Augor, Craola, Trav, Witness, Dabs Myla, and Rime recently linked up for a massive wall down in Venice, California. It’s like an explosion of collaborative aerosol wonder. Check out more photos below!
New Pieces From JR & Vhils
In anticipation of the unveiling of the four-man show EuroTrash at the Lazarides pop-up exhibition space in Los Angeles, JR and Vhils have slapped LA with a few gorgeous pieces. Check them out below!
Photos courtesy of Sonja Teri
Aakash Nihalani’s Stop, Pop and Roll
Cool new street piece from Aakash Nihalani. Check out his process of making it in the video below. (Also look out for another of his recent pieces, plus cameos by Banksy, Specter, C215 and more.)
Photos courtesy Jim Kiernan and © 2010 Aakash Nihalani.
– Elisa
Booked – Group Exhibition and Book Day at Carmichael Gallery
It’s been a long time since Seth and I have had a group show this big at Carmichael Gallery – there will be over 35 artists represented on the walls when we open “Booked” on Saturday, June 5th! Some of the artists we’ve worked with for several years and others we’ll be showing for the first time. We’re also going to have lots of great art books and magazines from publishers like Drago, Gingko, Studiocromie (I really enjoyed opening up the box of Blu and Sam3 books!) and VNA. Books and art are two of the best things in the world, in my opinion, so it should be a fun event! We will be open from 12-8pm on Saturday for Culver City Art Walk (make sure to visit all the other galleries on the block if you come by; there will be lots of cool things to see) and the reception itself is from 6-8pm.
Here are some of the pieces in the show.
Martha Cooper
Escif
SpY
Anthony Lister
Lucas Price (aka Cyclops)
Bumblebee
Brad Downey
Here’s the full line up of artists and publishers:
Aiko, Banksy, Beejoir, Blek le Rat, Boxi, Bumblebee, C215, Henry Chalfant, Martha Cooper, D*Face, Brad Downey, Eine, Ericailcane, Escif, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Stelios Faitakis, Gaia, Hush, Mark Jenkins, Dave Kinsey, Know Hope, Labrona, Anthony Lister, Lucy McLauchlan, Aakash Nihalani, Walter Nomura (a.k.a. Tinho), Other, Steve Powers (a.k.a. ESPO), Lucas Price (a.k.a. Cyclops), Retna, Saber, Sam3, Sixeart, Slinkachu, SpY, Judith Supine, Titi Freak, Nick Walker, Dan Witz and WK Interact
Drago, Gingko Press, Murphy Design, Prestel, Rojo, SCB Distributors, Studiocromie, Very Nearly Almost, Zupi
The show runs from June 5 – July 3. Drop in to say hi if you’re in LA!
– Elisa
Pedro Matos at Montana Shop Lisbon
Pedro Matos has a solo show opening on June 4th at the Montana Shop and Gallery in Lisbon. Should be interesting. Pedro’s piece for Art Stars really impressed me, so I can’t wait to see what he’s painted for this show.
The press release:
Montana Shop&Gallery Lisboa is proud to present Reality Show, a solo exhibition of new works by the Portuguese young artist Pedro Matos. The exhibition will feature a new series of oil, acrylic and aerosol paintings on canvas, as well as two site-specific gallery installations thought to make the connection between Pedro’s work both on the street and gallery.
Pedro has been developing a body of work focusing on his concerns about people and their values, about society and the human condition. Although aesthetically influenced by a mix of the old masters, the religious subject matter have been replaced by the portrayal of those who are downtrodden, unnoticed, unappreciated and forgotten. His work also shows a post-graffiti sense of beauty found in the decaying and abandoned surfaces and places. This same sense of beauty and aesthetics is also found in the subjects that Pedro chooses to portray.
Pedro started painting at the age of 16 (2006) completely self-thaught and began by showing his work in small local venues. Simultaneously, Pedro pasted up original charcoal drawings, first in the streets of Lisbon and then around Europe.
INSA – Tights & Leggings Mixtape
In anticipation of INSA and Inkie’s European summer exhibit, Fools Gold, Dj Kokoro has made a very special mix tape especially for this upcoming event.
Bristol legend Inkie and London graffiti fetishist INSA will be traveling across Europe, painting murals in London, Brussels and Berlin, finally arriving in Warsaw to hang their first ever collaborative exhibition of paintings and limited edition prints. Tights and Leggings will be the official afterparty of the Fool’s Gold launch party in Warsaw on June 11th.
DJ Kokoro has many different beats in his bag, mainly focusing on various style of dubstep, going through UK-garage, grime and reggae, while also playing dubplates from his own ‘Neo Tokyo Bass’ crew. Based where the name suggests, the NTB ‘push pure vibes of their origin through the filter of dubstep beat science’.
Download Tights & Leggings Mix vol.3 HERE
Adek
Let it be known that Adek BTM crew is crushing New York right now. Jade, Soup, Haeler, MQ, Fuct, Gusto and Refry in the mix as well. West coast holding shit down. Photo props to Luna Park and Laser Burners
First Week of Street Work in New York
Been back in New York for a week and have been getting up every night. Working in the studio all the time and feeling fantastic being back at home. Here are a couple of the street pieces I ve been rocking this week.
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Banksy’s Pet Store creatures
One of my favorite things about watching Exit Through The Gift Shop in Banksy’s pop-up cinema off of Leake Street was being able to once again see some of the animatronics from his Village Pet Store show. Here’s the video that came out of that encounter (it’s from Babelgum, so you may not see the video embedded if you are using certain RSS readers):
Miranda July sculptures in New York
Miranda July’s sculptures were my 2nd favorite artworks at last year’s Venice Biennale. In fact, this is a picture of me with one of them:
It’s awesome to see that these sculptures will be on display in NYC. I will definitely be stopping by Union Square Park when I’m in town soon. These sculptures are well worth seeing. Even if it’s the same sculptures from Venice, I wouldn’t mind seeing them again.
If you do go and see these, bring a camera and post links to your photos in the comments.