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April 8, 2013

Back from Boston link-o-rama

I missed last week’s link-o-rama because I was in Boston for the Barry McGee show at the ICA Boston. So worth the trip (more on that soon), but for now here’s what I missed:

Wow. So many great murals at La Bienal de Arte Urbano in Bolivia: Erica il Cane x Bastardilla, Charquipunk, Decertor, Inti… Definitely check those out.
Hooked visited with Gaia while he prepared a new linoblock print for his upcoming London solo show.
Josh MacPhee of Just Seeds is speaking tonight in Philadelphia.
A really great community mural.
A young Canadian Instagram user was arrested for a photo she posted of a piece of street art because they thought she made the piece. Well, if I ever go to Montreal, I guess I should be careful about what I post to my Instagram.
They sold out pretty quickly so I’m sorry I didn’t get to this sooner, but Essam (the artist who did those great NYPD/drone ad disruptions) released a few prints of those posters at 1xRun last week.
Russian street artist Pasha 183 (think along the lines of Banksy or SpY) has died at the age of 28.
The fantastic artist Nychos will be showing at the equally fantastic Galo Art Gallery in Turin, Italy later this month. A great pairing.
Cre8tive YouTH*ink & Centrefuge Public Art Project are raising money through Indiegogo to work with teens to make a series of murals in NYC.

Photo courtesy of Rowdy

October 10, 2012October 6, 2012

Murals from FAME Festival 2012, part two

Here’s part two of our FAME Festival mural coverage, thanks to Henrik Haven and his photos. Part one can be found here. In a two-part series, we’ve selected some of our favorite pieces from FAME 2012. For part two, we’ve got walls by Conor Harrington, Lucy McLauchlan, Cyop & Kaf, MOMO, Boris Hoppek and Bastardilla.

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May 21, 2012May 20, 2012

Stinkfish and Bastardilla in Valencia

Colombian artists, Stinkfish and Bastardilla, have made their way to Valencia, Spain amidst their European tours. Kicking off the journey, new murals have appeared from the two for the Poliniza 2012 Urban Art Festival. They will continue to paint around Europe and Stinkfish will conclude his European travels in London. Here’s Stinkfish’s piece in Valencia. Street Art News has photos of Bastardilla’s wall.

Photos by Stinkfish

May 12, 2012May 13, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

7171994010_fb22f9ae7c_z — LNY in Baltimore

Caroline and I were in Baltimore this week checking out Open Walls Baltimore. If you have the chance, definitely make a trip over there. Full posts about Baltimore coming soon. Point is, between Baltimore and moving this weekend, I’ve been lax this week. Things should return to normal on Wednesday or Thursday, but in the mean time, here’s what I’ve been meaning to post about:

An update on the Kidult/Marc Jacobs situation: Marc Jacobs have turned a photo of the vandalism (or maybe commissioned tag) into a t-shirt that they are selling for $689, and at least one has sold already.
Barry McGee’s show at Prism (his second, if you include his 2-man show with Phil Frost) has opened and is of course a must-see.
Okay yes, it’s another Shepard Fairey show with images we’ve seen before, but there are a few gems in there. Specifically, the painted printing plates.
A Basquiat painting went for over $16 million at a Phillips de Pury auction.
This piece by Phlegm is one of my favorites from him in a while.
Tes One and Bask collaborated on this dinosaur-themed mural in Florida.
This group show at Opera Gallery’s NYC location looks like a top-tier show for being a group show. Anthony Lister, Interesni Kazki, Roa, Mark Jenkins, Bast, Swoon, Faile, so many more…
Nychos and his crew paint some crazy stuff.
Afeura, a mural festival in Peru, is using Kickstarter to raise funds for the project. So far, Escif, Bastardilla, Desertor and Jade have signed on to painting at the festival.
In a move of crass commercialism reminding us that perhaps street art is dead, some artist made a really beautiful mural for the sole purpose of releasing a print of the same image.
Sonni (the guy who did that crazy boom box in Miami) has a show opening this month in New York.
Faile released some new prints on their website this week (sold out already of course), and intend to do so much more often from now on.
The DMV and 1984 crews pulled the crazy stunt of putting on a one-day illegal show in Paris on the day of the French elections.
Depoe is part of a two-man show opening on Saturday evening in New York. He has preview photos here.

Photo by RJ Rushmore

November 10, 2011November 13, 2011

Tubu community project

The Tubú community is an indigenous group of families now living in the city of Bogotá, Columbia. Tubu Community is a project to help raise money to build a new home in Bogotá for a Tubú family. To learn more about the Tubú people, you can watch this video or read this info.

stinkfishgrande1 — A new print from Stinkfish

At their webstore, Tubu Community has begun to sell prints and original art by South American and European artists to help with the effort. 100% of the proceeds from these sales go to the Tubú people. Blu, Bastardilla, Buytronick and Stinkfish have contributed original art and Eine and Stinfish have contributed prints, including a new 7-color screenprint by Stinkfish. Expect more products to be added to the webstore in the future.

Photos courtesy of Tubu Community

November 6, 2010

Swoon and Bastardilla in London

5142808219_150ec03ec8_z — Swoon. Photo by HowAboutNo!

Swoon and Bastardilla, two artists who were in this year’s FAME Festival, have got some new work up in London recently. Swoon is in London as part of the current group show at Black Rat Projects, something I’ll be posting about soon.

5142905790_fcf399424a_z — Bastardilla. Photo by Hookedblog

5131894808_9fb5d25247_z — Bastardilla detailed. Photo by Claudelondon

5151833828_79f76d5c50_z — Bastardilla detailed. Photo by Claudelondon

5147124718_b1b1ab99d8_b — Swoon. Photo by Marie A.-C.

5140117875_b232022cfc_b — Swoon. Photo by Claudelondon

Photos by Hookedblog, Claudelondon, HowAboutNo! and Marie A.-C.

September 16, 2010

Bastardilla at BLK River and FAME festivals

Like Roa, Bastardilla is another artist who has been traveling a bit around Europe this summer participating in street art festivals. A few weeks ago, she was at FAME Festival, and now she’s just finished some walls at BLK River. Here are some of my favorites by this artist from Bogota, Columbia.

And a special thanks to Stickboy, as I think he introduced me to Bastardilla’s art a while back.

Photos by FAME Festival and Scarygami