Posted by
RL Tillman on June 9th, 2009 |
Hollywood’s Jessica Alba (of all people) was caught in Oklahoma City (of all places) wheat-pasting giant posters of sharks (of all things).
Apparently this was part of an ‘underground’ campaign to raise awareness of great white shark population loss. A police report was filed by the City’s Director of Parks and Recreation, and Alba issued an apology:
I got involved in something I should have had no part of. I realize that I should have used better judgment and I regret not thinking things through before I made a spontaneous and ill-advised decision to let myself get involved with the people behind this campaign. I sincerely apologize to the citizens of Oklahoma City and to the United Way for my involvement in this incident.
But there’s an important oversight in this statement. When is Alba going to apologize to the street art community? This incident is a stinging blow to their credibility!
(Via Videogum, the Printeresting of Pop-videoblogging. Images from The LostOgle.)
Posted by
amze on April 25th, 2009 |
These great images from the 24:00, the urban research blog created by Allison O’Connor, an American student in Tokyo. She’s a good street photographer in the flaneur style. These images of street art are very interesting, rather than seeming especially ‘Japanese’, they speak more to the singular voice of street/youth culture. Paste it up, I say.
Posted by
amze on January 16th, 2009 |
Recent evidence suggests that as the election cycle ends, street artists are trending back to themes common before the ramp-up of Obama-graphics.
Before: Note Bush-as-cowboy graphic
After: Back to swoon-ish woodcut print of girl-with-wolves woodcut print motif
Posted by
Jason Urban on June 3rd, 2008 |
The Graffiti Printer by Ariel Schlesinger…. think Epson for the streets (though the demos and pics are all indoors). The website features a few images and a video. And there is an ironic mission statement that parodies the One Laptop Per Child campaign. I like the punch card style stencils- less practical and more whimsical. The whole thing looks kind of steampunk- like a prop from City of Lost Children. Schlesinger also has a number of interesting pieces at Dvir Gallery though none so print-related as the Graffiti Printer.
