Watch: Roa’s Big Bird on Hanbury Street

According to filmmaker Shafiur Rahman:

“A bird is a creature of flight. It can symbolize freedom. Belgium artist Roa came to Shoreditch, an inner city area of London, which has been home to waves of immigrants over the years, and painted an astonishing bird in about 8 hours in April of 2010. Six Oranges filmed this feature as part of their documentary on Brick Lane and art. This short film is a teaser for that documentary.” Music by Moka Only.

Exhibit: Neck Face “Into Darkness”

Neck Face
“Into Darkness”
October 31 – November 20, 2010
OHWOW (101 S. La Brea)
Los Angeles, CA 90036

According to OHWOW:

A homecoming of sorts for the California native, “Into Darkness” will feature Neck Face at his nastiest – meaning of course, at his best. Following up 2009′s now legendary performance-cum-exhibition in Miami, the artist sets his sights on Hollywood and brings with him the same energy and originality that has made him a cult favorite. Lock your windows and close your doors. He’s on the loose and there’s no telling what surprises he’ll have in store this Halloween.

Neck Face is an artist who manages to imbue humor into violence, locate amusement in fear, and takes pleasure in rattling nerves. His work is simultaneously sinister and grim, genuine and playful. He toys with the sacrilegious, antagonizes phobias, and triggers insecurities, all with a measure of ambivalence. His distinctive style straddles the line between reckless and deliberate, yet the work maintains a sense of immediacy, and is always provocative. Neck Face posits nightmares, prompts anxiety, and conjures the devil. In doing so, he champions the urge to laugh, rather than retract, at the discomfort felt from the true absurdity of horror. Los Angelenos beware, the artist is (now) present.

Opening reception Sunday, October 31, 2010 7pm.

Watch: Broken Fingaz’ Stop Motion Graffiti

This is the first animation clip from Tant and Unga of Israel’s Broken Fingaz Crew.

Watch: The Video Tour of This Year’s Fame Festival

This is a video tour of the up-and-coming street art festival Fame in Southern Italy. The brainchild of Angelo Milano (Studio Crombie), the Festival gathers some of the biggest international street artists, such as Blu, Nunca, Os Gemeos, JR and Erica Il Cane who spend the summer painting murals all over town. Now in its third edition, the Festival has left a real mark on the town which now displays one of the most spectacular selection of public artwork in the world.

See more photos from Fame Festival 2010 here

Artist Shout Out: Slinkachu

“Manhole Swimming” – Ravenscourt Park, London, 2006

“Split Milk”

Artist Statement:
My ‘Little People Project’ started in 2006. It involves the remodeling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography, and the titles I give these scenes aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed. But underneath this, there is always some humor. I want people to be able to empathize with the tiny people in my works.

“They’re not pets, Susan” – Primrose Hill, London, 2007

“Overpowered”

“Relics”

See more of Slinkachu’s work here