Today I discovered an artist who had spent the better part of a year plagiarizing the work of others by photoshopping his own name into photographs that he found online. That artist is from Oklahoma City and goes by the name Bubo. He was quite active on Twitter, with 1399 followers before he deleted his …
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The Jordanian Jabal Al Qala’a community, situated on Amman’s highest hill, had a rare treat earlier this month. Through the efforts and support of the British Council, noted London-based street artist Stik brought his talent and passion to this historic district, where – Stik notes — “stray cats rummage through rubbish tips and children play …
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The exterior surfaces of many of San Juan’s decayed and abandoned buildings – along with the concrete walls found largely in its public housing projects – have become canvases for some of the most vibrant graffiti and alluring street art that I’ve seen anywhere. Here is a sampling of what we saw on our recent visit: Bad, …
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In Bogota, Colombia, the walls don’t talk. They scream. Featuring the artwork of Bogota Street Art, a collective of four of Bogota’s most active street artists – Dj Lu, Gouache, Lesivo and Toxicómano — the recently released Calle Esos Ojos testifies to both the visual and political impact of street art in Colombia’s capital. Here …
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Doyle New York has organized the first art auction in NYC based around the work of street artists and graffiti writers. The auction will take place on Tuesday, October 16th. Some of the highlights of the auction include work by Richard Hambleton and LAII, Margaret Kilgallen, Date Farmers, Shepard Fairey, Todd James, and Bast. And …
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Sometimes when I’m making these Wild Style Wednesday posts, I have a difficult time deciding whether I can include a piece because I can’t distinguish if it is “graffiti” or really just “street art”. For some reason, that matters. I ask myself questions like “Does the work have arrows?” “Is there reference to a 3-letter-name graffiti crew?” …
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The small town of La Louvière, in Belgium is host to a brilliant Urban Art exhibition being held at “Centre de la Gravure et de’limage imprimée” (The Center for Engraving and the Printed Image). Showing through September 2, 2012, “Vues sur Murs” (Wallscapes: Prints in Street Art) features an impressive list of international artists, many making …
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The good people over at Juxtapoz have once again inspired me to post about an artist who paints some interesting freight trains. Aris is based in Italy and his seems a bit unexpected for freights, but unexpected can be good, and these trains look beautiful. Sort of reminds me of Run, another Italian street artist. …
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Ron English, Shepard Fairey, TrustoCorp and Risk painted last week at the London Pleasure Gardens, a brand new cultural center of sorts from the folks behind MuTate Britain. Fairey has had some involvement with MuTate Britain organization before, but I’m not sure about the other artists. Whatever the case, there’s some nice work that went …
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In continuation of Katowice Street Art Festival – part 1, this post concludes the two-part series on the Katowice Street Art Festival, which took place last month from April 20th to the 29th. Toward the end of last month the Katowice Street Art Festival came to a close. Held in southern Poland, the festival featured a reputable lineup of …
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