Trash Shadows

Tape Phone

Merry Christmas

Tank Ballons

Obey Gaint

wheat paste, Street Art

Elfvis hits the streets

more of Elfvis HERE

Snow Art

Spray Paint Hand

Levi Van Veluw

Upon first viewing Levi Van Veluw’s photography, my mind immediately drew parallels to the resurgence in the interest in the mask, and film-inspired disguise in contemporary photography, ranging from Gillian Wearing’s diaristic and macabre facial effigies of sorts, to Hanna Liden’s gothic black metal inclinations, or even Cindy Sherman’s self-portraiture. Van Veluw’s works seemed to function within this conversation; his experiments in obscuring and fundamentally altering his own visage seemed like the logical, humorous, conclusion to prior explorations within examining, and shifting, self-image. Surprisingly, Van Veluw dismisses the heavy conceptual framework of the mask, citing it as merely functioning for “religious” purposes or as “decoration/tradition.” In a way, his refusal to acknowledge his relationship to other similar artists is interesting; they become instead private, more ego-driven explorations of himself, like a young child painting his face for the first time and marveling at his own transformation. Perhaps this is fundamentally what introduces humor into the works—we voyeuristically watch Van Veluw make a fool of his face in new and surprising ways, time and time again.

Os Gemeos In Lithuania

The Art of Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada

Some time back we featured the amazing charcoal portraits of Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada. Now Ana Alvarez-Errecalde and FILMCHICK PRODUCTIONS have put together a short documentary on Jorge that explains his work and the motivation behind it. Enjoy.

I want to live here

"Director Anna Brownfeld is the winner of the first I Want to Live Here film competition. She interviews Rayna Fahey of Radical Cross Stitch on her fence stitching of vacant land. Why does this trend of vacant land exist during Australia's worst ever housing crisis? "

Labrona

You Are Beautiful

Robin Hood

Fresh Stuff From Andre (Spotted in Echo Park)

Tapewriter

Tapewriter is a font based upon the grid of fences. It's a form of graffiti that makes optimal use of its carrier. Tapewriter is for everyone in posession of an opinion and the urge to express it in public with a roll of tape.

Signs

sign above reads:

"Have you ever put salt instead of sugar in your tea? Our lives can appear similar to this salty cup of tea, When the love & compassion remain in the sugar can instead."









sign above reads:

22% of people read the text on street posters like this one. 28% - try to read, and without having understood any sense of it, go further. The rest don't pay it attention. But what if the secret of happiness has been written here?

Another Giant Wheatpaste From Matt Haffner

The one above is over 30 feet tall. You can see more of Matt's work HERE