Blog: Alex Chinneck Installation in London
‘Take my lightning but don’t steal my thunder’ An installation entitled ‘Take my lightning but don’t steal my thunder’ by British artist Alex Chinneck stands in Covent Garden on October 2, 2014 in London, England. The installation is intended to cast the illusion that a 40-foot section of the Covent Garden’s 184-year old market building …
Blog: Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada at the national mall in DC
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada at the national mall in DC Artist Jorge Rodriguez Gerada has spent weeks using soil and sand to create the portrait “Out Of Many, One” on the six acres between the World War II and Lincoln memorials. The portrait is made up of the faces of dozens of young men he photographed this …
Interview: Nils Westergard
Nils Westergard is a 22 y.o Belgian-American street artist and film maker from Richmond, VA. His stencils and murals can be found on walls and in galleries across the US, Europe, and Australia. He has produced music videos and animations which have played in film festivals around the world, most notably his street-animation “Wallflower.” Nils …
NYCHOS MURAL KNOTENPUNKT 14
NYCHOS MURAL KNOTENPUNKT 14 from Affenfaust Galerie The Austrian urban art and graffiti illustrator Nychos was born in 1982 in Styria, Austria where he grew up in a hunting family. Getting confronted by the anatomy of dead animals at an early age and being an 80’s kid with an interest for cartoons and heavy metal …
Miss Van “Bien Bonitas de Paris” / Le MUR
Miss Van “Bien Bonitas de Paris” / Le MUR Oberkampf Paris from Monsieur Mitri MISS VAN painted that mural in June 2014. The wall was up until July 12th! This is what she had to say: “And 3 days later… 3 days of hard work, smiles, fun, inner fights, encounters, rain… So much happiness painting the …
Interview: Louis Masai Michel
“I grew up living above my parents restaurant, which meant that I didn’t get a lot of time to hang out with my dad but when he finished service I would join him in the studio to do my art homework. When he wasn’t being a chef, his other passion for painting took over, I …
WE OWN THE FUTURE Feat. Shepard Fairey
ELEMENT TREE / THE L.I.S.A. PROJECT NYC Present: WE OWN THE FUTURE Feat. Shepard Fairey from SERRINGE Shepard Fairey and his team have completed a new mural for the “L.I.S.A. Project” titled “We Own The Future.” The mural, located in NYC’s Lower East Side, is a nod to seizing the day and utilizing skills and …
Natalia Rak – Ophelia
Natalia Rak – Ophelia from Boråspunktcom Natalia Rak made this epic mural for No Limit Street Art Borås in September 2014. See her work in progress captured in this time lapse video.
Interview: Dale Grimshaw
Dale Grimshaw was born in Lancashire, in the North of England. During a difficult childhood, his drawing and painting became extremely important to him. As a teenager he was able to develop these skills while completing an Art Foundation course at Blackburn College. Later on he was able to study fine art to degree level …
Calle 13 – Proyecto de Arte MultiViral
Calle 13 – Proyecto de Arte MultiViral “Multiviralizyng Art” is a project organized by the band Calle 13, an urban alternative band founded in Puerto Rico in 2005 by René Pérez Joglar (“Residente”) and Eduardo Cabra Martínez (“Visitante”). This is by far the best urban music band of the island. The band has won a total …
Interview: Julia Volchkova
Born in Nizhnevartovsk, Siberia (Russia) in 1987, Volchkova Yulia Anatolievna (Julia) studied drawing from an early age. In 2004, Julia won in the competition of the faculty of art and design. In 2010, she graduated from the Institute and went to Saint Petersburg and she began drawing graffiti and street art. Soon after that Julia …
Interview: Pichi&Avo
It all began in 2007, bringing a spectacularly lucid splash of Mediterranean colors to the streets of Valencia and the rest of Spain, Pichi and Avo have infused a stunning level of figurative detail into their work. Hints of surrealism leap out and slap the viewer about while drawing you into a radiant explosion of …