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Vandalog turns one today!

Happy birthday to Vandalog. October 15th is the 1st birthday of Vandalog. In the last year, there have been 600-some posts from 7 different writers (not including the Great in 08 series), the addition of Gaia and Elisa Carmichael as contributing writers, interviews with artists like Veng and Matt Small and a bunch of other bits. Well over 1000 people are reading Vandalog every day, and next week I’ll be launching an internet tv series. Basically, it’s grown a lot this year and been extremely fun to write.

Photo by Kelly Sue
Photo by Kelly Sue

Enough self-congratulations. I really want to thank everybody who reads Vandalog and has been supportive of what I’m trying to do with it. And if you haven’t emailed me before, please know that I’m pretty good about responding to just about any email within 24 hours, so if you need any street art related help, do not hesitate to ask. Interaction with the art community is why I post here.

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The Ghostvillage Project

This looks awesome…

Ghostvillage from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.

Remi says…

Curated by Agents of Change, The Ghostvillage was conceived as an antidote to a world of ever increasing safety and mediocrity. Six artists were given free reign of a never inhabited village on the west coast of Scotland – working on pristine walls Remi/Rough, Stormie, System, Timid, Derm and Juice 126 have created a gallery like no other…..and finally given the village the ghosts it deserves…..

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Shepard Fairey retrospective hits Warhol Museum

If you missed the Shepard Fairey retrospective Supply and Demand while it was in Boston recently, you can still catch it at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh starting October 18th (17th if you want to pay $35 to get into the opening party).

Almost makes me wish I wasn’t on a gap year right now because I almost decided to go to university in Pittsburgh.

And if you have already seen the show in Boston, you can still check out all the pieces Fairey has been placing in the city streets. One way to do that is wander around central Pittsburgh until you see something. A quicker way to to use this Google Map with all the locations already marked for you (some with pictures).

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Roa visits London

Roa

Roa has spent the last week or so in London, and he’s been doing quite a bit of painting. He’s maybe the most prolific street artist I can think of. I went out this afternoon to take photos of the pieces I knew about and discovered 3 new ones walking around Brick Lane. These are most, but not all, of the pieces Roa has painted while in town.

Roa

Roa

Roa

Roa

Roa

Expect a time lapse of Roa painting plus video interview with him coming soon…

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MuTate Britain: One Foot in the Grove

Giles Walker_Baby Head

MuTate Britain: One Foot in the Grove is now open. It might not match last year‘s event, but it’s still a great party with cool art and something for everybody.

Put simply: MuTate has sculptures shooting fire into the air. ‘Nuf said.

In all seriousness though, the sculptures and paintings are very cool. Best Ever, Busk, Mode2, Sickboy and many many many others have contributed to make something special and unique.

Sickboy
Sickboy

I could say that I liked this painting or that painting, but half the time I didn’t know who painted my favorite pieces, they were just good, regardless of the name behind them.

Bleach, Busk and Zadok
Bleach, Busk and Zadok

But is it the absolute best art in the world? Not always. It’s just fun to see. Even a poorly painted stencil contributes to the atmosphere and makes MuTate a nice place to grab a beer or two.

Best Ever
Best Ever

This is the art show you can bring your friends to who would rather just go to the pub (see: my comment about fire).

Part2ism
Part2ism

MuTate Britain is located underneath Westway in London near Ladbroke Grove station. Who knows how long this party is going to continue (even the artists I spoke with said anywhere from a few weeks to indefinitely), so go check it out now.

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Doze Green on WalrusTV

I’m a huge fan of Doze Green. He might just be my favorite of the old school graffiti scene. That’s why I’m so excited about the latest video from WalrusTV. If you like Doze, you have to check this out: