I’ll admit to inadvertently spending less time investigating street art in the states, inadvertently of course, compared to street art in Europe. There is clearly no need for me to state that there is ridiculously good work in cities throughout the US. But, well, I went and did it anyway… One artist that has been … Continue reading »
The JBAK boys (James Bullough & Karl Addison) have swapped the streets of Berlin for the deserts of Arizona, and have just completed their first collaborative mural with Julia Benz. Great to see their work going up in a different setting, and very much looking forward to seeing what else the Arizona trip yields over … Continue reading »
Shepard Fairey is in London for his upcoming show ‘Sound & Vision’ that opens on the 20th of the month at Stolen Space, and found some time to create a mural on Ebor Street, where the popular piece by Flip was for the last month or so. What do you think of this piece, and … Continue reading »
We first found out about Wurstbande a few months back before they launched their book “Süss aber Dumm“. Describing themselves as a creative heads collective, born in raised in Europe’s street art capital, Berlin, they are active in the fields of illustration and wall design. Their graphical style is known for naive, cute and sometimes … Continue reading »
Os Gemeos is an artistic pairing that many in Scotland are very familiar with. The Brazilian duo of Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo painted part of the Kelburn Castle in west Scotland, which is now scheduled to be removed within the next year or so. Currently they are in Boston working on a large scale mural … Continue reading »
The ‘Silence is a Lie’ exhibition kicked off late last month on the 28th of June in Berlin within the historic SEZ building (Sport und Erholungszentrum). The venue, now regenerated as a creative hub, as well as sporting/recreation centre, has more than 2000 square metres of exhibition space and is due to remain open every … Continue reading »
Check out this latest mural from Karl Addison along with the creative video documenting the creation of this piece. What do you think? We think it’s pretty damn good! UKB Photo from Karl Addison Continue reading »
Edinburgh’s public art scene has really been gathering pace recently, another recent addition that I’ve been meaning to get down and snap is Spaceboy’s 6 shutter piece at Leith’s Newhaven harbour. Along the rear of Welch’s Fishmonger he put together this large piece with the help of ECA students, and beer company ‘Red Stripe’. Spaceboy … Continue reading »
Some stunningly colourful and detailed large scale mural work from Spanish artist Kram at Wool Urban Art Festival recently. The festival sets out to use several walls in the city as a support for interventions of urban artists, with the aim of bringing, for the first time, an event of such characteristics to an interior … Continue reading »
Admittedly, Edinburgh lags behind many of the world’s other capital cities in terms of large scale street art projects. So it was with great excitement that we discovered the ongoing ‘Our Nation’s Sons’ project. Based on the illustrations of Edinburgh College of Art student (ECA) Joe Caslin, five of his large-scale drawings are due to … Continue reading »
