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Street Art Utopia

We declare the world as our canvas

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If You Take Street Art Off the Street, Is It Still Art?

Fans Cut Mural Linked to Banksy From Wall; One Man's Rescue, Another's Heist

By MATTHEW DOLAN

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DETROIT—Secured inside a wooden crate and locked in a warehouse is a painting that could cement this city's reputation as a showcase for avant-garde art. Or as a wasteland waiting to be picked apart.

It's a stenciled image on a 7-foot-by-7-foot slab of cinder-block wall, showing a small boy holding a can and paintbrush.

Next to the boy are the words: "I remember when all this was trees."

The painting came from the grounds of the old Packard auto plant, one of the city's infamous industrial ruins. And it is believed to be the work of the mysterious street artist Banksy, whose graffiti-like renderings adorn the lanes of London and the walls of the West Bank. His ironic urban images, or "tags," have produced world-wide fame and led him to create an Oscar-nominated documentary.

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24 March: PILGRIM, BABY! - NEW WORKS BY XOOOOX

MARCH 24 2011 TO APRIL 23 2011
Preview march 23rd 7 pm

After working and exhibiting for many years as a street artist, abstract painter and photographer under a variety of pseudonyms, the artist will integrate for the first time his differnt approaches under the artistic concept of XOOOOX. Like a modern day pilgrim, XOOOOX wanders through the various paths of art.

This Spring 2011 Circleculture Gallery is exhibiting new works by the Berlin-based artist XOOOOX. His third exhibition at the gallery, PILGRIM, BABY! is the most personal thus far, merging the artist’s mediums of street art, abstract painting and photography for the first time.

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20 March: Blek in SF

Blek le Rat, Free University Art School Event

Sunday, March 20, 2011 – 2PM to 4PM

Viracocha
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998 Valencia Street (at 21st Street)

San Francisco, CA

Course Description:

The Free University Art School is very fortunate, and proud to present the very prolific street artist Blek le Rat on his journey around the world. He stops here with us for an extensive two hour presentation, sharing his masterful stencil art with the people of The Free University of San Francisco. Blek will tell his story, share his insurgent spirit, show his work and may even create some stencil art live in person.

Come early / limited room!

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Blek le Rat was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris in 1951. He is considered by most in the graffiti world to be the godfather of stencil graffiti art. He studied painting and architecture. He began his artwork in Paris in 1981. Since then he has had a great influence on today’s graffiti and “guerrilla art” movements, his main motivation being social consciousness and the desire to bring art to the people.

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Artist News

Over 130 Stencil Uploads to Distract You

Thanks WNCW for the tunes to back me up on this latest upload to the Stencil Archive. Thanks to all the folks who continue to submit photos in the wild and of their own cut outs. Here's hoping you all can take a break from the anxiety of a non-stop 24/7 news feed on all the troubles in the world. Time to check out some stencils!

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18 Mar: Stencil the World (St. Louis, MO)

St. Louis' First International Stencil Show!
http://www.stenciltheworld.com/

Reception: 7-11p, March 18
On View: March 17- April 20
Location: Gallery AM - Art Monster, 2617 Cherokee St.

Stencil World: SAINT LOUIS will happen during SGC (southern Graphics Council) Which Will bring in thousands of Print-makers from all over the country to view this exhibition of Stencil Art (the oldest form of printmaking)

This exhibition will feature some of the Best artists from around the Globe.

Including: c215 (Paris), Logan Hicks (Brooklyn) Dude Company (Lille, France), Joe Iurato (New Jersey), HAHA (Melbourne), Buxtonia (Vermont) Czarnobyl (Berlin), koleszar (Phoenix), Peat Wollaeger/stenSOUL (St. Louis), Burn 353, Josh Smith (Adelide) a1one (Iran), David Soukup (Chicago), Chris Stain (Brooklyn), Jef Aerosol (Paris), Mat Curran (N. Carolina) and many others.

A large-scale stencil mural will be sprayed on Cherokee Street, featuring stencil from show participants.

Sponsored by Schlafly Beer

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[u]: Link for ghalamDAR (IR)

Stencil Arhcive has updated the link for Iranian artist ghalamDAR.

go here to see and read more: http://www.ghalamdar.deviantart.com/

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(de)Appropriation Project (SF, CA)

deappropriationproject.net is the third archive of the (de)Appropriation Project: the continuing documentation of a wall fronting the jail cells of the former Mission Police Station at 1240 Valencia Street, San Francisco.

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Photo Collection from Spraygraphic Vinyl Records Show

Highlights, with Stencil Pics here and there:

http://www.spraygraphic.com/vinylrecordshow

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In the Galleries

[u] 4 March :: DIVERGENCE Jakarta International Stencil Art Exhibition 2011

North Art Space - Pasar Seni Ancol - Jakarta
March 4 at 7:00pm - April 3 at 10:00pm

Participant:

Above (United States)
Arie Diyanto
Aswino Aji
Btoy (Spain)
Czarnobyl (German)
Farhansiki
Farid Stevy
Goin (France)
Glam Rury (Poland)
JAH
Jinks Kunst (France)
Leckomio (German)
M-City (Poland)
Mathew Curran (United States)
Pisa 73 (German)
Reflect
Sigit Bapak
Stenzila
UBC

At : North Art Space, Taman Impian Jaya Ancol

OUTDOOR : 28 Februari – 3 Maret 2011

OPENING : 4 Maret 2011-- 19.00 WIB

EXHIBITION : 5 Maret - 5 April 2011

Curated : Selo Riemulyadi
Frigidanto Agung

Perkembangan seni stencil di Indonesia belum mendapat pengapresiasian yang baik dalam wilayah seni visual maupun grafis. Hal ini dibuktikannya melalui pameran-pameran yang berskala nasional semisal: Trienalle Grafis, Bienalle dan ajang pameran-pameran. Berbeda dari media lain, perkembangan seni stencil selalu melibatkan publik serta teknologi terapan, yang telah memperluas kemampuan untuk menghasilkan lapisan makna tak terbatas.... Perjumpaan antara medium hingga ruang telah mengubah cara di mana orang memandang realitas.

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