Browsing Archive: June, 2012

3-year-old Denver girl criticized for sidewalk chalk art

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, June 21, 2012, In : Street Art

By Kaitie Huss
June 20, 2012 |

Graffiti vandal? Try three-year-old Emerson Cohan, sidewalk chalk artist. Although some in the Denver neighborhood of Stapleton consider these two titles synonymous. According to a report by CBS4 Denver, Cohan’s summer sidewalk art has brought on complaints by the Innovations and Courtyard Traditions at Stapleton who claim her drawings dirty the overall image of the neighborhood’s public space.

The city has placed a temporary ban on sidewalk chalk ...

Asics, Foot Locker Tap Graffiti Artist for Manhattan Storefront Installation

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, June 21, 2012, In : Artist

By Bob Marshall on June 20, 2012 3:43 PM

Continuing today’s theme of people paintin’ on stuff, Asics and agency Vitro commissioned California-by-way-of-South Africa graffiti artist Pinky Taylor to gussy up the window display of the 34th St. Foot Locker in Manhattan. Taylor, known for his colorful work in the surf and skate markets, hand-painted over 500 individual pieces as part of the installation called “Color That Runs,” elements of which can be seen at over 500 Foot Locker stores a...

Vandalism of Picasso caught on smartphone camera

Posted by Tag One on Thursday, June 21, 2012, In : WANTED

Suspect spray-painted Picasso painting before fleeing

Police are investigating a brazen act of vandalism in which a suspect spray-painted graffiti onto a Pablo Picasso canvas displayed at the Menil Collection in Houston.

Police are searching for a suit-jacketed suspect who spray-painted graffiti over a Picasso painting at Houston's Menil Collection art museum last week. (YouTube)

The incident took place on June 13 at the Renzo Piano-designed museum, which houses the modern art collection of late...

GRAFFITI CRACKDOWN: Police seize artwork from gallery opening

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, In : Charged

The owner of an Edmonton arts supplies store and gallery where police seized dozens of pieces of graffiti art this week says the raid will likely discourage illegal artists from going legitimate.

Kim Fjordbotten, owner of The Paint Spot on Whyte Avenue, says six officers showed up at her business on June 14 shortly before an opening reception for an exhibit that included many pieces by an artist identified only as “DP.” The officers had a warrant that stated they were there to collect artw...

Boy charged with 180 vandalism counts in Vista

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, In : Busted

VISTA — A boy arrested Wednesday is suspected of graffiti vandalism totaling about $85,000 in Vista, the Sheriff’s Department said.

Deputies served a search warrant at his residence and seized evidence relating to graffiti, said sheriff’s Deputy K. Johnston. When arrested at another location, the juvenile was found with graffiti paraphernalia and implements, Johnston said.

Because he is a minor, his name was not released. He was booked into Juvenile Hall on 180 counts of felony vandalism....

Graffiti master: N.Y. street artist John 'Crash' Matos gives adoring Detroiters an eyeful

Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, In : Artist

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The Long-Sharp/Curis Gallery has works such as “Detour (Pink Car)” by John “Crash” Matos on view. (Michael Hodges / The Detroit News)

Given Detroit's growing reputation as a must-see attraction for graffiti artists nationwide, it's fitting that the Long-Sharp/Curis Gallery downtown has devoted an early summer show, "Misdemeanors to Masterpieces," to one of the pioneers of serious street art, New Yorker John "Crash" Matos.

"Detroit is this rising star in street art," says g...

Graffiti Writer Wayne 'Stay High 149' Roberts Dead at 61

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, In : RIP

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Wayne Roberts at work.

By DAVID GONZALEZ

Wayne Roberts was a pioneering 1970s graffiti writer known as “Stay High 149” who borrowed the haloed stick figure from the title sequence of the 1960s television series “The Saint,” put a joint in its mouth and turned it around. His “Smoker” tag, or signature, turned the heads of legions of imitators and admirers, including the anonymous teenagers who slipped into train yards at night to paint whole cars, as well as Norman Mailer, w...

Graffiti artist Vomet strikes a deal, takes probation

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, In : Charged

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Two Atlanta graffiti artists arrested last year after the City of Atlanta’s controversial Graffiti Task Force kicked into full swing pleaded guilty to multiple counts earlier this week in municipal court.

Christopher “Vomet” Smith, 29, and Douglas “Beav” Jones, 19, both entered guilty pleas on four counts each related to their artistic discrepancies.

Both received six months probation, fines ranging between $300-$500 (plus court costs), and restitution of $3,550...

That writing on the wall is not graffiti

Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, In : Legal Graffiti Art

On May 26, a group of 25 employees from the creative team of an advertising agency in the city came out on the streets to paint the walls that line the Senapati Bapat Marg in Parel.

Last month, members of the creative team of an advertising agency painted the walls at Tulsi Pipe Road as part of a corporate social responsibility initiative. Pic/ Atul Kamble

They didn’t paint anything objectionable as a mark of protest against the system. Neither did they paint something that could be perceived...

Browsing Archive: June, 2012

3-year-old Denver girl criticized for sidewalk chalk art

Asics, Foot Locker Tap Graffiti Artist for Manhattan Storefront Installation

Vandalism of Picasso caught on smartphone camera

Suspect spray-painted Picasso painting before fleeing

GRAFFITI CRACKDOWN: Police seize artwork from gallery opening

Boy charged with 180 vandalism counts in Vista

Graffiti master: N.Y. street artist John 'Crash' Matos gives adoring Detroiters an eyeful

The Long-Sharp/Curis Gallery has works such as “Detour (Pink Car)” by John “Crash” Matos on view. (Michael Hodges / The Detroit News)

Graffiti Writer Wayne 'Stay High 149' Roberts Dead at 61

By DAVID GONZALEZ

Graffiti artist Vomet strikes a deal, takes probation

That writing on the wall is not graffiti

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