Crossing The Lines

Crossing Lines from Andrew Telling on Vimeo.

Shortly before I met Conor Harrington—he was getting up on a wall in Venice Beach before the Euro Trash group show last summer at Lazarides’ Beverly Hills pop-up space—the Irish-born painter  went out to broker some peace in the Middle East. In his case, he was armed with an oil brush and a can of spray paint. “I was originally supposed to go to Beirut to paint a wall there but my contact out there bailed on me three weeks beforehand so I was left with time-off booked, a cameraman, and nowhere to go,” says Harrington, who quickly rerouted himself to Tel Aviv, Bethlehem, and Palestine. “I pulled off the Israel/West Bank trip in a matter of days — amazing what you can do with a few contacts.” Now, he’s offering a glimpse at how amazing the impromptu trip was (along with a dope soundtrack) in the short film Crossing The Lines.“I’m interested in the region, areas of conflict, and thought it would be really interesting to go and paint there,” he says. Despite the current chaos in the region, Harrington definitely misses one thing: the warm weather.  ”I’m in a freezing studio in london trying to finish off a couple of commissions before jumping into work for my solo at Laz later this year.” That’s this fall, so keep your calendars open.

—Michael Slenske

Profile: Futura 2000

Futura x 12ozProphet Feature from ALSO KNOWN AS on Vimeo.

Fresh Stuff From Roa In LA

Via. Unurth

The Freedom Tunnel

A really cool video shot by Charles le Grand who described the tunnel:

Under Manhattan’s Upper West side, runs the “Freedom” Tunnel. Built in the 30’s by Robert Moses, the passage boasts legendary graffiti murals and piles of debris remaining of the past homeless city era. After using it for only a couple of years, Amtrak discontinued the line and left a massive cavern which later became a shelter for street people. Progressively, the tunnel turned into a veritable underground metropolis where thousands of homeless were living in organized communities underneath the city’s skin.


Freedom Tunnel from Charles le Brigand on Vimeo.

Get an Os Gemeos Poster for a Penny

Over at Iconoclast

Banksy Gives Some Love To Keith Haring

Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art

Graffiti and unsanctioned art—from local origins to global phenomenon

In recent years street art has grown bolder, more ornate, more sophisticated and—in many cases—more acceptable. Yet unsanctioned public art remains the problem child of cultural expression, the last outlaw of visual disciplines. It has also become a global phenomenon of the 21st century.

Made in collaboration with featured artists, Trespass examines the rise and global reach of graffiti and urban art, tracing key figures, events and movements of self-expression in the city’s social space, and the history of urban reclamation, protest, and illicit performance. The first book to present the full historical sweep, global reach and technical developments of the street art movement, Trespass features key works by 150 artists, and connects four generations of visionary outlaws including Jean Tinguely, Spencer Tunick, Keith Haring, Os Gemeos, Jenny Holzer, Barry McGee, Gordon Matta-Clark, Shepard Fairey, Blu, Billboard Liberation Front, Guerrilla Girls and Banksy, among others. It also includes dozens of previously unpublished photographs of long-lost works and legendary, ephemeral urban artworks.

Stephen Powers Brings Love Letters to Syracuse

Via. Unurth:

Powers’ hand-painted signs draw on years of his own work as a painter and graffiti artist, but also on a long tradition of making, advertising, and handcrafting. Coming to Syracuse, a city that exemplifies the model mid-size, post-industrial rustbelt city under reinvention, is part of a national movement of change, a Rustbelt Renaissance, driven by a creative economy.

“The goal of the project is to ultimately bridge the Near Westside community to downtown, which will give access to new markets and resources for residents in the neighborhood,” says Maarten Jacobs, director of the Near Westside Initiative.

Part 2 of Blu's Take on the Oil Spill

Via: Unurth

The Grain Terminal

The Grain Terminal from Charles le Brigand on Vimeo.

Os Gemeos + Futura in NYC

"The idea was to bring a ‘Gigante’ to NY, as we’ve done in Greece, Holland, Lisboa, London and Sao Paulo.
The concept behind the flags (with the colors completely altered from their originals) signifies unity, a world without borders, combined to form 'one world one voice'”.

Jana + JS, Polaroids in Salzburg

VIA: Unurth

Graffiti Deck for Skatistan

Seen On The Streets Of Austin (Pt. 2)

Seen On The Streets Of Austin (Pt. 1)

Neuzz Piece in Mexico

I just really like this piece by Neuzz.

Love Will Tear Us Apart by CEPT

Don't Believe The Hype - Os Gemeos

The Brazilian Wonder Twins have done it again, this time in San Diego.

The History Of The Graffiti Tag

Name Tagging with Martha Cooper from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo.

Graffiti by Smug One

Although the topics of Smug One's graffiti pieces are pretty typical (Star Wars, Comic Characters, Hot Girls) the execution is anything but common. The vibrant colors cause these pieces to jump off the wall and turn parts of an urban wasteland into a beautiful outdoor gallery.