Poster Boy, more accurately Henry Matyjewicz who is one of the artists involved with the Poster Boy movement, was recently sentenced to 11-months in prison for a just few hundred dollars worth of “damages” (depending on your point of view) to ads on the New York subway system. Mark Batty Publisher, the publisher of Poster …
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A few weeks ago I posted about The Treatment Rooms. In that post, I briefly mentioned the Angola 3 and Kenny Zulu Whitmore. They are prisoners in Angola Prison who have spent over 30 years in solitary confinement. Their stories are really terrible, and you can learn more on Wikipedia or Zulu’s website. The Free …
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Somewhere I’ll be sure to visit when I go to New York this April is The Freedom Tunnel (assuming I can find somebody to show me around there). It’s a Mecca of graffiti in NYC, and some of the city’s best work is found there. This burner by Mona is simply stunning. Photo from Laser …
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Just got some great photos of Sickboy’s upcoming Stay Free show. I posted about the show yesterday. It opens December 3rd, and one visitor will win an installation piece from the show worth £20,000. In my first post on the Stay Free show, I said I was curious to see how well Sickboy’s work would …
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June was another busy month in Melbourne. My round up for the month includes trains, walls, shows, a rad new publication and some other bits and pieces of goodness.. I’ll start with my favourite train for June. This one ran on June 6th – thanks to The best of Melbourne Graffiti for the pic. This …
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I am bored. In fact, I am not that bored, I am more disillusioned. But why? Firstly I am slightly fed up of seeing a lack of creativity in much of the street art I am currently viewing in London, hence these photos of interesting pieces by Monkey and the ATG Crew in Hvar, Croatia …
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Ok, so I am super late on this post, it’s almost July. I’ve been extremely busy this last month working on an introduction to a friend’s street art book and also some exciting projects here in Melbourne (as well as taking care of my good mates Melbourne Street art blog while he is away), all of which …
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Damn. It’s almost May! Sorry this is so late but it’s worth the wait. March was another action packed month in Melbourne. Starting off with Baby Guerrilla‘s show in Footscray. Baby Guerrilla’s paste ups have been adorning Melbourne’s walls for a few years now, and they are some of my favourites, her gallery work was new …
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Here’s some of the amazing stuff that happened in Melbourne last month. I’m sorry it’s so late – I am already working on the March post. Damn I am proud to post about my home town. So much goodness every month. Enjoy!
Loving this piece by OX. One billboard take over is interesting, two of the same and these anti-ads begin to really look like ads (but for nothing except maybe freedom from ads).
