The virtually undying sights and sounds of the subway system include the usual panhandlers, preachers trying to gain converts, and performers anxious to either make a quick buck or get their big break.
However, 14th Street-Union Square and 42nd Street Times Square subway stops have an intriguing accessory unseen at all others: stencil graffiti illustrations on the canvas of New York City subway maps, sold by artist Edwin “EQ”Class. His labor of love, since 2005, often ma...
Zes, aka Zeser, aka Zes AWR/MSK, is a Los Angeles graffiti artist with a feral stare that you might only notice in serial killers or creative geniuses. He has been one of L.A.'s most prolific taggers for many years. If you look up every now and again, you may have noticed his burners in back alleys or on the ledges of buildings in Echo Park, but until very recently, you wouldn't see his work in a gallery. And, if he had had his way, you weren't going to.
A century ago Detroit had its own Electric Park, a lit-up amusement park at the foot of the Belle Isle Bridge.
The adventuresome spirit of that long-ago place of wonder returns to Detroit on a grand scale Oct. 5-6 with the inaugural Dlectricity, an ambitious contemporary art fes...
Urban street artist Norm Maxwell, whose pieces are prized by European collectors and sell for thousands ofdollars, unveiled his latest work Saturday night at his studio gallery in L.A.’s Fairfax District.
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A graffiti artist, who was living on the streets just two years ago, is now a celebrity favourite with his latest collection selling out in nine seconds.
Known only as Stik, his work often fetches thousands of pounds, and is owned by the likes of Sir Elton John, Brian May and even the Duke of Kent.
The artist's stick characters began appearing in east London five years ago but after providing the artwork for the Q Awards, he gained a celebrity following with Ti...
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By Melissa Aw
Graffiti artist Kongo at work. His collaboration with luxury fashion brand Hermès has garnered him a new fan base. …
By Sheela Sarvananda
The chaos of war amid the fall of Saigon in the 70s saw a shy 6-year-old Cyril Phan step aside to make way for the beginnings of the artist he is today: Kongo — one name only, and with a 'K', thank you very much.
Almost 40 years on, fast forward to today, he is one of the standout representatives of urban art, anywhere. His is the quintessent...
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New York graffiti legend puts his mark on a Jaguar XK at the New York Motor Show
By Sam Hardy
April 2012
This is what happens when you leave aJaguarXK with one of New York's most legendary graffiti artists for a couple of days.
Produced by Mr Kaves – otherwise known as Michael McLeer – this one-off Jaguar XK was spray-painted ahead of theNew York Motor Showwith the intention of being auctioned off for charity.
The car was painted in just two days and features Kaves' unique artistic style, an...
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Teenager's controversial death inspires illustrations by artist 'Justin Nether'
Baltimore street artist Justin Nether composed this mural,… (Handout photo, Handout photo)
March 30, 2012|By Mary Carole McCauley, The Baltimore Sun
Oversized illustrations of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin have begun to spring up on abandoned buildings throughout Baltimore, the work of a street artist protesting the death of the 17-year-old at the hands of a neighborhood watch volunteer.
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Article by: ULA ILNYTZKY
NEW YORK - The bohemian atmosphere of downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s had a huge impact on the art of Keith Haring, from his impromptu subway chalk drawings to his maze-like abstract paintings.
In a new exhibition that focuses on the late artist's early career, Haring's creative energy is instantly felt through his seemingly pulsating kaleidoscope-like designs.
"Keith Haring: 1978-1982" at the Brooklyn Museum includes 155 works on paper, 30 black-and-white subw...
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A sale of work by anonymous graffiti artist Banksy is expected to make hundreds of thousands of pounds when it is auctioned next week.
Among the highlights which will be offered for sale at Bonhams' Urban Art Sale in New Bond Street, central London, is a 2009 work, Girl And Balloon, which could fetch as much as STG25,000 ($A38,000).
Another work, called Leopard And Barcode, has a pre-sale estimate of STG80,000, while a screen print of Kate Moss could sell for STG50,000.
Stephen Powers, the street artist known as ESPO(previously featured on The Huffington Post), has made waves in the world of graffiti with his no-frills approach to lettering that hearkens back to Americana and authentic signage, but its his spot-on sense of humor that initially grabbed people's attention.
In "A Love Letter For You," director Joey Garfield gives us an insider's view of ESPO's projects and his transition from writing for himself to writing for...
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Source: Au Vieux Panier Hotel
Whether you have a good or bad night’s sleep in this hotel room probably depends on which side of the bed you wake up on.
The half white, half graffiti-covered room is the work of prominent graffiti artist ‘Tilt’, who was commissioned by the Au Vieux Panier Hotel in Marseille to leave his mark on the hotel.
The result is what the French hotel calls ‘The Panic Room’ – a space with a split personality, where one side represents serenity and the other an ur...
Deco23: Giving his art away: If you can get the artwork off the street sign, it's yours, says Wyandotte artist Brian Melvin.
Like any neighborhood, the Woodbridge area west of Wayne State has its share of "No Parking" and "Neighborhood Watch" signs. But unlike most Detroit neighborhoods, it also has some extra signage affixed randomly to the posts of some of those same official notices.
The wooden plaques come in a rainbow of colors and sport whimsical characters with too...
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Above, Detroit-based graffiti artist Kobie Solomon takes a break from painting the interior of Epic, an extreme sports store on Main Street. Below, Solomon's mural features a number of words and images, including this one, which reveals a name when viewed in a mirror.
by CHRIS GRAY Observer Staff Writer
A local artist known for creating the biggest graffiti mural in Michigan history has turned his talents toward Romeo. Romeo's own extreme sports store, Epic, is receiving an epic mura... Continue reading ...
Courtesy of the artistBrooklyn, N.Y.-based artist KAWS' "Chum (Black)" fiberglass and paint is featured at the High Museum of Art's "KAWS: Down Time" exhibition, opening Saturday.
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* As speculated, Facebookfiled an initial public offering yesterday. The social network, which now reports 845 million monthly active users and net income of $1 billion on revenues of $3.7 billion, plans to raise $5 billion. Here's the letter from Mark Zuckerberg included with the S-1 Registration st...
When a prolific graffiti writer was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), thus effectively curbing his ability to create art, a group of his friends came together to create a solution. The result was an amazing hands-free device called the EyeWriter.
The EyeWriter employs open source software and hacked eye tracking hardware (for example, the Playstation Eye camera) to allow artists who have lost the use of their hands to continue to create art. You can get the instr...
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Former NY painter and graffiti artist Loren Munk used a video camera to transform his career. With a handheld Canon Elph digital camera, he creates videos with solid commentary of art shows at galleries and museums all over the city. Munk (whose alias is James Kalm) told the New York Times that serious art reporting is fading from the mainstream press. “So I’m trying to use alternative media to fill the void,” he said.
His YouTube channels—the James Kalm Report and James Kalm Rough Cut...
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In a promo video for Ironlak, the Australian spraypaint company that's currently dominating the street art scene, Dutch artist Does absolutely demolishes any preconceived notions you might have about what can and can't be done with markers and paper.
I don't know about you, but I'd love to see some kind of face-off between a tagger and an industrial designer. Or maybe designers should start tagging walls with life-size renderings... but we're not encouraging that! Anyways, Does's walls are equ...
Graffiti, commonly seen in urban centres, doesn’t often receive recognition as a form of art; however for Kitchener artist James Nye, it continues to inspire what he puts on canvas. Opening of his studio to the public on Dec. 18, Nye showed off his Manifest Expression series of paintings that juxtapose graffiti and lands...
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Three-year-old Kirsten Mitchell can barely contain her excitement as Renee Walstad helps her "yarn bomb" a statue outside of the Imagine Children's Museum in Everett on Tuesday afternoon. Walstad handed out several knit ornaments and other decorations for children to place around the intersection.
Mark Mulligan / The Herald
Heather Mitchell and her son, Elijah Mitchell, place a yarn ornament on a fire hydrant outside of the Imagine Children's Museum in Everett on Tuesd...
323 East gallery is known for displaying contemporary art and has welcomed artwork from three Brookyln artists and will be exhibiting pieces from the trio in The Future is Now Part II: Brooklyn Meets Detroit until Jan. 4.
The three artists, Kimyon Huggins, Ellis G. and AVONE, have spread their unique works throughout the streets of New York and recently traveled to Michigan to display their artwork.
Sunday night saw the opening of “This Is Not Graffiti,” an exhibition that will be hosted by the Townhouse gallery over the coming weeks.
The name at first seems to suggest only what the exhibition is not. It is a nod toward preconceived notions graffiti artists may have about the confines of the gallery space; and hence “This Is Not Graffiti” attempts to explore the extent to which graffiti is a context-based art by bringing it indoors.
Renowned Newark native, Jerry Gant, is a visual artist, poet, performance artist and educator. He had his start as a 1980's street "graf" (graffiti) artist in New York City. His powerful street murals can be seen in major urban centers nation and worldwide: New York City, Boston, London but, most of all, in his city, Newark — "artists are friendlier here than in New York," Gant said. His mural at 450 Washington St. is the re...
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Published: 23rd June, 2011 by PAVAN AMARA
DOES Banksy read the New Journal?
Just a week after we contrasted his fortunes with those of Tox, the graffiti artist known as the “King of the Taggers”, he appeared to have his own say in the debate yesterday (Wednesday).
On a wall in Jeffrey’s Street, Camden Town, he appeared to have left his mark with an image of a boy creating bubbles in Tox’s name. Daniel Halpin, who lives on the Maiden Lane Estate, is the man suspected of being Tox, one of ...
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Though we love the art form, the street art that transforms dull city walls into eye catching murals, is still considered vandalism to the world at large. Graffiti artist Revok whose works have been exhibited in authentic museums like MoCa was sentenced to 180 days for his participation in MoCA’s Art In the Streets exhibit. His participation was said to be promoting vandalism and tagging.
Many disagree with his imprisonment and in support, fellow street artist Mr. Brainwash is making a lim...
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An Artist’s Career Writ Large, With Spray Cans on Subway Trains
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WHEELS Steven Ogburn, whose graffiti identity was Blade, and his wife, Portia, in the ’72 Thunderbird bought new by his father; below, a New York subway car painted by Mr. Ogburn in 1980. More Photos »
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Published: April 29, 2011
FROM 1972 to 1984, Steven Ogburn was one of the most prolific graffiti writers in New York, though commuters of the era were more likely t...
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MIDTOWN — Graffiti artists will attempt to reclaim part of New York's urban landscape during a brand-new festival this weekend.DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
We see it everywhere: alleys, trains, billboards, street signs. It
gets hard to notice after a while. Graffiti in some form has been around
since ancient times and views on it are getting more and more divided.
Graffiti’s critics see it as a symbol of crime and urban decay while
its ...
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“What’s
to be done with this Banksy character?” is the question of the day
among the bluebloods milling about Oscar headquarters. Wherever that is.
For those who aren’t familiar, Banksy is a street/graffiti artist who wound up directing, through a humorous turn of events, Exit Through the Gift Shop,
a nominated documentary ostensibly about himself that stands a good
chance of winning the statue for its category. Nothing terribly ...
Photographer Ozkar Gorgias is also a graffiti artist, and the man has spent the past 12 years painting and photographing his associates as they bomb the rooftops, tunnels, and alleyways of Europe. Ozkar documented the shoes he wore through it all, click on the thumbnails above to check them out, and then head to Ozkar's personal siteto see the artist's work. Continue reading ...
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Courtesy Utah Valley University UVU art student Nicolas Solis works on graffiti painting during a session in October in Pleasant Grove. The work is part of "Hidden Voices," an exhibit on display at at UVU"s Woodbury Art Museum through March 5.
BY BRIAN MAFFLY
The Salt Lake Tribune
First published Jan 31 2011 06:53PM Updated Feb 2, 2011 01:27PM
When police caught Albert Anzar with big marking pens while violating curfew last year, he found himself locked in detention for a few weeks in part because...
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Corbin Bleu wraps Shenae Grimes in a great big hug during filming scenes for Sugar in Venice Beach, Calif., on early Friday morning (January 14).
The 21-year-old actor stars as Sketch, a homeless graffiti artist.
Also starring Marshall Allman and William Peltz, Sugar is about a group of homeless kids as they try to survive on the streets of Hollywood seen through the eyes of a 20 year old named, Sugar (Grimes).
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MAKAWAO, Maui, Hawaii - According to its
website, the: "Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center (HNVAC) provides an array
of programs that support lifelong learning in the arts, including public
workshops and classes, lectures, exhibitions, art events, historical
house tours and educational outreach programs with schools and community
partner organizations.
(It is) a non-profit, non-degree granting, community-based arts
education organization offering open access to quality arts instruction
by...
Careful trompe l’oeil is hardly an artist’s technique you expect a tagger to employ in his graffiti work. But these often miscalculated and misunderstood artists have a lot to teach the world about style and artful urban transformation with a message. D.O.C.S
(Doing Only Crooked Shit) is the graffiti...
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Maria Popova on June 4, 2010, 5:07 PM
What happens when an artist loses his or her creative
currency – the capacity for self-expression? That's exactly what
happened to legendary Los Angeles graffiti artist Tony Quan, a.k.a.
Tempt One, when he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. As he began to lose use of
his a...
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A sticker, like
the one above, was found on an airport trashcan, raising concern among
security officials. (Photo courtesy Rene Gagnon)
A sticker found on a trash can at a Washington, D.C., airport last
week depicting what appeared to be a suicide bomber is actually the logo
of a popular graffiti artist. His fans have plastered his stickers
around the world since around 2005.
The sticker caused a bit of stir among Department of Homeland
Secur...
Shepard Fairey hasn't always been considered the street
artist's Street Artist (in the way Burt Reynolds is a Man's Man). The
meld between Fairey's multi-million dollar clothing company and the
propagandist graffiti he does irks the hell out of many "true" graffiti
artists (it could also have something to do with this ad
campaign he did for Saks last year). Which leads us to the subject
of this post: Since...
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On 7 June, FNCC goes to the streets with its
latest exhibition called Urban Decay, the exhibition will showcast
graffiti art by G*** R*** aka Real. Born in 1982 in London, Real has had
a passion for graffiti all his life. He started out like most graffiti
artists by spraying his tag on walls but soon got fed up with spraying
on walls and cars for the sake of it. The desire to have his works
regonised prompted him to...
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May 11th, 2010
Shadi caught one of New Yorks top bombers in action last winter.
I decided to go out and take photos at 5am during the
snow storm and I noticed a shadowy figure in the darkness was doing his
thing. I noticed him one second and the next he was gone. A few days
later I noticed what he finished what he started.
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On 7 June, FNCC goes to the streets with its
latest exhibition called Urban Decay, the exhibition will showcast
graffiti art by G*** R*** aka Real. Born in 1982 in London, Real has had
a passion for graffiti all his life. He started out like most graffiti
artists by spraying his tag on walls but soon got fed up with spraying
on walls and cars for the sake of it.
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