I’ve been sitting excitedly on this for quite a while now, and finally I can say that Luc Price aka Cyclops’ first solo show is opening on October 15th at Black Rat Press and offer a few images. If you’re familiar with Cyclops’ work on the street, this show, Jesus Help Me Find My Proper …
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On Tuesday night I went to the preview of Phillips de Pury’s latest auction, Now: Art of the 21st Century, which will occur on Saturday. Overall, I was impressed with what I saw, and it is a great example of how important it is to view work in person and not judge things by their …
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One of my favorite songs by AFI is “I Wanna Get A Mohawk” (see video at the end of this post), my favorite stencil from Banksy versus The Bristol Museum was this piece of an “anarchist’s” grandma helping him get dressed for a protest, so I guess it’s not too surprising that Banksy’s latest piece …
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Some news from the street artists of Brazil: Last Sunday one of the biggest avenues of São Paulo, Av. 23 de Maio, received the biggest graffiti and street art attack ever. All the action was illegal and was done by 150 artists during the day on 1km of a grey wall. The protest is against the government buff …
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The film I am most looking forward to in 2009 is Where The Wild Things Are. I could go on and on about how excited I am to see it and how upset I am that I won’t be able to pay to do so (WHY MUST THE FILM BE RELEASED TWO MONTHS LATER IN …
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Most of what I was posting while away in Stavanger for Nuart was prewritten so that I could focus on the festival. The downside being that I missed a bunch of cool potential posts over the last few days. So here’s my usual post holiday link wrap-up: Sam3 has a new video animation out (Via …
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While I’m still in Stavanger enjoying Nuart (check out Logan Hicks’ photos on Brooklyn Street Art), there are two art openings tonight I wish I could make it to. The first is in Los Angeles. Anthony Lister’s show And Then The Wind Changed is at New Image Art. Just a super talented painter. And in …
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There are a lot of street art books in stores today. And most of them follow a simple formula: Take photos (or more often than not, acquire them for nothing from other photographers), lay them out on a page, mislabel all the photos so that work by Mister MN is said to be by Adam …
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Mundano is a street artist from Brazil who has been painting on the street since 2005. Recently, he had work in a show at Factory Fresh in New York. Besides painting walls, Mundano is known for painting Brazilian recycling carts: More on Mundano’s flickr
I like recession inspired street art, and Hargo’s “Cash For Your Warhol” series has really caught my eye. Just a few days ago I was watching television and it seemed like half the advertising time was taken up by adverts for Cash4Gold.com.
