Banksy‘s website has just been updated with some new work from his recent trips to Glastonbury and Hastings UPDATE: and Brighton. Check out these two videos:
Pier Pressure in Hastings Brighton–
and Royal Visit at Glastonbury-
And you can go to the “Outdoors” section of Banksy’s site to see some of the stencils and signs that he put up in Hastings and Glastonbury and Brighton.
UPDATE: TheArtCollectors was there when the wall was being painted, so they’ve got the full story of all the crazy things that went down.
Twist aka Barry Mcgee has just completed this crazy wall of tags at the Bowery and Houston spot in NY previously painted by Shepard Fairey, Os Gêmeos and Keith Haring. It’s looking pretty awesome right now, but McGee tried this back in San Diego and the wall had to be buffed after residents complained! This is a legal spot, but still, expect complaints.
If you look closely, you’ll see a huge variety of tags including classics like Twister, Iz the Wiz, Amaze (McGee’s longtime assistant) and Revok as well as shout outs to McGee’s friends (Todd) and other McGee pseudonyms (R. Fong, DFW).
Photos by sabeth718
Herakut’s latest LA solo show, Hope’s Reply, will be taking place at LeBasse Projects next month. I think it’s safe to say that people can expect typical Herakut goodness, so make sure to be there for the opening on September 18th. Campbarbossa was kind enough to send over a couple of teaser shots:
Photos courtesy of Campbarbossa
Meeting of Styles London (organized once again by End of The Line and Probs) 2010 just took place. While there were plenty of amazing walls painted, the most impressive is definitely this one by Da Mental Vaporz (Bom.k, Jaw, Sowat, Brusk, Blo, Dran and Kan). Not much to say here besides “Damn that’s good!”
To see more from Meeting of Styles, check out the official flickr group, unusualimage’s set, and RomanyWG’s set.
Photos by unusualimage and RomanyWG
Seems like the streetwear blogs have been drooling over this latest toys from Kaws. His Pinocchio toys and shirts are about to be released, and all the usual Kaws lovers are of course eager to get their hands on this new design. But AnimalNY tells it like it is:
His latest partnership is with Disney and for me, like graffiti writers painting legal walls, there’s something weak about obtaining permission from the companies that should be getting knocked-off.
I’m not particularly a Kaws hater. In fact, I like A LOT of his work, both new and old. This new toy is pretty meh though, and I just don’t get why everybody is so excited about it. And yeah, kind of funn that he actually licensed the image from Disney. To be fair to Kaws though, his graffiti days are long behind him, and I don’t think anybody should have any misconceptions about that. He’s an artist/designer now. Not a subversive artist/graffiti writer. Nothing inherently wrong with that. It’s just a change (though admittedly not a recent one).
Photo courtesy of OriginalFake
Jordan Seiler, organizer of the infamous NYSAT and bane to the advertising world, has just released the site to TOSAT, the Toronto Street Advertising Takeover Project. Attacking both street level back lit sites and elevated billboards, the project included more than 60 international artists whose work replaced over 90 ads. As always, these projects that Jordan has conducted are an important marriage between formal aspects of street art and activism. To learn more check out the website: http://www.publicadcampaign.com/tosat/
The Project description is as follows “With over half the worlds population now living in cities, our public spaces are playing an ever important role in the construction of our collective social identity. Outdoor advertising, with an interest in widely disseminating commercial ideals is finding its way deeper and deeper into these environments. While it is understood that commercial messages do not share our collective interests, we still do not question its use of our shared environments. In an effort to invigorate debate about how commercial interests are using public space and raise questions about how our communities desire to use those same spaces, non-violent civil disobedience projects like TOSAT engage the public in a dialogue of participation.”
“The TOSAT project is the most recent street advertising takeover project executed by PublicAdCampaign in Toronto. With over 60 artists and an international roster of contributors, this project provides a model for continued takeovers around the world. With each new city, a new set of on the ground collaborators will be necessary and many thanks must go out to PosterChild, Sean Martindale, and the DuSpa collective in Toronto for their unwavering support. As well these projects could not take place without the continued support of all the artists involved and we extend our deepest gratitude to all of those participants.”
Photos courtesy of TOSAT
It’s had like a million views at this point (and I’m not exaggerating) so you’ve probably seen this video already, but it’s still fun to watch. If you’re a fan, you can support the Poster Boy movement, the new Poster Boy book, The War of Art and the new street art/graffiti legal defence fund K.A.R.A.T.E. (about time we had one of these) in four different cities on Saturday night:
Pure Evil in London, 17 Frost in NYC or AE District in Miami.
Or come hang out with the incredible writer of this post at Carmichael Gallery in LA.
– Elisa
Video by Keith Haskel, who also made the fantastic video the four galleries will be screening on the night.
Kid Acne‘s “stabby women” have been found all around the world. Of course, I’m most familiar with them in London, but I’ve also found them in cities like New York and Barcelona. These women are some of the most interesting pieces of street art to come across. From the day they are pasted until they are completely rusted through, these seemingly simple characters inhabit space in such an interesting way.
Now, Kid Acne has made a fanzine devoted to his women. Like a true fanzine, this isn’t some overproduced art book, but a labor of love. In the zine, Kid Acne has documented some of his best stabby women from around the world. Maybe it’s just because I’m still decorating my college dorm, but, for me, the best part of the zine were the series of postcards that come with it (not that the zine isn’t fun too). I’ve stuck most of the postcards on my wall and I’m sure I’ll be mailing the rest. The stabby women fanzine and postcards are available online now for £15.
I think I’ll end this post with a quote from SheOne, found in the stabby women zine:
She called me over with a wink, head tilted, smiling, sword drawn, in a doorway in Brooklyn.
I leaned close, and through wispered detail unveiled her warrior status, paper crusader, leader of a beautiful army. Right there I was sleign.”
You can find the limited edition zine as well as some limited edition stabby women shirts at Kid Acne’s online store.
I love this wall Dotmasters recently painted at Nuart. It’s not easy to be cute without getting lame and cutesy.
– Elisa
PS If you haven’t seen the tower Blu and Ericailcane painted for the festival, check out the photos on Unurth. Then keep an eye out for updates on the Nuart twitter and blog – there are a lot of great artists still to come. I also did an interview with Martyn (the festival’s curator) for the next issue of The Art Street Journal. It was great to listen to his thoughts on the festival and its swift growth. The media has a tendency to throw the spotlight on the artists, but I believe it’s also very important to recognize the people who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make things happen. Martyn is one of those people and if you’re a reader of the journal, I hope you find our conversation as interesting as I did.
Here’s a show to check out if you live in Sydney – Stormie Mills at Richard Martin Art. His last solo there was really good so I’m looking forward to seeing what this one looks like. You can see some of the work here. The opening is on September 1 from 6-8pm.
Stormie’s a great guy and I think his personality really comes out in his work. There’s so much soul in his little characters.
– Elisa
