June 2012
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An Interview with Portugal's Odeith - The...
During my time in Lisbon I was lucky enough to meet Odeith, also known as ‘The Illusionist’. His technical ability to trick viewers into seeing his work burst off walls stands out above the vast majority of 3D graffiti writers. A professional muralist and tattooist, himself heavily tattooed, I remember Odeith pulling up to the paint store where I met him in an aging black BMW,...
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The Walls of Lima - Interview with Peru's Decertor
Decertor originates from Lima, Peru. Although he is not globally well-know at this stage I think that’s likely to change in the coming years. Decertor blends a broad palette of vivid colours on his large murals and illegal street pieces, taking some influence from national fabrics. His lifelike characters often have stone-faced looks. Perhaps that’s no surprise given Decertor started out painting...
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The Mark Bode Interview part 2
Check out this epic slideshow of Bode characters painted by different artists all over the World, including: Rio, Buenos Aires, London, Essex, New York, San Francisco, Spain, Germany, Australia and many other places!
My father sought enlightenment from gurus that came to the NYC area in the late 1960s. One young guru (Maji) picked him out of a crowd, touched his forehead and said “The answer is...
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The Mark Bode Interview pt1
A Bode dedication wall in Melbourne
If you ask any graffiti writer about ‘Bode characters’ there’s a good chance that they have some in their sketchbooks. Vaughn Bode was a famous American cartoonist who passed away in 1975, aged only 33. His most famous character, Cheech Wizard, wore a large yellow hat with red and black stars that covered everything but his feet. Cheech...
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WatchI had too many Invader photos to post just one! So here’s one minute of pure Invader video goodness, set to ‘Around the World’ by Daft Punk.
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Graffiti's Ultimate Antihero - Australia's Lush
A self-described ‘graffiti asshole’, Lush is the ultimate graffiti antihero. Lush’s work, on walls and on canvas, will either make you laugh until you cry or cry until you give up. Lush is genuinely raw, with graphic images images of porn, sex and occasionally violence.
He’s one of the few artists who you cannot help but react to, whichever way you react. In a strongly...
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The Weird World of Neonita...
Although I first saw Neonita on walls around London, she’s also an accomplished illustrator and works in a variety of different materials. As a trained fine artist her skills in life drawing are clear. However, Neonita is best known for her odd, colourful, bizarre, but seldom threatening characters.
About Neonita
I was an army kid so I grew up moving about, which had a massive impact on me...
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Russian Fairytales: Moscow's Vitae Viazi
Vitae Viazi are a street art crew from Moscow. Their work is inspired by Slavic culture, calligraphy and ornaments and they aim to create the world of fairytale stories on the walls. They are the first Russian street art crew I’ve interviewed so it’s a pleasure to connect with a new country.
Vitae Viazi’s Vital Statistics
The name “Vitae Viazi” comes from the latin...
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The Colourful World of Spain's Cuellimangui
Cuellimangui comes from a small city in South East Spain (Orihuela). His complicated patchworks of organic shapes bring life to inanimate objects and the abstract forms he paints. His vivid and complicated patchworks of colours are indeed arresting. We found out more…
About Cuellimangui
I’ve always liked drawing, but it was in 2004 when I started painting more seriously, between Altea...
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An Interview with Czech Artist Jan Kalab, aka...
The last decade has seen a sea change in public attitudes towards graffiti and street art. Slowly, governments and major institutions are starting to see value in these art forms in prominent public spaces, which is a stylistic departure from the muted colours of more traditional community murals. The forward-thinking Czech Centre in London recently brought Point and Pasta Oner over to the UK to...