BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAYStreet Artists How and Nosm have just completed a 6 day installation of a brand new piece with the LA Freewalls project here in the Arts District of downtown Los Angeles. With occasional interruptions for rain and food and sleep, the twins methodically knocked out a complex and detailed mural 106 feet wide and 60 feet tall (32m x 18m) that effectively nails their reputation as two of the most talented artists on the Street Art scene today, not that it was in doubt. With two decades of work under their belts, it is a rare combination of focus, relentless creative exploration, and artistic integrity that has shifted the work of these guys into an international limelight over the past couple of years.
How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
How and Nosm. In this image you can appreciate the scale and proportion of this mural on the far right. (Photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
Named “Heartship” the gargantuan mural is on a mission to entertain, elate, and educate about what self-taught artists with heart can produce and add to the man-made environment. In a direct way the whole project strikes at the center of the current “mural moratorium” in LA, which many local artists view as narrow, marginalizing, and inept.
“The fact that this mural exists contrary to any official public art policy in Los Angeles is a miracle, and a testament to the courage, will, and determination of everyone involved in the project,” says Daniel Lahoda, who’s LA Freewalls Project has routinely advocated for a review and revising of the City’s official policy toward public art and Street Art.
How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
This Saturday (10/15) the brothers will also be celebrating “ACHTUNG!”, their first solo show, with 50 new original works at Known Gallery in LA. Expect to be suitably blown away, and to see a huge crowd.
See BSA’s interview with How and Nosm this summer in Juxtapoz here.
How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
“Heartship”, by How and Nosm. (photo courtesy LA Freewalls Project © Birdman)
With special thanks Daniel Lahoda and to Dante at Madison Realty Group. All photographs © “Birdman Photos” (@birdmanphotos on Twitter).
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