It looks like things are starting to come together for this year’s FAME Festival. The latest artists to stop by are the duo Cyop e Kaf. I’ve never heard of these two, but Angelo (FAME’s organizer) says that they are the biggest street artists in Naples, Italy. It looks like they’ve done quite a few great pieces at FAME, and while in town, they also made a print for Studiocromie which will be released soon.
Photos from FAME. More photos on the FAME Festival blog
Dolk is in New York for his two person show that opened at Brooklynite with M City entitled Eurotrash. Of course, like an good street artist, Dolk has crowned the visit with some fantastic pieces. I’ve been scheming on that spot on Graham Avenue for almost a year now but never followed through. Glad he rocked the spot so well.
MOMO‘s latest project, Public Art in Private Spaces, looks awesome. MOMO is one of those artists that I like some times and other times I’m completely indifferent too. But he’s also one of the artists most-loved by the people whose tastes I trust. So I’m probably wrong about sometimes being indifferent to MOMO. It’s entirely possible that he’s a genius and I just don’t always see it. This project is one of my favorite this that he’s done though. MOMO went to Key West and painted murals inside people’s homes for free.
MOMO describes Public Art in Private Spaces like this:
An experiment to take “Public Art” deeper; right into peoples homes and intimate spaces.
I was curious to try creating artwork for a sampling of “the public” for free and with no obligations, like I’d do in the street, but more directly. I really don’t know the public I’m working for when I make things anonymously, and often the idea of public becomes mythic and hazy. This seemed like a way to learn what different people thought of my work, and to experience some pressure from the close contact.
Urban/Street/Outdoor/Public Art not urban street or outdoors, just very public.
And he made this video documenting the project (so far):
Public Art in Private Spaces from MOMO on Vimeo.
Photo from MOMO
Flood Tide is an upcoming film that was made during Swoon’s Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea. It stars members of the bands Dark, Dark, Dark and Fall Harbor. Flood Tide isn’t a documentary, but rather a fictional story that just happens to have been filmed during the Swimming Cities project. The film is almost done, but they need another $10,000 to finish the editing and start distribution. That’s why they’ve started a page on Kickstarter asking people to pledge enough money to get the film made. If they can raise $10,000 in donations by July 20th, the film will get finished, and if not, all the pledged money will be returned. Of course, there are also some rewards for those who help out. I pledged $30, so I’ll get access to a members-only website, tickets to some film screenings in NYC and a digital download of the film when it is finished. Go to Flood Tide‘s Kickstarter page to learn more.
It was recently pointed out that I had somehow forgotten to mention that you can now buy issue 11 of Very Nearly Almost on their website. The reason it’s odd that I’ve gotten to mention this is that, besides being a great magazine as always, this issue actually has a fair bit to do with Vandalog. There is an interview with Vandalog blogger Gaia and with Case by me. There’s also interviews with people like Mike Giant, Insa and Ruedione (whose book Backflashes is out soon). And at just £4.00 for 100 pages of art goodness, VNA is a fantastic value for an art magazine or book.
Roa’s show at Factory Fresh opens on Friday evening, and he’s just made this short video teaser:
Boasting an impressive team of over 30 artists, Strychnin Gallery‘s up coming show Conquistadores brings a fusion of fresh contemporary talent from both Spain and Latin America to Berlin. With globalization affecting both the Spanish and Latin American art scene, recent art contributions from both these countries seem to have dwindled and become nothing more then a footnote in the global art history books. Featuring artists whose work deals with local and national issues, Conquistadors will display a variety of traditional disciplines such as painting, installation, sculpture and photography; representing the common values of today’s global artistic community.
Conquistadors will see works from the likes of – Basco Vazko, Herbert Baglione, Rene Almanza, JazzIzolag, Vitche, Yuske, Rodez, Gabriel Moreno, San, Dixon and Saner.
Bast has updated his website with some new artwork. These are some of my favorite pieces I’ve seen by Bast recently.
This looks like it could be a print or an original. Not sure which, but it’s my favorite of this bunch:
Bast’s website doesn’t say if these works are for sale or for a future show or anything. He just posted the images.
There’s also this new print called Ghost Town. It’s an edition of 4 and was available for $600, but they’ve all sold out already:
Via Hooked and Feed Your Wall
Photos from Bast
Loving this piece by Sr. Marmota on Fashion Street in London. Works especially well with all the old faded pieces behind it.
Photo by Sr. Marmota
Just finished painting a huge mural for the second year of the Axis Alley Project. Full install begins next weekend and the opening will be May 23rd. Made out for an interesting piece for the fingers body and head become barely perceptible on the surface of this abandoned building right behind calvert street in Baltimore. Check out the flickr for more photos of other recent street work.
