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June 4, 2014

Brandalism returns to the UK

Anthony Lister and John Fekner in London

About two years ago, a group got together to take over about 50 billboards throughout the UK in the course of a few days. It was the Brandalism project. And they are back. Last month, Brandalism brought together the work of 40 artists, including a few very big names, to replace 365 bus-shelter ads in 10 UK cities. The results are beautiful and impressive. Here are a few of my favorites (okay, it’s a lot, because there’s a lot of great work in this project):

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June 22, 2013June 21, 2013

Weekend link-o-rama

It’s that time again. Enjoy the rest of the interwebs…

Giant wooden Kaws sculptures.
I love Ankles, and he is really crushing it with these ad disruptions.
These NSA memes are great, especially the Shepard Fairey ones.
These interventions by R1 are an unexpected joy.
Steve Powers just directed a music video and made a mask for MF Doom’s new JJ Doom project.
There’s a new video about A.ce, a longtime wheatpasting and stickering street artist based in London.
London’s VAMP was just sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for graffiti. Also, he looks nothing like your stereotypical graffiti writer.
This new mural is my favorite work by MOMO since his piece in Baltimore about a year ago.
Os Gemeos are the latest artists to be collaborating with Hennessy on a bottle design. Previously, Hennessy has worked with Futura and Kaws.

Photo by Wayne Rada

March 26, 2013March 24, 2013

Rawhide solo show in Austrailia

Opening this Friday, Australian paint-roller connoisseurs “Rawhide” (aka Ankles and Smile) have decided to display their craftsmanship through collage in their show • C R E W / C U T S •. The video echos a few themes of the show, which Ankles describes best: “the visual equivalent of sample-heavy scratch DJs such as Cut Chemist, Kid Koala and The Avalanches. It is a time-consuming process digging through crates of pre-1970s magazines and books, removing type and image from their original context and rearranging it to form some self-referential narrative.”

If you’re in the Adelaide, South Australia area on Friday, March 19th, stop by Magazine Gallery to check out the work!

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Photo by Ankles

January 19, 2013January 19, 2013

Weekend link-o-rama

Back to school on Tuesday. Actually, I’m okay with that. And of course, it means more time blogging because it means more time procrastinating. Here’s some of what we missed this week while Caroline and I were on vacation:

New print from Ron English of his Obama/Hulk custom toy.
If you’re a fan of Remi/Rough, you should have a look at his new book.
Vhils has a new mural.
And Elbowtoe put up a huge new wheatpaste based on one of his collages.
Martha Cooper and Ian Cox discuss photographing the Paris edition of The Underbelly Project.
Dan Witz has a show coming up at Lazarides’ Rathbone Place location.
Zeus (British, not French) also has a show coming up in London.
And then there’s the show with Nice One and Lucx at Chicago’s Galerie F which opened on Friday night.
Complex.com has some advice for success as a street artist from Kid Zoom, How&Nosm, Eric Haze, and others. Kid Zoom’s tip? “Don’t be a street artist.”

Photo by Ankles

November 25, 2012November 21, 2012

One tasty mural

This mural in Adelaide, Australia by Numskull, Run Cracker, Ankles, and Smile is a great example of how mural can relate to the business whose wall it’s on (it’s on the side of a diner, presumably one with some tasty food) without simply being another giant billboard polluting the city. Here’s a video of the wall coming together:

Tasty! from Capital Waste on Vimeo.

Photo courtesy of Capital Waste Pictures

September 4, 2012

Rawhide rollers

There’s something about these RAWHIDE rollers by Ankles and Smile that I really like. Obviously they’re influenced by ReadMoreBooks, Steve Powers and maybe AvoidPi, but that’s alright by me. These guys are doing some rollers that are a step above what you’re likely to see day-to-day. And they are (or at least Ankles is) based in Adelaide, Australia, so it’s cool to see something so nice coming out of a city that isn’t internationally known for their street art or graffiti.

Photos courtesy of Ankles