We have already heard about it and most of us are still twiddling our thumbs about the whole thing but so far it seems pretty sturdy. Most of us have been keeping a keen eye on the mysterious new film 'Exit through the gift shop' .... and now we have locations of where we can see it. just go to www.banksyfilm.com and look down.
I know, this feud is so 2009 but since I haven't given it any attention yet I thought I'd do a little write up on it anyway. Fore those who don't know, Banksy recently did 5 works in London, including the one you see above. The backdrop that you see getting wallpapered over there, is a 80's piece from Robbo, one of the pioneers in the London Graff scene. Outrage! All the writers cried. "Interesting.." All the street artists pondered. Anyhow, Robbo responded in style by placing a king robbo piece over it, erasing everything but the figure making it seem that the figure actually painted the new piece.
Since I've been roaming Vimeo and Youtube anyway, found this nice video on the (r)evolution of urban art. An exhibition currently going in the Warrington museum, UK. Seems quite interesting. More info here.
"Urban Art has its origins in street graffiti, spray-paint and stencils, but now it can also be seen on canvas and limited edition prints, making it a mainstream movement. This exhibition explores how Urban Art references the history of art. Through observation, research and discussion with some of the artists, similarities in styles and ideals are highlighted.
(R)Evolution of Urban Art brings together work from 15 internationally acclaimed artists: Banksy, Blek le Rat, Gavin Turk, Adam Neate, David Choe, Faile, Lorraine Robbins, Antony Micallef, Ron English, José Parlá, Elbow-toe, Sam Taylor-Wood, Candice Tripp, Swoon and Takashi Murakami."
I see a million pics coming up with Banksy works so I assume there is some new stuff going on :). Can't ignore some street work from the mistery man. Jeremy Gibbs absolutely aced it with the pics, so check more of em after the jump.
While Arden and I will be traveling to Surinam where it's warm and sunny, you can enjoy the art exhebition at Village Underground in London! Date - November 18th - 22nd
Borrowed from Vandalog who make this show possible!
Lois Stavsky blessed us with some more pictures from the Bronx. Amazing work out there. She also came across this 'banksy' underneath..Banksy in the southbronx? Is that real? Dunno, u tell me.
Sabeth is currently out enjoying his time in New Orleans, snapping pics of graffiti and street art out there. Even the Banksy stuff is still there. Check it out. Here's what Sabeth had to say
"most of the touristy parts of town weren't affected by the flooding, so you can come here, get wasted in the french quarter and not even notice anything was wrong. but you only need to walk a few blocks usually to start seeing boarded up houses and some areas are complete wastelands - barely any houses left, just foundations. very surreal. i'm glad i made the trip though. a lot of great work on the streets."
