The Metlac bridge in Veracruz, Mexico is over 400 feet from the ground and is about 300 feet long, making it one of the tallest bridges in North America. Clinging to the edge of this bridge, a few young writers risk their lives to proliferate their names. Doubters commenting on ILoveGraffiti (German site)’s coverage were provided with this video.
Idiotic or impressive?
Photos courtesy of ILoveGraffiti
The Street Museum of Art has launched its second venture in “guerilla curating” in London’s artsy district of Shoreditch. Like their first exhibition, it’s basically a self-guided street art tour with museum-like wall labels. The exhibition’s title, “Beyond Banksy: Not another gift shop“, is likely a tongue and cheek reference to the commercial attention that street art has received in London these past few years, with Banksy at the forefront of the movement. In all fairness, Banksy has become enough of a household name that he and Exit Through the Gift Shop are frequently my reference points when speaking about street art to people outside this niche community. For that, I am thankful that I get to SMoA advises that the name is not meant to undermine the work of the beloved stencil artist, rather it is to encourage those who have Banksy as their token understanding of street art to the diversity of the other talented artists on the streets. This exhibition highlights works by artists such as C215, Christiaan Nagel, Eine, Mobstr, Pablo Delgado, Phlegm, Roa, Run, Skewville, Space Invader, Stik and Swoon.
The map of the exhibited works are available here and the hours are… well, unlimited.
Photo by Street Museum of Art
Well, it’s a slow week, but not completely silent. Here’s a bit of what we missed:
Photo by Liqen
Two frequent collaborators, 2501 and James Kalinda, produced these pieces this week in an abandoned factory in Parma, Italy (the work above was just 2501 and the figure below was a collaboration between the two). It’s a little morbid, but it works and 2501’s bird head is a great effect.
Photos by 2501
Argentinian artists Elian and Pastel collaborated on various pieces during this year’s Fountain Art Fair in Wynwood, Miami. Both artists exhibited works inside the fair, as part of a collaboration curated by Atlanta’s public art non-profit Living Walls.
The above collaboration utilizes use of fleeting, temporary mediums that captures Elian’s and Pastel’s playful and meaningful interaction with public art. Pastel uses chalk as his medium; creating organic relationships with weather and the passing of time, while Elian’s repetitive lines will remain and play with the empty space that evolved through the lapse of time.
This collaboration was one of my favorites that I saw in Wynwood this year. Both pieces communicate with each other but also have the ability to stand on their own as separate works.
Photos courtesy of Elian and Pastel
La Mesa is an incredibly talented realistic painter from Spain. He seems to have a good understanding of the way light hits an object. His attention to detail (especially with hair) reminds me a bit of Dan Witz, if Witz were to work with spray paint instead of acrylic. A lot of his work is in black and white but he is also pretty skilled at painting in color. You can find more by La Mesa on his Flickr and Unurth posted a few beautiful walls in Western Sahara in January.
Photos by La Mesa
0331C and a few friends came together to bring the people of Moscow the gift of this incredible graffiti Christmas tree. That looks like it was a lot of fun except for the -13 ºF weather they were painting in. More photos at Ekosystem.
Photos courtesy of Ekosystem
Earlier this month, I wrote about my 25 favorite murals of the year over at Complex.com. Check out the list and let me know what you think. One caveat: I submitted the list to Complex before Miami, so nothing from Miami this year was considered for it.
Photo by Geoff Hargadon
Photos courtesy of Hush
