I have a love hate relationship with ’street art’. Half of me loves seeing people think outside of the spray can by creating witty cartoons, wheat pastes, sculptures, and other creative things on the street. The other half gets angered thinking about a 22 year old Pratt student from Wisconsin sneaking out of his college dorm to wheat paste [...]
Dan Witz: Escaping People
Dan Wirtz is primarly known for his street paintings. Rather than spray painting walls, he paints various highly detailed imagery on walls around New York City. His most recent project features hands trying to escape from vents on the sides of various buildings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
While he’s not the first person to do graffiti / [...]
Banksy’s “Cans Festival”
Some are saying, “Show of the Year. Show of the Decade. Possibly Show of the Century.” Bansky is calling his show the “Cans Festival”, and is encouraging visitors to contribute their own graffiti starting Saturday. He has already brought together many artists like Faile, Blek, among others. It’s not a complete free for-all, as there [...]
Is This The End Of Shepard Fairey?
Shepard Fairey, the 38-year-old street artist who’s garnered mainstream attention recently thanks to the “Progress” and “Hope” posters he designed for Barack Obama’s campaign, is rapidly losing his vision due to a lifelong battle with diabetes. According to one source close to Fairey, he could be legally blind by the end of the year.
“That’s why [...]
