Do you want Elfo’s Facebook login info? We have it.

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Elfo has just given up the keys to his Facebook account for a piece he is calling Free Login. This begins what is intended to be a 10-day digital performance something like a modern version of Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0 or Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece. You can now log in to his elfostreetart@yahoo.it account using the password “smokesmoke” to have full access to his account. Of course, someone could change the password at any moment, keeping the performance going on for longer than intended. Assuming Elfo still has access to his account at the end of this, Free Login will be over on July 11th.

Flyer courtesy of Elfo

Sunday link-o-rama

L'Atlas, Mecro and more in Paris
L’Atlas, Mecro and more in Paris

Wait! The weekend isn’t over yet. Enjoy a bit of light reading and cool photos before the work week returns:

Photo by Laser Burners

Melbourne Monthly Madness – May 2013

Adnate - Photo by Dean Sunshine
Adnate. Photo by Dean Sunshine

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 I hope to share with you soon.

Anyway, May was another exciting month in Melbourne, I love the energy Melbourne has when it comes to street art and graff. It just doesn’t stop. Continue reading “Melbourne Monthly Madness – May 2013”

From street art to sculpture

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From the Street Up is a show coming up soon at NYC’s Woodward Gallery. The gallery invited artists Royce Bannon and Cassius Fouler to co-curate the show, which focuses on sculptural work by street artists and public artists. The line up includes John Ahearn, 
Richard Hambleton, 
NohJColey, Leon Reid IV, 
Skewville, Gabriel Specter, 
Stikman, UFO and more. That’s one of the most interesting and impressive lists for a group show that I’ve seen in a while. Some of my favorite artists will be in this show, including a few like Hambleton, UFO and Stikman who don’t show their work indoors very often.

From the Street Up opens July 6th from 6-8pm.

Fiasco Creative Art Magazine review

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Recently, I received the latest edition of London-based Fiasco Creative Art Magazine. Fiasco has a lot of promise; with full-color glossy pages, it’s hard to detect this is only the second issue. The quality is somewhere between a full-fledged magazine and your average art zine. For this issue, there are interviews with ACE, Hello Monsters, Abject One and Michael De Feo. Although the street art photography isn’t formally labeled (that is to say, the artist has perhaps signed the piece but regardless the magazine doesn’t cite them), the zine is full of interesting snaps of what’s been happening on the streets of London.

I used to spend hours in book stores flipping through every street art book, absorbing every image, and of course wanting to reread them all at home. But let’s face it: art books are expensive. Receiving a quarterly zine is a great way to get the same or similar content of those books but more recent and for less money. Is it as long or durable as a book? No, but they’re probably still worth saving. Fiasco is just £5 (just under $8) per issue and the last edition came with a poster by ACE.

Follow Fiasco on Facebook or tumblr.

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Photos by Ross Beasley

The Affordably Fun Art Fair Arrives in Bushwick

Youth Waste
Youth Waste

I love the notion of an affordable art fair that features works by artists whose visions also surface on our streets. The Affordably Fun Art Fair, opening tonight, Friday,  6-10pm at 330 Ellery Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn does just that — presenting over 40 such artists who are selling their works for $150 or less. While visiting, I was struck by the incredible range of works for sale — from the starkly elegant to the boldly comical. Here’s a small sampling:

Buildmore
Buildmore
Tony Depew
Tony Depew
Crasty
Crasty
Cern
Cern
Cake
Cake
Billy Mode, close-up
Billy Mode, close-up

Conceived and coordinated by Rhiannon Platt, the fair continues from 1-6pm tomorrow, Saturday.

Photos by Lois Stavsky

Isaac Cordal in Sweden and France

"The Family" in Nantes, France.
“The Family” in Nantes, France

Isaac Cordal sent over these recent images from his Cement Eclipses series. They are in France and Orebro, Sweden. The work in Orebro was for OpenART and the work in Nantes is for Le Voyage à Nantes and is just the start of his work in Nantes, where Cordal is currently working on an installation of involving 2000 figures.

"Follow the leaders" in Saint Nazarene, France
“Follow the leaders” in Saint Nazarene, France
"Education is not industrial" in Nantes, France
“Education is not industrial” in Nantes, France
"Stalker" in Orebro, Sweden
“Stalker” in Orebro, Sweden

Photos by Isaac Cordal

Up on the Roof: Ever, Sonni and ND’A

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Ever

For the last week, Argentinian artists Ever and Sonni, along with Brooklyn-based ND’A, have been at work on a Williamsburg, Brooklyn rooftop. I’m loving the results. Here are a few more images I captured yesterday evening:

Sonni
Sonni
ND'A at work
ND’A at work
ND'A, Sonni and Ever
ND’A, Sonni and Ever
ND'A completed
ND’A completed piece — later in the evening

Photos by Lois Stavsky

Swoon’s print release for Braddock Tiles

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Swoon

In her ongoing effort, since 2007, to revitalize the suburb of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, Swoon has recently launched a print shop Braddock Tiles. Through creating and selling prints of images donated by 50 artists, Swoon is trying to raise funds for the construction of a new roof for the town’s community center made of 20,000 handmade, honeycomb-shaped, ceramic tiles. The prints are priced at a reasonable $45 and each at an edition size of 250. Definitely worth the purchase, in my opinion. You can have a look at the collection of prints here.

Butch Anthony
Butch Anthony
How & Nosm
How & Nosm
Chris Stain
Chris Stain
Cash for your Warhol
Cash for your Warhol
Gaia
Gaia
Logan Hicks
Logan Hicks

Photos courtesy of Braddock Tiles