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Ben Eine: about going PRO PRO PRO

txt: Ben Eine – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eine is most notable for his alphabet lettering on shop shutters in London’s Shoreditch, Brick Lane and Broadway Market areas. Some of these letters have been mapped for ease of finding.[3] He has also taken his lettering to the streets of Paris, Stockholm, Hastings and Newcastle upon Tyne.
Prior to becoming involved in commercial graffiti, Eine was a very famous and highly credible writer in the underground London graffiti scene. [...]
Eine first came to prominence in the “commercial” graffiti scene through his symbiotic partnership with London graffiti artist Banksy; through Eine, Banksy was able to access the underground scene and through Banksy Eine accessed the commercial world. Impressed by the work of Banksy Eine chose to focus on “commercial” graffiti.

txt: Ben Eine Paints Pro Pro Pro on the side of Mother London

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Infart 2010 – hello nasty!

INFART 2010 – HELLO NASTY!
3-4-5 September – Bassano del Grappa (VI)
Italy Urban art, Music & Conference Festival

txt: Infart 2010 – hello nasty!

After the success of the previous editions Infart strikes back among the most important European Urban Art festivals. An invasion consisting of paintbrushes, spray cans, pictures, collages, stencils, sculptures and installations.
During the opening day on September 3rd, together with the exhibition show taking place in the Castello degli Ezzelini, a video installation about the European and international Writing scene will be held through the use of rare archive images. This video installation is curated by Andrea Caputo, creator of All City Writers, a publishing project that recalls 30 years of this movement, starting from its origins in the Bronx of the 70’s NY until the explosion of the culture in Europe in the last two decades.

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Big bang big boom – the new wall-painted animation by BLU

“BIG BANG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life … and how it could probably end.
direction and animation by BLU – blublu.org – production and distribution by ARTSH.it – artsh.it – sountrack by ANDREA MARTIGNONI

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MuTATE BRITAIN

link: http://mutatebritain.wordpress.com

An art events movement run by a group of friends and collaborators representing different tribes in British society. MuTATE BRITAIN are The Mutoid Waste Company and The Cordy House Family.

We work together to take art out of the gallery and into the city – where it reaches and entertains a much broader swathe of society. Our governing principle began with Joe Rush and the Mutoid Waste Company – we mix art into a bigger event and make sure everyone enjoys it.

video: mutate britain – timandbarrytv on youtube

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Age against the Turbine?

txt: Tate Modern – Street Art – 23 May – 25 August 2008

Free Entry

In the first major public museum display of street art in London, an awesome line-up of acclaimed street artists will create gigantic new art works on the external walls of Tate Modern overlooking the Thames.

An eclectic group of artists, who have worked in both street and gallery environments, are showing work: Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gemeos, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain. This is the first time work has been commissioned for the building’s iconic external wall.

txt: Art World: Is street art losing its ‘outsider’ edge? – The Indipendent Blogs

So a screenprint poking fun at the art establishment is sold by the establishment. In fact, the establishment is now in on the joke. Does this mean urban art is losing its subversive edge? And is it even street art – accessible and (often) transient work created for the ordinary public – if it is connected to a gallery or established institution?
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The question that some young artists may now be asking is, if street art is entering into the mainstream with urban artists increasingly becoming establishment figures, where do the real rebels go to rage against the machine?

links:
JR
Blu
sixeart
os Gemeos
faile

img: Street Art by “Os Gemeos” – Rob Wallace on flickr.com

os gemeos

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