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16 Apr: Sniffin' Glue (LA, CA)

New Puppy Gallery

2808 Elm Street Unit 1

Los Angeles, CA

Saturday, April 16 at 7:00pm - April 17 at 12:00am

The Fearless Art of
ABCNT, Cryptik, Nomadé, Eddie Colla

Sniffin' Glue

A collective display of power from four provocative West Coast street artists
on view at New Puppy Gallery from April 16 to May 1, 2011

LOS ANGELES —ABCNT, Cryptik, Nomadé and Eddie Colla poke the MOCA institutional bear with their explosive new show, Sniffin' Glue, opening April 16 at New Puppy Gallery. Armed with intense imagery and street credibility, this fierce foursome denies MOCA’s monopoly on street art shows this April.

Sniffin' Glue is a manifestation of the street art revolution that’s not to be ignored. The themes of the four artists’ work span from protest and peace to individualism and power.

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In the Galleries

Enter Now: Australian Stencil Art Prize

Welcome. The 2011 Australian Stencil Art Prize is now open for entries and will close on the 1 August 2011.

Info here: http://www.australianstencilartprize.com/?p=1092

The winner of this year's prize will take home a $2000 cash prize. An exhibition of finalists and winning works will be held in Sydney in November 2011. The Australian Stencil Art Prize is an acquisitive art prize.

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Call for Art

15 Apr: Oversized & Underpriced Rd 3 (Berlin)

hatch & Superplan present: Oversized & Underpriced Round Three

53 Artists customize an oversized print of the legendary "US POSTAL STICKER".

Opening reception: Friday, April 15th 2011 at 8 p.m.
Exhibition: Saturday, April 16th till Saturday, April 30th

http://www.superplan.net/

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In the Galleries

9 Apr: Martha Cooper Remixed (LA, CA)

Photographs by Martha Cooper

with

Original remixes of these photographs in a range of media by Aeon, John Ahearn, Aiko, Bio, Nicer & B-Gee, Blade, Blanco, Mark Bode, Burning Candy, Victor Castillo, Cey, Cekis, Claw, Cosbe, Crash, Dabs & Myla, Anton van Dalen, Daze, Dearraindrop, Jane Dickson, Dr. Revolt, Shepard Fairey, Faust, Flying Fortress, Freedom, Fumakaka, Futura, Gaia, Grotesk, Logan Hicks, How&Nosm, LA II, Lady Pink, Anthony Lister, The London Police, Loomit, Mare 139, Barry McGee, Nazza Stencil, Neck Face, Nunca, José Parlá, Quik, Kenny Scharf, Sharp, Skewville, Chris Stain, Subway Art History, Swoon, T-Kid, Terror161 and more.

Opening reception

Saturday April 9, 2011

6 - 8 pm

Carmichael Gallery
5795 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
USA

You must RSVP to rsvp at carmichaelgallery dot com

Please park in the Dunn-Edwards parking lot next door to the gallery.

Open for viewing April 9 – May 7, 2011

Carmichael Gallery is pleased to announce Martha Cooper: Remix, an expansive group show featuring highlights from Martha Cooper’s photographic archive and works by over 50 artists who have created their own unique interpretations of her iconic, historically significant imagery. There will be an opening reception for the exhibition on Saturday, April 9 from 6 to 8pm with Martha Cooper and several of the participating artists in attendance. The exhibition will run through May 7, 2011.

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In the Galleries

22 Apr: ICY And SOT Stencil Exhibition, Tehran

Friday, April 22 at 4:00pm - April 27 at 8:00pm

Mehrin Art Gallery

No.96 ,South Fazel st. ,Gisha Ave.

Tehran, Iran

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In the Galleries

Street Art Utopia

We declare the world as our canvas

Link

Street Art Utopia

Links

Collections, Blogs, Community

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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

WSJ link

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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News Articles

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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In the Galleries

20 March: Blek in SF

Blek le Rat, Free University Art School Event

Sunday, March 20, 2011 – 2PM to 4PM

Viracocha
...
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!

Bio:

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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