Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 In : Artist
An
outdoor mural at Kingspoint Mullet is Houston's largest graffiti mecca
and art space and is run by Southern Artists Foundation, a nonprofit
organization that works to help autistic children, Tuesday, Dec. 4,
2012, in Houston. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 In : Artist
A graffiti artist has created a tongue-in-cheek commentary on
Britain’s struggling high streets – by erecting spoof shop signs with
names such as “Blockbust” and “Vomit”.
Luke Hollingworth, 36, created lookalike logos of failed high street
brands and erected them above empty premises in his local high street.
Christchurch graffiti artist Nick 'Icarus' Tam works on his
'fish and chips graffiti' at the Palmerston fish and chip
shop earlier this week. Photo by Bill Campbell.
How do you deter taggers from covering your shop's
exterior walls with graffiti? Get someone in to cover the walls
with graffiti first.
A large graffiti-style fish and chips design has been painted
on to a Palmerston fish and chip shop's exterior wall.
...
The celebrities' favourite graffiti artist, Stik has collaborated with The Big Issue on an exclusive give-away
He’s the ex-homeless graffiti artist whose striking images now hang in
the homes of celebrities like Elton John and Bono. Now the mysterious
Stik has decided to give a print away for free to Big Issue readers,
available inside this w...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, March 7, 2013 In : Charged
One of the two men who allegedly painted graffiti around the city in April 2012 has pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday.
Zachary
Joseph Karels, 24, of Fergus Falls, pleaded guilty in Otter Tail County
District Court to one count of third degree damage to property, a gross
misdemeanor. District Judge Waldemar Senyk sentenced him to 180 days in
jail, with 170 days stayed for two years. He also must pay a $900 fine
and $297.90 in restitution.
Eleven year old
Afghan girl Tarana Akbari, poses for a photograph. Millions of girls
like her are subjected to abuse in Afghanistan, says Women for Afghan
Women Executive Director Manizha Naderi. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 In : World News
Alec Monopoly at XS. Photos: Danny Mahoney/XS Nightclub
Artists, designers and fashion enthusiasts alike gathered at XS
Nightclub at Encore Las Vegas on Monday night for the launch of Las
Vegas Fashion Week with MAGIC and PROJECT taking over the city.
PROJECT MVMNT, a new division of PROJECT aimed to serve the growth of
youth culture, hosted the event at XS alongside several labels
including Mint Currency, The:Odds, Skingraft, DNA, Android Homme, Neff,
B...
There's a press release making the rounds on the internet this afternoon saying that London police have arrested famed graffiti artist Banksy and revealed his identity.
Don't believe it — the whole thing seems to be a hoax.
We just placed a call to London's Metropolitan Police, who confirmed that the Banksy is still safely under cover.
And there are no reports about the alleged arrest on BBC or CNN, which both supposedly covered the story accordin...
Artists at Graffiti Iconz in Lake Worth create one-of-a-kind works using a variety of mediums, including spray paint.
In
Lake Worth, where the prevalence of gang graffiti motivated city
commissioners to create an anti-spray paint ordinance in 2010,
artist/business owner Adolphe Latorr...
Jim Hollander/European Pressphoto AgencyA work by Banksy in the West Bank city of Ramallah shows an Israeli soldier getting frisked. Go to related book review »
“I
don’t know what art is, but….” People have been finishing this sentence
with “I know what I like” or “I know it when I see it” for a long, long
time.
How do you define “art”? It is something that
shows mastery, has stood the test of time, speaks for the era in which
it was created, is valued...
Insa is a UK graffiti artist who's gained some notoriety for his technique of creating GIFs by photographing shifting murals — his work with Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood is a notable example of late. In a two-part interview with Adobe's Photoshop blog,
he discusses his creative process, inspirations, and the incredible
difficulty involved in producing the GIF-iti works. It took three days
to paint a building four...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 11, 2013 In : Artist
One New York artist didn't shout his love from the rooftops -- he graffitied it!
Jason "Jay Shells" Shelowitz proposed to his girlfriend, Rachel
Weiner, on Saturday by spray-painting "Rachel will you marry me?" across
the rooftops of five Upper East Side buildings. He shared this photo on
Animal New York Tuesday:
Shelowitz told HuffPost Weddings that he occasionally does artwork on
the street, so when he decided to pop the question, he knew he wanted
to paint something outside.
Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 11, 2013 In : Artist
Bonnie Jo Mount/WASHINGTON POST -
Aaron Gordon, above, says the original name of his shop, which
has a graffiti motif, was meant to honor D.C. graffiti icon Cool
“Disco” Dan.
owners are using technology to fight taggers who vandalize their property.
We do recover!
