I like?

I like?

please, nobody say the sentence "the new banksy"

I like this. a lot.

found in park slope

please, nobody say the sentence "the new banksy"

I like this. a lot.

found in park slope

Martorial elegance # 21

We've noticed that Curtains has been partial to a sleeveless denim-jacket in recent times but, realistically, this is a particularly unforgiving item of gear which shouldn't be attempted by anyone who isn't a 70s NY Puerto Rican gang member or Lemmy.

However, we've spotted a couple examples of the armless jean-jacket which are, at the very least, interesting takes on the look :



The Hub festival last weekend saw Tuf Tim Twist going for the old skool Popmaster Fabel painted denim look and he manages to pull it off, if only for of the ridiculouslness of a 40-something white bloke from the U.K attempting the look in the first place and the painted graf' on the jacket itself being pretty good.

On the flip-side, we have this hesher, recently spotted by Killa Barratt, who's gone for the metal-take on the look :





Your author can't call it on this one. If our subject is a bonefide hesher who just wants to celebrate his love of those pre-whigger crossover days when metallers looked like proper metallers and not members of the Boo Yaa Tribe then he should be applauded, but should this fellow be some ironic twerp out for the LOLz then we'd like to douse the jacket in petrol and set it alight, preferably with him still inside it.

Keak Da Sneak ft. E-40 - White Tee, Blue Jeans And Nikes



Trouble - Assassin



Curtains - Night Of The Living Dope

I might be a little late to the game, but . . .

this is utterly amazing. made in buenos aires, this graffiti artist made a short animated film so it looks like his graffiti is moving across walls and in and out of buildings. my horrible explanation does nothing to help you understand how awesome this is, so just watch.


ps be on the lookout for the artist's love for bug/spider imagery.

pps my favorite part is 2:35 when the robot kicks the log off of the wall

I might be a little late to the game, but . . .

this is utterly amazing. made in buenos aires, this graffiti artist made a short animated film so it looks like his graffiti is moving across walls and in and out of buildings. my horrible explanation does nothing to help you understand how awesome this is, so just watch.


ps be on the lookout for the artist's love for bug/spider imagery.

pps my favorite part is 2:35 when the robot kicks the log off of the wall

Thizz was your life

Whenever the subject of dead rapper murals come up it's usually the countless corny Biggie R.I.P murals which splatter the walls of basketball courts and bodeagas in Noo Yawk City or the respective Big L and Big Pun murals in Harlem and The Bronx by the T.A.T.S Crew which come to mind.



But it's worth remembering that besides the ballet-dancing and enemies/hennessey couplet rhyming rapist 2pac, there are a plethora of dead rappers from regions other than NYC. One such rapper being the Thizzface-pulling late Bay Area legend Mac Dre, who was shot dead in Kansas of all places. Probably my favorite R.I.P piece out of all the ones i've seen. Salutations. Now go bump Feelin' Myself in tribute.

Mac Dre - Feelin' Myself

Os Gemeos

whoaa


when I was looking at the bomb it (documentary mentioned below) site I saw some art that looked familiar. I came across this pic sometime last year and blogged about it but didn't know where it was from and then I saw the same style on the bomb it site so I kept looking and found out about these 2 motherfuckers.






Os Gemeos, Portugese for “the twins,” are Brazil’s most world renowned graffiti artists/muralists. The identical twins began painting in ’88 and today work on canvases, sculptures, graphic design, and outdoor walls, making the transition from street credibility to international art gallery phenoms. They are huge for doing pichaçao (tag) spontaneously on the street.

here is just a glimpse at some of their stuff:

they painted on a castle!

apparently they have a huge mural on coney island that I must check out. I love them and want prints of their work in my house asap.

Os Gemeos

whoaa


when I was looking at the bomb it (documentary mentioned below) site I saw some art that looked familiar. I came across this pic sometime last year and blogged about it but didn't know where it was from and then I saw the same style on the bomb it site so I kept looking and found out about these 2 motherfuckers.






Os Gemeos, Portugese for “the twins,” are Brazil’s most world renowned graffiti artists/muralists. The identical twins began painting in ’88 and today work on canvases, sculptures, graphic design, and outdoor walls, making the transition from street credibility to international art gallery phenoms. They are huge for doing pichaçao (tag) spontaneously on the street.

here is just a glimpse at some of their stuff:

they painted on a castle!

apparently they have a huge mural on coney island that I must check out. I love them and want prints of their work in my house asap.

Terrible T-Kid

There is this interview w/ terrible t-kid (a graffiti artist from the bronx that's been tagging since the 70s) that I haven't read yet but really want to. He ran w/ this crew the vamp squad (I want a crew!) that used to cause mayhem and ran around and robbed other writers.


here is a montage of his tags I found on youtube...I only looked at a couple minutes but I'm into it



he's interviewed in this new documentary about graffiti and street art called "bomb it" (click here to watch the trailer). it looks sweet b/c it's not just about old school graffiti but also this:

"While some believe the roots of graffiti can be traced back to pre-linguistic cave markings and the innate human need for self-expression, graffiti remains a highly controversial issue. Graffiti raises important questions that delve deep into our contemporary social structure such as: Who has the right to express themselves? What is a canvas? Where should art take place? If public space is a forum for discussion, which voices will be heard?"

I am so going to buy this shit.


Update: I read the interview, and I am super into what he says about politicians and gentrification:

"Yea, that’s bullshit man, these politicians with the “equality of life”. The bottom line is it’s all about money and that’s what they’re there for. I have yet to see a politician who’s kept his word and improved anybody’s life. Ok, to me, if you’re rich, you don’t need to improve your life any more. If you’re poor that’s when you need to improve your life. These politicians don’t look at it that way. They look at it like – look, let’s get these people who have the money and let’s clean everything up for them so they can be happy and they can feel good about themselves, let’s not worry so much about the run down areas in New York City – such as East New York, such as Brownsville, such as the South Bronx. They trying, they trying, but what are they trying? They trying to gentrify [the neighborhoods]. They not tying to clean up the place for the people, no, they trying to clean it up for the money."

Terrible T-Kid

There is this interview w/ terrible t-kid (a graffiti artist from the bronx that's been tagging since the 70s) that I haven't read yet but really want to. He ran w/ this crew the vamp squad (I want a crew!) that used to cause mayhem and ran around and robbed other writers.


here is a montage of his tags I found on youtube...I only looked at a couple minutes but I'm into it



he's interviewed in this new documentary about graffiti and street art called "bomb it" (click here to watch the trailer). it looks sweet b/c it's not just about old school graffiti but also this:

"While some believe the roots of graffiti can be traced back to pre-linguistic cave markings and the innate human need for self-expression, graffiti remains a highly controversial issue. Graffiti raises important questions that delve deep into our contemporary social structure such as: Who has the right to express themselves? What is a canvas? Where should art take place? If public space is a forum for discussion, which voices will be heard?"

I am so going to buy this shit.


Update: I read the interview, and I am super into what he says about politicians and gentrification:

"Yea, that’s bullshit man, these politicians with the “equality of life”. The bottom line is it’s all about money and that’s what they’re there for. I have yet to see a politician who’s kept his word and improved anybody’s life. Ok, to me, if you’re rich, you don’t need to improve your life any more. If you’re poor that’s when you need to improve your life. These politicians don’t look at it that way. They look at it like – look, let’s get these people who have the money and let’s clean everything up for them so they can be happy and they can feel good about themselves, let’s not worry so much about the run down areas in New York City – such as East New York, such as Brownsville, such as the South Bronx. They trying, they trying, but what are they trying? They trying to gentrify [the neighborhoods]. They not tying to clean up the place for the people, no, they trying to clean it up for the money."

new banksy -- played out?

I just came across an article that was like "guerilla artist banksy strikes again in islington!" and it talks about how the art is on the outside wall of a pharmacy and the owner's all "this is art, I would never cover it up, I know how much his works go for" and I was like ew.

over it?? not necessarily over banksy's work, but the whole "omg we love you that's so street and cool" reaction to it? isn't that kind of the antithesis to what he was going for?

new banksy -- played out?

I just came across an article that was like "guerilla artist banksy strikes again in islington!" and it talks about how the art is on the outside wall of a pharmacy and the owner's all "this is art, I would never cover it up, I know how much his works go for" and I was like ew.

over it?? not necessarily over banksy's work, but the whole "omg we love you that's so street and cool" reaction to it? isn't that kind of the antithesis to what he was going for?

headless wonders.

so there is a graffiti artist who bears the moniker 'the shoreditch slasher' and goes around my area removing the heads of people from posters on the street. observe:

headless wonders.

so there is a graffiti artist who bears the moniker 'the shoreditch slasher' and goes around my area removing the heads of people from posters on the street. observe: