Waone Interesni Krazki - “Centripetal force”

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GRAFFITI IS IN THIS BOOK.

Pixel Pancho - Drawings

The story of Gaia..Street Art

work from Gaia...

wORK FROM fAITH 47 NYC

Indigo lights rose from our silence artist: Faith47 location: Rochester

Artists: Interesni Kazki

At the Bloop Festival. See more by Ukrainian duo Interesni Kazki. artists: Interesni Kazki 

something new for the streets...

Roa is in Vienna for a show at Inoperable Gallery, opening now, which will focus on works on paper



The large-scale portraits in Gaspesia: Les portraits en papier represent former employees of Papiers Gaspesia, a pulp and paper mill founded in 1912 by Percy Milton Chandler in Chandler, Quebec. Named for the mill’s founder, the port city’s economy and social organization depended heavily upon this industry. In 1999, Papiers Gaspesia’s closure was announced and, despite a government-sponsored infusion of roughly $400 million, it is now set for demolition. The closure of the mill has had a profound effect upon the people of Chandler. Widespread unemployment, the permanent and temporary migration of workers outside of the city, the separation of families and subsequent increased rate of divorce, and the ground and water pollution left from the plant are just some of the economic, social and environmental problems created by the closure. Gaspesia: Les portraits en papier literally puts a human face on the industrial remains of Papiers Gaspesia. Portraits of the former mill and forest workers are installed on the front of the mill and on the mill’s oil tanks. While these men and the story of the mill are well known in the community, the deteriorating mill itself has been the only public memorial to the pride, grief and frustration those affected by the closure feel. The images of these workers now mark the physical structures of the mill and lay claim to its history and to its continuing impact on Chandler. One of the subjects, Serge Soucy, remarked that you could see his “eyes were crying for the mill” when he saw his own 30 foot face on the Papiers Gaspesia’s oil tank. Gaspesia: Les portraits en papier was commissioned by Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie en Gaspésie as part of their annual photography festival in conjunction with the city of Chandler, Quebec.





 

New Street Art from Artist Fintan Magee location: Brisbane, Australia



@BBC World News @CNN First time in history Britain and Taiwan Street Art Calibration Husky Brown & Kaid Ashton

You must have seen the news a few weeks ago for the work Kaid Ashton in Taiwan. Well when you thought things could not get no better for the biggest names to be exhibiting their work around the world have now becoming the biggest talk on Twitter. Never been seen before from two talented artists, British award winning artist Husky Brown and Taiwan photographer Kaid Ashton have collaborated with true street art and photography together on a recent project to be exhibited around the streets of Taiwan and the UK.  

Another humid summer night in Hong Kong and another fly-poster is discretely pasting what looks like a photograph of an emaciated girl onto a wall on a busy side street.He is unassuming Canadian street artist Kaid Ashton, and the subject in the print is a young girl he recently photographed in the Filipino capital, Manila. For the past seven years he's been traveling to some of the world's most dangerous slums documenting the people he meets with his camera. He then posts his work on walls around the cities he visits.

"But this is no ordinary fly-poster". - CNN World, 2011

Photo: Calibration Poster: Husky Brown and Kaid Ashton 

Husky Brown is an accredited and revered bohemian artist.  His ability to use an aerosol spray can with skill and precision is incredible; it has changed the meaning of the word ‘Graffiti’ forever.  “Husky is beyond our imagination and someone with eclectic magnitude. We are fortunate to witness an incredible and gifted artist” (Art & Culture Magazine – Sonya Devonte, 1989).  A Midland resident and winner of the 2010 National Belton Signature Award,  Bohemian painter and illustrator; Husky Brown has become very popular for his flamboyant party boy lifestyle and high calibre celebrity friends. 

He has been credited with transforming vandalism into something beautiful and has attracted major publicity with his ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ eccentric persona. However; after having had the pleasure of interviewing Husky, it soon became obvious that there has always been method behind his apparent madness. In Britain the Hip Hop culture quickly embraced Husky and envied his political beliefs and activist behaviour, stirring interest with musicians and actors worldwide.  Husky’s most recent exhibitions in both London and New York were received well by critics. With his Bohemian-fine art graffiti style, Husky has managed to achieve the impossible; his “Fall from Grace” collection is a metamorphosis of traditional Pre-Raphaelite techniques; you truly have to see it to believe it. 

With a catalogue of fine art masterpieces under his belt and a number of detailed collections that capture both the beauty and vanity of the urban streets of England; this extremely talented and underestimated artist refers to his particular style of work as Urban Bohemian.  When questioned further about this unique style and technique, Husky replied “Art must be constructive to be criticised or it’s not worth the publicity or the paint. People search for a personal connection with art; as such it has to be interactive, both communicating the artists' vision through the paint; whilst also allowing for personal interpretation. A musician will play his guitar hoping for applause; I paint in silence for the people to hear my music in their own words.  An interviewer once told me that great artists only get the recognition they deserve once they are dead; a painters destiny? I do this just for the love of the game, its hip hop, a culture of unity. My work reflects the different stories I see around me; I spray poetry on the canvas; that’s why I can’t be a traditionalist.  Times have changed; graffiti and vandalism are not the same thing anymore.“

Read more:

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-31/world/slum.street.art_1_hong-kong-ready-made-poster-photograph?_s=PM:WORLD

http://www.huskybrown.com

http://www.kaidashton.com

“Husky Brown does another amazing piece of street art in Shoreditch with an unstoppable imagination” – BBC 24

Photo: Street Art by Husky Brown (London, Shoreditch) 


“Husky Brown does another amazing piece of street art in Shoreditch with an unstoppable imagination to indicate his street art presence and bohemian rebellious lifestyle is becoming the talk of galleries and growing fans. placed on a grey wall in the Shoreditch area of London our sources discovered the masterpiece from the man himself working throughout the dark night.

Above: Street Art Husky Brown  

Within the last few hours onTwitter and Facebook responses have become the main topic of discussion beside the Tottenham Riot. A spoke person said Husky did the painting in-front of passing night clubbers taking photographs of him and his work on their phones, while the rest of the country is left  fast asleep. What makes this mural really exciting his the humour behind the madness of a man with a fishing rod using spray cans for his bate, is purely genius, and I cannot wait to see what’s next from the award winning Bohemian street artist. 

- Jon Harding – , Journalist, BBC, FACE, EDITORIAL Publications

Revok, Rime, Roid: "Perseverance" group show in LA

Street Artist Vhils been busy with another exclusive never seen before mural...

A superb Vhils wall; it was done on the side of Post No Bills to coincide with the European Bailout show. It's also worth checking out what Vhils went on to do in Italy for FAME. See more by Vhils. artist: Vhils location: Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA film by Carlos Gonzalez.