{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Art Link Tips"],"cover":{"alt":"Mother’s Day, Paint Club, Herakut Murals, Tagzines \u0026 Modern Saints","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/herakut-murals-tagzines-modern-saints/Herakut-Mural.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-05-08T11:56:33Z","description":"A lot of great urban art stuff happed around the globe in the last week, for what reason I try to give you a small overview with these link-tips, including new murals, urban interventions and other info...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrban Art News\u003c/em\u003e | It’s Mother’s Day and I hope you already pleased your mum with a small\nthing! To give you some nice lecture before the sun starts to burn us again, I collected some interesting street art and graffiti news from the last week which hasn’t been mentioned here yet. Have fun exploring all the great stuff\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"minimalistic-geometric-images\"\u003eMinimalistic Geometric Images\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip;are the result of the logo-modifying series \u003ca href=\"http://www.ektopia.co.uk/ektopia/2011/04/14/you-took-my-name/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“You Took My Name”\u003c/em\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eDorothy\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e! The artist removed the companies names out of their famous logos\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"futura-2000-in-melbourne\"\u003eFutura 2000 in Melbourne\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegendary graffiti artist \u003cstrong\u003eFutura 2000\u003c/strong\u003e was the main attraction at Carbon festival in Melbourne, Australia! He live-painted a wall in his well-known abstract style - photos can be found on \u003ca href=\"http://arrestedmotion.com/2011/05/live-painting-futura-carbon/\"\u003eArrested Motion\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"moas---20-years-of-havoc\"\u003eMOAS - 20 Years of Havoc\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“On the Run Publishing”\u003c/em\u003e did the next book! Featuring \u003cstrong\u003eMonsters of Art\u003c/strong\u003e (Europe’s most notorious train-writing crew!) \u003ca href=\"http://www.ontherun.de/blog/2011/04/otr-books-13-moas/\"\u003ethe book\u003c/a\u003e gives a nice insight into their concepts, action and history\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"upmost-tagzine\"\u003eUpmost Tagzine\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe next issue of the nice \u003cem\u003e“Upmost Tagzine”\u003c/em\u003e has just been published - This sixth issue focuses on \u003ca href=\"http://www.allcityblog.fr/19558-upmost-tagzine-6/\"\u003ehand-styles from London\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"armless-painter\"\u003eArmless painter\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI really respect those people: \u003ca href=\"http://www.invasianmagazine.com/art/armless-painter.html\"\u003eA man without arms\u003c/a\u003e has become the vice curator of an art museum in China! He paints street scenes using his feet\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"goulds-modern-saints-poster-series\"\u003eGould’s Modern Saints Poster-Series\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBerlin-based urban artist \u003cstrong\u003eGould\u003c/strong\u003e did a new, brilliant \u003ca href=\"http://www.crackajack.de/2011/05/01/goulds-st-gentrifizian-modern-martyr-of-mayday/\"\u003eposter series about modern saints\u003c/a\u003e, including characters like the St. Gentrifizian, Santa Data, St. Abusa and other referencing to latest topics in society debates\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"pothole-knitting\"\u003ePothole Knitting\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuliana Santacruz Herrera\u003c/strong\u003e patched \u003ca href=\"http://urbanshit.de/?p=5014\"\u003eParisian potholes\u003c/a\u003e! In that way she created another urban knitting branch\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"mothers-day-street-installation\"\u003eMother’s Day Street Installation\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA couple of artists created some \u003ca href=\"http://blog.vandalog.com/2011/05/making-mothers-day-easy/\"\u003eMother’s Day street installation\u003c/a\u003e in San Fransisco, including re-stamped envelopes with letters inside near mail boxes to help out lazier people\u0026hellip;nice idea!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"urban-upholstery\"\u003eUrban Upholstery\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist \u003cstrong\u003eBert Löschner\u003c/strong\u003e beautifies urban environment by \u003ca href=\"http://www.rebelart.net/diary/bert-loschner-%E2%80%9Curban-upholstery%E2%80%9D-2011/009021/\"\u003etransforming public benches\u003c/a\u003e almost into sofas! Seems to be quite comfortable\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"martha-cooper-interview\"\u003eMartha Cooper Interview\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe popular \u003ca href=\"/burning-desire-magazine-vna-14/\"\u003eVNA Magazine\u003c/a\u003e met up with well-known photographer Martha Cooper at the MOCA Geffin center and did \u003ca href=\"http://verynearlyalmost.com/blog/2011/05/03/martha-cooper-moca-art-in-the-streets/\"\u003ea nice (video-) interview\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"kr-painting-walls\"\u003eKR Painting Walls\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eG-Shock and Krink celebrated their recent partnership with a unique exhibition of \u003cstrong\u003eCraig Costello\u003c/strong\u003e’s work including \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R22vwA6XX3M\"\u003ea colorful extinguisher installation\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"new-herakut-murals\"\u003eNew Herakut Murals\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHerakut\u003c/strong\u003e recently hit the streets in Culver City and created a bunch of \u003ca href=\"http://platinumcheese.com/2011/04/27/round-the-hood-herakut-in-culver-city/\"\u003enew mural artworks\u003c/a\u003e, including new motives!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"paint-club-special-berlin\"\u003ePaint Club Special Berlin\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great team of urban artists including \u003cstrong\u003eClemens Behr\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eWurstbande\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSam Crew\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e44flavours\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eKlub7\u003c/strong\u003e and others painted together at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.molotow.com/magazine/blog/blog/2011/05/06/the-paint-club-special-picknick-berlin/\"\u003ePaint Club Special in Berlin\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Urban Art News* | It’s Mother’s Day and I hope you already pleased your mum with a small\nthing! To give you some nice lecture before the sun starts to burn us again, I collected some interesting street art and graffiti news from the last week which hasn’t been mentioned here yet. Have fun exploring all the great stuff...\n\n\n## Minimalistic Geometric Images\n\n...are the result of the logo-modifying series [*“You Took My Name”* by **Dorothy**](http://www.ektopia.co.uk/ektopia/2011/04/14/you-took-my-name/)! The artist removed the companies names out of their famous logos...\n\n\n## Futura 2000 in Melbourne\n\nLegendary graffiti artist **Futura 2000** was the main attraction at Carbon festival in Melbourne, Australia! He live-painted a wall in his well-known abstract style - photos can be found on [Arrested Motion](http://arrestedmotion.com/2011/05/live-painting-futura-carbon/).\n\n\n## MOAS - 20 Years of Havoc\n\n*“On the Run Publishing”* did the next book! Featuring **Monsters of Art** (Europe’s most notorious train-writing crew!) [the book](http://www.ontherun.de/blog/2011/04/otr-books-13-moas/) gives a nice insight into their concepts, action and history...\n\n\n## Upmost Tagzine\n\nThe next issue of the nice *“Upmost Tagzine”* has just been published - This sixth issue focuses on [hand-styles from London](http://www.allcityblog.fr/19558-upmost-tagzine-6/)!\n\n\n## Armless painter\n\nI really respect those people: [A man without arms](http://www.invasianmagazine.com/art/armless-painter.html) has become the vice curator of an art museum in China! He paints street scenes using his feet...\n\n\n## Gould’s Modern Saints Poster-Series\n\nBerlin-based urban artist **Gould** did a new, brilliant [poster series about modern saints](http://www.crackajack.de/2011/05/01/goulds-st-gentrifizian-modern-martyr-of-mayday/), including characters like the St. Gentrifizian, Santa Data, St. Abusa and other referencing to latest topics in society debates...\n\n\n## Pothole Knitting\n\n**Juliana Santacruz Herrera** patched [Parisian potholes](http://urbanshit.de/?p=5014)! In that way she created another urban knitting branch...\n\n\n## Mother’s Day Street Installation\n\nA couple of artists created some [Mother’s Day street installation](http://blog.vandalog.com/2011/05/making-mothers-day-easy/) in San Fransisco, including re-stamped envelopes with letters inside near mail boxes to help out lazier people...nice idea!\n\n\n## Urban Upholstery\n\nArtist **Bert Löschner** beautifies urban environment by [transforming public benches](http://www.rebelart.net/diary/bert-loschner-%E2%80%9Curban-upholstery%E2%80%9D-2011/009021/) almost into sofas! Seems to be quite comfortable...\n\n\n## Martha Cooper Interview\n\nThe popular [VNA Magazine](/burning-desire-magazine-vna-14/) met up with well-known photographer Martha Cooper at the MOCA Geffin center and did [a nice (video-) interview](http://verynearlyalmost.com/blog/2011/05/03/martha-cooper-moca-art-in-the-streets/)!\n\n\n## KR Painting Walls\n\nG-Shock and Krink celebrated their recent partnership with a unique exhibition of **Craig Costello**’s work including [a colorful extinguisher installation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R22vwA6XX3M)!\n\n\n## New Herakut Murals\n\n**Herakut** recently hit the streets in Culver City and created a bunch of [new mural artworks](http://platinumcheese.com/2011/04/27/round-the-hood-herakut-in-culver-city/), including new motives!\n\n\n## Paint Club Special Berlin\n\nA great team of urban artists including **Clemens Behr**, **Wurstbande**, **Sam Crew**, **44flavours**, **Klub7** and others painted together at the [Paint Club Special in Berlin](http://www.molotow.com/magazine/blog/blog/2011/05/06/the-paint-club-special-picknick-berlin/)!\n","tags":["Interview","Mural Art","Herakut","Paper Art"],"title":"Mother’s Day, Paint Club, Herakut Murals, Tagzines \u0026 Modern Saints","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/herakut-murals-tagzines-modern-saints/"}