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November 17, 2012November 14, 2012

Two new walls from DALeast

DALeast sent over his two latest murals in Johannesburg and they are some of my favorites from him. Crashing Ego depicts a car crash in progress, and Counterattack Company shows a hunter becoming the hunted and turns the corner of a building so that the mural is split over two walls. The mural over two walls seems like an effective but simple way to switch things up.

Photos by DALeast

August 11, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

Caroline and I are out in Colorado this week with my family, so art is coming second, but luckily it looks like it’s been a slow week. Here’s what I almost missed…

An interesting essay about street art and MOCA’s Art in the Streets show (although far from perfect and obvious a little late).
Sam3 has up to some absolutely great stuff (including a collaboration with Escif).
Blu has also been busy recently.
Caroline and I went to the opening of Pandemic Gallery’s latest show and it certainly looks better in person than over photos, but it’s not bad at all.
Subway Art Blog’s zine can now be purchased online.
There’s been some anti Chick-Fil-A street art, and one piece has resulted in an arrest. Of course, these pieces play on the Chick-Fil-A advertising that emulates graffiti.
Dal and Faith47 put up some nice work in NYC recently.
I absolutely love this piece, however simple it is, by Nuria Moria.
And this Erica il Cane piece is a lot less simple but equally fantastic.

Photo by Nolionsinengland

July 25, 2012November 7, 2012

WALL\THERAPY – part 1

WALL\THERAPY, Rochester’s mural festival, looks like it’s going well so far. Here are a few shots of walls in progress (from Liqen, Case, How/Nosm and DALeast), plus How and Nosm’s completed mural…

-5 copy — How and Nosm’s finished wall. Click to view large.

Photos by Erich Lehman

July 21, 2012July 21, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

293705_3931834066085_148850673_n — M-City in Jarocin, Poland

Let’s see what has been happening off of Vandalog this week.

I recently wrote a list of Complex.com giving my thoughts on the 50 greatest street artists right now. Let me know what you think. So far, the main criticism (besides the usual “screw you” flame war stuff) seems to be that I did not include enough women.
The London Vandal broke a story about British former graffiti writers being arrested and being released on bail until November under some absurdly restrictive conditions. For example, they can’t enter a train station or use trains in London until November unless they can prove that they are going to court, to visit a lawyer or to make a journey relating to business or education. The New Statesman corrected some of The London Vandal’s claims and so the story is perhaps not as wild as initially reported, but it’s still a pretty messed up situation where bail conditions are being used solely for the purpose of maybe making The Olympics run more smoothly. Hyperallergic has more.
Some great anti-Romney stickers are appearing in Philadelphia.
This is a great piece by Remio.
Meggs’ show at White Walls Gallery in SF is open and Graffuturism has photos.
King Brown Magazine’s latest issue is launching in NYC on July 26th with a show including Mike Giant, Reka, Greg LaMarche, Anthony Lister, Sheryo, The Yok and others.
DALeast’s latest mural is a beauty in a place that could use some art.
Satterugly is doing some crazy stuff in Mexico.

Photo courtesy of M-City

July 19, 2012October 7, 2012

WALL\THERAPY 2012 – Rochester’s mural festival

WALL\THERAPY is a mural event in Rochester, NY being put together by, Dr. Ian Wilson and The Synthesis Collaborative, the same people who organized last year’s Visual Intervention. This year, artists from Rochester and around the world will be painting as part of WALL\THERAPY: Faith47, DALeast, Ben Eine, Liqen, Case, ROA, Cern, St. Monci, Mr. Prvrt, Thievin’ Stephen, How & Nosm and Siloette.

The murals will be painted July 20th-27th, so that might be a fun time to visit Rochester.

For more information about WALL\THERAPY and events surrounding the festival, check their facebook event page.

Photo by Rich Paprocki

July 4, 2012July 3, 2012

DAL does it again

Showing once again how he is one of the most visually arresting muralists around, Dal recently painted this mural of a whale in Melun, France. It is called C. And yes, I’m aware that I posted this tweet last night. Dal’s mural is big, but that’s not what makes it good.

June 22, 2012November 7, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

The week isn’t over yet, but this week’s news is going to be old if I don’t mention it soon. Here’s some of what I missed this week:

The D*Face Smirnoff collaboration was anything but normal.
Ian Stevenson’s show at Lzarides’ Newcastle space looks good.
This is a one of Dal’s most complex walls yet.
Vhils has a show opening this week in Paris as well as some new walls there.
The new issue of Very Nearly Almost features Anthony Lister on the cover and will be launched on June 28th.
Shok1 painted a great tribute to StayHigh149.
Pixel Pancho, Never2501, GGT, Moneyless and Martina Merlini all collaborated on this wall in Milan.
I really like this new print about to be released by Dolk.
If you like UFO’s work in 2-demensions, you’ll love it in 3! Actually that isn’t the only sculpture he has made, but it is the newest.

Photo by SMKjr

June 1, 2012May 31, 2012

Weekend link-o-rama

P1019108 — MOMO for Open Walls Baltimore

I think we actually did a pretty good job this week on Vandalog covering what needs to be covered, but here are the few things we missed:

MOMO finished his mural for Open Walls Baltimore, shown above.
DAL and Faith47 recently showed together in Australia, and here’s a video of the show.
Gold Peg is one of the artists behind Release The Wolves, a project to build a go-kart track in South London. Pictures on Walls have released this awesome print by Gold Peg to help fundraise for the project.
Herakut’s latest show is in London and it looks beautiful.
Selim Varol, the mega-collector of urban art, has the gems of his collection on display in Berlin.
Lush’s latest project is an appeal to help all those poor toys out there.
Bushwick Open Studios is this weekend, and Robin Gearson has put together a really nice show of local street artists as part of the Open Studios events.

Photo by MOMO

May 18, 2012May 17, 2012

Faith47 and Dal in Tel Aviv

Faith47 and Dal were just in Tel Aviv, where they each painted a beautiful wall.

"Vessels -I" by Dal. Click image to view large

Photos courtesy of Faith47

May 1, 2012April 29, 2012

Dal’s first solo show

Dal East has his first solo show coming up this week in Milan with Urban Painting Gallery. While some pay say that Dal is just another guy painting animals and maybe that’s the case, he does also have quite a cool style and some real technical skills. I am looking forward to seeing what he brings out for this show, Fever of the Worn Land. If you can get an invite from Urban Painting Gallery (urbanpainting-at-ymail-dot-com), you can check out the show on May 3rd. Otherwise just wait until the 5th when it will be at a new location and run through the 23rd.

Photos courtesy of Urban Painting Gallery