream some street …
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BrewDog sponsored The Thousands with a very generous donation of their Punk IPA beer, so in return I want to take some time out from writing about street art to mention their (very tasty) beer and PunkDog, a site to create custom labels for BrewDog beer. On PunkDog you can design your own beer label …
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Sickboy has a new solo show coming up in London in a few days. Here’s the hype: Acclaimed UK street artist, Sickboy presents ‘Logopop’, a special ‘one night only’ solo exhibition of new limited edition work and site-specific installations in east London this December 16. Following the success of his major solo exhibition, ‘Stay Free’ …
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PosterBoy allegedly put up this banner this week in Maimi for Art Basel week. As Brooklyn Street Art notes, the poster is one of the first major anti-Obama pieces of street art.
Logan Hicks sent out this email last night: Primary Flight begins! It’s the eve of the official Primary Flight event and two seasoned veterans of street art took to the streets early. Around midnight Shepard Fairey and Ron English started making their mark on the neighborhood of Wynwood for the Primary Flight event. Shepard Fairey …
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