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Streets: Anthony Lister Murals (Los Angeles) Part II

Posted by sleepboy, August 18, 2011

Continuing our summary of Anthony Lister’s (interviewed) murals while he was in Los Angeles (see the first set of walls here), we turn our attention to the last four locations. Including this photoset will be his work at the Ironlak store (above), De La Barracuda Part II, as well as spots in Melrose and Venice. His show at HVW8 came and went but the prolific Aussie definitely left his mark on the City of Angels while he was here. Photos after the jump by Carlos […]

Streets: Anthony Lister Murals (Los Angeles) Part I

Posted by sleepboy, August 10, 2011

Anthony Lister (interviewed) made unbelievably good use of his time when he was in Los Angeles recently for a show at HVW8 getting up all around town. With no less than eight different murals accounted for, we’ll be splitting them up into two articles to make them easier for fans to digest. Starting things off will be the piece he did in Downtown LA (Setup by L.A. Free Walls & Brooklyn Street Art) seen above and then we will move on to the HVW8 gallery […]

Openings: Anthony Lister @ HVW8

Posted by carlosgonzalez, August 1, 2011

Last Friday evening, HVW8 gallery unveiled new works by Australian-born artist Anthony Lister (interviewed). For this project, Junk Food Art House teamed up with the artist in bringing the theme of the lost superhero to the forefront. The exhibit put a cap to the three-week long venture which had Lister’s posters placed all across the city of Los Angeles. This most recent work continues to explore the artist’s fascination with the superhero as a way to discuss themes of postmodernism and the loss of identity. […]

Streets: Anthony Lister (Los Angeles) Part II

Posted by carlosgonzalez, July 25, 2011

Following a poster campaign which focused on the subject of lost superheroes, Australia-born artist Anthony Lister (interviewed) has arrived in Los Angeles for a unique gallery exhibition which will take place this coming Friday at the HVW8 gallery. However, days before the exhibit, Lister went out on the streets and left his mark on the city with a large scale painting which combines his attraction to both graffiti culture and expressionism. Featuring a large and somewhat deformed face, the wall resembles his recent collaboration with […]

Streets / Contests: Anthony Lister @ HVW8 Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, July 25, 2011

Congratulations to the winners of our last two signed Lister poster giveaways. For those that missed out, the final two versions have hit the streets including one that uses a side profile of Anthony Lister (interviewed) himself. The Aussie street artist is in town for a show focusing on the subject of lost superheros opening on Friday, July 29th at the HVW8 gallery in Los Angeles. The exhibition featuring artwork, murals, and custom t-shirts by Lister is presented by Junk Food Clothing and will mark the […]

Streets / Contests: Anthony Lister (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, July 17, 2011

Last week, we ran a contest asking readers to guess which artist’s new posters (girl with purple mask) were hitting the streets of Los Angeles. As several astute fans were able to figure out, the person behind this new work is none other than Anthony Lister (interviewed), who will be in town for an event later this month. For those who guessed wrong or missed on on the last giveaway, don’t worry – just leave a comment here to get a chance to win some […]

Streets / Contests: “Purple Mask” (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, July 10, 2011

A series of these purple masked crusaders have been showing up in clusters on the streets of Los Angeles recently. Titled cryptically with a HELP, this has the looks of the start of a street campaign. We have no details for you yet, but what we do have are several of these signed posters to giveaway to some of our readers. Just leave a comment as to which artist you think is behind these works and the first ones to get the answer correctly will […]