We saw Banksy in Boston (Allston, Chinatown, to be specific) earlier today, but it seems the famed street artist may have made his way over to 25 1 Essex Street in Central Square as well. Anyone else spot the artist today? Were you loitering at the time?
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Flickr user Brad Searles captures a new X-Men themed graffiti mural in Allston. Dorky, we know. The artist(s) may have tried to avoid charges of copyright infringement by labeling the assortment "Text Men," but we know Nightcrawler when we see him. Because we are nerds.
Flavorpill brings us an exclusive interview with fellow Obama-inspired artist Ron English regarding Shepard Fairey's arrest in Boston earlier this year for his street art. Here's a little of what English had to say:
Will the Fairey flap never end? Shep apparently faces more vandalism charges for allegedly posting his street art in Boston, at a time when his lawyer alleges Fairey was not even in town. He is apparently in town today to be arraigned on these new charges in Boston, then he'll face up to the old charges in Roxbury and Brighton. Busy man!
The Wooster Collective street art blog sheds some light on the curious case of Peek-a-Boo Jesus, a paste-up on a New Bedford wall that has the Christian faithful thronging to worship at its feet. It's the work of New Bedford street artist Maki105, also known as Mark Carvahlo, whose work also includes departing sailors and wrestling giants.
Shepard Fairey was arrested last night on his way to play a DJ set at the ICA, where his new art exhibit recently opened. The highly controversial street artist apparently had warrants out for his arrest from alleged previous instances of street art (slash vandalism?), according to the Herald. (Guess you can't be arrested for alleged plagiarism after all.) No word on whether the arresting cops were on six-figure overtime shifts.
The Globe reports that Shepard Fairey, prolific paster of paste-ups and purveyor of Obama-flavored Hope™, was arrested on his way to DJing an "Experiment" at the ICA last night. Two outstanding warrants, but the article doesn't specify the nature of the artist's alleged crimes—perhaps it has something to do with the contents of this map? Might a presidential pardon be in order?
In the Shepard Fairey exhibit which opens today for the general public at the Institute of Contemporary Art, there is a quotation by Andy Warhol, one of Fairey’s main influences if not his most important.
- Gothamist went on the Wall Street roller coaster during a crazy week for financial institutions (bankruptcy, sale, bailout) and the county.
- Phillyist analyzed the problem of hecklers at live performances.
- Londonist eagerly anticipated the annual Open House Weekend, where for one weekend only, the public get to poke around some of the capital's more interesting buildings.
- LAist headed to the LA County Fair to earn a heart attack by checking out all the deep-fried foods such as deep-fried avocado and deep-fried Oreos. And then they ate a huge brick of cheese fries.
- Shanghaiist was happy to learn that Shanghai is one of the world's five most improved places for gay tolerance.
- Torontoist took a look at a photographer whose exhibit of photographs of street art was shut down last week, after local graffiti artists took issue with their work being photographed and re-sold for thousands of dollars without permission, credit, or compensation.
- Bostonist dared to criticize horny hometown heroes NKOTB.
- Chicagoist found out they live in America's Most Stressful City and then were given another reason why as they dealt with massive flooding.
- SFist captured images of PARK(ing) Day, an annual event where people take over metered parking spaces for a day, turning them into fun-sized public parks.
--Looking for a good Super Bowl party? Bring your favorite beer mug to the Milky Way, where the big game will screen, and then you can celebrate with some candlepin bowling. Sponsored by the Mug Project, which wants people to use a mug instead of guzzling their way through disposable cups, and Neighbors for Neighbors. 6:00 pm.
-- When the homeless meet gentrification, the homeless get treated like shit. Shocker. [Boston Globe]
A special post today to highlight the amazing work of our friend hargo and his newest public art project, The Wall at Central Square. The project consists of 20 talented artists that have come together to create a unique piece of street art on an 81 foot-long wall in Cambridge. Geoff Hargadon, aka hargo, told us: "We've been installing [the wall] all this week as the artists have come in from all over the...
Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt,...
What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week. Being the nation's capital, DCist felt especially proud to let freedom ring this week by exposing the really important issues, like how sad they...
From the tallest skyscraper in the City of Brotherly Love to Canadian tourism copywriting brilliance, here's what you should know from our -ist cities: This week, Phillyist took a gleeful listen to the White Stripes' exciting new release, watched in awe as their new tallest skyscraper was finally completed, found a cheaper way to get to Gothamist, invented a tasty new dessert, and brought back their Craigslist Round-Up feature with a bang. Bostonist watches...
TheANTI has been kicking it with custom made t-shirt designs since 2004. After moving into some semi-dedicated shop space (and out of their living rooms and kitchens) the crew of theANTI now has a pretty sweet line of designs available on t-shirts for $15, and hoodies for $30. Hats, totes, mixes, and DVDs round out the product line. Inspired by street art, the designs come from a collective of artists and have some great Boston themes.
theANTI is a Boston based company that prides itself on ideas and motivation. We've physically existed since June '04 when our first shirts were printed, but the idea of our own designs on t-shirts has been something we've all been playin with for a while... We finally stopped talking about it and did it, and the results have been nothing but pleasing so far.From Boston Roots and the pruSign to the Boston Citgo and into Mission Hill they're taking on a new era this year with the release of the newest design: Redline, the winner of their 2007 design contest. The best contest we never entered. All four of the top winning designs are available on their site.
As the world holds its breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning.
We can just imagine the scene. Globe reporter tries to get hip with Street Art. Stalks Myspace, meets up with, and interviews Pixnit about her experience, technique, and dreams. Fluff piece is written up and sits on the editors' desk for about a month until a nice, slow news day hits. Say January 3? The article runs. Readers write in (and leave comments), angry with the soft handed and accepting tone of the original article. A few of those complaints are run with a picture in the January 5th edition. The Globe looks for a way to react. They put their local crime beat reporters to the task of getting an article in print about how graffiti is bad. Half written already, the article just waited for the Boston Police to deliver the goods – January 7 the blotter already was marked by the arrest of a pair in Mission Hill for dropping the Tel tag on buildings overnight.
As 2006 ends and 2007 begins, the -ists look back not at the past week, but at the past year. So here it is, your Best of 2006 Spectacular. And from all of us at the -ists, happy New Year! Austinist was all about controversy as new construction to increase urban density ran rampant in 2006, as did threats to the city's image from gigantic corporations looking to set up shop in town, leading...
We could never figure out why the little bunny wanted to run away. With such a loving mother who was always there to provide food, love, warmth, and to love and hold the little bunny unconditionally there seemed little motivation to run away. A little reindeer in Somerville decided that perhaps it was time to runaway (perhaps from the Illuminations Trolley tomorrow). Hargo and Remi have illustrated the story of the Runaway Reindeer with...
Bostonist likes hustle and self-promotion as much as the next group-authored, endlessly self-referential, first-person-plural-using weblog, but we're not sure how we feel about this: Local ad agency Modernista! (which, in our humble opinion, should really have a ¡ at the front) is trying to hype itself and its signature red exclamation point. To that end (as we learned today from AdRants), they will send you a red exclamation point sticker for free. They want you to place this sticker somewhere, preferably after an M ('cause "M!" is supposed to be the hip shorthand for their hip brand), take a picture of your work, and send it to them. What do you get in exchange? They put your fine photo, along with a picture of you and a link to your website, on an uber-designy, flash-heavy website they've created just for this purpose.
Given Bostonist's recent interest in graffiti and street art, as well as a few connections we have to a certain street art site, there was no way to avoid letting our readers know about SPOTHUNTERS, the newest installation to open at the New Art Center in Newton.
YouTube user FortDrasticDotCom shares with us a video of a cave, as he describes it, that he discovered south of Boston. The “cave,” while in Hingham and not Boston proper, has an amazing display of graffiti.
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