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A Parodist Who Calls Himself Hanksy
A Parodist Who Calls Himself Hanksy
By JOHN LELAND
FEB. 14, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/nyregion/a-parodist-who-calls-himself…
The street artist who calls himself Hanksy, on Orchard Street in Lower Manhattan with his piece “Walter Flite.” Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
This is a story about art in the age of social media — about anonymity and self-promotion, about feral cats and viral cat videos.
In April 2011, a law school dropout in Bushwick, Brooklyn, newly arrived from the Midwest, had an idea that he thought might make a splash. He admired the street artist Banksy; he grew up on the movies of Tom Hanks. Why not mash up the two? Using simple computer software, he downloaded a Banksy painting of a rat holding a paint roller, then added an image of Mr. Hanks’s face. The whole thing took 10 or 15 minutes to create. He printed a cutout and…
Read moreBanksy Painting Up NYC for Month of Oct.
Attn. New Yorkers, drop everything and run - RUN - to Banksy's twitter feed (or possibly other street art Tweets) to see where he strikes next. Do it NOW... before it gets stolen, tagged over, or buffed. Quit your job if you have to.
Or... shrug.
Banksy presents:
Better Out than In
An Artists Residency on the Streets of New York
[hmm.... why did he drop the apostrophe and make artist plural? - Ed.]
http://www.banksyny.com/home/index
[I highly recommend checking out the phone messages.... LOL - Ed.]
New Book by Jef Aerosol
Jef Aérosol from Alternatives Press
« En 1982, je bombais mon premier pochoir sur les murs de la ville de Tours. C'est comme si c'était hier et pourtant trente années ont passé. Trois décennies d'aventures artistiques et humaines au cours desquelles j'ai poursuivi et approfondi mon travail de photo-graphiste, de plasticien, de peintre… de bidouilleur d'images, quoi ! J'ignore combien de lames de cutter j'ai usées, combien de pochoirs j'ai découpés, combien de murs et de toiles j'ai peints, combien de bombes aérosol j'ai vidées mais je sais que ma passion pour les images en général et pour l'art urbain en particulier ne s'est jamais émoussée et qu'elle s'enrichit chaque jour des expériences nouvelles qu'il m'est donné de vivre. Cet ouvrage propose un petit voyage en…
Read moreCity of Tiny Lights - evol's Buildings
A nice blog post with photos of evol's small apartment building stencils (basically windows and balconies on block-shaped objects). Xsacto sent this link over...
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/evol-buildings
"Berlin-based street artist Evol playfully transforms city blocks, power boxes, walls, and any other public architecture he comes across into micro cities as part of his ongoing Buildings series......"
RIP Michael Moll
Stencils (Public Art) can inform, inspire, and incite..... Here is an email from someone who discovered this (Russell)
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This is a heart rending story, please give it your attention and share this information.
I was wandering around San Francisco as I usually do, and I happened upon this Art on the sidewalk. Looks like a memorial of sorts. It is on the corner of 19th Avenue & Noriega Street in San Francisco, near the Penzoil Station.
There is a date on this art 2/19/2003. I saw it yesterday 2/19/13. So I did some research and found out that this was the 10 year anniversary of the Shooting of Michael Moll near this spot.
(One thing I know about News is, don’t believe everything that is written, you have to question things and use your brain! Who wrote it, what intentions do…
A Very ROBBBB Xmas (China)
ROBBBB just finished an installation, of a stencil Christmas tree, for a charitable organization that helps disabled orphans.
Go to his archive for all the photos: http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Asia/artists/ROBBBB
His URL: http://www.robbbb.com/
Logan Hicks "Lights Out" to Benefit Hurricane Sandy victims
"Lights Out" Benefit photograph from Logan Hicks for Hurricane Sandy victims
Hurricane Sandy has destroyed entire towns and families in the tri-state New York area. While my own family and belongings escaped any real damage, many were not as fortunate. As we came through the hurricane, I thought 'that wasn't so bad' - and in my neighborhood, it wasn't. Then the news channels started to parade the misery of communities like Staten Island and Breezy Point across the screen. They were decimated. Entire houses washed away, lives lost, and cherished possessions destroyed.
My good friend John Lee from @EmehtAgency made a suggestion that I sell one of the photos taken of downtown Manhattan during the power loss to help raise money for those in need. It sounded like the perfect way for me to assist. The conditions which produced amazing photographs for me were also the same conditions that have displaced families. It's the obligation of those that have, to help those who do not…
Read moreAmy Rice's Playing with Stencils book: order now!
Long time Stencil Archive friend and participant Amy Rice (see her Archive here) has a new book coming out. When I looked through my book "Stencil Nation" with people, Amy's unique stencil style would always stand out from the other sections. She also holds the honor of being my mom's favorite stencil artist!
http://www.qbookshop.com/products/210258/9781592538294/Playing-with-Sten...
Here's what her publisher is saying about the book:
Learn how to design and cut stencils from your own drawings or photographs with Playing with Stencils! You'll discover how a simple doodle or series of shapes can have great impact when made into a stencil. The projects run…
Read more29 Aug: 10am Mural Premiere (SF, CA)
Please join me (Russell) and Chris Benfield at our new mural tomorrow morning from around 10am until noon. The indoor mural is located at 1150 Ocean Ave. (at Lee Ave.). You can take public transportation to get there: MUNI: 43, 49, KT ... BART: Balboa Park Station (walk up hill towards Phelan)
The 1,800 square foot mural includes around 100 hand cut stencils, and depicts a pre-European San Francisco peninsula full of animals, plants and insects. Beginning with an eastern scene over the San Francisco Bay, the mural stretches down the corridor, passing Twin Peaks, Lake Merced, oak groves, and the Sand Dunes and wildflowers of the mural's location, and into the Pacific.
Chris and Russell will…
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