Stencil Archive News

Finally, New Uploads - Artists Ed.

Submitted by russell on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 19:03
Peace Time
Otist thinks like I do!

Took long enough!

>NEW< Otist (FR)

fnnch

Jeremy Novy at BRC

a John Fekner classic (thanks, Brooklyn Street Art)

Praxis (thanks, Brooklyn Street Art)

Voxxromana (thanks, Jeremy Novy)

Tasty New Showstopper Uploads

Submitted by russell on Mon, 09/05/2022 - 19:07

BadBoyBand

Thanks to: @graffitiradical; @streetartutopia; @Emily_Lykos; Brooklyn Street Art; podinski 

Spinning: Taylor Hawkins Tribute at Wembley

Blek back in NYC

Palestine

India (just one)

Chile (just one)

Berlin (just one)

Spain

Croatia (just one)

Italy (just one)

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New Photos from San Francisco

Submitted by russell on Sun, 08/21/2022 - 14:11

Rights
First Amendment Rock, Corona Heights, SF

Thanks to: Esmeralda, Lynn

Spinning: Bowie, Beatles

Eclair

Western Addition

Valencia St. (just one)

Upper Haight St.

In the Mission (just one)

China Basin (just one)

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New Photos from Europe

Submitted by russell on Sun, 08/21/2022 - 13:51
shark
Sharky selfie in Yorkshire, UK (photo: Chris Benfield)

Thanks to: Chris Benfield, Deborah, @Emily_Lykos, Jaime Rojo for Brooklyn Street Art, @GraffitiRadical, u/IogicaI, u/NastyNava

Spinning: Bowie

Jef Aerosol (just one)

Chuck Sperry cuts a stencil in France

Germany (just one)

Hamburg (just one)

Italy (just one)

Spain (just one…

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New Photos from the Americas

Submitted by russell on Sun, 08/21/2022 - 13:29
praxis
More rad art from Praxis in NYC (photo: Jaime Rojo for Brooklyn Street Art)

Thanks to: Jeremy Novy, @Emily_Lykos, Jaime Rojo for Brooklyn Street Art, @GraffitiRadical, u/IogicaI, u/NastyNava

Spinning: AC/DC; Jerry Garcia Band; Led Zeppelin; Bowie

>NEW< Hijack in NYC

Ancient hand stencils in Primal

A 2017 Burningman cut out

One in Sacramento

A few in Denver…

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Your Sunday Stencil Sampler

Submitted by russell on Sun, 07/24/2022 - 15:49
Frank Chu
misstencil officially gives Frank Chu pop icon status.

Thanks to: @Emily_Lykos, Jaime Rojo for Brooklyn Street Art, @RadicalGraffiti, u/Gudariak, u/w0f0z, u/shares_inDeleware, u/Pzy2209

Spinning: Duke and Coleman, 

Australia (just one)

Martha Cooper snaps one in Kinshasa

Colombia (just one)

Lapiz

Ireland (just one)

Slovenia

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Serbia Now on Stencil Archive

Submitted by russell on Sat, 07/09/2022 - 13:38
INC Dylan Dog (Belgrade, RS)
INC Dylan Dog (Belgrade, RS); Photo: Srđan Tunić

At long last, Serbia just got a great upload to the Stencil Archives, thanks to art historian and sometimes tour guide Srđan Tunić. Srđan just submitted a nice stack of photos, all from Belgrade where he is part of Street Art Walks Belgrade. As always, Stencil Archive appreciates and thrives off of your submissions and participation. 

We'd never be able to do it without you!

>NEW< Serbia (RS)
>NEW<

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Stencil Uploads You Know You Need Part 2

Submitted by russell on Sun, 06/26/2022 - 17:07

IlseNieman
Amazing detail of the cut-paper art of Ilse Nieman

Thanks to: @Emily_Lykos, Jaime Rojo for Brooklyn Street Art, @RadicalGraffiti, u/Gudariak, u/w0f0z, u/shares_inDeleware, u/Pzy2209

Spinning: Spoon, Echo and the Bunnymen, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Calexico

>NEW< Ilse Nieman (ZA)

Berlin (just one)

France (just one)

Greece

Italy

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Stencil Uploads You Know You Need Part 1

Submitted by russell on Sun, 06/26/2022 - 13:30

Listen and Fight

Thanks to: @Emily_Lykos, Jaime Rojo for Brooklyn Street Art, @RadicalGraffiti, u/Gudariak, u/w0f0z, u/shares_inDeleware, u/Pzy2209

Spinning: Darker My Love; Herbie Hancock; Spoon; Echo and the Bunnymen; Frank Zappa

In the Western Addition, SF

Valencia St., SF

On Haight St., SF

in the Mission District, SF

Here and there in SF

From 2002:…

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Stencil Archive at 20: Artist Weblinks Updated

Submitted by russell on Thu, 06/16/2022 - 12:57

Tip of the hat to Prez with Highlife magazine for contacting the Stencil Archive with a simple note, "many artists links are dead". After years of not wanting to grind through updating the artists weblinks, Peter's hope to use the links for a project greased the gears. 

Spending many hours this week reviewing and revising the Stencil Archive artists weblinks felt like a digital archeology dig. On the top layer of the work is the recent move to https for website links. There were also about half a dozen duplicate postings that got fixed. Dig a bit more, and some links need to be updated with personal info (RIP Michael Roman) or for typos. Under these layers things get more interesting.

Some artists have quit the art/stencil hustle and websites are gone. This entailed deleting the artist's weblink page completely (RIP Arofish). Some weblink pages date back to 2008, so myspace sites were gone…

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