Adventures in urban art
A 27 m wide and 2,7 m high graffiti wall has just been completed in Finland. Called HANKI PAREMPAA LUETTAVAA (GET BETTER TO READ) this wall was created as part of the recent Flow Festival in the centre of Helsinki. Finland's biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat is behind the Get Better to read project and partnered with... Continue Reading →
There was zero chance of missing this weeks round up since the previously mentioned puppy still does not like letting me sleep. I've got all the time in the world to write now! This week's round up features a few crackers. I'll be sharing work from Studio Insano, Ioke, Art3ano, Ekosaurio and Fase. Two mentions... Continue Reading →
Swedish artist Sagieart is this week's Wednesday wall feature. Unfortunately I only have one piece to share and not two. The reason for that? The local council spending tax payers money to buff one of his pieces that was painted at a legal spot. What's the point of legal spots if the authorities still buff... Continue Reading →
Finding street art/graffiti in abandoned buildings must be one of my greatest pleasures. Recently I have visited La Puda near Monserrat along with a couple of artists. La Puda is a former spa which was built in 1870. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries it was visited by the bourgeoisie of Barcelona. It was closed in... Continue Reading →
I'm bringing you work from Albert Bonet, Tim Marsh and a collaboration between Invalid Ink and Breakvik this week. I missed last weeks post sadly. Blame it on a 13 week old puppy dictating my life and sleeping patterns. He's cute though so I'll let him off. Albert Bonet So this piece from Albert Bonet... Continue Reading →
Bristolian artist Sledone recently paid a little visit to Barcelona. Like so many other artists Sledone found the time to paint a couple of pieces whilst on 'holiday'. Do artists actually holiday properly? Or does every trip end up with at least one spray somewhere!? Sledone actually painted twice whilst here, or twice that I... Continue Reading →
Barcelona based artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada has completed yet another new mural project. The Cuban/American artist has been prolific of late, creating murals in New York, Madrid and Morocco. Promise is the title of this mural and features the image of a young girl. The girl is touching a button which lets loose a flow of... Continue Reading →
Yeah you read the title correctly, 'The secret society of super villain artists'. It wasn't a ruse to lure you in, it's a real thing. This mysterious group are like the street art version of the rap super villain himself, MF Doom. Looks like I hit the jackpot! (Supervillain!) That's the best part of all!... Continue Reading →
Parees festival have announced the line up for their 2019 edition. This year will see Parees festival hold it's third edition, in the city of Oviedo, Spain. Six internationally recognised artists will be part of the 2019 Parees festival. Regular readers might remember that I visited the festival last year where I had an amazing... Continue Reading →
El Joel and Aruma are the feature for this week's Wednesday wall. This is my first time ever writing about Aruma but El Joel I had the pleasure of interviewing earlier this year. This collaborative piece was created on one of the few remaining legal walls left in the city. The mayor might state in... Continue Reading →
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