Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. The first World Cup match kicked off just across the river in New Jersey yesterday, and last night the hometown champion Knicks took over your rooftop—or at least a giant screen courtesy of your cousin Eddie, who hosted a raucous watch party where fair-weather fans from every corner of the fandom universe yelled at referees, second-guessed coaches, and hugged strangers after every basket. The city is on an exhuberant high because the New York Knicks have won their first NBA championship since 1973, ending a 53-year title drought.
Ah, bread and circuses. The games grow grander as the purse grows lighter.
Congratulations to the world’s first trillionaire, Elon Musk! Rome would be proud. The only thing missing is a senator feeding grapes to a tech CEO on a livestream. That’s probably next week.
Here’s our weekly interview with the streets, featuring: Andaluz the Artist, CARVE, Crash, Fumero, Gusto NYC, Harold Hunter, Jorit, Mike Makatron, Nemezoid, Qrusty, Tone Wash, and V. Ballentine.
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! Feeling that Valentine’s chocolate buzz? Gearing up for President’s Day? Thank goodness for holidays—little pauses in the relentless, whiplash-inducing news cycle we’re all riding.
First, some street art news:
San Francisco street artist Rabi Torres taps into ad culture subversion with his new “We Buy Souls” campaign, echoing the tactics of Cash For Your Warhol artist Hargo—right down to the cryptic answering machine message and documentation website. This kind of remixing of commercial signage also has historical roots in Ed Ruscha’s experiments with text, Barbara Kruger’s billboard-style commands, Jenny Holzer’s wheat pasted provocations, Corita Kent’s screen prints, and the bold aesthetics of the Colby Poster Printing Co. Certainly Rabi is getting people’s attention in a San Francisco cityscape that some may describe as hammered with advertising. Call the number on the signs, and you might get pulled into an existential rabbit hole—if you’re up for the game. SF Gate breaks it down here.
It looks like the card company using Banksy-style artwork for its designs may soon put the anonymous street artist in the public eye, as its trademark case with Full Color Black continues to progress in court. Depending on the twists and turns of this legal case, you may see Banksy making a public appearance.
Meanwhile, here’s our interview with the streets this week, including Nick Walker, Clown Soldier, IMK, EXR, W3RC, Sluto, Short, Zaver, Katie Merz, Geraluz, Helch, HVC, TOD, Peter Daverington, Carve, and Kee:
“Water…..is a human right” We have grown accustomed to headlines about billionaires, agribusiness empires, and multinational corporations treating water as …Read More »
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