aryz – Vandalog – A Street Art Blog

May 16, 2013May 16, 2013

Aryz, David Choe and Retna in LA

Vandalog_TimHans709 — Aryz and David Choe

These pieces, on two buildings at 7th and Mateo in Los Angeles, were painted last week by three of the biggest names in street art and graffiti: David Choe, Retna and Aryz.

I want to give special thanks to Tim Hans for going out and shooting these photos for us, since this isn’t his usual work with Vandalog.

Photos by Tim Hans

May 11, 2013May 10, 2013

Weekend link-o-rama

Happy weekend. Hope you’ve had a less busy week than me.

Various and Gould spotted this odd but awesome tribute to a piece of graffiti in Berlin.
Jaz recently visited C215’s town of Vitry, France, where he painted this stunning wall.
Meanwhile, Anthony Lister is going huge in LA.
Also on the west coast, Aryz painted one of his best murals to date in San Fransisco.
In Miami, the city commissioner complains that a mural risks making a neighborhood look like a ghetto. Kinda funny given how muralists have been accused of helping to gentrify Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.
Ben Eine is always a joy to watch on camera. A nice, honest guy who just doesn’t feel like giving his friends free paint.
Mear One and Ben Slow collaborate in LA, and it’s Mear’s first mural with a brush.
Invader hit London. What do you think about the Star Wars themed piece? It’s not for me.
Rochester’s Wall Therapy mural project has an IndieGoGo campaign running to try and fund this year’s event.
A bit late on this one, but tonight the shop/gallery/bookstore Needles and Pens celebrated 10 years of existence with a huge show at The Luggage Store in San Fransisco including work by Know Hope, Deuce Seven, Pez, and so many other talented artists. Luckily, the show is on through June 8th.
Also late to mention that Martin Whatson had a show opening this week Reed Projects in Stavanger, Norway.

Photo by Unusualimage

April 27, 2013

Weekend link-o-rama

I wish I had time for a weekend…

Aryz’ show in San Fransisco looks like a hit.
London street art photographer Delete is organizing three shows at Doomed Gallery in Hackney throughout May.
Jace’s new work is cute as always.
JR is taking over Times Square with his photobooth. Caroline already stopped by.
mobstr does it again. Perfect placement.
Leon Reid IV wants to remind you just how much that college degree is really worth.
Nychos is killing it in Turin.
New billboard takeover by the California Department of Corrections.

Photo by Peter Fuss

April 12, 2013April 13, 2013

So as finals exams and essays begin to creep up on me (70-ish pages to write in the next month), these link-o-rama posts are going to become essential until the school year is up, so you know, I encourage you to read them closely.

Aryz has a solo show coming up in San Fransisco at Upper Playground’s Fifty24SF. David Choe is a fan, and says that it’s gonna be a “feeding frenzy” with collectors wanting to buy out the show 100x over even before anyone has seen the work.
Of course, if you’re looking for something you can get your hands on, I’m loving this print from Unga.
Ron English recently released a monochrome grey version of his Temper Tot figure on his website.
Sam3 gets me every time.
The Carbon Festival is on this weekend in Melbourne.
I’ve got to hand it to TrustoCorp for making this sweet suitcase device to spray stencils in broad daylight. They also been distributing a bunch of custom cereal box artworks (in collaboration with other artists like Shepard Fairey) around LA for people to hunt down.
Those pretty blah painted shutters near the New Museum are getting painted again. Sounds like more blah.

Photo courtesy of Ville de Fleury-les-Aubrais

April 2, 2013April 1, 2013

Aryz on display in Næstved, Denmark

Last summer, Aryz painted a few works on wood panels in Næstved, Denmark while he was in town to paint a mural. The wood panel pieces are now on display for the first time. They can be seen in the waiting room at the Næstved bus station. Why can’t American bus stops be this cool? Henrik Haven sent over these photos of the work.

Photos by Henrik Haven

February 2, 2013February 2, 2013

One Vision (of Barcelona)

Blu-by-Miss-Kaliansky_Barcelona-2013 — Blu

We get emailed the latest-and-greatest of many different street artists, but it is unusual to get sent photographs of old and worn down pieces unless they are historically significant. Miss Kaliansky may not have a website, but what she does have is an eye for beauty. She sent us these photos taken in Barcelona in January 2013, saying “Nothing new, but beautiful…”

Aryz-by-Miss-Kaliansky_Barcelona-2013 — Aryz

Pez-by-Miss-Kaliansky_Barcelona-2013 — El Pez

Photos by Miss Kaliansky

November 17, 2012January 14, 2013

Weekend link-o-rama

Had a fantastic time in New York last weekend finishing up The Art of Comedy, but that meant missing out on a lot of news, so some of this week’s link-o-rama is a bit more dated than usual:

The Wall Therapy mural project in Rochester, NY is working on a short documentary about this year’s event, and they’ve recently released a trailer for that film.
Station 16 recently released Hanksy’s latest print.
I absolutely love this collaboration in London between Stinkfish, Cranio, Aeon Fly, and Dscreet.
Vitche’s latest mural in Sao Paulo has some interesting elements that pop off the wall a bit.
If you’re a fan of Horfe, you’ve got to check out this video of the Peace And Love crew, of which Horfe is a member.
How and Nosm are the latest artists to paint the wall at Bowery and Houston.
KAWS has work on the outside of a NYC subway car, but not in the way you might be hoping, just the way you’d expect.
Erica il Cane and Blu have collaborated once again, this time on a mural in Bari, Italy.
Hell yes: Two trucks painted by Aryz.
A zoo in Turin, Italy closed down. This is what happened when artists were given access.

Photo by Luna Park

October 12, 2012

In San Juan, PR — “Los Muros Hablan” Part I: Roa, Aryz and Bik-Ismo

The walls are talking in Puerto Rico, as over a dozen first-rate artists are busy gracing the walls of the Santurce district of San Juan. Organized by local artists Celso Gonzalez and Alexis Diaz of La Pandilla, along with Emil Medina of Buena Vibra, “Los Muros Hablan” marks the Carribean’s largest urban arts festival. Not only are we seeing some of our favorite artists at work, but we are also meeting many whose works is new to us. Here are just a few images we took today — many more to come:

Sponsored by Coor Light, “Los Muros Hablan” continues through the 14th.

Photos of Roa by Lois Stavsky; photo of Aryz by Dani Mozeson and of Bik-Ismo by Lenny Collado

October 6, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

Here’s some stuff I missed this week while sitting under a giant stack of books and papers to read, mostly stuff I was supposed to read for school but avoided because I was at Nuart last weekend.

The British Zeus recently had a solo show in London. Sandra Butterfly got the photos.
These throw-ups by CES mixing letters and characters are fantastic.
White Walls Say Nothing is hopefully about to be a film about street art in Buenos Aires, but they are doing a Kickstarter project to raise the last $32,000 needed to finish it.
A great quick video interview with Ron English. Must see for his fans.
Sowat, Lek and John Giorno painted two walls at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
This mural festival in Puerto Rico includes Jaz, Ever, Roa, Aryz, Celso, La Pandilla and others.

Photo by Colin Chazaud

September 22, 2012May 10, 2013

Weekend link-o-rama

I’m headed to Nuart next week, so expect updates to be sporadic any maybe Nuart-focused. Should be a great festival. Here’s what I missed this week:

Labrona, Roadsworth and some other top Canadians will be showing together in Toronto this weekend.
This beautiful mural is by Theis Wendt, Simon Hjermind Jensen, Anders Schmidt and Silas Inoue.
Roid goes black and white.
Like Andy Warhol Foundation and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s estate, the Keith Haring Foundation is going to stop authenticating Haring’s work.
Invader goes underwater with Jason deCaires Taylor.
This still life has to be one of Aryz’ best walls yet.
BSA has some great Occupy-related signs and street art.
Speaking of protest art, some revolutionary graffiti and street art was recently painted over in Egypt and that’s been causing quite a stir, with Egypt’s prime minister backing the artists and even calling for more revolutionary graffiti.
And back to NYC for more protest art. This time it’s some fantastic fake advertising for the fine services of the NYPD, which of course the NYPD is not happy about… Luckily I hear that at least one of these posters was saved by a fan.
What do people think about this work from ABOVE pointing out the 24% unemployment in Spain? A mural that simply points out such a depressing fact without any obvious rage or anything behind it seems to me like it’s doing practically the opposite of what murals should do, but maybe it’s a good way of making that fact more known. Thoughts?

Photo by Stinkfish