Brooklyn Street Art got a little hotter yesterday – thanks to spring time temperatures and the wildly talented Anthony Lister, who is working on this new mural.
In between his installation at PULSE art fair last week and his solo show “How to Catch a Time Traveler”next Friday, we had a really great time watching him painting this new face in the neighborhood.
March is here but don’t put your woolens away laddies and lasses.
BSA predicts at least two more snow storms before you can work on the tan line. Because, you know, we are weathermen too. Our weekly interview with the Streets
Spring is already in the air and on the streetswith brand new shoots and stems popping through the tundraby some of the new crop from the last couple of minutes.
This week we clocked none less than Poster Boy, Shin Shin, Oopsy Daisy, Primo, and Tazmat on the frozen streets of this most loved city of ours. The Poster Boy pieces in particular are a brand new direction – more focused and concepted – but after a minute of study you know they’re his and they are just as wacky as ever. Maybe they’re related to thenew book coming out this month .
As the scourge of financial immorality continues to sprint at top speed through the hallways of power the street artist commentaries are addressing the issue in a concrete fashion.
Here Street Artist Ronzo installs a “Credit Crunch Monster” in a film reminiscent made in the style of silent films during the Great Depression.
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For the most part winter can be a bit barren of new street art in New York. But these days the street art explosion continues no matter what the weather!Despite the crushing snow and black ice, BSA’s Images of Week keeps finding new stuff.This week’s crop includes a new-for-us REVS and a bunch of El Sol 25 with HAND PAINTED surrealist paper collages. Enjoy!
Vinny Cornelli is becoming a regular on BSA because with his photography he peels back some of the street art hype and looks at the innards of the gritty culture that engenders it. A departure from documentation, his eye captures something more.
For this photo essay, Vinny shows and tells us about his trip last week to Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city after Berlin- and opens our eyes to their approach to aesthetic expressions of the spirit on the street.
from Vinny Cornelli
Last weekend I was able to visit my girlfriend, Lena, on her home turf of Hamburg, Germany. I concede (for some of the obvious reasons) that the trip was incredible, warm and homey. Even outside of those reasons, I was also so very excited by the colors and comforts I felt from a city that seems to gush as a result of the public street and graffiti art that the population either endorses or passively permits.
Hamburg is home to the likes of Flying Fortress and Funk25 and many other street artists. The city also fosters the existence of squats such as theGaengeviertel; a small community of flats, studios and galleries that keeps it’s doors, beers and art open and available to it’s public. Like many people, these are some of the ideals that I subscribe to and appreciate.
Because I was in the good company of Lena, light snowfall, and the art surrounding us, I had the fortunate opportunity of a guided walking tour through many streets, nooks, and playgrounds. It was quite nice.
One interesting/odd observation I noted was that much of the street art was placed well above the mass marketed posters of albums, concerts, and movies hitting your local Hamburg establishment. In a way, it gave me the feeling that everyday, commonplace (and I think boring) life is placed at eye-level. Yes, this is what’s sometimes seen in NYC and other hotbeds of public art…but some of it just doesn’t fit.
I visited C215 this summer, and he spoke at great lengths of the importance of where he’s placing his stencils – otherwise, it becomes irrelevant. I feel that the wheat pastes and stencils in Hamburg tend to suffer as a result. Placement seems sporadic when viewed with other works sharing the same wall.
On the other hand, it seemed that the graffiti artists were better leveraging the walls and spaces they occupy and their work also seemed very well organized.
I thoroughly enjoyed capturing these photos and the inspiration they foster. I have already booked my tickets to return in April, so I look forward to sharing the city of Hamburg’s movement into the spring.
Images of the Week 02.21.10 Our Weekly Interview with the Street
WK Interact has been very busy on this spot in Manhattan – a wild untamed tableau that borrows from fantasy and nature. Looks like Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat. The obstructed view below it is an existing WK piece from a little while ago. (photo @ Jaime Rojo)
Art Collective Dispatchwork travels the world with a color small scale constructive approach to Street Art.
Patching a Berlin Wall (Dispatchwork)
Color Morter from Dispatchwork
Kids, don’t throw away those old Legos! Yes, you’ve moved on to Maxus Dragonoid and Twilight action figures but you could also help Mom and Dad with some house repairs if you think about it….
Dispatchwork is a travelling project that has so far been in Bocchiganano, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Amsterdam, Belgrade, Arnsber, St. Petersberg, Zurich, and Quito. Learn more by clicking on the logo above.
Yes, she looks a little underdressed for this kind of weather. Lost Boy (the artist) puts out small original pencil or pen drawings with fantasy/mythological imagery (photo @ Jaime Rojo)
The Robots Will Kill guys have managed to keep all their digits from frost bite.That’s a good thing since they need them to paint. As passers by yell out words of praise and/or encouragement, Chris and Veng battle the gusts of cold wind coming up from the East Riverand hope that the ladders won’t tip onto the sidewalk.
Veng goes up the ladders, cans in hand, and quickly gets in the zone, aided by his iPod and his headphones.
He loves to wear his headphones while painting because they help him with the noise and distractions of the street. That’s a good thing since on a recent afternoon a damsel in distress nearby on the sidewalk was on her mobile phone yelling all sorts of off-color adjectives and adverbs to her Lothario, almost threatening to kill herself if he didn’t come and pick up the phone.
He did not pick up the phone and she did not kill herself. Veng also did not stop painting.
He announced it with fanfare to Veng. Veng acidly responded that it was easy for Chris to finish so fast since he only used three colors. Chris promptly corrected him and set the record straight.
So THAT’S 6 WINDOWS DONE, 2 to go. If you are in the neighborhood this weekend you may have the opportunity to be ignored by Vengas he stands atop the ladder, carefully finishing the final windows.
If you can’t get there, don’t worry, we’ll show you the final “Superior Windows” next week when they are finished.
In this detail of the recently finished window you can see Veng’s homage to the street art website authored by photographers Luna Park and Becki Fuller, “The Street Spot”.
Street art welcomes all manner of materials and methods, typically deployed without permission and without apology. This hand-formed wire piece …Read More »
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