Faultsie and Boyz.

oO WWS Oo

International

We're gonna go international on ya for this post.....

A friend sent me these photos of graf spots from his recent travels. Always good to see whats going on in other parts of the world.

....................

Shepard Fairey MAY DAY

My Graf link Guru (you know who you are ) emailed me this flick found on Twitter of Shepard Faireys MAY DAY exhibit at Deitch Projects in

New York City. As you can tell by the photo it caused a roadblock.

After viewing THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO the crowd seemed in awe of the work displayed .... but somehow I don't agree with the quote made by the man in the queue about Shepard Fairey having the 'OBAMA ANGLE' wtf? This was also the last exhibit at the Dietch Projects.

....................

Christian Guermy AKA C215 known for his intricate stencil work that have appeared the world over had a solo show in Rome (that closed today)

Check out C215.wordpress.com for flicks

....................

Faile and Bast held the NYC edition of their Deluxx Fluxx arcade exhibit/installation recently. Check out ARRESTED MOTION for more pics.... Wish it would visit NZ!

....................

Although it has already been well documented I thought I'd mention it anyway.

The last remaining publicly visible Banksy stencil in Melbourne's Hosier Lane has been buffed. It has been stated that the stencil of a parachuting rat was applied outside of the legal area hence making it fair game for the council buff squad.

What are your thoughts on the matter?

IMO I find it strange that everyone is up in arms about it. Is it because of the monetary value OR the fame associated with the illusive artist? I'm positive that in the long and varied culture of Graffiti that this is and will not be the only piece of work that gets buffed by the authorities. Whether or not the artist is famous, worth thousands of pounds or adorns the living room walls of celebrities is beside the point. Better work gets buffed everyday. Wah wah wah

oO WWS Oo

Tread Softly - Miss Mica

Tread Softly Be nice, be sneaky, be careful what you say..... is the theme of Miss Micas' upcoming show in Auckland.

Miss Mica has graced many a gallery wall with her offbeat multi-coloured works in Welling-town, now it's Aucklands turn to witness it. A must see if your in that part of the country.

oO WWS Oo

Stens

Stencils usually appear around this time of year due to a new year of University starting up. Snapped these flicks just in time as I walked past an hour or 2 later and they had been buffed (apart from the TV stencil below)

Over-spray can really kill the overall look of a stencil, but still, It's not a bad effort.

oO WWS Oo

Late Night

oO WWS Oo

Coma

Drypnz + PNTR

I trust everyone enjoyed their long weekend, or your time and half/day in lieu if you had to work. Hopefully no-one suffered a diabetic coma due to too much chocolate HA!

Been lazy with the photo snapping so have alot to catch up on.

Nice Easter Monday touch up on a well hit spot.

Big ups SPURTONE

....................

Everfresh Crew are close to releasing their book titled Everfresh Blackbook soon, and they have close to 50,000 photos that didn't make the cut that will be posted up on their blog.

Check it HERE

....................

Thank you to all who have submitted flicks over the last week, always good to have back up when the Welly scene gets quiet, I'll stagger them out over the next month or 2

oO WWS Oo

One Love

Headed up to Hataitai Velodrome for OneLove to celebrate Waitangi day/Bob Marleys' birthday and got to watch the lovely Xoe Hall and Yelz painting a trailer that will be the FRINGE HQ for 3 weeks.

Unfortunately I had to leave and go to work (GRRR!!)

As we arrived I saw this man in the photo above rocking out by himself. Hope I'm like that when I'm his age!

I'll do some serious catch-up posts tomorrow.Choice

oO WWS Oo

FELT IT!

FELT IT! pulls together a collection of artwork which shows off the diversity and achievements of the endearing felt tip pen.

While often thought of as a child’s medium, with cheap, throwaway connotations, the felt tip pen rightly assumes centre stage in this showcase of exciting new work made by some of Wellington’s hottest Artists, Illustrators, Costumiers, Cartoonists, and Film Makers.

FELT IT

4-20 Febuary 2010

ROAR! Gallery
Lvl 1 55 Abel Smith St (above real groovy)

..................

Due to lack of time and patience this past week I haven't been posting as frequently as I would have liked to. I'll catch up this weekend.

oO WWS Oo

Fresh

Anyone spotted the posters by Australia's Everfresh Crew appearing around town? The long standing RONE paste-up on Taranaki Street has to be one of the oldest in Wellington as far as I can remember, but these are a welcome addition.

A copy of the above print had been put up on Garret Street along with the pastey below going up just around the corner in Glover park BUT both mysteriously disappeared after a heavy downfall ..... Had the posters become water-logged therefore easy to remove and take home? We'll never know.....

....................


Trike taking the place of where the Everfresh paste-up was.

Check out the extensive Everfresh Studio blog HERE

....................


I posted this throw by Evoke quite a while back, so when I saw that someone had added to it I couldn't help but laugh (and get a photo!)



Nice one Steve.


In other News.....

Sao Paulo artists Os Gemeos are having there second solo show at Milan gallery which opens January 25th. The show titled Nos bracos de um anjo ( In the arms of an angel) will feature never seen before works on canvas, musical sculptures and installations throughout the gallery.

Check Urbanpainting.info for more um Info!

Beef has never been as well documented till London's old school writer King Robbo and the ever elusive Banksy went head to head. I hate to speculate and it's probably easier if I let the experts do the talking...

Check the history HERE and the retaliation HERE

Sirum has his own blog. Check it HERE

And finally, Harley Jones has a solo show titled All my friends are superheroes @ Monumental Gallery, 9 Anzac Ave, Dunedin. Opens Friday January 29. Runs for 1 week

oO WWS Oo

Vivian Street

A tonne of new work has been going up along Vivian Street over the past 3 months. With the addition of the make-shift construction wall fencing off the park that's under renovation it has added some well deserved paste-up spots.

Nice multi layer stencil nail up from Yohzik (above)

L-R Malice/PNTR collab, PNTR, Trike, AIM and Jean Batten tribute by AIM see below

The alley beside the newly named Medusa (Formerly Hole in the wall) that serves as the smokers lounge has always had graf and random drunken scribbles all over it. I'm glad to see it get a tidy up though.

....................

Have you checked out the new Krink range at Mrgraffiti.com yet? Only place in New Zealand you can get the full colour range.

Check it HERE!

oO WWS Oo

Bad photos

I must admit that the photos in this set aren't the most impressive to date but what the hell, I'm on holiday!

Sorry I didnt't get individual shots of TEXAS and EEK. Not sure what I was thinking that day.

Hmmmmm

oO WWS Oo

Sun Block

My Crawford was the perfect place to go on such a sunny day. I should have put sunblock on because later that day the left side of my face and neck were 5 shades of pink. Oops.

AIM

PNTR

Malice

Malice

....................

This Friday 11th December will see the re-release of Massage Magazine @ Meow Cafe 149 Willis Street from 7pm onwards. Come down, have a drink and have a geez at the Mag. It's pretty rad!

....................

Silenc has been to town! Saw him painting down leftbank. Its a shame that Leftbank Isn't what it used to be. I wanted to get the big chromey F that was there but it had already been capped.

Going Public!

Covet

Coming Up .....

Photos from Sunday's ACT RIGHT bus painting by TS

oO WWS Oo