Banksy, Idris Elba to Launch #WithSyria on 3rd Anniversary of Conflict
#WithSyria By Adam Townsend Elusive British street artist Banksy, whose art showed up in a number of places in New York last fall, is scheduled to widely share new art on the third anniversary of the Syrian Civil War over the next few days. The new art is a reworking of a popular Banksy piece …
Interview: Catching up with My Dog Sighs before his US tour.
After 10 years of giving his art away for free as part of the now infamous Free Art Friday project in the UK, My Dog Sighs has this year finally found himself strapped in to a well-deserved meteoric rise. With an incredible international following in Israel, Japan and the UK, three sold out shows under …
Borondo in London
BORONDO “Looking For” Fabiano Caputo Borondo in London video by http://www.fabianocaputo.com http://www.rexromae.com/ music by chromatics
Interview: Snik
Initially inspired by the Graffiti scene, Snik has been working with stencil and spray can for 10 years now. Constantly pushing the boundaries, this artist duo has developed a unique style which is equally captivating on walls as it in on canvas. Staying true to their form, Snik hand cuts up to nine layers at …
Featured Artist: DAAS
DAAS is a Japan based American contemporary artist, widely known for his bold, colorful, geometric paintings and murals. Drawing inspiration from the interplay between chaos and control, he synthesizes line, geometric shapes, rich textures and vivid colors to produce work that uses both representational and abstract elements to create recognizable forms such as humans, animals …
Adnate & Shida, Melbourne 2012
Adnate & Shida, Melbourne 2012 from Michael Danischewski Video production by Michael Danischewski http://demandattention.com.au/ flickr.com/photos/shidaart michaeldanischewski.tumblr.com
Poussières d’étoiles by Ludovic Florent
Ludovic Florent created the series ‘Poussières d’étoiles’ (Stardust), highlighting the natural beauty of the human body. He explains: ‘Behind every carnal envelope hides a soul that is both sensitive and flamboyant as I try to capture in each of my photographs.’ We certainly enjoy his work guided by a humanistic look, finding expression in a …
Interview: Fintan Magee
Born in Lismore NSW (Australia), Fintan Magee moved to Brisbane as a child and began drawing shortly after. In his early teens, he was exposed to Brisbane’s graffiti culture, and began to scrawl his name across the city with large vibrant letter forms. Moving away from traditional graffiti in recent years, his guerilla murals often …
Herakut in Jordan
The German duo is currently in Jordan invited by AptART and the French organization ACTED, participating in the three month project which runs through April 2014, builds on previous work with Syrian youth, refugees and internally displaced persons in the region. International (Ruben Sanchez, Luc van der Walt, Jumana Hokan, David Shill-inglaw, Jonathan Darby, and …
Blog: A Cyclist Transforms Street Markings Into Works Of Art.
Peter Gibson AKA Roadsworth began painting the streets of Montreal in the fall of 2001. Initially, motivated by a desire for more bike paths in the city and a questioning of “car culture” in general, he continued to develop a language around street markings and other elements of the urban landscape, using a primarily stencil …
Featured Artist: The Lone Beader
Diana Grygo AKA The Lone Beader is a self-taught bead embroidery artist currently working in Boston, Massachusetts. She loves to create extremely dimensional beaded paintings by stitching glass seed beads to felt. Her current pieces are inspired by pop culture, dogs, classic cars, and city scenes. Join her on a journey and let her beadwork …
Interview: Dot Dot Dot
DOT DOT DOT is the pseudonym for an anonymous Norway-based graffiti artist. He first started as a graffiti artist in 1997. Operating under several different pseudonyms over the following years, he decided to step into a more figurative and conceptual mode of art. Around 2007 he started to do stencil art, but continued to do …