Graffiti & Street Art Interviews: Artists Speak Out

Artist Interview | Do you remember that two weeks ago the “Caped Creatures” exhibition by Kelsey Brookes opened its doors in Berlin? Back then I posted some snapshots from the opening, but now something more interesting is online: An interview with Kelsey Brookes in Berlin! The interview-magazine “Freunde von Freunden” met him in an apartment in Kreuzberg, took some nice portrait-shots of him and asked him some questions. Here is a small excerpt: ...

Street Art Book | Some weeks ago, when I was still in London, Publikat Publishing sent me the latest of Christian Hundertmark’s books about street art: “The Art of Rebellion 3”. Again it’s an outstanding book about the best art form worldwide, presenting a collection of the finest in street art from all over the world by the who is who of international urban artists on about 200 colorful pages. ...

I already wrote about the street art, skateboard and punk documentary series “DIY America” earlier this year, but yesterday I found that interesting Os Gêmeos interview you have to watch! The identical twin brothers from São Paulo talk about their art and their Sunday painting trips as well as about the consistent further development of graffiti. They started painting graffiti in 1987 and gradually became a major influence in the local scene, helping to define Brazil’s own style. Stylistically, Os Gêmeos are heavily influenced by the cryptic art of the São Paulo–based pixação graffiti movement as well as American hip-hop, which the twins grew up with in Brazil. The brothers have gained international fame, displaying their work in exhibitions in major cities in the US and Europe. ...

Street Art News | It’s urban art eye candy time and again I have some new and interesting info about street art, graffiti and urbanism from around the world. This time there are artist interviews, crazy urban inventions, astonishing photos, and of course a load of eye candy. Here we go! Chris Stain Interview Chris Stain, who became infected by graffiti’s bold color, striking form, and independent nature in the summer of 1984, did a short video interview for “No Longer Empty”, including some impressions of his new mural artwork. ...

Graffiti Legend | Everyone who has something to do with graffiti or urban arts in general should have heard about Mr. Jon Naar. Naar is, in addition to Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant, one of the first photojournalists who documented graffiti and its environment in New York City! His legendary book “The Faith Of Graffiti” was published about 35 years ago and has been re-released in an expanded edition earlier this year. For that reason there were again a lot of specials about him and his book, his photographies and his opinion about the entire graffiti world… ...

Street Art News | I heard this weekend will be sunny and warm in London, so before you will go enjoying the weather, I will pelt you with the latest street art and graffiti news and of course some urban art eye candy from around the globe! This time I collected interesting interviews with artists, some exhibition hints for Paris and Berlin and new impressions from the streets. Have fun while clicking through these link-tips. Bon appétit! ...

Roa is probably one of the current most famous graffiti artists in Europe. His unique style, those great animal motives with its high recognition value and his Europe-wide presence are the reason for his success. Only a few weeks ago, first prints of his graffiti artworks were published! Recently the Fatcap Crew did a nice interview with the Belgian urban artist and talked with him about abandoned places, Jimi Hendrix, street art, of course his animals and many more… ...

Brooklyn-based urban artist Specter has been doing street art for over fifteen years now. Nevertheless his different art projects like shopping cart sculptures, gentrification billboards, cardboard gates, brickwork paintings and others are still up-to-date and every time very special and unique interventions in the public space. His concepts and ideas range from politically installations to beautiful paste-ups, stencil artworks and paintings. Because of his recent exhibition at Pure Evil Gallery in London, my friend RJ “thought it would be the perfect time to ask Specter a few questions.” And so he did… ...

The latest Urban Art Eye Candy link-tips are already a while ago, but today I found some time to go through the deep archive of my feed reader to filter out the really interesting things - And of course there are also a lot of new entries in the Urban Artcore flickr-group, so calm down, relax, and take a look at these great street art and graffiti news… Interview: Mode 2 Filthygorgeousthings.com did a nice interview with Mode2 on hip hop, sex, art, and graffiti! As you maybe know, the London-based graffiti legend did a nice live-painting in Berlin a few weeks ago… ...

In addition to “The Urban Cookbook” by writer and author King Adz, which is a collection of creative recipes for the graffiti generation, there’s another cookbook out now - It’s name: Street Art Cookbook. Street Art Cookbook is a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) bible on street art written by Benke Carlsson and Hop Louie and was published two weeks ago. It’s maybe the first street art handbook, containing dozens of different techniques, tips and tricks for creating urban art pieces. ...