Graffiti, Marker & Spray Cans

Mode2’s latest urban art series was about porn and nude people and I’m very curious to see whether he will also paint one of his amazing bold nude portraits this weekend at the “Jacki Terrasse” in Berlin… Mode2, one of the founding members of the Chrome Angelz, has struck a bridge from traditional graffiti and cartoon-like characters to realistic human figures. For that reason, his latest artworks, combining graffiti-inspired sketches and contemporary drawing art, were part of the “Post Graffiti Art” called exhibition at the Lucas Carrieri Art Gallery in Berlin! ...

What a great idea! As a part of the Creative Sydney festival, which was a series of free public art events, held from 5 to 13 June at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay in Sydney, a graffiti live-buffing took place. In the center of attention was a nice graffiti mural, created by the graffiti artists Beastman, Max Berry, Numskull, Phibs and Roach… The mural was painted prior to the event and then buffed by Sydney Council during the event…to the surprise of the crowd who were expecting live art. It seems like this was a demonstration of not only the quality of Sydney/ Australia’s street and graffiti artists, but also a protest against Sydney Councils stance on public art. (verynearlyalmost.com) In my opinion this was a great action and a alternative protest, catching the attention of the media. What do you say? ...

To put you in the right mood for my upcoming urban art photo contest, I updated my collection of top urban art photographers yesterday! Now there are 20 more or less well-known, but really great photographers on the list - new are Jonas Lara, Edward Nightingale and John F. Conn. In addition to their fight against the incredible transitoriness of graffiti and street art, these top-list photographers should help you to get some inspiration for new urban-inspired photos and thereby for a good placement in the contest. ...

At the end of last year, I announced the graffiti movie Girl Power, which is a documentary roadfilm and shows the typically male dominated graffiti world from the female point of view. Two days ago, the official trailer was published! The film crew travels across 15 European countries and crosses the Atlantic to graffiti’s birthplace New York, introducing the audience not only to female graffiti artists, but also famous writers, friends, interesting people and anyone else who truly has something to say. (Girl Power intro) ...

Before I will write something about that interesting graffiti documentary called “Getting Up”, I would like congratulate the team of F.C. Internazionale Milano for their great football match and for that nice result. Thumbs up, guys! Getting Up (Yeah, I know its from 2008, but it’s still in fashion!) is not that standard graffiti documentary which only describes the history of the worldwide graffiti movement, but it makes several famous writers and major players from the United States like Daze, Cope2, Ket, Futura and Noxer come to word - They more or less discuss their fight for fame. ...

Everybody knows these popular Hello My Name Is stickers, which had their great time some years ago. In these days, Graffiti artists started to write there name tags on that more or less cheap sticking papers, begun to stick them up in the cities around the world and started in that way a new mass attack on lampposts, traffic lights, mailboxes, etc. In Name Tagging, graffiti photography legend Martha Cooper presents a dizzying array of Hello My Name Is stickers adorned with tags, the origin of graffiti and today’s street art cultures. Cooper’s introduction, artist interviews and photographs make clear how artists famed and anonymous take advantage of the accessibility and practicality of nametag stickers. ...

Lisbon-based street artist and blogger Target is maybe the biggest agitator of the current graffiti art exhibition by worldwide popular graffiti artists Os Gemeos. He recently visited the show and took some photos: I got there quite late as it was less than an hour to close, and between meet and greets and taking some pics, the actual art visualisation got lost in the time. I can without a doubt asure you I’ll be back for a more relaxed view of the show, since there’s always so many details going on, it’s impossible to find every line they draw on a single hour. (by Target) ...

Today, Aaron sent me a nice e-mail, calling attention for an interesting urban painting action by four world-renowned aerosol artists - Faith47 from South Africa, Titi Freak from Sao Paulo, Peeta from Italy, and Indigo, a local artist! Religious Street Art? WTF? The event was organized and the four artists have been invited by the United Church of Canada. The urban artwork is a part of their ongoing national “Paint Your Faith” campaign… ...

I thought, she has a lot to do for her graffiti project “700 Wall”, but apparently she needs some distraction. MadC was born in 1980, is an active graffiti artist for almost 14 years and is one of the most popular female writers worldwide… MadC is known for massive and detailed concept walls. This year she is going to break her own record and paint her biggest and most elaborate concept wall ever. Just herself, without help. ...

Some days ago, twenty street and graffiti artists from Barcelona, including Boris Hoppek, Aryz and Ripo, painted six walls. This graffiti festival was called Art Brut and should give a tribute to the Barcelona-based graffiti scene. On March 27, 2010, twenty of Barcelona’s best street artists came together to paint six large murals to pay tribute to the quality, distinction and diversity of the Barcelona Scene. (artbrutbcn.org) Looks fantastic what they had created! Here are some impressions from their gallery: ...