This is post #3 and in our series about The Painted Desert Project. You can see posts 1 and 2 here andhere. The first round of The Painted Desert Project took place last month in the Navajo Nation and was an effort by Jetsonorama and Yote to use art to help improve the local economy. Gaia, Overunder, Doodles, Labrona, Jetsonorama, Tom Greyeyes and Breeze put up art as part of this round of the project, and there will be at least one more group of artists visiting in the future. After the jump, we have photos of work by Jetsonorama, Breeze, Gaia, Labrona and Doodles, as well as a couple of shots of Jetsonorama of the artists at work and play… Continue reading “The Painted Desert Project – round 1, post 3”
How and Nosm have finished their mural in Philadelphia, titled Personal Melody. The mural, by former graffiti writers and depicting falling bombs, is a bit of a change from what the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program usually commissions, but Tony Goldman’s Goldman Properties was also behind the project. Goldman Projects owns the Bowery and Houston mural site as well as the Wynwood Walls site in Miami.
Photo by Steve WeinikPhoto by Steve Weinik
Photo courtesy of How and Nosm
How and Nosm have more pics of the mural on their blog.
Photos courtesy of How and Nosm and by Steve Weinik
Brandalism is a large-scale billboard hijacking project up right now throughout England. The organizers have put artwork over ads in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London over the past few days, and they’ve worked with dozens of artists from 8 countries to do it. So far, about 35 billboards have been taken over and replaced with art, but there may be as many as 50 when the project is finished. The project calls itself the “the world’s first international, collaborative subvertising project,” which is not true, but it is still very exciting and a high-impact way to show what could be in our public spaces instead of advertising. Some fantastic artists have contributed to the project including Jordan Seiler, OX, Ron English, Cleon Peterson, Paul Insect and Know Hope.
Remi/Rough has been bringing lettering back into his outdoor work this year with some traditional graffiti pieces, but he’s still got his abstract style going as well. Here are some of his recent pieces from both sides of the spectrum.
BEAU adds finishing touches to his mural; the image on the right is by Jim Joe
Conceived by First Street residents Pebbles Russell and Jonathan Neville in memory of their friend, Mike Hamm, The Centre-Fuge Art Project has transformed an abandoned trailer into a vibrant canvas. This weekend marked its fourth cycle engaging an eclectic range of artists to share their visions with passersby on First Street off First Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village. Here are some photos captured over the weekend:
Deps1 with a messageNever with the Muffin Man at work on the rightThe Yok & Sheryo together again
Greek artists Simek and Greg Papagrigoriou have both individually managed successful art careers and have been longtime collaborators. With styles so complementary of one another’s, the duo have finally established their joined efforts under the name Blaqk. To see more by Blaqk, check out the official Flickr or Tumblr.
Here’s how Overunder describes the impetus for the project:
The Painted Desert Project began as Jetsonorama, aka Chip Thomas pasted one of his photographs on an abandoned roadside stand only to return months down the road and see the very same stand now open for business. Amazed, he pulled over and chatted with the folks only to learn that their impetus to re-open was based on seeing tourists stop to take photos of the art work. They figured it was the best captive audience they’d seen in years and the only thing to make it better was if there was another one for traffic going the opposite direction. Unabashadly Chip let them know about his altar ego Jetsonorama and the cogs started turning.
Before the paste could dry Chip and fellow street artist Yote had a plan to bring some of their favorite artist to the Painted Desert to paint run-down stands in an attempt to rejuvenate the life of those in need of business and as Chip states, “explore how this might build community.”
Overunder has more about his part in the project on his blog.
Tristan Manco recently brought Remed and Saner together in London to work on a project for Wahaca, a chain of Mexican restaurants in London. The Wahaca Southbank Experiment, where Remed and Saner painted, is a temporary restaurant at London’s Southbank Centre. More info here, and more photos of what Saner and Remed got up to after the jump. Continue reading “Remed and Saner paint for Wahaca”
