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Waterford Walls, Ireland’s Largest Street Art Festival, Celebrates Its Eighth Year with: Zabu, Juliette Viode, Andrii Palval, Half Studio, Sophie Mess, Graffmatt, Mister Copy, Iena Cruz & More

Since 2014, Waterford Walls, Ireland’s largest street art festival, has been transforming and regenerating urban spaces in Waterford, Ireland’s oldest city, while inspiring and connecting communities. Earlier this month, Waterford Walls held its eighth street art festival with over 28 national and international artists creating huge murals across Waterford City and the surrounding areas.

The enchanting mural featured above was painted by the London-based French street artist Zebu with the Dublin-based French illustrator and muralist Juliette Viode. They are both captured here — posing with a local boy —  by travel and street photographer Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad.  Several more images from the recent Waterford Walls follow:

Ukrainian artist Andrii Palval with one of the murals from the triptych “The Birds”

Portugal-based Emanuel Barreira aka Half Studio in front of his masterly lettering

England-based self-taught artist Sophie Mess at work on her stunning mural

French urban artist Graffmatt checking out his portrait of a young woman

Paris-based South African photorealistic muralist Mister Copy at work

Brooklyn-based Italian muralist Iena Cruz in front of his mural “Out of Sight,” depicting “two vanishing polar bears… fighting to survive”

Photos by Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad

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We MUST Paint this HUGE wall FAST! (ft. Smoe)

Painting on an art festival in Germany with: SMOE: https://www.youtube.com/c/SMOENOVA Tee2Sugars: https://bit.ly/3Tsle9x My SHOP: https://dokeco.com/ ------------------------------------------ FOLLOW ME: Facebook : http://on.fb.me/1NK2053 Instagram : @doketv TikTok: @doketv ------------------------------------------ CONTACT ME: Email : doketv.info@gmail.com ------------------------------------------ Video Edit by: Insta: https://ift.tt/bhy90AH YouTube: http://bit.ly/33h39R2 ------------------------------------------ Painting supplies by: https://ift.tt/mxybhXi https://www.youtube.com/user/montanacans1 ------------------------------------------ MUSIC : Epidemicsound.com #Subscribe
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Best Of Pittsburgh 2022 - Voting is now open!

Two more days to vote for Pghgraffiti: best Twitter of Pittsburgh. Maybe this competition doesn’t care about Tumblr…

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THE GRAFFITI EGO IS NOT MY THING! | AN INTERVIEW WITH LEDANIA

Ledania is an artist for our times. Her tag comes from her username of a social network from the 2000s called LatinChat. She’s mastered aerosol techniques and is as comfortable tagging in the street as she is painting huge commissions for Disney. She is a proud Latin woman who supports the LGBT community openly. She has his own cultural space in Bogotá, and manages all her work without an agent, manager or assistant. To people unfamiliar with Greek myths, Leda was a princess who became a Spartan queen, famous for her beautiful black hair and perfect skin. Ledania combines the spirit of this figure with her own personality to create an urban artist with global repercussion. After having the opportunity to meet Ledania personally in Barcelona, MTN World called up the artist once she was back in Bogotá.

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Most people won’t be aware that you come from the world of graffiti, letters and bombing. Was moving from letters to murals a gradual process for you? In fact, my dad painted murals. I was introduced to muralism at a very young age, so it was never new to me. I did murals here and there; they were always very artistic. 15 years ago, I discovered aerosols and I started painting with them in the streets.

It's weird because I went from artistic pieces to letters and from letters back to the art again. I’ve painted graffiti for about 15 years. Do you still feel like tagging or doing something improvised on the street? Of course! That’s why I was in Barcelona. I was able to meet up with Hand Mixed. I painted some pictures with them, and I went out to do some tags with their markers - which I love, by the way.

"15 years ago, I discovered aerosols and I started painting with them in the streets.

It's weird because I went from artistic pieces to letters and from letters back to the art again. I’ve painted graffiti for about 15 years."

We were able to record you painting a wall in the Tres Ximeneies Hall of Fame in collaboration with Montana Colors. I’ve known about Montana Colors for a while, in fact once Jordi helped me a lot with an exhibition I did in Madrid. I also visited the gallery in Barcelona where I met Camil. I've always had Montana in my heart because when I started painting graffiti, I didn't get much Montana here. We used to work with spray paint from the hardware store. The first time I used a 94 I thought, "What’s this!?" It was a very good quality spray paint. 
It was amazing to see you paint because you didn't have a sketch. It was totally freestyled. Yes! That happens. When I painted on Coney Island, I did the first lines without using a sketch. That day I just took a can to paint the rough outline. The police came and thought I was painting the fence without permission, because the way I was painting, it looked like I was bombing. Something else that struck me about that day we met was how social it was. Lots of friends of yours came by. It seemed that you had more friends in Barcelona than we did!

 When I post news on social media, people often come out to see me. Luckily, I have a lot of people following me. Graffiti motivates people who want to see the process to come out. You even had time to teach a friend some aerosol techniques. 

 Throughout the process, I showed a few people how to paint. In fact, there are several artists in Colombia that I’ve taught too. I think it's a nice habit because I can share my craft. Art is for sharing; it shouldn’t be hidden. The question of ego that’s common in graffiti is not my thing! I like to collaborate, understand and see other people create. Why not? When we met, you were in the middle of a pretty epic trip. What was the reason? Pure pleasure, promotion or work? 

 I was traveling three months, I arrived in Europe at the end of the trip. I started in Miami where I did an exhibition of paintings and prints. I put a showroom stall like a mini shop as an installation. I painted a gallery wall. The exhibition was super cool. 

Then I went to Coney Island where I painted a wall in front of the beach. A very characteristic place. After NY I went to Canada to participate in a festival called Inspire. It’s in two different villages, one called Woodstock where I painted with a graffiti classic writer called Eelco. In St. John I painted a super large mural built of six containers. From Canada I went to Milan to do a wall for design week. I did this wall for Ikea because I’m currently working for a collaboration with them. Then I went to Hamburg to work with FIFA and a foundation called Viva Con Agua.

"I like to collaborate, understand and see other people create. "

We saw that. Wow. I know! Viva Con Agua do exhibitions in a gallery called Millerntor Gallery. This gallery curated by Hera who invited several artists to take part, in this case, all women. We painted the Sankt Pauli football stadium. Fortunately, I was given a main wall outside the gallery. There was an exhibition and an art auction to bottle water and send it to places without water. Most of all it was a social exhibition. Are you a football fan? As such, no. But I really liked playing it. When I was a kid I played a lot on the computer. It was very crazy because then I designed the uniforms for the game. It reminded me a lot of my childhood. From Hamburg I went to Bayreuth, a small town in Germany where I stayed in a beautiful place that impressed me a lot called the Urban Art Hotel. It also has a brewery. There are works by many different artists, it's amazing. I was there with Julieta, a graffiti artist from Spain, and Song. Julieta and Song painted interior walls and I painted an exterior wall of the hotel. And finally, we traveled to Spain, where I met you. When you paint, is it usually commissioned? Commissions or festivals. This was a graffiti tour to be able to paint at all the events and fulfill my commissions. You do much more than paint murals in Colombia, right? I have a store too. There is a team of great people behind it all, including a graffiti artist, Ambs. When did you decide to open your own business? During the pandemic, I was locked down in Singapore. I’d been to Japan, but when the pandemic started I went to Singapore to be in a slightly more Western country, and I ended up staying eleven months. What is the graffiti scene like in Singapore? In Singapore, graffiti as such is much more illegal than in other countries. If you are caught doing illegal graffiti the result is immediate jail and you can get beaten with a cane. They actually cane you. However, it’s opening up a bit and I was able to paint some walls. At that time, a good friend of mine called Jaba was living there. I started painting some walls with him and also with Song. When we really couldn't go out or paint on the street, it was horrible. I was used to painting all the time. Then I had to do other things, like digital work. I started painting a lot on my iPad. A lot. I got together a lot of designs and thought, "I'm going to start launching products that I can print when I get back to Colombia." But I never thought of opening a store, just making merch to sell. When they finally opened the borders, I had a lot of material and I realized that I could open a showroom or a store. A physical space that was fun. Within three months, I got a space, and we painted it. I started working with three people. A friend had had a shop and we used all the fittings in there. It's a very nice space! The idea is to have a space where you can do all kinds of conferences. Artists, guest artists. I put my paintings there in the gallery space. But we don’t sell paint : / Do you have a favorite store to buy Montana Colors in Colombia? I always shop at Dmental Graffiti Shop! Ledania celebrates her next exhibition at the Museum of Graffiti in Miami from 22 September.
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MTN PLAYLIST: MONTANA SHOP SÃO PAULO

The Montana Shop São Paulo is the underground stop for graff supplies in the world capital of Pixação. Located in the heart of the old town, the store was first opened back in 2006 by a small group of dedicated train writers from the city. 


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The shop has recently enjoyed a well-earned facelift and is looking as fresh as ever, as you can see in these pictures. To coincide, we thought it was only right that the squad from SP put together a playlist for our Spotify channel. They didn’t disappoint. The playlist is the soundtrack to an afternoon at the São Paulo flagship location, opening with Houston rapper Maxo Kream, switching sides of the Atlantic with Skepta and IAMDDB before schooling us on modern Brazilian hype from artists like Febem and Sono TWS. For anyone looking for traditional Brazilian sounds, there’s classic samba and rock too, represented by artists like Cartola and Tim Maia. Listen to the list here: Follow the Montana Colors Spotify page to stay up to date with the new store and artist playlists that are published every month.
 
Last month, MTN News brought you an interview with MTN Brasil boss Roger Brito. Read it here.
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PUSHING IT FORWARD: ILLicit Creatives Claiming Space on the Streets of Staten Island, New York

In this fourth post of our new series, PUSHING IT FORWARD — featuring ILLicit creatives claiming space on NYC streets — our focus now is on the streets of Staten Island. Widely overlooked by graffiti and street art aficionados, the blocks on and off Bay Street in Stapleton host an infectious range of both sanctioned and unsanctioned images fashioned by local artists and by those from neighboring boroughs. Featured above are the markings of the prolific Pöe. Several more photos of ILLicit public works recently captured in Staten Island follow:

Coe, KGB

Dechead

Par, NS

Over

Rik, Viloe and Osi

Poke

Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective

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Painting the TOP of Creepy FORTRESS!

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Top 5 MOST DRIPPY GRAFFITI MOPS That I Have Ever Used! So Many Drips!

❗Today I'll let you in on the Top 5 MOST DRIPPY / Squeezable GRAFFITI MOPS That I Have Ever Used! These are the drippiest and most squeezable graffiti mops I've found over the past 9 years reviewing and using graffiti mops! Some on this list will surprise you! 🤫 ☝️Get the Krink K60 here!: https://amzn.to/3pC4Q8J ☝️Get the Molotow Dripstick here!: https://amzn.to/3dwIByk See How I Keep My Mops Clean here!: https://youtu.be/WNUrYKG5mKk ❗See the FULL Krink K60 Review and tag test here!: https://youtu.be/anYKjlUpeKs ❗See the DANG Flex Mop review and tag test here!: https://youtu.be/3nvLhIloXEs ❗See the Molotow Dripstick Mini review and tag test here: https://youtu.be/tNl1l-Y4FNA ❗See the On The Run 003 Soultip Review here!: https://youtu.be/tb07WZBgvto My Patreon: https://ift.tt/Qwm0kvu Paypal for donations going towards the channel: https://ift.tt/ktGQgpb Contact info for inquiries and commissions: ScizGraff@gmail.com Instagram: https://ift.tt/mwsSPWT Facebook: https://ift.tt/qPXHC1e MY SETUP GoPro Hero7: https://amzn.to/2BjDKO1 GoPro Hero8: https://amzn.to/3djr0Vz Tripod: https://amzn.to/2zP6Ggh MacBook Air: https://amzn.to/2XkxApa MY SUPPLIES Ironlak Spray Paint: https://amzn.to/2AkPhvX Molotow One4All Markers: https://amzn.to/2zLVaSZ Grog Mops: https://amzn.to/3ezFCjV Sketching Markers: https://amzn.to/2XKkZee https://amzn.to/2AsWFVX Sketching Fineliners: https://amzn.to/3djsG1j If you enjoy the content, consider looking at more on the channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ScizGraffiti?sub_confirmation=1 and consider subscribing! COMMISSION INFO I am always open to and exited to work on any custom commission work inquiries that you may have. I am YOUR personal graffiti technician. Contact me for any custom work orders or canvas orders. And feel free to contact me to talk about any graffiti or other art related topics. I am fastest to respond on my email and instagram. My mission is to personally improve people's lives through the creation of artistic products, to show resilience as an artist, to achieve timeless influence though my art, and to grow as an artist. #graffiti #graffitimops #ScizGraffiti TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - How I Know These Are The Most Drippy!🤫 1:12 - This One Might be Contentious...😬 2:30 - A Secret One to SURPRISE YOU!🤫 4:11 - A Mop I Wish I Used More... 5:05 - A Group of Solid Mops for You!💦 7:00 - A BONUS Secret about Mops!🤫 8:27 - #1 Most SQUEEZABLE MOP!🤤
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TV Nostalgia Comes to Underhill Walls: Paola Tolentino, Subway Doodle, Sage Gallon, Jessie Novik, Carnivorous Flora, DozenFingers Graphics, Miki Mu, Android Oi with Melissa Schainker & More

Currently on view at Underhill Walls in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn is a delightfully nostalgic trip down TV’s memory lane.  In the murals featured above, accolades are given to The Sopranos by Paolo Tolentino, while Subway Doodle honors Battlestar Galactica. Several more images from Underhill Walls‘ current iteration follow:

Multi-media artist Sage Gallon pays homage to “The Sonny and Cher Show” for its “talent and variety”

Painter and muralist Jessie Novik celebrates “I Love Lucy”

Artist and arts educator Carnivorous Flora recreates “The Partridge Family” as “little people with a bus rolling out the red carpet to Ukrainian refugees and welcoming them to NYC!”

Tattoo artist and designer DozenFingers Graphics celebrates the animated television series “Sonic the Hedgehog”

 Muralist and illustrator Miki Mu adds the final touches to her playful ode to “Sesame Street”

Visual artist and poet Android Oi — in collaboration with painter and illustrator Melissa Schainker — celebrates “Mork & Mindy,” (with project coordinator Jeff Beler standing to his right).

Founded and curated by Jeff Beler, Underhill Walls is a non-profit public art installation located at the corner of St. Johns Place and Underhill Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn,

Photos: Lois Stavsky

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Graffiti Interview: Tizer

Tizer is a British American graffiti artist. Known for his blend of graffiti and character-based street art. Active on the London scene since the late 80’s. He has built a reputation as one of the most prolific and versatile artists around. His artworks are constantly evolving and developing.

As an artist, Tizer only began to take an interest in graffiti after moving to the UK as a child. Originally from Omaha in Nebraska. It’s still possible to catch some hint of the accent. Starting out with tags, he developed his style through throw-ups and character-based art before focusing on letters. His work now is some of the most recognizable in the London scene.

Check out the full interview from Inspiring City here

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Norway’s first LGBTQ+ Mural Constructed as Part of Løkka-lykke Street Art Festival in Oslo

Up-and-coming street artist Eva Hansen Sjøvold painted Norway’s first LGBTQ+ mural as part of Løkka-lykke Street Art Festival in Oslo this past June. Løkka-lykke is the first street art festival in Norway to take place in the capital city, and it has a decidedly local profile, aiming to work with local Norwegian artists. Eight artists were invited to participate this year, with Eva Hansen Sjøvold, only 21 years old, creating one of the festival’s stand-out pieces. 

“I was so surprised by being invited to participate in the Oslo Street Art Festival. I did not think it would be something so big,” said Sjøvold. “The motif I’ve painted, ‘Next to a Mirror,’ features two friends of mine, slightly turned apart, in a purple-blue light. I wanted to make something that was queer—but at the same time not so clearly queer, inspired by the way you meet other queer people on the street. Maybe they smile a little at each other, without people around wanting to see this connection. It’s a gay man and a lesbian woman—it could have been a love painting, but it is still not.”

Held in the central district of Grünerløkka, Løkka-lykke announced itself on the street art scene in 2021 with 11 artists producing site-specific works ranging from large scale murals to small scale interventions. The event’s return in summer 2022 solidified it as Oslo´s first annual street art festival.
Sjøvold recently graduated from Oslo’s Einar Granum art school. Her invitation to the festival came by chance.

“When I walked past the school where Eva was studying, I peered into the window and saw their paintings, which hung from the ceiling to the floor.” said James Finucane, director of Street Art Oslo. “I was very impressed with what I saw, and it was obvious they could do scale. I reached out to Eva on Instagram and invited them to do their first mural. Interestingly enough, they said they always wanted to do one. It’s actually their preferred format. We really work to find the rough gems that are living and working in Norway, and Eva certainly represents that.” For Sjøvold, they are proud to represent the LGBTQ+ community, but it’s also surreal and a huge confidence boost to show people what they do in such a public way.

“As a queer, I’m interested in the androgynous and experiment a lot with visual language in relation to this. I want to find ways to express the ‘inner space’—that is, the lives of others and my own emotional life through figurative painting,” they said. “I like to paint others rather than myself, because in that way these characters can become something I use to understand both myself and those I paint.” The significance of Norway’s first LGBTQ+ mural isn’t lost on the artist or the festival itself. 

“A part of the painting I haven’t talked about much is that it represents a picture of a queer wonderland, a surrealistic queer wonderland,” Sjøvold siad. “The aesthetics and color pallet come from the nonbinary flag. The reason I paint queer things is because I’m queer, it’s just that simple. Getting the support that others find meaning in it is very special. It’s very fun, and it’s an honor to represent less of a binary story in a public space. Norway is in some ways a very binary country, so it’s exciting to see something different.” 

For the festival, it wasn’t Sjøvold’s queer identity but their talent that stood out. It’s also a positive signal to other art students: The opportunities are there, if you’re good enough. “We didn’t invite her for that reason [being queer], we invited her because she was a great artist,” Finucane said. “She’s so young, but we gave her the platform and trusted her to make it work. And she did. But what happened just after the mural was completed reiterates why we need more work like this and more people like Eva represented in the public space.”

During Pride month and less than 24 hours after the mural was finished, a shooting took place at a gay bar in Oslo that took the lives of two people. Sjøvold’s mural served as a place to gather and a source of comfort following the tragedy. “Literally and symbolically this mural took on a new meaning after that incident,” Finucane said. “Prejudice and violence still exist, you can’t get complacent.” 

Street art’s power to invoke deep emotion and bring people together after such a tragedy is just one of the ways it can transform a community. However, previous to the festival’s launch, Nordic capital cities had a zero tolerance policy against street art. “They’re finally coming around,” Finucane said. “The younger generation definitely sees the value of art in public spaces. But we still have to combat a lot of the negative stereotypes about graffiti art. We do that every day. The idea that it’s mindless vandalism is a constant stereotype, but there is deep thought and creativity that go into this art.” 

For their next project, Sjøvold will be painting a wall in their hometown of Mo i Rana on August 15—a 60-meter wall in the heart of the city. “It will be very fun to show the people I grew up with what I learned,” Sjøvold said. “I really think I found myself on the big walls.” As for the festival, it is coming back in 2023 and has no plans to stop. “The festival will now be held every year,” Finucane said. “There are so many great walls, and so many great artists. We have a long list of dream walls we want to paint and dream artists we want to showcase, so we try to match those up,” said Finucane. 

Street Art Oslo is breaking down barriers, driving acceptance and inclusivity, and providing a platform for emerging artists. And we’re here for it. 

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Eva Hansen Sjøvold: website | instagram
Street Art Oslo: website | instagram

Mural location: Marstrandgata 12, 0566 Oslo

 

 

 

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Norway’s first LGBTQ+ Mural Constructed as Part of Løkka-lykke Street Art Festival in Oslo

Up-and-coming street artist Eva Hansen Sjøvold painted Norway’s first LGBTQ+ mural as part of Løkka-lykke Street Art Festival in Oslo this past June. Løkka-lykke is the first street art festival in Norway to take place in the capital city, and it has a decidedly local profile, aiming to work with local Norwegian artists. Eight artists were invited to participate this year, with Eva Hansen Sjøvold, only 21 years old, creating one of the festival’s stand-out pieces. 

“I was so surprised by being invited to participate in the Oslo Street Art Festival. I did not think it would be something so big,” said Sjøvold. “The motif I’ve painted, ‘Next to a Mirror,’ features two friends of mine, slightly turned apart, in a purple-blue light. I wanted to make something that was queer—but at the same time not so clearly queer, inspired by the way you meet other queer people on the street. Maybe they smile a little at each other, without people around wanting to see this connection. It’s a gay man and a lesbian woman—it could have been a love painting, but it is still not.”

Held in the central district of Grünerløkka, Løkka-lykke announced itself on the street art scene in 2021 with 11 artists producing site-specific works ranging from large scale murals to small scale interventions. The event’s return in summer 2022 solidified it as Oslo´s first annual street art festival.
Sjøvold recently graduated from Oslo’s Einar Granum art school. Her invitation to the festival came by chance.

“When I walked past the school where Eva was studying, I peered into the window and saw their paintings, which hung from the ceiling to the floor.” said James Finucane, director of Street Art Oslo. “I was very impressed with what I saw, and it was obvious they could do scale. I reached out to Eva on Instagram and invited them to do their first mural. Interestingly enough, they said they always wanted to do one. It’s actually their preferred format. We really work to find the rough gems that are living and working in Norway, and Eva certainly represents that.” For Sjøvold, they are proud to represent the LGBTQ+ community, but it’s also surreal and a huge confidence boost to show people what they do in such a public way.

“As a queer, I’m interested in the androgynous and experiment a lot with visual language in relation to this. I want to find ways to express the ‘inner space’—that is, the lives of others and my own emotional life through figurative painting,” they said. “I like to paint others rather than myself, because in that way these characters can become something I use to understand both myself and those I paint.” The significance of Norway’s first LGBTQ+ mural isn’t lost on the artist or the festival itself. 

“A part of the painting I haven’t talked about much is that it represents a picture of a queer wonderland, a surrealistic queer wonderland,” Sjøvold siad. “The aesthetics and color pallet come from the nonbinary flag. The reason I paint queer things is because I’m queer, it’s just that simple. Getting the support that others find meaning in it is very special. It’s very fun, and it’s an honor to represent less of a binary story in a public space. Norway is in some ways a very binary country, so it’s exciting to see something different.” 

For the festival, it wasn’t Sjøvold’s queer identity but their talent that stood out. It’s also a positive signal to other art students: The opportunities are there, if you’re good enough. “We didn’t invite her for that reason [being queer], we invited her because she was a great artist,” Finucane said. “She’s so young, but we gave her the platform and trusted her to make it work. And she did. But what happened just after the mural was completed reiterates why we need more work like this and more people like Eva represented in the public space.”

During Pride month and less than 24 hours after the mural was finished, a shooting took place at a gay bar in Oslo that took the lives of two people. Sjøvold’s mural served as a place to gather and a source of comfort following the tragedy. “Literally and symbolically this mural took on a new meaning after that incident,” Finucane said. “Prejudice and violence still exist, you can’t get complacent.” 

Street art’s power to invoke deep emotion and bring people together after such a tragedy is just one of the ways it can transform a community. However, previous to the festival’s launch, Nordic capital cities had a zero tolerance policy against street art. “They’re finally coming around,” Finucane said. “The younger generation definitely sees the value of art in public spaces. But we still have to combat a lot of the negative stereotypes about graffiti art. We do that every day. The idea that it’s mindless vandalism is a constant stereotype, but there is deep thought and creativity that go into this art.” 

For their next project, Sjøvold will be painting a wall in their hometown of Mo i Rana on August 15—a 60-meter wall in the heart of the city. “It will be very fun to show the people I grew up with what I learned,” Sjøvold said. “I really think I found myself on the big walls.” As for the festival, it is coming back in 2023 and has no plans to stop. “The festival will now be held every year,” Finucane said. “There are so many great walls, and so many great artists. We have a long list of dream walls we want to paint and dream artists we want to showcase, so we try to match those up,” said Finucane. 

Street Art Oslo is breaking down barriers, driving acceptance and inclusivity, and providing a platform for emerging artists. And we’re here for it. 

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Eva Hansen Sjøvold: website | instagram
Street Art Oslo: website | instagram

Mural location: Marstrandgata 12, 0566 Oslo

 

 

 

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How To Make Your Graffiti LAST LONGER! | Graffiti Freight Train Watching!

In today's episode of our graffiti freight train watching series, where we take a look at the best graffiti the freights have to offer, we're talking about how to make your graffiti LAST LONGER! 🤫 Check it out! See the Freight Episode on Colour Schemes I talked about here!: https://youtu.be/SYPyShwmQDs See the Freight Episode with Massive Whole cars here!: https://youtu.be/VNozx4Xl2qw My Patreon: https://ift.tt/B4IAaKC Paypal for donations going towards the channel: https://ift.tt/EXmZ1Gs Contact info for inquiries and commissions: ScizGraff@gmail.com Instagram: https://ift.tt/Mqa2A6P Facebook: https://ift.tt/E9Q5ItV MY SETUP GoPro Hero7: https://amzn.to/2BjDKO1 GoPro Hero8: https://amzn.to/3djr0Vz Tripod: https://amzn.to/2zP6Ggh MacBook Air: https://amzn.to/2XkxApa MY SUPPLIES Ironlak Spray Paint: https://amzn.to/2AkPhvX Molotow One4All Markers: https://amzn.to/2zLVaSZ Grog Mops: https://amzn.to/3ezFCjV Sketching Markers: https://amzn.to/2XKkZee https://amzn.to/2AsWFVX Sketching Fineliners: https://amzn.to/3djsG1j If you enjoy the content, consider looking at more on the channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ScizGraffiti?sub_confirmation=1 and consider subscribing! COMMISSION INFO I am always open to and exited to work on any custom commission work inquiries that you may have. I am YOUR personal graffiti technician. Contact me for any custom work orders or canvas orders. And feel free to contact me to talk about any graffiti or other art related topics. I am fastest to respond on my email and instagram. My mission is to personally improve people's lives through the creation of artistic products, to show resilience as an artist, to achieve timeless influence though my art, and to grow as an artist. #freightwatching #graffiti #scizgraffiti TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Welcome to The Freights! 1:00 - Whole Car Baby!💥 1:30 - Piecing Method to Make Your Pieces POP!💥 2:48 - Whole Car Baby!👌 3:12 - How to Make Your Graffiti LAST LONGER!🤫 4:59 - Why You Should TAPE OFF the Freights‼️ 6:26 - Professional Colour Scheme!
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OUTSIGHT, a Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada mural in Laon, France

Interrupting the status quo is something we associate with Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada. From “culture jamming,” where he employed marketing strategies to call attention to the detrimental social impact of targeted advertising or the “Identity Series,” where he utilized random locals in massive charcoal drawings, he is using art as resistance. The same is true of his current “Outsight” project in Laon, France.

The mural covers the side of a residential building and depicts a young boy with gently sloping symmetrical lines across his face. He’s not looking directly at the viewer, but rather looking blankly into space, but seems deeply impacted. There are, what appear to be, melting stripes of paint off of his right side, like there’s a part of him not fully formed and yet is already falling apart. There’s a single tear about to fall, but he’s stoic, like a child of war. Notably, replacing the boy’s iris is a “play” button symbol.

Gerarda invites us to question the effects of children viewing their world through the symbol of the ‘play’ button and a mobile phone from such a young age.

The color of the stripes stands out, they are varying shades of skin tones, they feel like a mask and a prison. And through this, we can’t decide what he is, his race is undeterminable and it seems to highlight the ridiculousness of skin color categorization.

Gerada (b. 1966) was born in Cuba, raised in the United States, and now resides in Barcelona. He has created a number of large works in urban spaces, some so large they can be seen from space. His focus is on using walls and streets as his canvas and ordinary people as models in his work. He was a founding member of the Culture Jamming movement in New York City and has subsequently launched the Identity Series (ephemeral charcoal drawings) and the Terrestrial Series (ephemeral earthworks that can be seen from space). His important large-scale works include “Out of Many, One” created near the White House in Washington, D.C. commissioned by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and to create mural designs for the Spanish Pavilion at the Dubai World’s fair.

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by Veera Mylapore via street art united states

OUTSIGHT, a Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada mural in Laon, France

Interrupting the status quo is something we associate with Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada. From “culture jamming,” where he employed marketing strategies to call attention to the detrimental social impact of targeted advertising or the “Identity Series,” where he utilized random locals in massive charcoal drawings, he is using art as resistance. The same is true of his current “Outsight” project in Laon, France.

The mural covers the side of a residential building and depicts a young boy with gently sloping symmetrical lines across his face. He’s not looking directly at the viewer, but rather looking blankly into space, but seems deeply impacted. There are, what appear to be, melting stripes of paint off of his right side, like there’s a part of him not fully formed and yet is already falling apart. There’s a single tear about to fall, but he’s stoic, like a child of war. Notably, replacing the boy’s iris is a “play” button symbol.

Gerarda invites us to question the effects of children viewing their world through the symbol of the ‘play’ button and a mobile phone from such a young age.

The color of the stripes stands out, they are varying shades of skin tones, they feel like a mask and a prison. And through this, we can’t decide what he is, his race is undeterminable and it seems to highlight the ridiculousness of skin color categorization.

Gerada (b. 1966) was born in Cuba, raised in the United States, and now resides in Barcelona. He has created a number of large works in urban spaces, some so large they can be seen from space. His focus is on using walls and streets as his canvas and ordinary people as models in his work. He was a founding member of the Culture Jamming movement in New York City and has subsequently launched the Identity Series (ephemeral charcoal drawings) and the Terrestrial Series (ephemeral earthworks that can be seen from space). His important large-scale works include “Out of Many, One” created near the White House in Washington, D.C. commissioned by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and to create mural designs for the Spanish Pavilion at the Dubai World’s fair.

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Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada: web | facebook | instagram | twitter | youtube

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by Veera Mylapore via street art united states