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I used to hate fire extinguisher graffiti but then I realized the purity of it, the ejaculatory, infantile, primeval joy of it, and now I like it even more. There’s an inevitability in Katsu’s MOCA piece, that his tag is speaking for a lot of other writers and graffiti lovers here. Someone get [...] Banksy is busy cruising around LA, throwing up his now predictably witty work, which is being rapidly monetized a desperate public, likely all as a sort of Oscar campaign. But someone in Minneapolis has real wit, enough to make me think that maybe graffiti can still be saved. via the LA [...] Apparently street art can still be used for reasons other than branding and ego tripping. Princess Hijab slaps veils on fashion adverts in the Paris Metro. Interesting stuff. Interview & slideshow, here. I love the phrase “cartography of crime”, although it sounds like something out of a 60′s Batman episode, or mainly because [...] Kiev-based artists Waone and Aec are responsible for some seriously stylized street art, working under the name Interesni Kazki (Interesting Tales). They do work that seems totally Jungian, mythic, psychological and internal, be it on canvas or walls. Beautiful, beautiful stuff that seems right off the cover of a new wave sci-fi novel, [...] Today, most political art lacks relevance, it’s become forum for culture jamming remixes from over-educated 1st Worlders who think they know what’s best for folks on the other side of things. But the above, a monument by Laith al-Amiri to still imprisoned Iraqi journalist and shoe sniper Muntadhir al-Zaidi is the real deal. [...] Embedded video from CNN Video I’m always shocked to anything resembling arts coverage in the mainstream news. In the United States, we seem to have collectively decided that the arts are not important, and the above video editorial by CNN’s Campbell Brown shows it. In the above video, Brown disses the taxpayer costs associated [...] That’s the totally 80′s mural below the elevated outdoor stage for aerobics and other physical fitness activities at Samitivej Sriracha Hospital in Sriracha, Thailand. Now that the 80s are back, this is totally contemporary again! Click here for maximum embiggening. Technorati Tags: Thailand, Sriracha, aerobics, mural, 80s aesthetics [...] The above is raw, unfiltered, animated awesome from BLU. I guess street art isn’t dead yet, or is this some new, wonderful species of animal entirely? Technorati Tags: BLU, animation, graffiti, art, street art, [...] After removing the top two cars, the whole sculpture was torn apart. Dustin Shuler’s Spindle is dead. This is the saddest day in public art ever. I can’t think of anything else to say. Technorati Tags: Spindle, Dustin Shuler, Route 66, American art, Americana, cars, art cars, sculpture, public sculpture, Berywn, art, shame, [...] |
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