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Fresh Uploaded Images on the Stencil Archives: 19,200+ and Counting

Fall is here, so gather around the ole yuleTubes and peep some new stencil flicks.
Music during uploading proudly performed by: NoMeansNo and A Minor Forest

Banksy's Better Out than In: the NYC Collection
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artist…

France (thanks Karen)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/France

Arizona (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Arizona

Georgia, USA (an advertisement, but cool water stencils….)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Georgia

Northern California (thanks Xsacto and Raven)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/California/North_C…

South Carolina (thanks Nikki)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/South_Carolina

>NEW< Iain Barnes (FL)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/Iain-B…

>NEW< CK1 (California)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/CK1-Cal

>NEW< Icy and Sot (NYC)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/Icy-an…

Columbia, So. America (thanks Raven)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/The_Americas/Columbia

>NEW< Crisp (CO)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/The_Americas/Artists_o…

>NEW< NTC (CO)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/The_Americas/Artists_o…

Eclair (as read in the SF Chronicle)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

Scott Williams
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

Clarion Alley (happy 21st birthday)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/ClarionA…

Haight St. and Divisadero St.
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Haight_D…

The Mission
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/The_Miss…

Valencia St.
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Valencia…

Financial Dist. (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/SoMa_Fin…

Richmond Dist. (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Sunset_R…

Western Addition (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Western_…

Other SF locations
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Other_SF…

Exclusive: An Interview with Banksy

By Keegan Hamilton Wednesday, Oct 9 2013

http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-10-09/art/banksy-better-out-than-in-ne…

"Confidential."

That was the beguiling subject of an e-mail seemingly randomly addressed to the Village Voice in mid-September.

"I represent the artist Banksy," the message began, "and I would like to talk to you at your earliest convenience." The name and phone number of a British publicist followed. There were no further details or explanation. It was mysterious and intriguing. The secretive graffiti artist had been silent since last year, when his distinctive stencils appeared in London during the Olympics. Because Banksy rarely grants interviews, the cryptic message also felt like the prelude to an elaborate practical joke.

A few minutes of sleuthing confirmed the identity of the publicist, Jo Brooks, who represents several British artists (not to mention Fatboy Slim), and turned up evidence of her professional relationship with the elusive stencil master. A subsequent message from Brooks revealed more: a draft of a press release announcing that Banksy was on the verge of unveiling an audacious new project: The artist intended to create one new piece on the streets of New York each day in October, a "unique kind of art show" titled "Better Out Than In." Billed with the tagline "an artists [sic] residency on the streets of New York," the show was to include "elaborate graffiti, large scale street sculpture, video installations, and substandard performance art."

Brooks promised the Voice an exclusive interview with Banksy, who "feels an affinity with people who provide quality content for free on street corners."

Elusive graffiti artist accessorizes for work

Original (with photos) here: http://blog.sfgate.com/cityexposed/2013/10/06/elusive-graffiti-artist-a…

“She found us. She came in here and asked for permission. She’s taken over,” said Anissa Malady, the center’s librarian, who has watched the artist’s work evolve for the past two years.

“She is definitely a San Francisco eccentric,” Malady said. “I’ve never seen any other street artist in high heels.”

She’s known as Eclair Bandersnatch – the last name is a fictional creature in several Lewis Carroll works, elusive and hard to catch. They’re traits that San Francisco’s Bandersnatch also possesses.

15 Oct : MBW "Pop on Paper" (London)

We are excited to announce the arrival of Mr Brainwash and 40 fresh works on paper from Los Angeles to our dear old Westbank Gallery. This will be an unmissable exhibition set during the time of Frieze. If you can get yourself down to the preview night from 6-10pm on Tuesday 15th October, 2 days before the official opening of Frieze and Moniker Art Festivals, make sure you send an email right away to guestlist@londonwestbank.com. We will be showing some completely fresh works (the paint will have barely dried on them) on both floors of the gallery as well as some revisitations of his classic Mohammed Ali and Madonna and Britney Spears images but on a larger scale and on paper (also freshly painted). 

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=6e67e5c00a420084635405de5&id=0fb328…

Banksy Painting Up NYC for Month of Oct.

Attn. New Yorkers, drop everything and run - RUN - to Banksy's twitter feed (or possibly other street art Tweets) to see where he strikes next. Do it NOW... before it gets stolen, tagged over, or buffed. Quit your job if you have to.

Or... shrug.

Banksy presents:

Better Out than In

An Artists Residency on the Streets of New York

[hmm.... why did he drop the apostrophe and make artist plural? - Ed.]

http://www.banksyny.com/home/index

[I highly recommend checking out the phone messages.... LOL - Ed.]

1,000s of Stencils Mark Peace Day on Normandy Beach


Haunting reminder of millions of lives lost in war as artists stencil 9,000 bodies onto Normandy beach to mark Peace Day

British led project covered the famous coastline in poignant silhouettes
A team of 500 artists and volunteers contributed the moving installation
The 'fallen' were left to be washed away by the tide at the end of the day
By Aaron Sharp

PUBLISHED: 08:05 EST, 23 September 2013 | UPDATED: 12:20 EST, 23 September 2013

Source (and more photos): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2429903/Peace-Day-Reminder-mill…

A pair of British artists have created this stunning installation of 9,000 silhouettes on a D-Day Landings beach to mark international Peace Day.

The project, named, 'The Fallen' is a tribute to the civilians, German forces and Allies who lost their lives during the Operation Neptune landing on June 6, 1944.

The design was the brainchild of Jamie Wardley, 33, and Andy Moss, 50.

Together with a team of volunteers the pair travelled to Arromanches beach, Normandy, to create the silhouettes, which were individually drawn into the sand.

130+ Stencil Photos Uploaded to the Stencil Archive

Over 130 stencil photos for this upload, featuring dozens from Burning Man 2013.
Other features from gallery exhibits by: Todd Hanson, Adam Fiebelman, and C215
Music provided commercial free by KVRX, WUOG, and WNCW streams…..

Nevada (Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Nevada

Australia (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Australia-AU

Boruchow
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/jboruc…

>NEW< Little Jack (GA)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/Little…

Tiago in Portland
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/Tiago_…

X-Sacto (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/xsacto

California (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/California

North Cal (just one, thanks Xsacto)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/California/North_C…

Louisiana (just one, thanks Jeremy)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Louisiana

NYC (just one, thanks Kimilee)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/New_York

South Carolina (Charleston)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/South_Carolina

Adam Fiebelman
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

CK1 (Iran > SF)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Middle_East/artists-of…

Eclair
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

Kate DeCiccio (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

Todd Hanson's cut out madness
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

Clarion Alley
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/ClarionA…

Haight Street
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Haight_D…

SoMa and the FiDi
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/SoMa_Fin…

the TL and Civic Center
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Tenderlo…

The Castro and Hayes Valley (Pride Parade thrown in)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/The_Cast…

The Mission
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/The_Miss…

Valencia St.
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Valencia…

Western Addition (and Divis)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Western_…

Elsewhere in SF (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Other_SF…

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

Copyright (two, in the UK)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/United_Kingdom