Somehow I’ve only just come across Espir QFK, an awesomely fun and exciting artist out of California doing work which is a sort of back-to-the-basics street art/graffiti combo along the lines of guys like Swampy, Neckface, ORFN, You Go Girl and Ludvig. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know much about graff, …
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As Lois mentioned, “My Turn” (curated by L.A.-based Bumblebee) opened at the Carmichael Gallery recently, showcasing global artists deserving of wider audiences. Although the show’s title and theme failed to carry through to the works on display, it’s worth noting that Bumblebee showed admirable range in selecting fellow artists from the UK, Colombia, Argentina, Italy, …
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Okay, so you’ve seen Exit Through the Gift Shop, right? You probably laughed at those IDIOTS paying boatloads for Mr. Brainwash pieces, the ridiculousness of MBW’s operation, and the complete sheep that art-lovers can be. Because YOU ARE SMART. You don’t like MBW. And you’d never fall for something like that. Exit was safe, and …
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So I’ve been working a lot lately on Re:Humanities, a symposium of undergraduate work in the digital humanities. It’s taking place next week at Swarthmore College, just outside of Philadelphia. I hope you’ll come check it out if you’re nearby. I’ll be speaking about how the internet has changed street art, and there are a …
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Being that I just got back from China, I decided to do this week’s Wild Style Wednesday with the graffiti and street art of the Chinese city of Shanghai. Legal Team? Whatever that means. Photos by Kersavond and MyJediLightSaber
Rizzoli recently published the official book documenting The Underbelly Project, We Own the Night: The Art of The Underbelly Project. If you haven’t heard of The Underbelly Project, check out my firsthand account. Basically, over 100 artists were taken down to an abandoned subway station beneath New York City to put up artwork and explore …
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Gaia and Nanook were just in Atlanta for their turn at the new Living Walls Concepts series of mini-conferences that are an extention of Living Walls. Here’s what Joshua Rackliffe, Living Walls’ director of programming, has to say about their visit: Living Walls Concepts, a year-long extension of the conference’s programming, hosted its first collaboration …
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While I spend my day at my other job explaining to people how a skee-ball tournament is art (seriously), I hope you’ll enjoy these newsbites from the past two weeks: Almost everything I’ve seen of this show looks absolutely amazing: Saner’s solo in SF opening today. You can listen to this conversation between Retna and …
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You’ve almost definitely seen a photo at some point over the last few weeks of Tilt‘s Panic Room installation at The Hotel Au Vieux Panier in Marseille, France. Well now Tilt has released a video of how the project was done. It’s pretty much what you’d expect: Tilt and friends going a bit wild over …
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Globe-trotting street artist Tika just painted two beautiful new murals in Rio de Janeiro. What do you think of them? Photos by Tika
