Peru’s El Decertor is over Buenos Aires, Argentina and is over course doing some painting while he is there. Here’s a wall that he painted alongside Bla Bla Buto.
Photo by El Decertor
El Decertor and Bla Bla Buto in Buenos Aires
UpScrew Gives Some Water Boiler a Power-Boost
Happy Black Friday
There’s speculation around the internet that this piece in central London is by Banksy. I couldn’t care too much either way. Yeah, the stencil is simple, but why does it need to be complex? The message comes across. Plus, the timing is perfect. Although this stencil is in London, no doubt it will be seen by Americans today, the biggest shopping day of the year. So… shop ’til you drop!
Photos by S.Butterfly and Unusualimage
Sursystem: An Independent Zine from Colombia, SA Reflects the Beat of the Streets
As an avid fan of ‘zines and independent publications, I particularly love the ones I come upon on my visits to Colombia, SA. Produced and edited by Marcelo Arroyave, Sursystem is among my favorites. Marcelo. on his recent visit to NYC, explained that Sursystem’s mission is to create and reflect the artistic fusion among distinct cultures, one of the positive effects, he maintains, of globalization. Featured this fall in independent zine festivals in Paris and in Buenos Aires, Sursystem includes many images — and stickers — crafted by artists who also maintain the streets as their canvas. Marcello reports that Sursystem is seeking talent for its upcoming issue. Info follows:
All images courtesy Marcelo Arroyave
Sweza puts a beat on the street
Sweza is an artist who consistently thinks outside of the box with his art, showing time and time again how surprisingly small the box of street art can be. Last week, Caroline challenged anyone to top her post about Cassette Lord’s work in Brighton (technically she challenged anyone to beat her lame pun, but whatever). Earlier this year, Sweza utilized QR codes into his street art into a not-lame way, which is seems pretty difficult for most other street artists. Here’s what he did:
Arrested Motion curates… East West Connect
Vandalog’s friends at Arrested Motion have curated their first show, due to open this week in Hong Kong. East West Connect consists of an impressive group of13 artists who are either of Asian heritage or whose art has been influenced by the Far East: Luke Chueh, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Evah Fan, Stella Im Hultberg, Tat Ito, Akino Kondoh, Travis Louie, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Brendon Monroe, Edwin Ushiro, Nick Walker and Yoskay Yamamoto.
East West Connect will be at Above Second from November 25th through January 12th, with an opening on November 25th.
OverUnder, Labrona and ND’A Move Indoors to Williamsburg’s Pandemic Gallery
For the past few months I’ve been marveling at ND’A’s and OverUnder’s pieces that have been surfacing regularly in Bushwick and Williamsburg. I’m less familiar with Labrona’s work, though I loved what I saw of his in Carmichael Gallery’s “Re-Creation 2” at the Ogilvy Chocolate Factory last year. Williamsburg’s Pandemic Gallery is currently featuring the work of all three artists. The exhibit, PAPERBOYS, continues through Sunday, December 11th and is definitely worth checking out if you are anywhere in the NYC vicinity. Here are a few of our favorite images:
Photos by Lois Stavsky, Damien Kelly and Tara Murray
Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada solo show in Barcelona
Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada has been working on the street since the mid 1990’s, but is probably best known for his largescale black and white portraits. This interview with Fecal Face is a good introduction. This Thursday, he has a solo show opening in Barcelona at Galería Ignacio de Lassaletta (Rambla de Catalunya 47). The show will include both large charcoal drawings and sculptural works and promises to be a must-see event. It runs through January 17th. Here’s a hint of what to expect:
Photos courtesy of Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada
El Mac at the Montana Factory
El Mac is the latest artist to paint a wall on the Montana factory in Barcelona. As usual, El Mac’s mural is big, beautiful and instantly recognizable as an El Mac creation. Watch El Mac paint the wall in the above video, and then you can go over to Graffuturism for more photos of the wall plus information about and photos El Mac’s latest print release, which will be dropping today at Moon Editions.
MOMO is the man
Last month, I saw an installation by MOMO here in Philadelphia at Space 1026. Seeing the installation made me fall in love with MOMO all over again. Some of the first pieces of street art I ever noticed around London were his abstract wheatpastes, which stood out among a sea of logos and figures as something different and fresh. Since then, MOMO has been the artist whose work I think best exemplifies successful abstract street art. With street art, there is a tendency for galleries, blogs, festivals and magazines to stick to “easy” art, but MOMO doesn’t make art that you can look at for two seconds and leave alone. He changes environments. MOMO isn’t just putting up a photoshopped Batman stencil or whatever the kids are doing these days to get some hype. Nevertheless, MOMO has worked with Papermonster, FAME Festival, The Underbelly Project, Anno Domini and more. While staying just outside of this culture’s mainstream, it seems that MOMO has a lot of fans who, like me, keep him in the back of their mind at all times for his ability to push post-graffiti and street art forward and make spaces beautiful. That is to say, here’s an interview with MOMO after the jump… Continue reading “MOMO is the man”