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Streets: Liqen – “Family Taco” (Mexico)

Posted by sleepboy, May 7, 2011

Liqen, an artist that we have not focused on directly yet here on AM, but has been doing good work recently, has a new wall up in Mexico City entitled Family Taco. The Spanish street artist is primarily known for his surreal large scale murals filled details that require a second and third look to fully appreciate it’s complexities. More details pics after the jump…

Live Painting: Futura @ CARBON

Posted by lowpro, May 6, 2011

On Sunday, CARBON came to a close in Melbourne, Australia. The festival consisting of some major players in the art, style, and design fields hosted a live painting session on the final night. Among the artists represented, Futura was unquestionably the main attraction. It’s rare enough to see his work in the flesh, let alone to witness him work his magic with the can firsthand. AM was privy to just such a treat a few weeks back, as he worked his abstract wizardy on the […]

Studio Visit: Sage Vaughn

Posted by Patrick Nguyen, May 5, 2011

Children of a Lesser God, the first UK solo show by Los Angeles-based artist Sage Vaughn opens today at Lazarides Gallery in London. AM visited the artist’s studio last year as he prepared for both this exhibition and the release of hand-painted multiples — the latter screenprinted by Modern Multiples and painted with watercolours. Vaughn’s sunlit space seemed like the ideal environment for working. There was also an additional and immediate source of inspiration right outside his studio: a bird-feeding area that apparently attracts sparrows, […]

Preview/Studio Visit: SABER – “The American Graffiti Artist” – Flags

Posted by Khoi, May 2, 2011

When Jeffrey Deitch first publicly hinted last summer of his intention to mount the first ever large-scale major museum exhibition of graffiti and street art, the first artist that came to his mind as the representational figure for today’s movement was SABER (interviewed). Art in the Streets became a reality at MOCA and true indeed, SABER is a integral part of the massive and wildly successful exhibition. Flexing his multitasking skills to its fullest, the LA-based artist will also be displaying his work in Street […]

Streets: Herakut with Case (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, May 1, 2011

Making use of their time in Los Angeles wisely (also see their street piece in Culver City), German duo Hera and Akut moved on to their next project – a wall with fellow Ma’claim crew member Case aka Andreas von Chrzanowski. While Akut used his photorealism skills on some signature characters with Hera, Case worked on some giant birds to interact with the children. The sweet mural was hosted by Mark Aiella, and located at Manual Arts High School where he is a teacher. The artists along with […]

Streets: Blu (Italy)

Posted by sleepboy, May 1, 2011

It looks like the warmer weather in Italy has allowed Blu to get up more recently (see Bologna & Palestra). While the last two murals were collaborations with compatriot Ericailcane, this time Mr. Blu went at it alone in Jesi with this piece done over the Easter holiday. A hint at how he feels about religion? Discuss Blu here.

Overtime: April 25 – May 1

Posted by Khoi, May 1, 2011

Tracey Emin sketches Prince William and his bride for cover of The Independent. Townhouse where Andy Warhol once lived on market for $4.3 million. Over 1000 protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets to demand the release of Ai Weiwei. Congratulations to Ai Weiwei for being the sole fine artist in TIME Magazine’s 2011 Time 100 list. Check out “Calvin and Hobbes” creator Bill Watterson’s first piece of art publicly seen in 16 years. It is being donated to the Team Cul de Sac fundraising […]

Streets: JR (Los Angeles) Part III

Posted by sleepboy, April 30, 2011

Apparently, TED prize winner JR is still in Los Angeles working on his massive The Wrinkles of the City project. We thought he had finished the series of walls (see Venice & Melrose) and left town after his TED acceptance speech, but now we see a new piece is up on the side of the Sushi Roku in West Hollywood. The French street photographer must have taken a break to enjoy his part of the Art in the Street exhibition. Take a look at another pic […]

Streets: Ethos (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, April 29, 2011

Angelinos have been privy to a lot of great street art recently, not to mention the landmark Art in the Streets exhibition currently showing at the MOCA. Another impressive piece (organized by LA Art Machine) went up recently from the Sao Paolo-based Claudio Ethos on Main & 5th Street and is his biggest mural to date according to Unurth. More photos after the jump…

Streets: Herakut (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, April 28, 2011

With a little down time between the opening of Outside/In at LeBasse Projects and moving on to New Hampshire for the second part of their group show, Herakut worked their magic on a couple walls (arranged by the gallery and Warren Brand) in Los Angeles. The pensive children featured on the murals seemed to have a lighter feel when compared to the indoor work perhaps in no small part influenced by an in-person photo reference. More photos after the jump thanks to Jeremy Asher Lynch.