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Stencil Story, "She Loves the Moon" by the Strangers

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Using Chairy's leads, I went for a walk today and spent several hours photographing and documenting all the stencils that I could find.

"Her story" actually begins at 21st and Guerrero. I didn't even make it out that far today so will have to go back and keep looking.

I found 30 stencils total with 4 endings, and one arrow that pointed to nowhere (20th and Capp pointing towards Harrison). Walked about 3 blocks and then decided to turn around for that dead end.

Call for Stencil Content: Stencil Nation Book Project Needs You


...................... 2. GENERAL RULES FOR SUBMISSION ..........................................

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: August 20, 2007
  • Feel free to submit art and information for any of the categories that relate to you, but make sure that you read each category's details before doing so.
  • all submitted images must be 300dpi (high resolution) to be printed in a book. If you do not submit hi res photos, your photos will not be used. (Contact me if you wish to mail content to be scanned.)

PIXNIT Basel Update

A special thanks to Alexis Hubsman, the owner and creator of Scope, for inviting PIXNIT to participate. Also, to the creative and energetic team of directors and producers of Scope, who put on the most dynamic Art Fair around. Many thanks to Camilo Alvarez from Samson Projects, Leora Lutz from Gallery Revisited and Chris Constas for all of your support.

Splashing the Art World With Anger and Questions

The New York Times
June 30, 2007
Art

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN

Until the pranks turned ugly, it was heartening to follow the dust-up between a bunch of street artists and their nemesis or nemeses, identity unknown. As The New York Times reported this week, for some time works of stenciled graffiti art and wheat-pasted posters slapped onto walls in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan have been splashed with paint and scrawled with messages of protest.

Splasher Manifesto PDF Download

From the NY Times article:

Two days after Mr. Cooper’s arrest, a group of people showed up at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in Chelsea, where a reception was being held for Mr. Fairey. Without identifying themselves, they distributed copies of a 16-page tabloid with the title “If we did it this is how it would’ve happened,” with a cover photograph of an image created by Mr. Fairey defaced with paint.