Monthly Archives: September 2011

Os Gemeos for Kauno Bienalé (Lithuania)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by sleepboy

Globetrotting street duo, Os Gemeos, recently landed in Lithuania to take part in the Kauno Bienalé. After experimenting with some new techniques involving inflatable balloons in their home country last month, they return to their mastery of mural making with … Continue reading →

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Art Focus: Robert Montgomery

Posted on September 24, 2011 by sleepboy

Robert Montgomery is the associate publisher of Dazed & Confused, but our art focus on him today is because of his practice of the Situationist tradition of detournement, which he interprets by replacing advertisements, often times illicitly, with his own … Continue reading →

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Openings: Cope2 – “Last Legend” @ Bob’s Gallery

Posted on September 24, 2011 by juggernut3

AM recently attended the opening of Bronx graffiti writer COPE2′s show at bOb Gallery. Entitled Last Legend, the hometown legend showcased a body of work with a different style as we have seen recently from his tour of duty in Los … Continue reading →

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Streets: LUDO (London)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by lowpro

While in town for his recent London show, LUDO (interviewed) spent some time outside of the gallery in the urban environment where he feels most comfortable. His large-scale, hand-drawn wheatpastes infiltrated walls, billboards, and shutterfronts citywide. As with his recent … Continue reading →

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Streets: Dave Kinsey @ The Standard (Los Angeles)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by carlosgonzalez

Dave Kinsey, designer and fine artist, arrived in Los Angeles this week and created his latest work of art on the walls of the Standard Hotel, the same location painted in the past by Eric Haze (covered) if you remember. … Continue reading →

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Openings: Brian Viveros – “Returning Art To The Unclean” @ Last Rites

Posted on September 23, 2011 by sleepboy

Several weeks ago in New York, the impressive new paintings that we saw in-studio from Brian Viveros were finally displayed on the walls of the Last Rites Gallery. Entitled Returning Art To The Unclean, the new work all featured his … Continue reading →

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Streets: Jeff Soto (Lyon) Part II

Posted on September 23, 2011 by sleepboy

Last week, we brought you photos of the cat-inspired mural Jeff Soto (interviewed) painted while in France for the Les Enfants TERRIBLES exhibition. It looks like that wasn’t the last of the feline-inspired walls that Jeff endowed on the city of … Continue reading →

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Openings: “Reality Bites” @ Post No Bills

Posted on September 23, 2011 by carlosgonzalez

Last week, Post No Bills held their third exhibition thus far entitled Reality Bites. The show centered around the work of various artists including Borf, Brett Amory, Sage Vaughn, Kelsey Brookes, Mark Jenkins, Morley, and Ravi Zupa who supplied new … Continue reading →

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Preview: “Sink or Swim” Benefit Show @ Spoke Art

Posted on September 22, 2011 by sleepboy

Tomorrow night, September 23rd, marks the opening of the Sink or Swim benefit show for PangeaSeed, a grassroots organization based in Japan dedicated to educating and raising international awareness on the plight of sharks and the destruction of their habitat. … Continue reading →

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Streets: Vhils (UK)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by sleepboy

Vhils, whom we recently filmed working on a wall for the Post No Bills gallery in Venice, California has been spotted chiseling away on the other side of the pond in the UK. This newest piece was commissioned by the … Continue reading →

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