Graffiti Fine Art | This time it was really hard to decide a heading which makes sense - on the list were for example “Russian Graffiti Drawing”, “Graffiti-inspired Art from Russia”, “Drawn Graffiti Paintings”, and a lot more which is why Russian artist Aykovskiy combines fine drawing, fine painting and nice graffiti skills to very interesting canvas works! Honestly I know nothing about him/ her. I just got an e-mail with these very interesting motives and I thought it would be great to share them with you. Also Google knows nothing about Aykovskiy, except the fact that he/ she is on Flickr…maybe it’s because i can’t read Russian… ...

Studio Visit | He combines tape, paint and aerosol and creates in that way really nice urban-inspired, abstract and rough artworks. Yes, you’re right, I’m talking about London-based painter, musician and agent of change Remi/Rough! Back in 2008 Remi/Rough held court at London’s Tate Modern and talked as part of the Tate’s Street Art exhibition on the underground history of UK graffiti in front of a sell-out auditorium. Now, in October 2010, I met him in his nice studio in South London, had a cup of tea and took some shots of his creativity area and his latest artworks. Today I published some of them on my Urban Art Photography blog… ...

Mural Art | I can’t understand anything but I really love that brilliant video showing Spanish graffiti and street artist Aryz painting a concrete wall in Barcelona earlier this year as a part of the Concrete Walls Project! Living in Barcelona, he got in contact with the local, very creative and inspiring street art scene early and developed an own, unique characters style. Now, he is well-known around Europe for his amazing murals and pieces (just remember that beautiful work he did together with Smash137!) that he uses spray-cans as well as paint rollers and brushes for. ...

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. ...

Graffiti Exhibition | The New York-born graffiti artist John Andrew Perello aka JonOne is one of the most famous writers nowadays. Inspired by classical painters like Kandinsky, Matisse, Pollock and Motherwell his style combines abstract and expressionistic elements with his own graffiti freestyle… Nowadays, JonOne has structured his work from the streets of New York to the “limitations” of canvas (some extremely large) and he now fancy more brushstrokes than air sprays. His extremely colorful paintings remind us of the frenzy of large cities, of their bright lights and social codes. JonOne’s work is an allegory of the Urban Jungle in which most of us live, but always seen from the optimist and colorful side of life. (about JonOne) ...

Urban Art Magazine | There are some really good urban art magazine including the VNA Magazine from London, the Spacemag from Hamburg, the Hidden Champion Magazine from Japan and the Crack Mag from Amsterdam out there and I’m pretty sure a lot of you know at least one of these, but recently I found another, quite interesting and nice one from Switzerland… The Amateur Magazine is “a Swiss artist driven print publication with a broad view on the exchangeable worlds of urban arts, illustration, design and culture. It is about fresh creative people, projects, products and places.” It’s distributed in about 20 cities all over the globe, including Berlin, Paris, New York, Milan, London and Barcelona or available online and published twice a year! The last issue (number seven!) includes articles, statements and photos about Pablo Cots, Onur, Beastman, the Urban Art Studio in Zurich, and other urban-inspired topics like art and fashion… ...

Urban Exploration Book | Every time I visit old, abandoned factories and warehouses a cold shiver runs down my back. It’s that great to explore those decayed buildings, to find about 20 years old jackets and trouser, to inspect crazy cupboards and machines. Yes, I really love abandoned retreats especially when they’re in a highly populated area. In my opinion you can find some real beauty in decay! That’s why I want to inform you about this new incredible photographic book by one of the greatest urbex photography protagonists, London-based photographer Romany WG - Its name: Beauty in Decay! ...

Herakut is probably the most famous and popular urban art duo from Germany. Their impressing mixture of rough, dirty painting and photo-realistic elements is well-known all over the world. In October, I met both of them at the Moniker Art Fair in London and had the chance to document their live painting at Village Underground. I really enjoyed watching them painting one of these typical London brick walls and in my opinion they did a great job again. Take a look at the rest of my photos over there on my urban art photography blog or on flickr and write me what do you think about the painting, Herakut and my photos! ...

Good news: The next parts of the new graffiti and street art documentary “Bomb It 2” by Jon Reiss is online now! After Bangkok and Tel Aviv (Remember the post I wrote last week!), the four new episodes present urban artist from Copenhagen, including Great, Bates, Victor Ash and HuskMitNavn. They show Great and Bates painting a wall while talking about their passion for their work, HuskMitNavn talking about why he only bombs characters, and what he doesn’t want his neighbors to know and Ash talking about how he migrated from doing illegal to legal graffiti… ...

Some people out there seem to have to much spare time…Today I read about that new “Catch Banksy” project by Miguel Delarosa who urgently wants to find Robin Cunningham, a former student of Bristol Cathedral School, who - as some people believe - is Banksy… Download the sticker- or stencil-file. Print stickers and post ‘em all over the planet. Make stencils and spray with your blood! We will get him! Catch him if you can! Supporters could be: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Christina Aguilera, King Robbo. (catchbanksy.com) ...