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Fame Festival ’11: Cyop & Kaf

Posted by sleepboy, June 25, 2011

Second (first was Moneyless) to hit the streets of Grottaglie for this year’s Fame Festival are Cyop & Kaf. Continuing where they left off from last year’s event, the duo from Naples continued getting up around town with their bizarre imagery although their efforts weren’t without complications. AM is looking forward to seeing more artists stop in on the small Italian town as we draw closer to the opening of what we consider one of the best annual street art festivals in Europe. More photos […]

Creative Process: Eric Fortune (Part II)

Posted by sleepboy, June 25, 2011

Would you like to see this drawing from Eric Fortune (interviewed) completed as a painting? The illustrator turned fine artist recently took his fans on a step by step look at his creative process on his blog of his lastest work. Eric takes us pretty far down the development of this piece (seen after the jump), but to see the final result, you will have to head over to Jonathan LeVine Gallery for their annual summer opening August 10th.

Streets: Faile (Los Angeles)

Posted by carlosgonzalez, June 24, 2011

Faile (featured), the Brooklyn-based artist collective, have revealed new work on the streets just a few blocks away (Gjelina Restaurant) from the Post No Bills Gallery in Venice, California where they are exhibiting a collection of work detailing their artistic careers (show photos to follow). The wall was covered in the salon style that has been seen in some of their recent street work and also featured a sprinkling of co-conspirator Bast’s imagery. More photos after the jump…

Streets: Phlegm (Sheffield)

Posted by sleepboy, June 23, 2011

Prolific street artist Phlegm continues to his assault on derelict walls in Sheffield. After taking a break to hit up London, the UK-based artist struck closer to home with this complex piece although we aren’t sure how zombies got involved. With so many sweet murals under his belt, that wall-based photographic comic he is working up is shaping up quite nicely – can’t wait. Another detailed shot after the jump…

Streets: Ron English – “Skin Deep” @ Lazarides Rathbone Place

Posted by juggernut3, June 23, 2011

Ron English has landed in London and is already working the streets with his signature Popaganda disruptions. He sent us some images during some computer breaks from putting up his new Thoughtful street campaign. If you’re fortunate enough to be in the UK starting this Friday, be sure to catch his show Skin Deep: Post-Instinctual Afterthoughts On Psychological Portraiture opening at Lazarides (Rathbone Place). Also check out our recent visit to his mad laboratory here to get an idea of the new body of work he has prepared […]

AM x Deadmau5 Head Design Contest

Posted by juggernut3, June 23, 2011

AM has long been a fan of music & art projects and have brought you news in the past of collaborations such as Kaws x Kanye West, Ron English x Guns & Roses, D*Face x Christina Aguilera, George Condo x Kanye West and of course Shepard Fairey with his countless album collaborations. Now it’s time we participated in a project of our own. Working with Talenthouse, we want to involve you in designing the next “head” for the talented house music DJ & producer Deadmau5. […]

Streets: Banksy (London)

Posted by lowpro, June 22, 2011

In a fitting nod to UK graf artist, Tox, who earlier in the month was charged with criminal damages for his ubiquitous tags across London and beyond, Banksy has issued a tribute in the form of his most recent street piece. Located in Tox’s hometown of Camden, the Bristol-based street icon has cleverly blended whimsy and nostalgia to bring attention to the legal situation of all five street artists brought down in the British Transport Police’s “Operation Misfit”. Whatever the cause for Banksy to get […]

Overtime: June 13 – June 19

Posted by Khoi, June 19, 2011

James Jean expresses his love for Enoki mushrooms. Something new from Frank Gonzales. Works in progress from Stella Im Hultberg. Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg are the subjects of a group show. The 10 most important artists today, according to Newsweek. The best and worst of the Venice Biennale, by Jerry Saltz. Artist Wang Jun speaks out against Chinese government, even after being told to keep quiet. Anish Kapoor rejects China show in support of Ai Weiwei. A new iPad app for the Gagosian. An update on […]

Video: ROA – “Four Horses Of The Apocalypse” Timelapse

Posted by sleepboy, June 18, 2011

You may remember back in April we wrote about the massive piece Belgian street specialist ROA put up at Unit44 as part of their White Walls Project in Newcastle. Entitled Four Horses Of The Apocalypse, it may be his most complex mural to date so enjoy the footage in the video above as you watch the a master at work. Via Hooked Blog. Discuss ROA here.

Streets: Claudio Ethos (Sao Paulo)

Posted by sleepboy, June 17, 2011

After getting a massive mural up in Los Angeles, it looks like Claudio Ethos has returned home to Brazil. The Sao Paolo-based street surrealist recently posted up a couple of presumably new pieces he did in his native city on his blog before heading over to the CityLeaks Festival. He says one of the characters is sending out the message and the other is receiving the signal. The other piece and another view of the piece above after the jump…