Monday, 13 May 2013
JIMMY BALLISTIC
A refreshing change in a world of street/public art currently dominated by large scale commissioned murals. Not that we're against that, but can't help feeling that the impact of a hundred spray glue soldiers on the subway system is of equal if not more importance than the aforementioned.
Have an idea, wanna be heard? get up and get involved !
Buy some sprayglue, grab some paper, photocopy, paste. Simple and effective. Peace.
Monday, 29 April 2013
JR AND JOSE PARLA
Two colossus of street art from opposite sides of the Atlantic follow up their Havana collaboration with this new mural in NYC to support their upcoming show, "The Wrinkles of the City, Havana, Cuba" .
Opens May 7th at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery.
Via SAN
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Monday, 1 April 2013
DAVID CHOE FOR MOCATV
Something interesting.. so Choe's responsible for getting this blog back on the road.
Decked out with a game room, a radio station, and a remote control tire swing, David Choe's Los Angeles warehouse studio is a testimony to the "bonus level" that he has reached in the art world. As a wildly popular and widely recognized international artist, Choe is also known for his reality TV show, the art he made while detained in a Japanese prison, and the mural he painted for Facebook, valued at over $200 million in Facebook shares. Inside his studio, the painter, muralist, and graffiti writer talks frankly with Alia about the new freedoms and challenges he's facing at this new stage in his practice.
Check out www.nuartfestival.no to see his work for Nuart
Monday, 11 March 2013
ROA SKATEDECKS
The SK8room presents Roa, a trip to Cambodia. from The SK8room on Vimeo.
To celebrate the launch of The SK8room, the first online platform to promote fine art skateboards around the world, we teamed up with notorious street artist ROA on 3 variations of limited edition skateboard decks that will be available from the 11th of March on our website. Twenty percent of all sales will be donated to Skateistan, a not-for-profit that teaches empowerment through skateboarding to children in impoverished countries like Afghanistan and Cambodia.
As part of the ongoing project, ROA and The SK8room traveled to Cambodia to visit Skateistan, a global nonprofit that works with youths from various socioeconomic backgrounds to build trust and skills through skateboarding, in order to leave a lasting impression on the country through their combined passions of street art and skateboarding.
thesk8room.com
Friday, 1 March 2013
MTO FILM. THE POLITICS OF MURAL MAKING
"FL : unpremeditated movie" from MTO (Graffiti - Street-art) on Vimeo.
Interesting little film that shows the struggle behind painting walls, sanctioned or not. Well worth a watch for anyone that thinks graffiti/street art has gone mainstream.
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Monday, 11 February 2013
URBAN INTERVENTIONS
Ok, we're back. Couldn't resist kick starting the blog with this great piece from melikepainting in Rotterdam, Holland.
Absolutely restored our faith in the power of unsanctioned public art.
Hope to be focusing more on Urban Interventions these coming weeks and months. Feel free to forward us anything of a similar nature.
Monday, 4 February 2013
UPDATE
In the meantime, check out the small but perfectly formed gallery here www.facebook.com/reedprojectsgallery
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
MOBSTR'S NUART PIECE GETS REMIXED
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Great addition to the Mobstr piece from Nuart 2012. "Sorry Mum, I'm painting walls illegally again. Artist "unknown". More info and press article HERE
FRESH PIECE FROM HYURO
Fresh piece from Hyuro in Albacete, Spain with additional framing option.
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
JUDITH SUPINE CRITIQUES STREET ART :-)
“I am disgusted and bored with and by street art, At one point in my life I was in love with its illegal nature and outsider stature – I loved the aggression and physical violence towards other artists, the destruction of property and thrill of evading the police. Now I detest the comradeship of shit graphic designers – the sanctioned murals. Street makes me think of emails, posh British twats, and the selling of my soul. It was a good way to mask suicidal behaviour – climbing on bridges drunk, taking pills and swimming in rivers… Now the outside stuff feels like advertising and the indoor art has become slower and more contemplative and rewarding.”
-Judith Supine
Monday, 14 January 2013
JAZ IN CAPE TOWN
From A Word of Art
Argentina's Jaz who we worked with late last year on the tou project has been busy in Cape Town for the A Word of Art acrylic walls project organised by our friend Ricky Lee Gordon aka Freddy Sam. Other artists participating include Know Hope and Gaia.
See more on the dedicated Tumbler. www.acrylicwalls.tumblr.com
Saturday, 12 January 2013
MOBSTR UPDATED
Check out more over on www.nuartfestival.no
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
FAITH 47, VIDEO, FRAGMENTS OF A BURNT HISTORY
Faith47-Fragments of a Burnt History from FAITH47 on Vimeo.
Rowan Pybus has produced this short video of the 'fragments of a burnt history' exhibition. Starting in a forgotten and dusty letterpress studio and moving through the installation of the works it gives the viewer a deeper understanding of the body of work.
'Fragments of a Burnt History' is showing at the David Krut Gallery in Johannesburg. Nov 2012 - Feb 2013. The exhibition has been extended for an extra month due to the amount of interest in it, So the gallery is reopening again from the 15 January - 9 February.
Those not able to physically attend can find out more about the works here
Filmed and Produced by Rowan Pybus Music: 'Nguwe' by Mthwakazi
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Monday, 7 January 2013
Friday, 28 December 2012
Friday, 21 December 2012
EINE & SHOE GET FLOODLIT
Well, this was a pleasant surprise to say the least. The company that donated these two huge walls for Nuart 2012 have added a raft of professional uplights to the works. Respect. It's all well and good securing council support, but it makes a huge difference to have the private sector recognizing what they have. Too often the "ephemeral" nature of Street Art is trotted out as an excuse for it's destruction, personally I'd like to see a lot of these works receiving "listed" status. Not a popular opinion perhaps, but when you look at how many Basquiats are still on the streets, 0 and Haring's 1, well let's hope the Blu's, Banksy's, Swoon's etc don't all go the same way. Discuss..
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
TILT IN ATLANTA, VIDEO
TILT - ELEVATE from BIG ADDICT on Vimeo.
Great little film documenting French artist Tilt's work in Atlanta earlier this year.
From Tilt
Atlanta, Georgia is one of the sister cities for my hometown, Toulouse France.
This year, through a partnership of The Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs and the French Consulate to Atlanta, I was invited to participate in the 2012 edition of the Elevate Atlanta Art Festival.
This was my first time to Atlanta. I painted this American flag mural made of names. I collected these names from people I met during my time on South Broad Street, the location of my artwork. It was a great experience.
I had many opportunities to meet many different " Americans ", long time residents, store owners, homeless community members, Vietnam vets, a couple by the name "Gay Judges", local Hip Hop stars, preachers, grandmas, gangstas, workers etc. etc....
On the same block, PUSH, HENSE, SEVER and BORN presented big murals as well. My friend GriZZ aka Big Addict was there with me. He produced this beautiful video with very cool pictures. They speak louder than I ... so, enjoy..!
Friday, 14 December 2012
NEW FROM STEN & LEX
Beautiful new work from one of our favourite street art duos Sten & Lex. Here's what they have to say about it. "This is our last work we created in Mentana inside an ancient Church built in 1590 by Michele Peretti grandson of Pope Sisto V. Later it became a convent for franciscans and heremits. The place is the Convent of Mentana. The wall we painted on is new, is not part of the church that was in part detroyed by an earthquake in the early part of the previous century. The woman we portraied is anonymous. We spent about one month to do it not just because it is big but because there are two layer stencils, we had to do twice that which we usually do just once. The lines are all intersected".
Thursday, 13 December 2012
MOU FOR DESORDES CREATIVAS 2012
Mou for DESORDES CREATIVAS 2012 - Street Art Festival, in Ordes, Galiza ( Spain )
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
SWOON ON KICKSTARTER FOR HAITI
Swoon and Ben Wolfe, another previous Nuart guest are heavily invested in this project. Check it out, some terrific prints, originals and gifts from Swoon in return for pledges of support. Kombit Shelter is a creative, sustainable building project sharing knowledge and resources through the creation of homes and community spaces in Haiti.
Find out more here
ABOVE VIDEO
MIAMI VICES (uncut / full version) from ABOVE on Vimeo.
MIAMI VICES is a short film showing rare and uncut footage of Above's painting process and murals that were painted in Miami for Art Basel. This video was made possible by the generous funding of White Walls gallery and the endless hours of filming from HERMES (Paris)
Monday, 10 December 2012
ROA. AN INTRODUCTION
ROA at Healesville Sanctuary, Melbourne, Australia from Matt Harding on Vimeo.
Roa recently visited Australia to exhibit his work at Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne. During his stay Roa visited Healseville Sanctuary, a zoo dedicated to native Australian animals, and was commissioned to reinterpret the unique fauna he encountered within the Sanctuary's grounds. Check it out.
Roa for Nuart here
Thursday, 6 December 2012
ESCIF HITS THE MARK WITH "SWAN LAKE"
The visual image of ballet skirt wearing police officers beating a man makes humor of an otherwise horrifying situation. With this new piece, Escif attached a video of the original police beating edited in unison with a symphony. Clever work as usual from this Spanish artist.
Escif website here
Escif for Nuart here
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
AAKASH NIHALANI FOR NUART 2012
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I just received these great shots of a piece that Aakash Nihalani produced for this years Nuart. One of the joys of running Nuart is discovering works we had no idea were produced, it could be a reflection on how out of control things get, our general incompetence, or more likely (we hope), just how much these artists love to work for the shear joy of creating. No prizes, no media coverage, no blogs.. just a LOT of love from the community the works appear in.
The piece is from a series Aakash is working on entitled "Sum Times". Great concept which I'm sure had more than a few heads turning and smiles cracking on the way to work.
See more of Aakash's work here
Aakash Nihalani for Nuart here
Monday, 3 December 2012
VHILS "DEVOID" LAZARIDES
Nuart friend Vhils aka Alexandre Farto opened a new show over the weekend at Lazarides Rathbone place gallery.
Photo's Ian Cox
Check out Vhils for Nuart here
Friday, 30 November 2012
DAVID CHOE AND SABER
David Choe AMA: Dave and SABER paint the flower shop from David Choe on Vimeo.
A match made in heaven, two of our favourite artists hit a flower shop. And why not..
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
FAITH 47 VIDEO
RHAPSODY - ROCHESTER, NYC - 2012 from FAITH47 on Vimeo.
Loved this piece when it went up, great to see it was properly documented.
'Rhapsody' was completed for thie Wall Therapy mural project based in Rochester, NY. Cinematography - Evan Schap and Eamon McBride Editing - Evan Schap Music - Fever Ray
Monday, 26 November 2012
NUART 2012, MOVING PICTURES
NUART 2012 : SHOWTIME from NUART on Vimeo.
For those that missed it first time around, here's that Nuart 2012 video again.NIELS SHOE MEULMAN, 360
360 panorama of Niels Shoe Meulman's installation for Nuart. Great piece of kit for the iPhone by Occipital, you can now enjoy the show from the privacy of your own home. Looking forward to seeing how we can apply this to Nuart 2013.
Check out Niels Shoe for Nuart here
NUART & LES INROCKS
Staying with the press for a minute, this one for our French followers and Francophiles everywhere, there's a 6 page feature in this weeks Les Inrocks, France largest selling cultural weekly. Grab a copy if you see it !
www.lesinrocks.com
NUART AND JUXTAPOZ
Be sure to grab a copy of December's Juxtapoz, in stores now. Terrific feature on this years Nuart Festival.
www.juxtapoz.com
Friday, 23 November 2012
SWOON FOR MOCA TV
Caledonia Curry "Swoon" talks about the transformation from street/studio artist to the raft voyages of, "Swimming Cities of Serenissima" and "Konbit Shelter" in Bigones-Leogane, Haiti. "Konbit Shelter" was inspired by the work of architect Nader Khalili and includes a community center to hold workshops, house the works of local stone carvers, and educate the village in the techniques of earth bag building. The project continues with the building of new homes for the residents of Bigones.
For more information visit; http://konbitshelter.org
SØREN STARBIRD PORTRAITS NUART 2012
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We had the honour of hosting renowned Danish photographer Søren Solkær Starbird at this years Nuart Festival where he continued his work documenting the world leading names in Street Art for his upcoming D.O.T.S book project, more on that from Søren below.
D.O.T.S. (Depending On The Street)
I am a professional, published photographer based in Copenhagen and London, having creatively portrayed international artists through still images for the past fifteen years.I am currently working on my 4th book project. This book will show portraits of some of the worlds most significant artists who work in the public space. The first part of this series will be shown at Outpost Street Art Festival at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia in March 2013. The book will be completed in 2014. A few of the artists I have photographed so far are: Aryz, Ron English, Hownosm, Jordan Seiler, DOLK, Niels Shoe Meulman, Kenny Scharf, Lady Aiko, Crash, Daze, Mark Bode, Conor Harington, Saber, Eine, The WA, Aakash Nihalani, Dan Witz, Sickboy, Mobstr, Ludo, Cope2, Above, Nelio, Kid Zoom, E.L.K. and Shepard Fairey.
Over the last 15 years Søren has photographed more than 150 musicians, including: Paul McCartney, U2, Amy Winehouse, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Moby, Oasis, Patti Smith, P.J. Harvey, R.E.M., The White Stripes, Dangermouse, The Who, Damon Albarn, The Arcade Fire, Beck, Björk, Peter Gabriel and Dave Grohl. Check out more of Søren's work on his excellent website HERE
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