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The Sunday Times Covers Banksy

In the most recent issue of The Sunday Times, artist Banksy did not only create the cover art, but the magazine also published a 6 page interview with him.

“Readers of the The Sunday Times in the UK were greeted with a six-page spread on Banksy including a question and answer session with the stealthy street artist. The interview ended up being quite insightful despite the fact that he talks in his usual tongue-in-cheek manner about museums, CCTV, his reasons for anonymity, his hypocrisy, his family, his art background, his collection, and sure to disappoint fans everywhere, he says – “I won’t be doing any more big gallery shows for a while, it’s all a bit dodgy. I’ve come into contact with a lot more villains since I moved from vandalism into selling paintings. The art world is full of shady people peddling bright colours.” It’s perhaps this distrust of the art world that led to the way his film “Exit Through the Gift Shop” turned out and also to the creation Pest Control, an entity that still refuses to authenticate his artwork that is taken off the streets by speculators.”

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Banksy: ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’ Trailer

Sundance director John Cooper says:

Exit Through the Gift Shop is one of those films that comes along once in a great while, a warped hybrid of reality and self -induced fiction while at the same time a totally entertaining experience. The story is so bizarre I began to question if it could even be real… but in the end I didn’t care. I feel bad I won’t be able to shake the filmmaker’s hand and tell him how much I love this film. I think I will shake everyone’s hand that day and hope I hit on Banksy somewhere. I love his work in all forms.

Blek Le Rat In Melbourne

Blek Le Rat In Melbourne

Without Blek Le Rat, there would be no Banksy!

Do yourselves a favor and head to Hosier Lane to check out Blek’s latest work. Not sure if he’s painted anywhere else in the city, but for any fellow photogs – you really need to get a shot of this.

He isn’t regarded as the godfather of stencil art for nothing.

Says Banksy, "every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier."

Check out the Blek Le Rat show at the Metro Gallery. December 2 to December 24.

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Graffiti Godfather Makes Mark In Melbourne

Graffiti Godfather Makes Mark In Melbourne.
His disciples call him ”the godfather” of stencil graffiti, but for 58-year-old Parisian-born Blek le Rat – who takes his name from the small black rodents he painted around Paris some 30 years ago – it’s a term of endearment rather than a title implying omnipotence.

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Creepy: So Many Broken Umbrellas

Creepy: So Many Broken Umbrellas

Gorker gallery is proud to present the first Melbourne show from Western Australian artist Creepy. ‘So Many Broken Umbrellas’ is a collection of works exploring a range of aspects in the life of the artist, delving into the core ideas behind the culture of living in a city, survival and our journey toward the inevitability of death. These ideas take form through wall installations, canvas’s, wooden box’s, laser cut etchings and paper illustrations to create an environment for a wonderful exploration into the mind of this extremely talented visual artist. Creepy’s street art is very unique and striking and he has translated this style to the Gallery setting seemlessly.

Visit Creepy’s website: www.creepy.headtank.com

Launch Night: Thursday August 27 – 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Exhibition runs until Sunday September 13.

www.gorkergallery.com

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Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey

Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey.
Most well known for his “Obey Giant” street posters, Shepard Fairey has carefully nurtured a reputation as a heroic guerilla street artist waging a one man campaign against the corporate powers-that-be. Infantile posturing aside, Fairey’s art is problematic for another, more troubling reason – that of plagiarism.

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Banksy vs Bristol Museum

20 Questions with Ron English

20 Questions with Ron English.
Ron English is a living legend. From his eye catching pop-infused paintings to collaborative mural projects; illegal billboard stunts to the tour of his iconographic Abraham Obama image, Ron English has mastered the art of popaganda, and that’s just the way he likes it.

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Luna Park Gets D*Face(d)

Luna Park Big Mouth Project

D*Face is a London-based sculptor and stencil artist, who uses London as his own personal gallery. Sticking, pasting and drawing on any wall or space he doesn’t actually own. Known for his subversive images, which involve a family of dysfunctional characters whose roles are to shock as well as entertain, his work challenges orthodox thinking whilst sticking two fingers up at the establishment. An associate of Banksy, he has shown works at the world famous Santa’s Ghetto and recently had his own solo exhibition at the Stolen Space gallery in East London.

What is the Big Mouth Project?

The Big Mouth Project is a collaboration between artists and WorkSafe Victoria to celebrate out biggest asset in the workplace. To help spread the word we’ve asked some of the world’s most talented artists to bring to life our big fat friend to life in any way they see fit.

More info at bigmouthproject.com

Ghostpatrol

Ghostpatrol…

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A Long Tradition Of Bending Images

A Long Tradition Of Bending Images.
Why would Shepard Fairey, or any other artist, want to copy an image that is already out there and claim it as his own? Why would he think he could get away with it?

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A Sociologist’s Look at Graffiti

A Sociologist’s Look at Graffiti.
Gregory J. Snyder, a Baruch College sociologist, spent years hanging out with graffiti writers, earning their trust and conducting scores of interviews.

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Obama Artist Arrested For Graffiti

Obama Artist Arrested For Graffiti.
The creator of the famous ‘Hope’ poster falls foul of the law.

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Melbourne’s Banksy Destroyed

Melbourne's Banksy Destroyed

Sad but true. After all the media attention this particular Banksy was getting of late due to the City Of Melbourne putting the piece behind plexiglass…. the Cocker Alley Banksy ‘Little Diver’ piece was destroyed overnight.

S’funny, how when no one knew what this piece was or its significance, it stood alone unprotected and untouched in the rat infested Cocker Alley. Now when it had become a bit of a Melbourne treasure… someone has come along and destroyed it.

Just a few weeks ago, another little known ‘Little Diver’ was painted over on Greville Street. Another one in a Prahran alley has also met similar fate.

There are still a few Banksy pieces around Melbourne, most notably the series of stencils at the Revolver nightclub, but it did sadden me to see the Cocker Alley one meet its untimely death…

Shame.

The Age: Melbourne loses treasured Banksy…

Henry Rollins Recountdown Tour (& Poster!)

There’s a brand spanking new Shepard Fairey Henry Rollins poster about to hit the streets, and with the US election coming to a head over the next month, Hank is set to tour.

“Henry is awesome. He was and continues to be an inspiration and influence for me I was honored to do this poster for his spoken word tour. He also recently wrote an essay for my Museum show at the ICA in Boston. The guy is on point.”?-Shepard
The poster print will be on sale Friday, 10/03. Edition of 1650, only 200 available on OBEY, $45.?To purchase click here!

As the Bush era winds down, Henry Rollins is gearing up to hit the road with an eye to the future and a disapproving nod to the past. Henry’s latest talking tour, dubbed RECOUNTDOWN, kicks off September 19 in Berkeley, CA and continues past Election Day. Tickets for the tour go on sale July 17 and July 18, with pre-sales starting on Monday, July 14 at 10 a.m. Fans who purchase tickets early will automatically be entered to win an autographed HENRY ROLLINS prize package.

“Hoping that the bad times are almost over, I am taking advantage of the current situation to spend the last few nights of the catastrophic Bush administration onstage,” Henry says of the RECOUNTDOWN tour.

“Things will be so different after he’s gone. For me, the new century will have finally arrived. Since I was last in the cities that I will be visiting on this tour, I have been fairly far and wide and have a lot of new stories to tell. I look forward to spending autumn in my favorite country.”

While the tour’s title boasts multiple layers of meaning, the primary target of Henry’s wrath and wit is both singular and clear. Sometimes grave, sometimes comical, Henry’s talking shows – a free-flowing fusion of travelogue, pop-culture, and political commentary – “have become,” says syndicated columnist Alan Sculley, “a lengthy but exhilarating forum.”

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