Australia
Fintan Magee paints a mural in Amman Jordan
Inspired by Syrian children confined to refugee camps in Jordan, Fintan Magee painted “The Exile”, a mural of a girl he worked with in a painting project. Alongside a fading reflection of her past life she gazes into a future that is unknown. This mural was curated by aptART – Awareness & Prevention Through Art. …
Interview: Selina Miles
Selina Miles, is a self-taught director and editor from Brisbane who now travels and works full time internationally. She specializes in the documentation of street art and graffiti, but also makes music videos and commercials. She has directed over 50 short form videos featuring artists, and her work within the commercial field has representation with …
Interview: Waone of Interesni Kazki
Interesni Kazki (IK) is Aleksei Bordusov and Vladimir Manzhos, a duo from the Ukraine who also go by their respective aliases AEC and WAONE. They began working together in 1999. They were the precursors of the graffiti movement in the East European countries and since then, these guys have created many murals in the Ukraine …
Interview: RONE
Famous for his sumptuous paintings of glamorous women, in particular an often recurring image of his so-called Jane Doe, Rone’s work attempts to locate the friction point between beauty and decay, the lavish and despoiled, creating an iconic form of urban art with a strongly emotional bent. Producing many of his early works either through …
Interview: Jimmy C ( James Cochran)
James Cochran, aka Jimmy C, played a key role in the development of the underground graffiti movement in Australia during the early 1990’s, and after working on numerous mural commissions and community arts projects, went on to complete a Masters degree in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia with an interest in urban …
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
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 …