Check out this video with Chris Parkinson on the young street art and mural scene in East Timor…
These Walls Can Talk from Chris Phillips on Vimeo.
Photo by Chris Parkinson
Malarky creates Malarkistan
From somewhere inside the creative mind of Malarky comes Malarkistan, an exhibition come super party, showing paintings, prints, polaroids, t-shirts, bags and ‘other crap’.
Opening tomorrow night, August 18th, at 7pm in Barcelona (details on the flyer), it should be a great night out. So if you’re around, make sure you head along and say hi to Malarko.
Photo courtesy of Malarky.
New Gaia and Nanook Street Work for Living Walls, ATL
Living Walls conference was a tremendous success bringing some of the most recognized international street artists to the beautiful city of Atlanta. Inevitably, when you put a bunch of them in one city, some unsanctioned work is bound to go up. Here is a little overview of the work Nanook and I produced for the A. And check out the full map of spots that are still running and or have been buffed here
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Big Up… Bue the Warrior!
This is Belgium’s Bue the Warrior. Recently he’s been collaborating with Billy and Low Bros in Berlin on some fantastic walls and shutters, pictures of which I posted last week. I rather like his style, (maybe because it’s similar to a few other artists I like), so here a few of his other pieces from all around the world. Enjoy.
For more pictures of Bue’s work check out his flickr here.
All photos by Bue.
Cranio’s Impish Indians in São Paulo
Like Mundano’s characters, Cranio’s impish — mostly blue — Indians seem to surface unexpectedly throughout São Paulo. Here are a few we encountered:
Weekend link-o-rama
I’m baking alive here in Atlanta for Living Walls, but damn things are coming along nicely. Nanook and Gaia have finished a couple of walls, including this one. But Living Walls is a busy event, so I’ve been missing out on a lot this week, including some big news from Banksy. Check all that out here…
- The schedule for Living Walls is up and finalized. Festivities start tonight. If you’re in Atlanta, I hope to see you there.
- El Mac’s painting of a cockroach is pretty crazy.
- Channel4 in the UK has two films of note being shown this weekend: Banksy’s tv special Antics Roadshow (it’s about people behaving badly in public) and Graffiti Wars, which is that Robbo (get well soon man) documentary that people have been talking about for a while.
- Art in the Streets had over 200,000 visitors.
- Fine Art Views has an interview with Blek le Rat.
- Retna, Kenny Scharf and Shepard Fairey painted the outside of a parking garage in West Hollywood.
- New work from Phil Frost.
- Nelio is quite cool.
- Did you know that Futura made a rap with The Clash?
- To coincide with Living Walls, the All City street art and graffiti mapping app is available for free all weekend.
Photo by Elbowtoe
SOFLES – “Fragments of Consciouness” at RTIST Gallery Prahran
Sofles, originally from Brisbane, has his first Melbourne solo show at RTIST Gallery in Prahran (Melbourne). Traditionally known for his graff skills, Sofles is a multi talented artist with works showcasing his illustration, aerosol and more traditional painting styles.
Another great show by RTIST. When I arrived, Sofles was painting the wall outside the gallery, later in the evening he painted a mocked up train at the rear of the gallery.. Enjoy.
Shepard Fairey in Oslo
Shepard Fairey was just in Oslo working on a mural for the T&J Art Walk event that Faile were working on last week. This wall is in tribute to the victims of the terrorism in Oslo on July 22nd. If you’re in Oslo this month, be sure to check out the rest of the walls being painted for the art walk, as well as the indoor exhibition benefiting Human Rights Watch. All that info on the T&J Art Walk website. Here’s a video of Shepard working on the wall and some photos:
Shepard Fairey OSLO 2011 from T&J Art Walk on Vimeo.
Photos courtesy of T&J Art Walk
Stinkfish in Amsterdam
After his visit to London, Stinkfish has headed over to Amstderdam. Here’s some of what he’s been up to there.
Photos by Nicole Blommers
Lazarides back at The Old Vic Tunnels for The Minotaur
Lazarides are headed back to The Old Vic Tunnels off of Leake Street in London, the site of last year’s Hell’s Half Acre show and Banksy’s launch for Exit Through the Gift Shop. If you thought Hell’s Half Acre was a bit of a posh haunted house, you ain’t seen nothing yet. From October 10th through November 4th, Lazarides are turning the tunnels into an art exhibition space, but also a Michelin Star pop-up restaurant. The show is called The Minotaur, after the Greek legend. The absurdity of the whole thing leaves me speechless. As for the art, there will be a labyrinth-esque installation with new work from a number of artists including Conor Harrington, Stanley Donwood, 3D and Lucy McLauchlan. Unfortunately, it will cost £5 to get in if you aren’t under 18. Entry is free to some, but by some I mean it’s free if you’re eating at the restaurant for £65 a head, haha. On the plus side, there’s a bar, so you’ll be able to drink away the pain of having spent £65 to eat in a dilapidated storage room.
I dunno. Maybe this will be fun and full of amazing artwork and food. It probably will be enjoyable for the select few who get to experience it, but The Minotaur still strikes me as absurd and way over-the-top. Kind of like a real minotaur.
Photo by IanVisits