Thursday, 31 December 2009
Saturday, 26 December 2009
THE ART OF GRAFFITI REMOVAL
Strange little art piece documentary on the Subconscious art of Graffiti Removal from 2001.
The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
16mm/Digital video – 16 minutes – 2001
Emerging from the human psyche and showing characteristics of abstract expressionism, minimalism and Russian constructivism, graffiti removal has secured its place in the history of modern art while being created by artists who are unconscious of their artistic achievements.
It is no coincidence that funding for “anti-graffiti” campaigns often outweighs funding for the arts. Graffiti removal has subverted the common obstacles blocking creative expression and become one of the more intriguing and important art movements of our time. Emerging from the human psyche and showing characteristics of abstract expressionism, minimalism and Russian constructivism, graffiti removal has secured its place in the history of modern art while being created by artists who are unconscious of their artistic achievements.
Narrator: Miranda July
Bicyclist: Tasha Christensen
Cinematography, editing, and sound design: Matt McCormick
Computer animation: Topher Sinkinson
Original ideas: Avalon Kalin
Written and directed: Matt McCormick
More info here
Friday, 25 December 2009
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
30 examples of south american STREET ART
Some great examples of South American Street Art and Graffiti from Koi Koi Koi magazine.
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Saturday, 19 December 2009
NEW BANKSY STREET WORK
Image from mammel on wallkandy
Friday, 18 December 2009
New: STEN & LEX
STEN & LEX from STEN on Vimeo.
Back in 2008 Sten & Lex created one the best most detailed and moving works we've ever had the pleasure of showing. Here's a short video of a new piece which shows their incredible attention to details.
Thursday, 17 December 2009
NEW DAVID CHOE PRINT
Friday, 11 December 2009
BANKSY QUEUE
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
URBAN PROJECTIONS
555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.
Loving this projection work from the Urbanscreen group. Not exactly "Street Art" I guess, but.. hey, it's on the street and it certainly looks arty.
555 KUBIK was the title of a facade video projection at the Kunsthalle in Hamburg (Germany), taking place last May. The idea behind it was: “How it would be, if a house was dreaming”. Daniel Rossa was responsible for the art direction and decided to use some visualisations of the inside of the building together with other animations. The facade isn’t that exciting itself, but the projection takes it to a whole new level.
555 Kubik
"How it would be, if a house was dreaming"
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
BLEK LE RAT. NEW SHOW
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Haven't seen this posted anywhere else, but the "godfather of the stencil" Blek Le Rat has a new show at the Metro Gallery in Melbourne Australia. Lots of new works on canvas and a couple of classic prints. The Carravagio is a personal favourite ! Check the previous post for a short video intro.
More info and images here
BLEK LE RAT ON BANKSY
Nice little video of Blek Le Rat discussing Banksy. Nice to hear Banksy sent our man a painting ! Wonder what it was.
Monday, 7 December 2009
BANKSY LOTTERY
Street Image from artofthestate
OUTDOOR MURAL PROJECT
The project also included indoor spaces where paintings by several artist and documentary photographs by Martha Cooper have been exhibited.
Opening reception, December 3, 2009.
NEW DOLK PRINT
WORD TO MOTHER VIDEO
Artist Profile : WordToMother from Andrew Telling on Vimeo.
Terrific little video of Nuart friend and all around good guy WTM. Love the feel of this film.
Audio + Visuals by Andrew Telling
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
ANDY WARHOL PAINTS DEBBIE HARRY
A brilliant video of Andy Warhol painting Debbie Harry for the launch of the Amiga computer back in 1985.
NEW BANKSY PRINT
Brand new Banksy classic print set to drop on Dec 12th in 2 colourways. This and much much more from Picturesonwalls including Date Farmers, Anthony Lister, Saner and one of our favourites, Dran.
More info on The Fiesta Resistance event here
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
CHOE AND DVS : LONDON
Some great new work from David Choe and DVS's jaunt around London just went up on Choe's blog.
Check it here
Vhils - The Grifters
Looks like I'll be booking a flight for this shortly, sadly wont make the opening but hope to get there before Jan 16th. January Sales and all that...
The gallery show opens at Lazarides, Rathbone Place, London on Friday 4th Dec.
The Grifters
Featuring David Choe, Antony Micallef, Charlie Isoe, Conor Harrington, Faile, Invader, Jonathan Yeo, JR, Lucy McLauchlan, Mark Jenkins, Mode2, Paul Insect, Vhils, Kelsey Brookes and some special guests.
3rd December 2009 - 16th January 2010
From Lazinc
To cap off the first year in the splendid surroundings of our new Rathbone Place gallery, Lazarides will be bringing some of the biggest names in street art to London for a spectacular group show where much of the art will be nowhere near the cosy confines of our glamorous gallery.
Titled Grifters, the December event will focus on all new work from the Outsider artists in all manner of mediums, from sculpture to installation, canvas to collage, paper to poster, performance to photography. Alongside the gallery offerings, a series of paintings and street sculptures will begin to pop up all over the City from the end of November right through December, so keep your eyes peeled (unless you work for the council, in which case we don’t know what you’re talking about, we’ve never heard of any of these artists, ever).
Those of you sharing a combined love of art and staying warm, worry not, for you’ll be relieved to hear that the Rathbone Place gallery will be turning up the heat in more ways than one, and handing over all four floors of the gallery to our Outsiders group of artists, with a special installation from Lucy McLauchlan covering the entire staircase.
The exhibitions, street interventions, and our brand new website launch will take place in our galleries at Lazarides 11 Rathbone Place, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 1HR, and SHOP at Lazarides 8 Greek Street, Soho, London, W1D 4DG, as well as out and about across the streets of London from 4th December until 16th January 2010.
Locations for street work can be found on lazinc.
