Moniker 2012 highlight

Just thought I'd start this one off with the highlight, and roll out pics and stories out afterward.
Highlight: Catching up with our graf hero C215, grabbing a pic with him, chucking it up on FaceBook, and him liking it. Awesome.

Mish & C215 at Moniker 2012

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Urban Masters Overview

The following 3 posts will all feature coverage from the Urban Masters show. This show, curated by Opera Gallery and sponsored by Butterfly, features 33 of the industry's biggest names from around the world inc. Banksy, C215, ROAShepard Fairey, Sweet Toof, Rone, Joe Black, Blek le Rat, Nick Walker and Zeus to mention just a few.

As an overview, take a few mins to watch this movie from Factory 7:

http://youtu.be/14EuYv4eLNY

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Urban Masters exhibition at Hearn st carpark pt1

Was lucky enough to check out this exhibition at the end of last week. Here's the low-down:

An urban and street art installation paying tribute to the Masters of the history of art. 

33 artists featuring: Bom.K, Blo, Brusk, Gris1, Jaw, Kan, Sowat, Da Mental Vaporz, Lek, Roa, David Shillinglaw, Zezao, Sweet Toof, Blek Le Rat, Ron English, Mac1, Matt Small, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, El Mac, C215, Joe Black, Seen, Risk, Remi Rough, Sixeart, Zeus, Mentalgassi, Nick Gentry, The London Police, StinkFish, Rone, Banksy, Kid Zoom, Nick Walker, Shepard Fairey

AT FACTORY 7, 13 HEARN STREET, LONDON EC2A 3LS

PUBLIC EXHIBITION : 9 - 18 November 2012
Free admission
Open Monday-Saturday 11am - 7pm & Sunday 12 - 5pm

Curated by Opera Gallery and Butterfly; sponsored by ANV.

Click on any of the images for a larger or detail view, and feel free to pass on...

Not sure who's piece this was, but it was great 

ROA - Canis (dog) 

Risk - On the roof again 

Risk - On the roof again (b)

Joe Black - Workers of the world unite!

I saw what I thought was this piece a few years ago at Moniker, 

but the date on this one was 2012, so guess it must be a new one.

Still love it though - great concept and execution, a powerful piece.

Joe Black - Workers of the world unite! (detail) 

Joe Black - Workers of the world unite! (detail)  

Joe Black - Workers of the world unite! (detail)  

Joe Black - Workers of the world unite! (detail)  

Joe Black - Workers of the world unite! (detail)  

 Joe Black - Workers of the world unite! (detail) 

Special thanks to Opera Gallery, Butterfly, ANV, LeCool and InvisibleMadeVisible. Go and see this exhibition if you can - it's an awesome showcase of top world talent and free...

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Urban Masters at Hearn St car park pt3

The next 3 posts are all going to feature work from this weekends Urban Masters show. Here is the intro from LeCool, to give you a brief overview... Set in a "fittingly urban" setting - a former Victorian factory in Shoreditch - the Opera Gallery & ANV have invited 33 big names (Blek le Rat, Shepard Fairy, Nick Walker to name a few) along to show what's what when it comes to urban art. The show's all about paying homage to those who've inspired the artists: from art masters from history, to masterpieces, and current muses - and they're not doing it by halves. Expect your senses to be overwhelmed with works spanning from canvasses, installations, moving art, photography, pop-art, and street art. Surprises come as standard. Also: free posters for anyone heading down on November the 9th along with a public book signing (11am-7pm) makes the show a winner..

C215 - Girl

David Shillinglaw 

Shepard Fairey - Duality of humanity 1

GRIS1/DMV 

Zezao - Pluvial Waters 

Nick Gentry - Memorial FB (on floppy dicks) 

Blek le Rat - Dancer 

Sowat - (unsure of the title) 

Zeus - Love, crash and burn 

Joe Black - (Unsure of the title, but it's made of hundreds 

of hand made badges featuring a variety of scenes - mainly porn)

Joe Black (detail) 

Joe Black (detail)  

Joe Black (detail)  

Risk - Something cookin' 

Rone - I don't care (I'd rather sink than call Rone for help) 

Zeus - Love, crash and burn  

 Kan - Le bain d'Ingres

I'll feature more from this great show over the next few posts, stay tuned...

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Paris summer part 2

On a recent trip to Paris I took a bunch of snaps of what was happening over there. This is part 2:

Love the continuated messaging on this piece near Hotel Du Nord 

Invader 

Flouro  phallis

Not sure who this is, but it was very well done 

We came across this guy on our first day, and even saw the artist putting one up near our apartment in broad daylight... No two are the same so it's always a pleasure to see the next one.

 Ph. Herard signs most pieces. Can't find much info on him, but here's a link (from a french site): http://www.loveonthewall.com/2012/05/ph-herard.html

Dickey Mouse 

 Ph. Herard 

 Ph. Herard 

Stickers 

 Woman paste up

 Woman paste up. There were a number of these life size stencil/paste ups around the city, all individual, ann very well done, great style and technique, and mostly all ver high up 

 Hiding

Tile cow 

Cast painted face

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Some random pics from Old St/Shoreditch

Tourist 

C215 

Olympic winners 

Olympic Laurel & Hardy

Here's a few pics from the old street area, taken by Jen who has started working down Brick Lane, and will be my girl on the job as she walks through the hood everyday, and is happy to snap the pieces for me as they go up. Stay tuned for more...

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C215 in Amsterdam

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Well folks, I'm using this as a segway between my last post and my next several, which will feature the best of my recent week with Jen in Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

I knew that C215 had done some work in Amsterdam, but do you think we could find it? Well, after searching long and hard, and stopping into coffee shops often for breaks, we did come across a piece or two indeed...

The next several posts will be stuff from this trip, although I'll try to pick the best of so as not to bore you (I took about 250 shots), so there was a wealth of graf there inc. some lovely pieces from artists from all over the world.

Watch this space for weekly updates...
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