New Year's Uploads for 2012! A pile of these photos are from the 2008 Stencil Nation project. Many of these photos were submitted but not published in the book. Thanks to the other contributors too. Here's to year TEN for the Stencil Archive

Asaro (Oaxaca)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/The_Americas/Artists_o…

During my 2008/9 Stencil Nation book tour, I set up an event with Matteo Grieder at his art space Zeitvertrieb in Vienna, Austria. Matteo was nervous about the turnout (a common anxiety during my European tour), but I had Pod and Austrian artist Dieter Puntigam backing me up with live VJ and DJing. A nice crowd came for my presentation, bought books, ate and drank, and made a great scene for the event. Pod laid down a nice bed of video whil Dieter worked his tagtool device. Matteo was surprised and happy with the results.

A month ago, Matteo approached me with a request for photo submissions to his fun art zine "Artyfucked". It is mostly a sketch zine, but he also features street art from cities around the world. Issue #8 features my stencil photos (the cream of the crop) from SF. They mostly cover 2011's greatest hits, featuring Get Up, Banksy, Blek, Todd Hanson, Sasquatch, Eddie Colla, and other great unknown artists. He also put them all in an online album.

Support a great project that is another labor of love and buy a copy of "Artyfucked" today!

Dec. 9th - Jan 7th

Peat Wollaeger

opening reception Dec 9th from 6pm - 10pm

http://www.hoffmanlachancefineart.com/upcoming/index.html

Peat will bring the 'Hood' to Maplewood by transforming the gallery into an urban landscape. Featuring new works on painted street signs, electrical panels, empty spray cans and other urban elements. The show will also include actual pieces from an abandoned North Saint Louis Tire factory that he tagged up for a street art installation/party to benefit City Academy prior to demolition.

Fresh pics from the virtual community worlds....

ROBBBB (China): http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Asia/artists/ROBBBB

ghalamDAR (Iran): http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Middle_East/artists-of…

C215 (France): http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artist…

NEW EXHIBITION AT CARHARTT GALLERY
OPENING SATURDAY DECEMBER 3RD I 7 PM

http://carhartt-gallery.com/exhibitions/preview1/wallflowers

ARTISTS C215 (F) I ETNIK (I) I GRITO (ES) I LUDO (F) I MCITY (PL) I MOSES & TAPS (DE) I REMED (F) I RIPO (USA) I SOZYONE (ES) I SWEETUNO (CH)

WALLFLOWERS
contemporary urban art exhibition

Following «PUBLIC PROVOCATIONS», the new exhibition is opening on Dec 03, 2011 at the Carhartt Gallery, entitled «WALLFLOWERS». A new take on urbanism, creating the dynamic feel of the city in a new and unique setting. 10 International Artists will be creating art directly on the walls of the exhibition structures. The complexity and energy of this modern art form will be revealed in all its facets, bringing color to the drab gray of winter! or For the first time there is an exhibition poster designed exclusively by Ripo from New York in a special limited-edition available for purchase.

(NOTE: The term "stencil" has been historically known to refer to screen printing images, rather than spray painting them. In the 1960s, stencils were put inside the screens and the image was made when the ink got pushed through by a squeegee)

"An Angel known as 'the Mute' was stopped by a policeman... . The Mute was proudly displaying his colors on a ragged Levi jacket. 'Take that off,' the patrolman [said]... . The Mute stripped off his Levi jacket, exposing another Angel decal on his leather jacket. 'Take that off too.'" The Mute took the jacket off, and then had a shirt with the emblam. The cop told him to take that off, and "under the shirt was an undershirt. It had been stenciled with the club insigia... . The Mute had the last laugh. He was prepared to go all the way. His trousers and shorts were also stenciled."

(excerpt from "Hell's Angels" by Hunter S. Thompson. This story was said to have happened sometime in 1964)