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Interview: Louis Masai

Sami Wakim October 25, 2016

Louis Masai is a London based artist who uses nature as his muse. More importantly his work is a visual voice for endangered animals and the natural environment. Widely acclaimed for his outdoor murals and street art Masai has worked with Friends Of The Earth, IUCN, Gaia Foundation, The Body Shop and Synchronicity Earth. The …

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The American Dream By Jofre Oliveras

Vittoria Benzine December 23, 2019

One’s relationship to the place where they live largely depends upon their privilege, stemming either from the environment they were born into or the circumstances affecting their life. Either way, the experience of any one place is different for every person inhabiting that place. Rankings like those provided by US News incorporate metrics considering cost …

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Banksy’s Silence on Gaza: A Surprising Shift in the Artist’s Activism

Sami Wakim November 19, 2024

Banksy, the enigmatic street artist whose works have long served as social and political commentary, has often championed the plight of the oppressed. His art has critiqued war, capitalism, and systemic injustice in stark, often haunting ways. One of his most powerful gestures was the opening of The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem in 2017, …

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The Lost Paintings: Resurrecting an Exhibition Lost to the 1948 Nakba

Sami Wakim July 30, 2024

The Lost Paintings, a Prelude to Return is an imagined recreation of the last exhibition held in Palestine by Palestinian-Lebanese artist Maroun Tomb, which opened on November 29, 1947, in Haifa. This significant date coincided with the UN’s approval of the Partition Plan of Palestine, an event that ignited the war and subsequent events known …

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Duality: A Graffiti Story – Voice to the Voiceless

Veera Mylapore October 7, 2022

I feel a wild mix of emotions after watching Duality, A Graffiti Story (released October21st) the documentary produced by Buffalo 8, an LA-based production company. It feels dense and packed, like the works of graffiti it’s presenting, so much story to tell, in too little time. It feels like life on the edge, just barely …

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Interviews

Interview with Pat Perry

Sami Wakim May 24, 2017

Pat Perry is an American artist and illustrator based in the Detroit area. He likes to spend his time drawing, painting, listening to music, reading and writing, even when he believes that fundamentally pictures speak louder than words. His street art works are often a mixture of social injustice and his native Midwestern sensibilities. I connected with Pat …

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INTERCESSION: Illuminating Perspectives Through African American Photography

Fintan Magee in Istanbul, Turkey

Above the Clouds By Artez in Belgrade, Serbia

OUR 2015 TOP 20 PHOTOGRAPHS ON FACEBOOK.

Writing on the Walls and Banksy’s Haight Street Rat

NEVERCREW in Mannheim, Germany

Mohamed L’ghacham in Ca’n Picafort, Majorca

Urbanbugs – A Street Art Documentary

Friends Of The Earth

Interview: Louis Masai

The American Dream By Jofre Oliveras

Banksy’s Silence on Gaza: A Surprising Shift in the Artist’s Activism

The Lost Paintings: Resurrecting an Exhibition Lost to the 1948 Nakba

Duality: A Graffiti Story – Voice to the Voiceless

Interview with Pat Perry

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