The Nuart festival in Stavanger, Norway has just posted this video of Herakut’s installation from last year’s festival.
Herakut Nuart 2011 from NUART on Vimeo.
Photos courtesy of Nuart
Interview with DB Burkeman
In 2010, Rizzoli published the definitive book on stickers and sticker art. That book is Stickers: Stuck-Up Piece of Crap: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art by DB Burkeman and Monica LoCascio. DB seems to be the ultimate sticker fanatic, and his book tells the history of stickers in a way that only someone completely obsessed could possibly pull off. If you don’t know anything about stickers, you can skim through and get an introduction. If you’re already interested, Stuck-Up Piece of Crap gives a behind-the-scenes look at everything from early graffiti stickers to stickers in the music world to the homes and minds of sticker collectors. Of course, DB has quite a sticker collection himself. A small chunk of DB’s collection will be on display starting tomorrow at Maxwell Colette Gallery in Chicago, alongside a few other sticker-related events (and he and Martha Cooper will be signing books at the gallery on Saturday from 1-3pm). I spoke with DB last week…
RJ: Why do you think you are drawn to stickers?
DB Burkeman: It’s changed over the years for me, but now the simple answer is they are simply tiny portable works of art. That may have a different answer for each person.
RJ: In your collecting habits, do you differentiate between “art stickers” or “graffiti stickers” and stickers intended as advertisements?
DB: Never really thought about that, but I’m less drawn to stickers that are obviously advertisements. I’ve also become more picky since overdoing on the damn things : )
RJ: How many stickers do you have in your collection?
DB: Somewhere between 4000-6000 & growing, much to my family & friends annoyance. It can take a long time to get down the street with me, I keep stopping to check out lampposts etc. Continue reading “Interview with DB Burkeman”
Ludo’s first Italian solo show
French street artist Ludo‘s first solo show in Rome opens this week at Wunderkammern. The show opens on January 21st at 6:30pm and runs through February 18th. Ludo says this show will feature sculptures, installations and work on paper. Here’s a little bit of what to expect…
Photos by Ludo
A proper look at Pixelpancho
Sometimes I go through the Vandalog archives and realize that I’ve neglected to post about an artist whose work I really enjoy. One of those artists is Pixelpancho. So here’s some of his recent work, but it’s definitely work checking out his flickr archives.
Photos by Pixelpancho
John Fekner for MLK Day
The Living Walls team installed the above stencil, designed by stenciling legend John Fekner, in Atlanta last week as part of a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I Still Have A Dream is Fekner’s first work in Atlanta. It can be found at Pal’s Lounge at 254 Auburn Ave NE on the corner of Auburn Ave and Bell Street, and was installed just in time to be seen by participants in Altanta’s 2012 MLK Day Parade. More photos are over on Streetela.
Photo by Streetela
Philly’s Harlequinade
Harlequinade has been putting up some beautiful wheatpastes in Philadephia. It’s always great to see a little something different like Harlequinade’s work in Philadelphia, where character-based stickers (fun as they are) seem to dominate the city.
Photos by Herlequinade
Year ends and new beginnings from Know Hope
Know Hope year ended his year with a mural in Altanta for Living Walls, shown above, and began the new year with an outdoor installation in Tel Aviv, shown below.
Photos by Know Hope
Hanksy — not Banksy — in the streets and in the Krause Gallery
A number of months ago a series of Banksy-like images with the face of actor Tom Hanks began surfacing in NYC. I didn’t think much of them, and thought they might be a somewhat clever way to promote Tom Hanks. I couldn’t imagine anyone even trying to spoof Banksy – one of the greatest satirists of our time! Anyway, the images are back again and this time coinciding with a gallery exhibit featuring a range of them. When I stopped by this afternoon, the space was quite busy. It looks like we – the street art aficionados or, at least, those of us who frequent galleries – are the target of this satire, and its creator may be quite clever. After I left, I overheard one passerby explain to another that there was a Banksy show at the gallery. Hanksy – not Banksy!
Here are two Hanksy images that recently surfaced on the streets of the Lower East Side:
And here are three on exhibit in the Krause Gallery @ 149 Orchard Street:
Photos by Lois Stavsky
The latest murals from Jade
A few months of Roa’s travels
Roa sent over some photos of what he’s been up to on his most recent series of travels. Well, I guess he always traveling, but here’s what he’s been up to since August or so. Continue reading “A few months of Roa’s travels”