Philadelphia is known, perhaps too well, for character-based sticker art. Even some of this city’s best street artists, like NoseGo, have roots in characters on stickers. But Joe Boruchow is one artist who is onto something completely different. I’ve seen a few of Joe’s pieces in person and they always make me stop to have …
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I made it over to Woodward Gallery last week to check out its current exhibit, Summer Selections. Described as “a selection of work by legendary and new contemporary masters,” it features some of my favorite street artists, along with such masters as Jasper Johns, Paul Gauguin and Robert Rauschenberg. And what a treat to discover an …
Jetsonorama was recently invited to Durango, Colorado to put up a mural, but the story of how the wall came to be is as interesting as the finished product. The mural, headless heroes of the apocalypse, is from a photo that Jetsonorama took while he was in Baltimore earlier this year for Open Walls Baltimore, …
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As the lines between graffiti and street art continue to blur, Graffiti Underworld: Visions, Vandals and Visionaries reminds us just how distinct the two worlds are. Although both graffiti writers and street artists claim the streets as their own, their social and cultural backgrounds, motivations and sensibilities share little in common. Based on five years of interviewing …
One of the coolest spots in Manhattan’s Lower East Side/Chinatown neighborhood is the Klughaus Gallery, as it features some of the best graffiti and street art to be found anywhere. I haven’t been getting down there often enough, but when in the neighborhood earlier today, I dropped by. And it couldn’t have been a more …
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OX has the very admirable ability to look at the city and see the potential for art just about anywhere. He finds billboards, looks at what’s around them, and uses those surroundings to inspire his takeovers of billboard spaces. For OX, even things as seemingly mundane as a concrete wall can provide inspiration. If street …
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Today Banksy‘s website was updated with two new Olympics-themed pieces. It’s not yet clear where these new stencils are located, but London is a good bet. If they are in London, that’s going to make for an interesting situation as someone is going to have to decide whether or not to paint over these walls …
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Since I heard about the Keith Haring x OBEY collaboration, I have been waiting to see the end result. Thankfully, this Autumn I won’t be sporting OBEY’s usual snap back but an array of worn in tees and hoodies emblazoned with some of Haring’s most iconic images. The line will even boast a leather varsity …
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Let’s see what has been happening off of Vandalog this week. I recently wrote a list of Complex.com giving my thoughts on the 50 greatest street artists right now. Let me know what you think. So far, the main criticism (besides the usual “screw you” flame war stuff) seems to be that I did not …
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I am a big fan of South American street art, maybe it’s because it is so different to what I tend to see in London, or perhaps it’s just because it tends to be pretty bloody good. Peruvian artist Jade has been rather prolific over the last couple of months and here are a few …
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