Thank you so much to Street Art News for introducing me to the work of Roja Roma, an extremely talented muralist from Buenos Aires. I’m loving this work. Like many of the best young muralists from South America, Roja Roma mixes a street art vibe with a style that fans of traditional murals can love too. Here’s some of his recent work…
Photos courtesy of Roja Roma
Via Street Art News
Last month, INSA was planning to go to LA to paint a mural, but he needed money for a flight and other costs of getting to and staying in LA. To raise the money, he sent out an appeal to his fans through his blog and offered a series of 12 paintings for sale (shown here). Anyone who bought a painting would also get their name painted on the mural, a photo of the mural, a thank you letter and an INSA goodie bag. By reaching out directly to his fans, offering the works at a discount and explaining exactly how the money would be used to fund more art, INSA was able to raise enough money to get to LA. Here are some photos of INSA’s latest wall with LA Freewalls. Check out more on INSA’s blog.
Photos by Todd Mazer
Via VNA
The London Police, recently interviewed, painted a killer mural in Newcastle as part of their time at Unit 44, where their show closes today.
Photo courtesy of Unit 44
Enough cans o’ paint to make the rail squad faint.
Photos by BadDogWhiskas, Heavy Artillery, Soke, Spam Crew and TheSaltr,
Earlier this month, Labrona and Troy Lovegates aka Other came down from Canada for a few days. Their first stop was Haverford, the small Philadelphia suburb where I go to college. At Haverford College, they painted a mural on the same building that Gaia painted last year. Then, they spent less than 24 hours in Baltimore, but took advantage of every second for painting and getting up. In Baltimore, Martha Cooper invited them to paint in SoWeBo, a part of town where she has been photographing the residents.
Check out more photos from Haverford and Baltimore after the jump… Continue reading “Other and Labrona from Philadelphia to Baltimore”
This is my running hypothesis: Sarcasm is how self-aware, suburban youth make sense of urban culture. Faif understands. Do you?
Photos by Faif
Erica il Cane recently painted three sides of an artists’ studio space, Het vogelnest vzw, in the Belgian city of Ghent. He will also be showing his work inside the space on the 19th-20th of May and there is a “street art night” on the 19th with lectures by Sarah Rombouts, Peter Bosschaert, Harlan Levey and Javier Abarca, and a screening of Exit Through the Gift Shop. For more info on those events, check out the studio’s website. You can see all Erica il Cane’s murals after the jump… Continue reading “Erica il Cane show and murals in Ghent”
Remi/Rough met up with TwoOne and Hendo and collaborated on this wall in downtown Melbourne.
Photos by Remi/Rough
Caroline and I were in Baltimore this week checking out Open Walls Baltimore. If you have the chance, definitely make a trip over there. Full posts about Baltimore coming soon. Point is, between Baltimore and moving this weekend, I’ve been lax this week. Things should return to normal on Wednesday or Thursday, but in the mean time, here’s what I’ve been meaning to post about:
Photo by RJ Rushmore
