Tag Archive: streets

Margaret Thatcher / Graffiti Inspiration

Margaret Thatcher has inspired many to go to the streets and share their thoughts. People have gotten the urge to speak their mind with their hands and have taken it to the walls.… Continue reading

OFFPROJEKT causes a Stink / STINKFISH / OG CHINO

  OFFPROJEKT released a video of OG Chino, blazing a crispy room of white walls with charcoal, filling it with beautiful imagery representing sex and violence. Real cool hand drawn images, beautiful shading,… Continue reading

CK One Goes Street for Spring / Well, they wanna be…/ Fashion

This spring, hit the streets with CK One’s Street Edition. Grafitti art seems to be a trend in the beauty world as of late, but this limited-edition collection stands apart, with its bright… Continue reading

Shepard Fairey’s street art subject of new film ‘Obey the Giant’

Shepard Fairey’s first acts of street art have spawned a fictional film, “Obey the Giant.” The 20-minute short is based on Fairey’s subversive Andre the Giant “Obey” sticker campaign of the early 1990s designed… Continue reading

Claw is Poppin’ / Glam in the Fam / Gear

Claw Money, a graffiti writer who has an extensive history in the New York City graff world took her talents to shaping her clothing brand. From clever tees, exclusive jackets, sneakers, handbags, knit… Continue reading

DJ Devastate / Takes it to ‘The Couch’

It was good just to get up today, seriously. Was so dead from the day before and really was looking forward to something to get the blood going through these veins… Well, here… Continue reading

Turbo Fatcap / Graffiti Technique

In this video you can see the abstract depictions in the forms of a photo realistic design. Art from a graffiti writer’s perspective should be fast and effective. Fatcap spray caps are commonly… Continue reading

hua tunan / Massive Style

Chen Yingjie (aka: Hua Tunan) is one of the leading young forces in the world of Chinese street art. Living in the coastal city of Foshan, Hua Tunan’s training in classical Chinese and… Continue reading

Hong Kong arts community fights for legacy of pioneering graffiti artist ‘King of Kowloon’ | The Raw Story

His graffiti once plastered Hong Kong, dense black ink calligraphy applied with a brush to any public surface, telling the outlandish story of why he believed the territory belonged to him. The self-declared… Continue reading

Book Review: Street Art London – Steam 156

There is no shortage of books chronicling London’s street art scene. It’s an easy commission for a books editor — eye-catching images, the allure of the subculture, and the potential for sequels, given… Continue reading

Conor Harrington, Shoredtich, London

Conor Harrington, Shoredtich A former graffiti artist, Conor Harrington hails from Cork in the Republic of Ireland. He still paints outdoor murals worldwide to considerable acclaim, including on the Belfast ends-of-terraces once employed… Continue reading

Kaws / Spring 13 Original Fake / Graffiti Gear

Artist KAWS collabs on some new items for brand Original Fake. All new Spring 2013 merchandise and limited collectable vinyl just dropped, and on the way to be sold out. Cop yours before… Continue reading

Fabel for ck one – Shock / Graffiti

Urban street art and graffiti’s continuing struggle to be recognised as a serious art form just got another major fashion fillip. Calvin Klein has partnered with artist and choreographer Jorge ‘Fabel’ Pabon, a… Continue reading

Dallas’ first ‘free wall,’ in West Dallas, gives graffiti artists a legal canvas

About a dozen graffiti artists descended on an abandoned West Dallas warehouse Saturday afternoon, tagging its walls with spray paint. But for maybe the first time in Dallas, police did nothing to stop… Continue reading

Shepard Fairey “Peace & Justice Woman” New Print Available April 18th

Next week, Shepard Fairey will be releasing a fresh new screenprint which is entitled “Peace & Justice Woman”. As usual with Obey Giant, this is his standard edition of 450, it measures 18… Continue reading

Sexer / Graffiti

James ‘Sexer’ Rodriguez is an old school writer who stays on his game, and keeps his skills sharp. In the 80’s, Sexer’s mark could be spotted from the 1, 2 and 5 New… Continue reading

Insa and Rone in Melbourne / GIF-iti

INSA has been in Australia for a few weeks now, you can follow some of his adventures HERE ON INSTAGRAM. ————————————————GIF – iti ————————————————————– That up there might look like some very cool but not… Continue reading

Verry Fame Now / 1UP

Graffiti Crew 1Up released this recent video with some funny antics. ONE UNITED POWER

eL Seed / Calligraffiti

The Jara Mosque in Gabes boasts the tallest minaret in all of Tunisia and now it is covered in el Seed’s signature calligraffiti. Exactly one year after the Jasmine revolution, the French/Tunisiangraffiti artist took on his largest project to date… Continue reading

Jogja’s Political Street Art Flourishes / Indonesia

Yogyakarta, INDONESIA – The Indonesian street artist who calls himself Anti-Tank chose his name while watching the news in 2004. After hearing a reporter say that a militant had destroyed an American tank… Continue reading

So Long Sam / Ewok 5MH

So the time has come, I’ve held onto this piece tightly as long as I could, turned down a good number of in person offers over the years, and even took it off… Continue reading

Fleurs Rouges by NooN

K.Olin tribu is proud to present its new collaboration with a young French artist: NooN. Passionate sculptor, he began working with porcelain in the early 2000s. We hope that this work will delight many! via Fleurs… Continue reading

Nike Sneaker Autopsy / Solarsoft Moccasin Premium Woven “Tarp Green” / Gear

NIKE is calling this the Premium Moccasin? Seriously don’t even see a trace of the any Native American signature details. Oh, maybe becuse there is some surgical turqouise color leather lace? That gives… Continue reading

Earsnot / Interview

Earsnot candid interview tells all.

Spraying Bricks / Smug One

Smug. An Australian street artist based in Glasgow. Since recognising his passion for Graffiti, Smug has quickly become one of the most talented street artists around. His high-quality murals demonstrate a photo-realistic style,… Continue reading

Lab Art Brings Sweet Street Art to Fred Segal Santa Monica / Gear

Since opening its first location on La Brea back in 2011, Lab Art is now considered “the largest art gallery in the nation dedicated to street art.” Ready to take its ever-expanding variety… Continue reading

HIDE AND SEEK / CRASH / Gallery

When looking back to the eighties when graffiti was going ‘pop’, it was because of artists like Crash making moves to place graffiti into art history. Crash [John Matos] is a true legend… Continue reading

Margaret Thatcher Dead: Creative Graffiti Art Sprayed Across The UK

Thatcher’s death has prompted an outpouring of emotion from people across the UK, with her passing proving as divisive as her policies in life. While heartfelt tributes have moved the right, many others… Continue reading

Style Wars / Henry Chalfant bringing back that ol’ New York Rap

When an anonymous photographer started documenting graffiti-covered trains in New York in the 1970s, nobody seemed to take much notice. Or so Henry Chalfant thought. The truth was, plenty of the city’s graffiti… Continue reading

Classic and Crispy / JA

The legendary JA with a slick silver tag, nourished with the sweet water from the New York City sky.