St Etienne (FR): Les Potos Carres Festival

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Potos Carres Festival

Les Potos Carres is a festival celebrating hip hop through graffiti, music, dance and cinema.

For the seventh year running, many international graffiti artists have been invited to participate: Soten, Ogre, Monster, Aroe, Izzy, Kash, Soer, Stapher, Inti, Tchad, Peack, Gris1, Brusk, Apple, Malakkai, Trezte, Belin, Tonce, Reso and more.

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View the entire set of pics HERE

The finished mural:

Pic by Malakkai

BRUSK & GRIS1 at POTOS CARRÉS jam / St Etienne
Pic by Gris1

Lyon (FR): DMV Chez les Morues

DMV Chez les Morues

As part of the artistic event organised by Arts Pentes (regrouping craftsmen, artists and creators of the Croix-Rousse in Lyon), ubercool vintage shop and cafe Chez Les Morues  invited the Da Mental Vaporz crew for a live performance with Brusk (Lyon), Gris1 (Lyon), Sowat (Paris) and Jaw (Marseille).

In parallel an exhibition featuring works from the entire DMV crew with Bomk, Blo, Brusk, Dran, Kan, Iso, Gris, Jaw, Sowat is held from September 30 to October 22, 2011.

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View the full set of pics HERE

DMV Chez les Morues
4 rue Romarin
69001 Lyon
France

Studio Visits: Skewville

Skewville Studio Visit

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The twin brothers Ad Deville and Droo who make up Skewville first came to prominence around 1999, when their wooden sneakers became an ubiquitous sight hanging from New York power lines. They have continued to push the boundaries of street communications. Since meeting them in London  earlier this year (see here) ,  I was fortunate enough to visit their studio hidden in a basement in Bushwick, NY as they prepared for their upcoming show entitled Anti-Social Networking at the Black Book Gallery in Denver opening on October 7th.

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Ad Deville showed their entire collection of wooden flying dogs since the 2000′s, and their matching screen layers. We were then taken to a vault where even rarer dogs are stored. Skewville also shared their unique stamping techniques, leveraging everyday DIY tools.

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Anti-Social Networking will be featuring a selection of works on paper, mix media, wood, metal and concrete. It will be a commentary on social networking and how street art and art in general is not about who you know or who knows you, but who knows your work. The exhibit will be arranged so the artwork is connected to represent social networking and also include a very large and gritty piece from BAST.

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View the full set of pics HERE .

London: Mr Brainwash at Opera Gallery

As featured in Street Art News

Opera Gallery London is exhibiting a selection of works by Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash for his first UK solo show.

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Many people from the cinema and West End made it to the joyful opening.

True to his portrait in the movie Exit through the Gift Shop, Thierry Guetta’s larger than life character and motto “life is beautiful” had a contagious effect on the happy crowd.

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Simon de Pury, Mr Brainwash and Jean-David Malat

More photos from the opening HERE

Thierry Guetta was also happy to announce a massive show next summer in London 2012 during the Olympics, so stay tuned!

OPERA GALLERY LONDON
134 New Bond Street,
London W1S 2TF,
UK
Tel  (0207) 491 2999