Hey people, Do you know Vito? Vito is a great street art photographer. He got a Huuuuge collection. Vito’s flickr and Vito’s blog are a Must-see for all the street art lovers.
Vito has just released a book about street art in Paris “Paris Street Art“. 150 pictures charged with colour from the city center to the outer suburbs. You’ll find stencils, spray art, stickers, wheatpaste by famous and underground artists.
Here’s the pictures and video of Mr Dheo’s last trip . Brasil baby!!
Nices vibes! Enjoy.
We’ll talk about this graffiti artist in the future… stay tuned;)
Hey People! Shaka and Nosbe will be there! Don’t miss it if you are in UK.
They showed us some of their pieces you’ll find during this exhibition….. AWESOME!!
More info about this exhibition : Prescription art
20 years (20 ans) is the name of the graffiti tour of famous french writers : HNT, Poch, Rcf1 and Stak.
1988- 2008, Twenty years of Graffiti. These artists will exhib their work all over Europe.
At the same time WASTED TALENT will release the 20 years book wich is a retrospection of their artworks.
More info on Wasted talent
Next exhibitions :
31-10–>22-11-08 ST BRIEUC Vastemonde gallery
27-11–>27-12-08 PARIS L.J beaubourg gallery
05-12–>31-12-08 ANVERS 85 gallery
Street art by Matt Siren
Matt Siren is a famous street artist. Print and wheatpaste, he’s also a good designer. For more artwork check his site Matt Serin
Do you remember this post : The life of a wall ?
Thanks to Ceethree, I discovered a site based on the same idea: to file and document the different graffiti pieces on a same wall through the time.
The guy who created this site deserves respect! I’m sure you’ll love it, you graffiti fanatics!
It’s here : Graffiti archeology
Apex from San Francisco… The shit is deep!
If you got informations about this artist, send us an email!
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Hey Funky people! Today you’ll meet BNKR Choule, a street artist from Brittany, France. We love his work, smart contextual street art, creative ideas, humour and introspection. Funny and tasty street art! He’s the type of artist that let some free canvas in the street for the lucky curious. He also puts some weird items that show you a way, a run you can folow through the town. You can follow his work on his blog: EXOBNKR Go check it!!
Here’s the Fatcap interview of Choule. Peace yo!
FC:Where do you come from, Choule? Tell us about your beginnings…
I started street-art in Brittany, exactly 3 years ago, in October 2005.
Painting has been a hobby for a long time even though I have no training and a job that has nothing to do with this field.
FC:How would you define your style and the way you work?
Eclectic, cynical and hard work despite the limited time available.
FC:What are your sources of inspiration?
Our lives, madness, the 60’s - 70’s and graffiti in general.
FC:Are you part of a crew? Do you often work with other artists?
No. I’m pretty lonely in general. However, it wouldn’t bother me occasionally, but only for large-scale actions.
“I hate sunday”
FC:What’s your best and your worst creation?
I hope the best is still to come. But the worst, I know: a beautiful spot for the picture, a correct stencil key set and an AWFUL outline done with a paint bomb. Indeed, reviewing the picture gets on my nerves.
FC:what are your tastes in music, movies and books?
Music, everything. From classic to hardcore through Breton folk. I’m also marked by Bérurier Noir and Saul Williams. The books and movies with shifted worlds. David Lynch in particular.
FC:If your style were a song, which one would it be?
Debaser, by Pixies.
FC:There’s a lot of humor in your work, childish, corrosive or cynical. Is this your second communication tool, after drawing?
Yes, in general, I try to make people think about our present and future life.
FC:I saw on your blog that you did a poll to find out which one of your different styles people prefer. You make very different things, but what is YOUR favorite style?
I would like to do something with quite minimalist lines and trays. Readable immediately by spectators.
FC:Your elongated characters are very simple and quick to draw; were they specially created for the street?
No, but it is true that these “wireworm” characters are great for interventions with a marker.
FC:Do you think your creations must be something that should be preserved or do you think their purpose is precisely to be ephemeral?
I’m interested in the picture of what I did. The destiny of the artwork itself does not concern me. The thing with the canvases that I give up on the street is that I don’t impose anything to anyone (unlike the graffiti). Everyone is free to take home a painting or throw it in the nearest dustbin. People therefore decide in my place of what deserves to be preserved and what must remain ephemeral.
FC:Do you dream in graffiti?
No. Is that even possible?
FC: Oh yes it’s possible! Like a cartoon with graffiti characters, or maybe your own characters?
No I don’t dream in graffiti, but sometimes when I wake up I write some ideas without knowing where they come from…
FC:What was your most dangerous story? Give us some anecdotes …
Go make a Posca drawing under a road bridge overlooking a valley, along the metal reinforcements. Even more stupid because we can’t see anything from below. But, with a bomb, I would have had to deviate from the support and that was difficult.
FC:What kind of reaction would you like your art to evoke in people?
An introspection on themselves.
“You finally meet your neighbours when you ‘re watching together your building burning.”
FC:What is your favorite media (stencils, bombs …) and why?
The marker to stay in the drawing. Too bad we’re limited to smooth surfaces.
FC:Do you get to hook up with girls thanks to graffiti? We were told that body painting works pretty well…
Well, no. But fortunately I did not wait for street-art to think about it …
I made body-paintings during some shows (tuning, motorcycle … etc) at the time when I used to paint with an airbrush. But that was a long time ago.
FC:Classic question: your views on the legal / illegal?
Personally, “seek permission” annoys me. For me, only illegal. Now, the allowed walls must be cool to work on frescoes or to train when you start.
FC:In the street you are more quantity or quality?
Quality. I’d love to do more but then I should stop working.
FC:Can you explain your tagging concept? (Click HERE)
The magic tag? Just a dedication to a blogger whose humor I like. I have fun making paintings that are a “wink” to artists and people that I appreciate.
FC:Describe a typical day of Choule…
Street-art before going to work, employee work, aperitif-blog, family / friends. During rest days, “workshop” creations.
FC:What do you think of “Parisian hype” on-street art and graffiti?
Money phagocytes everyone, even the most hermetic to the phatitude (what a word!). The artist does not choose (except those who create only for the notoriety).
FC:What difference do you make between street-art and graffiti?
Street-Art: stencil, free-art, collages … The phats.
Graffiti: tags, letterings, murals … The thugs.
I’m being a little ironic. The ideal is still to try everything.
FC:Name some artists you respect and whose work you appreciate.
Those whom I respect: Adam Neate, Banksy, O’Clock, Space Invader, Zevs, Shepard Fairey, Jace, Logan Hicks …
Those whose work I like: Bask, Ashley Wood, Revs, Dran, Zbiok, Abandonview, Lime, Lomki … And Shaka (thank you FatCap).
FC:What are your plans for the future?
More paintings abandoned in the street. Create a little more interactivity with passersby.
FC:What is your ultimate goal?
Finally find my own style.
FC: So You think that you already didn’t find you style? I think you got a lot of styles and we can find in every piece of your work the “Choule Touch”. Do you want to specialise in one in particular?
No just find a style with I’m confortable. My own and unique style. If I can bring something new it’s better!
FC:How do you see the street-art in 10 years?
I am afraid that people are gonna be more busy surviving than painting or raving about things.
FC: Any regrets in the graffiti field?
Yes, Not be one of its pioneers with Blek Le Rat, Bando, Mode2…
FC:Dedications, or a few words to add?
Thanks to the bloggers who encourage me. And to Fatcap, of course.
Thank’s Choule!!
Choule’s canvas gallery + Choule’s graffiti gallery + Choule’s stencil gallery
Kryot Sea art (no street art) 
Cancontrollers were established by Mamut and Kryot in 1999. Before both had already been in touch with Graffiti since the early Nineties. They teamed up to paint continiously and develop their own style in the folowing years. Since 2005 Mamut concentrates more on working indoors with canvases while Kryot steady keeps painting outdoors.
For more pictures go check their site : Cancontrollers
Dolk is a street artist who performs with stencils. Nice style, smart ideas, an subliminal message.
More info about Dolk? Dolk forum
The blog Les Murs uploaded some great street art and graffiti from Malaysia. Go check it, there is a lot of pictures!
Peace.
Click on the this picture to see the biggest worldwide graffiti!!
Saber, who was already known as a huge graffiti artist in L.A., became famous worldwide when he executed the biggest graffiti ever. He painted alongside the river of L.A., on the cement borders, a fresco of the size of a football field. A lot of preparation was required for its achievement: 436.5 liters of paint; the painting material had to be conveyed through the gang territories and then lifted above barbed wires, etc. Also, it took a whole year to finish the painting and this, without being spotted by the Amtrak (Railway Company) and the L.A. cops, who both patrol in this area on land and in the air.
When it was finally finished, his father took pictures of Saber (barely visible on the “B” of his name) walking through the surface of his graffiti.
>>Translation by Yaffa, Article via Oldjam, infos extracted from the book “Planete street”
The first artwork by SAM3 we posted online was a painting on a Highway spanish bull HERE.
Here’s some of sam3’s works. Shadows, mythology, size effects… enjoy !
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