BOB PARTINGTON: BRIEFCASE GRAFFITI

NYC. Back in '03-'04. The Soho sidewalks, yes, sidewalks, were covered with "sniper-scope" stylized, stencil tags. I, like everybody else that paid attention to the stencils, just assumed that these were typical cut cardboard stencils that were hit with a can of D.O.T. (Dept of Transportation) yellow spray paint. Wrong. The stencils were anything but typical and they were the creations of one hell of a mad scientist...Bob Partington.

Among other things, Bob builds machines that create art. His sidewalk tagging machine was one such devise, cleverly hidden in the guts of a briefcase. How? When set down on any surface, a trigger at the base of the briefcase activates a solenoid device, which in turn releases Bob's tag. Totally stealth. Totally sweet.

Want to see more of the craziness that comes out of Bob's workshop? Well then, check out his site HERE

CRO aka RAY NOLAND 'DALEY RIOT'

Dig the behind-the-scenes footage of CRO aka Ray Noland as he builds his "Daley Riot" canvas.
If you're in Chicago June 11th, I hope that you're going to check out CRO's "Sweet Tea and American Values" inaugural exhibition at the Chicago Urban Art Society, 2229 S Halstead St. (at Canal Port)...the joint is 4,200 square feet of pure, unadulterated gallery pleasure!

Daley Riot from CRO on Vimeo.

VANDALIZED CHICAGO BANKSY PIECE GETS A FACE-LIFT

In an earlier post, I reported that Banksy's 'You Concrete Me' piece (in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood) was vandalized by a local 'crew'. It is quite clear that a segment of Chicagoan's were strongly opposed to the anti-Banksy graffiti. This morning, in the wee hours, a 3-good Samaritans, paint & wax pen in hand, made the needed repairs to the stone-faced Banksy.
Banksy fans across the globe can now raise a pint to the awesome persons responsible for the face-lift.

CHICAGO BANKSY PIECE GETS DEFACED BY LOCAL CREW

Never mind worrying about the good ole' Mayor Daley & his merry band of Po-Po buffing the few Chicago Banksy pieces out, worry about the locals!

Banksy's "you concrete my" piece in the Pilsen, Chicago neighborhood was destroyed late last night. BANKSSUCK was sprayed across one side of the humorous image, as well as whiting-out the word 'concrete' in the dialogue bubble. I can only imagine that the vandals possibly intended on ad-libbing some of Banksy's dialogue.

The crew believed responsible for this act seems to have given themselves credit, but I won't print their name here. You can see for yourself, look closely. And we Chicagoian's wonder why Banksy and other internationally well known artists fly past us on their travels? Bummer, dudes, bummer.

NICE-1 X CHICAGO WHEATPASTE

Chicago is almost a complete and total barren wasteland when it comes to wheatpastes...they almost don't exist here. Needless to say, I'm always stoked when someone gets up. NICE off of Halstead & Milwaukee St.

MR. BRAINWASH: NEW PRINT. NEW SHOW

Stencil/ wheatpaste madman, Mr. Brainwash is crazy-busy these days...he's building up for his huge NYC gig 'ICONS' this February. How big is big, you say? I'm told that he's high-jacked a 15,000 square foot space in NYCs Meat Packet District AND he's donating a portion of his sales to the American Red Cross for Aid to Haiti.

Each of his Mondrian inspired, 8-color screen prints are on archival paper and hand finished, splashed with spraypaint, signed & numbered by MBW. He's even included his thumb print on the flipside...for that added bit of authenticity. The 36"x36" print drops January 20th.

OBEY POSTER RELEASE 'YOUR EYES HERE'

OBEY releases another print this week (Jan 14th) titled 'Your Eyes Here'.
An edition of 450. 45 bucks measuring 18″ x 24″.
These babies will be released at random.

CRO aka RAY NOLAN: REPUBLIKLAN

CRO aka Ray Nolan anti-Republican artwork from Chicago based Lumpen Magazine. No 113. Vol 18. Issue 2

FUTURA 2000 'ODYSSEY TWO' INTERVIEW: BERLIN

Futura gives his piece on the NYC graffiti scene back in the day while at 'Odyssey Two' in Berlin earlier this year.

BROOKLYNs GAIA X CLOWN SOLDIER

Brooklyn artists Gaia & Clown Soldier, somewhere in Manhattan...kickin' out the jams, mutha-fukka

BILLY CRAVEN X JFK SCREENPRINT

Dig the 3-color screen print I recently completed of my man, JFK.
Measures approx 24x36
Interested in getting your very own JFK print? Hit me up at billycraven@gmail.com

GARY TAXALI X CHICAGO READER COVER

Gary Taxali featured artist on the cover of the December 24th issue of Chicago Reader.
*holler at me if you want me to mail you a copy.

THE GHOST VILLAGE PROJECT X AGENTS OF CHANGE

The Ghostvillage Project was created over 3 days on the west coast of Scotland. 6 artists - Timid, Remi/Rough, System, Stormie Mills, Juice 126, Derm - were given free reign to paint in an abandoned 1970s village. Working together on huge collaborative walls and individually in hidden nooks and crannies all over the site the artists realised long held dreams and were inspired by the bleakness and remoteness of the site. Drawing on the history of the village the artists' stated intent on completion of the project was to populate the ghostvillage with the art and characters that it deserved.

The Ghostvillage Project from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.

GAIA: CHINATOWN NYC

NYC street artist GAIA documented painting the roll-down gate at 223 E Broadway St, NYC.

MR BRAINWASH NYC

Mr Brainwash in NYC June '09...Houston at Bowery/ Keith Haring tribute wall (just before Os Gemeos went over it) & Meat Packing District.
Tunes: Four Tet featuring Percee P.

MR BRAINWASH X CARSON DALY SHOW

Carson Daly sucks. Mr Brainwash kills it!

PIXACAO: BRAZILIAN GRAFFITI

CoolHunting put together a doc on Pixacao...a form of graffit that's only found in Brazil. Hit up YouTube for a ton of other Pixacao related videos.

ARNAUD JOURDAIN X SERGE GAINSBOURG

Some serious 3-dimensional animated graffiti from Frenchie Arnaud Jourdain...a tribute to Serge Gainsbourg.

MF DOOM X BURLESQUE DESIGNS PRINTS

Minneapolis' Burlesque Design do some serious print work...and you know I love me some MF Doom!
Dig the 3-color, 2004 tour poster on French paper (30"x23").

Burlesque of North America and First Amendment Arts:

1101 Stinson Blvd #12
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612.379.4151

SHEPARD 'OBEY' FAIREY X ANTONINO D'AMBROSIO: AN EVENING OF ART & MUSIC

Shepard Fairey and Antonino D'Ambrosio Present:

A FURIOUS HEARTBEAT- AN EVENING OF ART & MUSIC
Dec 19th / 8-11pm

Live Performance by Wayne Kramer (MC5), Antonino D'Ambrosio + special guests

Selected works on Display
Dec 19th - Jan 9th, 2010

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS GALLERY
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
213.213.0078