How did Stencil Archive go this long - into a third decade - without giving Josh MacPhee a proper archive? Is it because Josh himself is multi-talented and basically unassuming with regards to his cut outs? The fact that many of these photos are from the 1990s-early 2000s, well before he wrote "Stencil Pirates", one of the first modern looks at street art with a total political edge? No. The reason is that this DIY site always has a long list of things that need to get done. Josh never asked for an archive. He has many other amazing projects going.
While getting around to doing an A-W USA archives refresh, we hit Josh's work from his time living in Chicago, IL. Josh has done much for political postering and stenciling all these years. At long last, Josh gets an artist stencil archive. While we have your attention, here's the archive for a San Francisco mural Josh painted with another early 2000s legend: Claude Moller. We assisted, got the wall, took photographs of the process, and were happy to see this mural (now slowly rotting in storage in Bernal Heights) get a two-page spread in "Mission Muralismo".
As for other updates so far this week:
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California (done a while back)
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia (done a while back)
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Artist: KR@M (FL)
- Artist: Ray Noland aka CRO (IL, NC)