Posted by Tag One on Thursday, November 8, 2012,
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About a week ago, students and faculty
arrived at the UND Hughes Fine Arts Center to find some objects along
the sidewalk to the building’s west entrance had been bombed … with
yarn. Four light poles and a tree were covered with bright yarn in
ruffles and fringe.
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, October 24, 2012,
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By Jared Zwerling | ESPN The Magazine
Courtesy of Public Works Department This Kevin Garnett backboard, by artist Chris Stain, is one of the pieces in the "Art of Basketball" collection.
In
the 1970s, when rap music was just taking off, legendary DJ Afrika
Bambaataa of the Zulu Nation outlined the four pillars of hip-hop
culture: MCing, DJing, breakdancing and graffiti writing.
Today, while most of these elements have gone mainstream and already
been integrated into NBA entertainment... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, July 23, 2012,
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Graffitists the world over aspire to follow in the footsteps of renowned street artist Banksy.
However, one photographer is taking a different tack entirely and bringing Banksy’s iconic works to life by using real people and objects in place of the originals.
As a second installment to his successful You Are Not Banksy series British born photographer Nick Stern has recreated 11 more of the graffiti star’s most famous works.
Recreation: LA-based photographer Nick Stern is bringing Banksy t...
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 ...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, May 30, 2012,
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Fashion house and electronic music label Kitsuné creates some of the foxiest music compilations around (Kitsuné means “fox” in Japanese). For the first time, they put together an album of new and emerging American artists. To celebrate the release of their Kitsune America compilation album, they are installing “Sound Graffiti” around New York City.
The album includes up-and-coming American electronic producers Them Jeans, DWNTWN, Emil & Friends, Giraffage, and Selebrities. They are p...
We could’t help but share this excellent piece of socially-aware street art from our friends over atHealthy is the New Skinny. Apparently, a wheatpaste artist in Germany found H&M‘shighly Photoshopped ads (which got a lot of flak for using excessively tan models) to be in need of a little real-time editing…so they added a Photoshop toolbar to help out.
This image come courtesy of I’m Not Alex Bogusty, a Tumblr user who noted the edi...
The picture, which shows a young boy of Asian origin hunched over a sewing machine, uses Union Jack bunting as an apparent nod to uniquely British celebrations.
So far, it has been interpreted variously as a comment on the upcoming Olympic celebrations, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and even the riots of last summer.
Photographs of the work, on the wall of a Poundland shop on Whymark Av...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, April 30, 2012,
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BY ABBY SCHREIBER
Starting May 2nd, NYC-based creative agency CNNCTD+ will be tagging the city with "sound graffiti" as part of CNNCTD+100, a project that aims to highlight cross-pollination between fashion, music, street art, nightlife and youth culture via sound recordings placed throughout Manhattan. The recordings will feature music, dialogue, readings or instructions and are curated by 100 different creative types, including artist Cindy Sherman, James Franco, Santigold, Paz de la Huerta,...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, April 19, 2012,
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by Joe McGuire
A DERELICT city-centre building has been turned into an art gallery in a move that could reduce graffiti in the area.
The boarded-up exterior of the former What Every Woman Wants store on Argyle Street now features interpretations by street artist Sam Bates of famous paintings.
Van Gogh’s Starry Night, Munch’s The Scream, Dali’s melting clocks and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon are all on display.
His depiction of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has already been dubbed “The...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, April 10, 2012,
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This April 8, 2012, photo shows a stencil graffiti in the likeness of Gerald R. Ford at the Ottawa exit off I-196 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Several stenciled Ford images have popped up recently along east I-196 in the West Michigan city. The Gerald R. Ford Public Museum has no official position on the graffiti, though one official says it's difficult to condone something that's not approved by the city. A local art professor says it's art and the city should leave it alone. (AP Photo/The Grand R...
For nearly a year, a graffiti artist has used six pieces of leftover concrete culvert along Interstate 25 in Westminster as a his canvas for scenes from a Native American buffalo hunt . RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
The image of an Indian bowhunter aiming at a herd of buffalo has captivated motorists along Interstate 25 in Westminster for the past year, evoking much mystery and speculation.
Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 20, 2012,
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Walk by Arlene’s Grocery on the lower east side or the corner of Mulberry and Kenmare and you’ll find one of Hanksy’s works. The graffiti artist has been posting his mash-ups of Banksy and actor Tom Hanks all over New York and is currently showing a few works at Krause Gallery. Not content to stick to just one actor, he’s branched out with works of others, including one called "Drive-Thru" featuring Ryan Golsing.
Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 6, 2012,
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Street Art
Everyone wants to chime in on Google’s privacy polices including, it seems, graffiti artists. In recent weeks, an unflattering version of the company logo has appeared in New York, depicting the double vowel in the company’s name as a pair of surveillance cameras.
Here’s a photo of the logo that I snapped upon encountering it on the Pulaski bridge, a span that connects the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens:
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 26, 2012,
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Street Art
Get paid to vandalize! (Getty Images)
Remember the good old days, when Mayor Giuliani would have you arrested just for keeping spray paint cans in your backpack? When “tagging” buildings and underpasses were used to connote different gang areas? Of course, galleries have been promoting graffiti as “outsider art” since the 80s, but it really took Banksy and Bomb the System to turn elevate the expression of juvenile delinquents into haute couture.
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, January 17, 2012,
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New York graffiti artist replicates Banksy artworks but with key addition – the face of Tom Hanks
The tables have been turned on street artist Banksy, as the graffiti satirist gets spoofed by one of his own. A rival street artist, calling himself ‘Hanksy’, has been recreating Banksy artworks across New York’s Lower East Side but with one addition – the face of Tom Hanks!
And so, Banksy's famous stencil of a rioter preparing to throw a bunch of flowers becomes Tom Hanks preparing to ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 21, 2011,
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"Work of Art" on Bravo hit the streets in Wednesday's episode, challenging the remaining contestants to create works of street art on the side of an industrial-looking building in Brooklyn. This week's guest judge was artist Lee Quiñones, who got started in the subway graffiti movement during the 1970s.
In keeping with the week's theme, Simon de Pury, who serves as a mentor to the contestants, traded in his trademark designer suits for jeans and a casual jacket. (He also arrived to the set vi...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 15, 2011,
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Can you imagine getting arrested for cleaning?
Moose Benjamin Curtis can.
He’s a street artist that cleans grime off dirty walls, signs, and tunnels — instead of using spray paint — to create his urban masterpieces.
Even though he’s been arrested for doing it, Curtis continues to do the art known as “reverse graffiti” for advertisements and out of his own enjoyment. But he especially enjoys using the art to advocate for environmental organizations and causes, he tells Grist writer Gr...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, August 8, 2011,
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New Banksy work revealed online First Photo
The controversial British graffiti artist Banksy aka Robin Gunningham has posted a new work on his website ( http://www.banksy.co.uk/newoutdoors/index.htm) exploring the scandal which has engulfed News International over the past months. The exact location of the work has not been revealed, but it is thought to be somewhere in the Wapping area, near the headquarters of News International in the UK.
This is not the first connection that the popular a...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, August 3, 2011,
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Street Art
Ever try and find the location of Banksy's work in London? It's a minefield. Well someone clever has come up with the solution. It is in the form of a virtual walking tour of Britain's most famous graffiti artist's work, with GPS to get you there. ArtLyst rates this highly. We find it easy to use and definitely the most comprehensive app on the market dealing with the artist's work. It does however take you to works that have been painted over by the council, so map out a route and check oth...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, July 26, 2011,
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The man who considers Banksy his mentor has been tagging Los Angeles with a series of Red Hot Chili Pepper-themed street art. Mr. Brainwash, made famous by the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop in which several street artists (including Banksy) show their disdain for him, says that he was hired by the band to promote their new album via the artwork
MBW, real name Thierry Guetta, has been tagging each of the pieces with the date 8/30/11, which is the release dare for the album. He says tha... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, July 26, 2011,
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A piece of graffiti art on the wall of Clarks headquarters in Street has tongues wagging that the company flew in guerrilla artist Banksy to add a splash of colour to the building.
The striking stencilled piece features a man and woman watching as a child writes “consumers rule” in red paint.
The graffiti at Clarks
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But while some believe the work bears all the hallmarks of Bristol’s cutting-edge graffiti artist, Banksy, a committee set up to authenticate his work says it is simpl...
Slapped high above the sidewalk on the Chapala Street side of downtown’s Forever 21 clothing store is the recent work of an unknown Santa Barbara graffiti artist.
The discreet mural was likely, and quickly, made sometime last weekend, though city police and Forever 21 employees discovered it only yesterday afternoon.
The facade appears best accessible from a trellis abutting the Chapala Street parking garage and features Freddy Kruger’s hand slitting a gash in the s...
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls."
And whispered in the sounds of silence. ~Paul Simon
It doesn’t take a prophet to sound-off opinions about the graffiti counterculture that draws simultaneous and widespread acceptance, imitation, and disdain. I...
An artwork on a Los Angeles wall reputed to be done by the British graffiti artist Banksy
Graffiti artist Banksy has been causing mischief in Los Angeles as a series of stencils have appeared in the run-up to the Oscars.
The shadowy art guerilla is thought to be behind the images which have been sprayed on walls and billboards, including a pyromaniac Charlie Brown and a cocktail-swigging Mickey Mouse.
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, February 6, 2011,
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Who would have thought that in the world of graffiti artists and wall taggers, innovations in technology could also help these people spread their messages around?
Take for example a Vimeo contributor by the name of mudlevel. He has created a portable robotic device capable of quickly painting a rainbow on just about any unsuspecting wall.
The robo-rainbow, as it is called, takes only a few minutes to setup and is attached to a bicycle for mobility. Then when the target wall is found, the bike ...
"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" character Carlton Banks.
NBC - Residents of Moss Bluff, Louisiana are seeing a rash of bizarre vandalism. A graffiti artist is tagging different phone junction boxes with an image of a cast member from the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
An ink-stenciled image of Carlton Banks, the character played by Alfonso Ribeiro in the 1990s sitcom, has been popping up on boxes belonging to different telephone ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 6, 2011,
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By Ali Naafiz
MALE, December 27 (HNS) – She never drew graffiti “like it should be done” before and never tried to draw graffiti. Huveida ‘Huvey’ Ghalib and her family participated in the graffiti drawing competition organised by Society for Women and Against Drugs (SWAD) at Tsunami Monument area just to have fun and strengthen family ties.
The 10-member ‘family team’ participated in the graffiti drawing competition organised to create awareness about AIDS not expecting to win. Th... Continue reading ...
A work attributed to the British graffiti artist Banksy has caused a dispute in the elegant seaside city of San Sebastian – but not, as is often the case with his work, because the authorities were irked by the defaced wall. The problem this time was that other graffiti artists were so jealous of Banksy'...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, September 2, 2010,
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Cult graffiti artist Banksy has confirmed that a mural on a beach wall is his latest creation.
Speaking to The Argus, the street artist, whose identity is still
unknown, said the image of a boy playing in a sandcastle emblazoned with
the Tesco logo is the genuine article.
The mural, appeared last weekend on the beach in St Leonards at the
same time as Banksy, is rumoured to have attend...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, August 19, 2010,
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Street Art
Mention graffiti to Downtown Jersey City residents and their
thoughts turn to a scourge that affects their neighborhoods and property
values. But graffiti for Christian Santiago is an artform that he
believes deserves more respect.
Jersey City native Santiago, 32,
is in the process of capturing the various graffiti murals artists have
created across the city in a new documentary, “IMMORTALIZED!”
Santiago
started the project in June and has shot three of the nine murals done
especiall... Continue reading ...
The
south side of the 112th Street mural. Photo Rosemary Ponnekanti.
Tired of seeing gang graffiti on the bridge at South 112th
Street and Portland Avenue, local graffiti artists have painted over
the area to create a mural measuring 50 by 34 feet. The mural was
comple...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, May 3, 2010,
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Street Art
Amsterdam-based artists
Wayne Horse, Daniel Jimenez van Wageningen, Morcky Troubles, and Chaz from The
London Police do a live graffiti performance organzied by local artists agency
E.V.E.N.T.
When French graffiti artist ZEVS climbed a ladder and stuck a
paint-splattered Chanel logo onto the Giorgio Armani store last year, it created
a flurry in the media. He was instantly arrested, passport seized, and the news
spread furiously through the city.
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, April 11, 2010,
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Street Art
Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Star Tribune
Erin Sayer hired a nationally known
graffiti artist, Deuce Seven, to paint the facade of her Minneapolis
gallery’s building. But the building’s owner, who appreciates art, says
it doesn’t belong in the neighborhood.
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, April 11, 2010,
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Street Art
The following is a short piece written by a friend of mine about
graffiti artists Banksy and Robbo fighting for their pride. You can
find the original article here, which should provide some backstory. Enjoy!
Streaks of orange, red and black tagging,
with a yellow background to highlight the age old dichotomy between
passion and purpose- from prose to paints. Is the love of the game
enough to conquer the quest for the dollar?
In London, where
dollars are pounds and vandalism is dollars,... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, March 22, 2010,
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Street Art
Oh these hands, Buff Diss’s trademark – “Bridging the Gap” in Berlin All images courtesy of Buff Diss
Melbourne-based graffiti artist Buff Diss is on a mission to find
the perfect place for his graffiti so that it completes and complements
what is already there: A friendly hand lending a match to light a
random pile of wood, the same hand now shattering a brick wall, adding
to the debris below, or in another place, taping shut a historical
gate. And local authorities are not too upse...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 7, 2010,
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Street Art
Wynwood is now famous for its outdoor murals — unlike many of the artists who created them
Over the past few years, Wynwood has become ground zero for inspired graffiti art. BT photo by Silvia Ros
What
was happening out there on the streets of Wynwood, on a Wednesday
afternoon in the middle of December? The Art Basel crowds had gone
home, so why all these people milling about, taking photographs in
front of murals throughout the neighborhood? Wynwood, the art center of
Miami, may be filled w... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, January 3, 2010,
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Street Art
hursday, Dec 24, 2009 @06:39pm EST
HAGERSTOWN, MD
- While some people were enjoying the warmth of their homes following
this past weekend's storm, a young man in Washington County decided to
put a personal touch on the shoveled snow.
Philip Tosten painted a graffiti mural on the shoveled banks of snow in front of a home on Virginia Avenue.
Tosten and his friends decided to create the artwork after shoveling the driv...
The
Copenhagen climate talks closed with the sinking hopes of many
enviro-groups who called the summit a failure — and with a “sinking”
mural by world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy.
DIY graffiti doesn’t have to be ugly– it can be thought-provoking, challenging, and perhaps most importantly, temporary. Jesse Graves, an artist based in Milwaukee Wisconsin, has harnessed mud as an artistic medium to take his green graffiti to the streets, and he encourages others to do the same.
Graves’ graffiti, which includes images of bicycles, bottles of oil, and cows, uses mud stencils to promote messages of social justice. Why mud? According to...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
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Street Art
THE ELUSIVE, international street artist Banksy may have chosen a Tottenham letting agent's wall for his latest canvas.
A distinctive stencilled work of two children playing catch with a "no
ball games" sign is definitely by the world-renowned graffiti artist,
whose original works have sold for more than £100,000 at auction,
according to fans.
The graffiti, which uses Banksy's trademark
stencilled style and sense of humour, appeared over the weekend
opposite the junction of Tottenham High Ro...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, September 24, 2009,
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Street Art
"It's all so amazing and so artistic," the 17-year-old Old Bridge
resident said. "I don't know what half the drawings are, but they are
all so beautiful. You have your own interpretation of everything that
you see.
But on Saturday afternoon, with a paintbrush in her hand, she said she stood corrected — and in awe.
"It's all so amazing and so artistic," the 17-year-old Old Bridge
resident said. "I don't know what half the drawings are, but they are
all so beautiful. You have you...
For
the Use the City Festival in Kosice, a steelmaking hub that is
Slovakia's second-biggest city, Curtis erased years of industrial
grime. | Photographs by Franco Pagetti
EnlargeWorking
in Slovakia "was a bit more interesting than I would have liked," says
Curtis. For one thing, there were the homemade ladders the locals
provided. They also equipped him with firehoses that sprayed sand along
with the water, m...
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Courtesy of Public Works Department This Kevin Garnett backboard, by artist Chris Stain, is one of the pieces in the "Art of Basketball" collection.
"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" character Carlton Banks.
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