Elisa Carmichael 
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Bumblebee | New LA Street Art
August 21st 09, 20:01
Bumblebee, one of Los Angeles’ most creative and prolific street artists, has been hard at work recently on his trademark outdoor installations. By placing enhanced news boxes in undisclosed locations around the city, Bumblebee adds a new dimension to the art of storytelling. The scene in the box above is “Page 1″. It’s nice to see street art which speaks so strongly to the kid in us all; it doesn’t happen very often.
Read some more about Bumblebee here, then check out “The Story of How Things Came To Bee” for yourself on his flickr.
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The London Police are coming to Hollywood
August 16th 09, 13:49
Check these sneak peeks of new work from insanely talented artist collective The London Police as they prepare for their LA solo show this September. Then read this fantastic interview with Chaz and Bob by World Artmosphere.
“What we’re producing this year and the direction we’ve been taking is what we wanted to do 10 years ago but hadn’t quite realized it yet,” says Chaz. ”In the end, it is all about the canvases and the work.”
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ModArt x Thinkspace
August 14th 09, 0:04
Thinkspace has a very special group show opening tonight, August 14th. Curated by MODART Magazine, the exhibition celebrates the release of the popular street art publication’s 20th issue and highlights their transition to a new quarterly book-based format. Featured artist of the month is Mr. Jago.
The eclectic international lineup also includes Bo130, Brooke Reidt, Chris Bourke, Christopher Lambert, Dave The Chimp, Dennis McNett, El Gato Chimney, Ephameron, Faith 47, Galo, Guillaume Desmarets, Invisible Heroes (Admir Jahic and Comenius Roethlisberger), Jon Burgerman, KuKula, Landry and Limbo, Logan Hicks, Lyle Owerko, Microbo, Morcky, Nomad, Ruedione, SheOne, Stefan Strumbel, Stephen Smith (aka Neasden Control Centre), Tim Biskup, Vincent Skoglund and Will Barras.
Nomad and Guillaume Desmarets will be in attendance at the opening.
Check out these sneak peeks of Logan Hicks and Kukula below.
More images here.
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Conor Harrington Mural Uncovered
August 12th 09, 15:07
Conor Harrington is back in New York City. Well, his mural is, anyway. The New Order Issue 01’s featured artist painted an attention-grabbing mural during his visit to the city for Lazarides’ Outsiders show last Fall.
We were very disappointed when it was announced that the piece had been covered by this illegal advertisement.
Fortunately, our friend Jordan from Public Ad Campaign, provided us with this fantastic update this morning:
“From the look of things, it would seem PublicAdCampaign and Dick Chicken liberated the Conor Harrington mural that had been covered by NPA City Outdoor so callously just weeks before. The mural had for a long time adorned the corner of west 13th street and Washington until recently. It was brought to my attention by Luna Park and Allan Molho that NPA had thrown up a wildposting panel directly on top of the piece. Unable to come to grips with this injustice, I find this newly uncovered mural even more exciting than before.”
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Boxi Video | Los Angeles
August 12th 09, 13:27
Check out this fantastic video of Berlin-based artist BOXI as he prepared for his LA show, Grey Area, back in April.
Those massive canvases in the background are 106 x 75 in (270 x 190 cm), just in case you were wondering. BOXI certainly likes his canvases big, as evidenced by this photo below. This one wouldn’t even fit through the gallery door!
Boxi recently spoke with Samantha from Stencil History X. Read the interview here.
Images courtesy of BerlinPiraten and Stencil History X.
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Sixeart | Solo Exhibition Sao Paulo
August 11th 09, 14:41
Spanish artist Sixeart opens his first solo in Sao Paulo tonight at ROJO artspace POP. Thirteen brand new works on paper will be presented at Sueñan Las Gallinas Con Ser Humanas, which translates in English to The Hens Dream About Being Human.
Sixeart began painting on the streets of Barcelona in the 1980s and gradually began to show his work in galleries around the world. He became internationally recognized in 2008 when he was invited to paint on the exterior of the Tate Modern alongside fellow artists Os Gemeos, Nunca, Faile, Blu and JR. Back home, his work is exhibited alongside that of Miró, Chillida and Tapies. Sueñan Las Gallinas Con Ser Humanas will remain on view through September 5th.
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Titifreak Book Launch | Rio de Janeiro
August 9th 09, 23:19
Fans poured out on August 5th to celebrate the launch of Brazilian street art star Titifreak’s new book at La Cucaracha in Rio de Janeiro. Titi made the event an even more colorful affair with this wildly textured mural. Make sure to pick up a copy of his book if you haven’t already, as it contains a fantastic selection of images ranging from his earliest sketchbook pages to some of his major exhibitions in the US, UK, Japan and Brazil.
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C215 in Paris
August 7th 09, 12:25
C215 stencils another pretty kitty in Vitry-sur-Seine, Paris.
Via Wooster Collective.
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Cherri Wood | A Mirror Distorted
August 5th 09, 13:18
Cherri Wood has sent us some great pictures of her studio space and sketch book as she prepares for her next show, A Mirror Distorted, opening with us here at Carmichael Gallery on Thursday night.
The talented nineteen year old also described her process for creating her new body of work.
“Normally I do not plan out what the concepts of my work are in great detail as that doesn’t come to me naturally. Instead I try to just record feelings that I or anyone experiences. The pieces that I will be showing explore feelings of worry, doubt, and helplessness. With an exception of one, the pieces are in black and white and I decided to work in graphite and ink with some applications of text transfers. Film and music is what I am currently very influenced by as well as dreams.”
See more photos here.
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Vandalog Street Art Exhibition
August 1st 09, 15:55
If you will be in London on November 18th, get ready for a fantastic exhibition of international street art. Organized by Michael “RJ” Rushmore of Vandalog, the show will feature original work from artists including Faile, Banksy, KAWS, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Herakut and Barry McGee. A book will be published by Drago Lab to commemorate the exhibition.
Says RJ, “I’m organizing this exhibition to show to the art world and the public that there are great works of art within the sphere of “street art”, and that street artists deserve a place in art history.”
Not only is there still time to loan artwork for display in the show, you can also help to name the show itself! Email rj@vandalog.com with your questions and ideas.
The exhibition will be open from November 18th through November 22nd at Village Underground in London (54 Holywell Lane, London, EC2A 3PQ).
More details to follow.
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Edwin Ushiro | Softly Encompassing The Womb
August 1st 09, 15:12
September is going to be a very special month at LeBasse Projects in Culver City with the opening of Edwin Ushiro’s solo exhibition Softly Encompassing The Womb on the 12th. We are big fans of Edwin here at SlamxHype and can’t wait to see this new body of work.
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Guy Denning | Celebrity Will Eat Itself
July 31st 09, 13:32
Guy Denning, one of England’s finest urban painters, is set to unveil a new series of oils on canvas at Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art on Thursday, August 6, 2009. While the Bristol-born artist has had major shows throughout the UK and exhibited his work in group shows in California in the past, this is his debut US solo show.
Celebrity Will Eat Itself explores the notion of the eternally solipsistic über-celebrity in all its splendor, hedonism, and pain. With intense brushstrokes and a dynamic use of texture, Denning unravels the darkness inherent in the socially dysfunctional idols of our time and the potentially damaging effects of Hollywood idolatry on both the idols and the idol-worshippers.
Says Denning, “I think this obsession is damaging not only to cultural growth but also to general social well-being and development.”
Denning has long entranced fans with the striking style and ethereal beauty of his androgynous portraiture. Sexual and temporal politics, objectification and isolation are illuminated through a carefully honed juxtaposition of shape and shade. His paintings blend an elegant classical form with an unflinching reflection upon issues that dog contemporary Western society.
Denning’s work resides in public and private collections across the globe, including the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, USA, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Greece.
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Chris Stain and Armsrock | Mural and Video
July 31st 09, 2:06
Chris Stain and Armsrock have collaborated on a beautiful rooftop mural near Brooklyn’s Navy Yard. The pair combine large projected images of original work with delicate chalk sketches in their portrayal of childhood hopes and fantasies. Their show, I Know There Is Love, opens August 7th at Ad Hoc Art.
Video by Steve Harrington and Images by Jaime Rojo of Brooklyn Street Art.
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Word To Mother Video
July 28th 09, 11:36
Walrus TV and Upper Playground just released this very cool video to coincide with Word To Mother’s show at Fifty24SF. Love the scene WTM and his phone box are placed in.
Via The Citrus Report.
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FAME Festival | Mark Jenkins and Vhils
July 27th 09, 20:41
We continue to get excited about what’s happening at FAME Festival in Grottaglie. Here are a few pics to illustrate what Mark Jenkins and Vhils, two of our favorite street artists, have been doing. While the local police have already removed Mark’s piece, fair director Angelo Milano reassures us that they will find a way to sneak another one up.
Mark was also recently featured in TIME Magazine’s list of top 10 guerilla artists; while overall this list wasn’t a particularly enlightening or intelligent round up of the scene, the writer definitely wasn’t off when it came to Mark.
Vhils got to work as soon as he set foot in Grottaglie. Here he is outside the airport.
And here is one of his finished street pieces, created by scratching the plaster off the wall. Pretty cool, huh.
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