December 5, 2011
(Hat tip to Martyn Reed)
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July 18, 2011
Artist: Snyder
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May 25, 2011
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May 20, 2011
Artist: Snyder
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May 3, 2011
More from C215 here.
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April 14, 2011
More from Sir X here.
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April 10, 2011
More from Priest here.
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March 10, 2011
Painted in Vatican, on a Roman fountain
Based on Caravaggio
More from C215 here.
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February 24, 2011
More from Nick here.
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February 7, 2011
More here.
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February 2, 2011
Artists: Dj Lu
and Toxicómano
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January 26, 2011
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December 17, 2010
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From Ismaeel: "Here people have a moaning day of Ashura in which day also sacrifice a lamp by the story of Abraham the prophet. Today, while walking in Tehran's most crowded central Avenue to take photos of people and activities, i found this small bit of public art"
Regards
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November 12, 2010
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November 10, 2010
Artist: Oy Daglar
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November 1, 2010
"'ve been in morocco for one week in holidays, in mirleft, in the south of the country.
was a beautiful time with Nina, painting in outstanding conditions. you know that stencil is by nature associated by the repetition : patterns for architecture, industrial marking then pop culture have been largely exploring that way. I tried in Mirleft to explore specificity with a dedicated stencil of the fish market of the village, that I painted on place two years after I took my original picture, trying to make real contextual art with a stencil. Crazy that South Morocco is still so quite that you can make a copy of reality in between two years, checking that nothing has moved or almost, the mitsbishi truck being still there, parked at the same place . Still life."... C215
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October 20, 2010
From Above:
""A picture is worth 1,000 words." I sat for a while considering if I should describe this piece and the multi-layered meanings depicted in the painting?! The stencil and symbolism in the painting take on some heavy current topics of social, political, and racial issues just to name a few. I decided it's best for you the viewer to interpret and look at this piece and make your decision on what you feel from it. Art has the amazing ability to be interpreted on a range of 1,000+ different meanings depending on who you ask. Some of you might find this piece offensive, constructive, ironic, or just plain stupid. I want to highly encourage all of you watching this to speak up and comment about your interpretation of this stencil and issues portrayed."
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October 10, 2010
Artist: •••
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October 9, 2010
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October 6, 2010
More from Roadsworth here.
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October 4, 2010
Artist: Bustart
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September 24, 2010
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September 23, 2010
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September 20, 2010
(photo by RomanyWG)
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September 12, 2010
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September 5, 2010
More from mobstr here.
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August 11, 2010
Lots more here.
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August 4, 2010
More from Vinchen here.
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July 28, 2010
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One of our favorite C215 pieces to date.
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"Migration is a celebration of my Chinese and Aboriginal heritage. Both my Chinese and Aboriginal grandparents could not celebrate their cultures for fear of persecution. I feel a great responsibility to celebrate my cultures for my ancestors that lived before me. The figures are based on myself and the birds are magpies. Magpies are important symbols, for both cultures. In Aboriginal culture a magpie is a term used for a person who is a half cast (black and white parents). The magpie is a Chinese symbol of marriage and prosperity. I am blessed to be alive in this day and age where cultural diversity can be celebrated in Australia, so I created an artwork to express these feelings"... Wing
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July 15, 2010
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June 28, 2010
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June 20, 2010
"DOCUMENTING THE ALTERATION PROCESS OF MY PORTRAIT TAKEN BY THE L.A BASED PHOTOGRAPHER ROSS MORRISON"... Boxi
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June 1, 2010
(Photo by RomanyWG)
More from Nick here.
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(Photo by Vito)
More from C215 here.
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May 14, 2010
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May 12, 2010
Mistakenly attributed to Banksy, the piece above was created by the very talented artist, Priest.
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May 10, 2010
More here.
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May 5, 2010
"I had the chance yesterday to overcome my vertigo and glue that 10 meter by 6 meter portrait in a popular district of Roma called Garbatella. This is a portrait of a Romanian lady that I glued to fight racism against gypsies in Europe since there are more and more pogroms done to them since they integrated Europe, with camps put on fire etc. without reactions of authorities."... C215
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April 16, 2010
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April 10, 2010
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March 19, 2010
You can see more photos from Bogota Stencil Festival here.
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The piece above was done yesterday morning on Quai de Valmy in Central Paris by Nick Walker. It's in response to Sarkozy's decision to ban the burkha. From Nick:
"It's particularly tense in Paris. They are in between elections and the reaction is expected to be quite strong. The police discovered the piece 30 minutes after it was completed and we don't expect it to stay up long. After months of wrangling,The government are believed to be only days away from ratifying the ban."
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March 3, 2010
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February 10, 2010
Artist: Encore
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"i adore you, you crazy, gorgeous, wonderful (but also sometimes quite weird - but still very lovely) person".
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February 3, 2010
"The Boss" by Jef Aerosol from Charles le Brigand on Vimeo.
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December 11, 2009
Kids Love Peace - ICY And SOT - IRAN - TABRIZ from ICY And SOT on Vimeo.
More from ICY and SOT here and here.
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November 13, 2009
The pieces above were done by Roadsworth in conjunction with the South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art..
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November 12, 2009
More from mob str here.
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November 11, 2009
"this house was destroyed during construction when hurricane katrina hit. like most of the city all that was left was a skeleton of what once was. someone clearly started gutting it and then eventually stopped. the water line was evident on the outside of the house and when i asked my friend where the levee broke he took three steps outside the house and pointed to the top of the road."... Priest
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November 9, 2009
Sir X has just launched his website. You can check it out here.
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October 13, 2009
More from Nick here.
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October 2, 2009
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September 25, 2009
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September 24, 2009
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More from Peat here.
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September 18, 2009
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September 3, 2009
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August 17, 2009
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More from Vinchen here.
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August 14, 2009
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August 12, 2009
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More here.
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August 11, 2009
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August 9, 2009
Artists: jana & js
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August 6, 2009
More from C215 here.
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August 4, 2009
Artist: Strøk
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July 31, 2009
From Jerm IX:
"the first two lines from this piece are from a suicide note i wrote in jail at 16. i have found solace in letting go of my darkest pains on the streets in the form of poetry and for some reason this came out of me today. i am so thankful to have survived that attempt at ending it all."
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July 27, 2009
Location: Paris
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July 21, 2009
You can see more of Flee's work here.
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July 16, 2009
More from Vinchen here.
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July 13, 2009
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BRIDGE THE DIVIDE from ABOVE on Vimeo.
More from Above here.
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June 18, 2009
Boxi's latest work, done in Athens, is entitled "To die for". It is part of the 2nd Athens biennial "HEAVEN".
"It's an attempt to portray the blind purity of love, and a wall of belief that can end it all. The work is a reflection upon the sad fate of two young lovers who were killed because of their love."
You can read the story behind the piece here.
The work consists of 11 hand cut life-sized greyscale layers of the stencil. To see how the piece was done watch the video below:
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June 9, 2009
"On Saturday, June 6th in Chicago, local artists partnered with the Tamms Year Ten coalition to protest state-sanctioned torture at the supermax prison in Southern Illinois. And they did it with mud.
Jesse Graves, a Milwaukee artist, developed the technique and on Saturday more than 30 volunteers stenciled the message “End Torture in Illinois” on walls and sidewalks around the city, offering fact-sheets about TAMMS supermax prison to curious pedestrians.
City governments and law enforcement agencies have little precedence in dealing with mud stencils so there is a gray area on whether it is legal or not. For if it is illegal, is it also illegal for kids to write with chalk on the sidewalk? Is it illegal to build a snowman in a park or for dirt from ones garden to touch the sidewalk? And, is it illegal to stencil with mud when the rain will wash it off?
That said, none of the 30 volunteers who mud stenciled on June 6th in Chicago were arrested or even questioned by the police."
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June 7, 2009
THE NAKED TRUTH from ABOVE on Vimeo.
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June 6, 2009
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May 31, 2009
Artist: r-X
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From Joanna - "This is in front of my friend's new shop in Oakland CA. It is done in baby powder and appeared overnight. Some people think it was done to curse the new business - i think it's just cool."
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May 20, 2009
Artist: Run Dont Walk
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May 17, 2009
More from Sir X here.
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May 15, 2009
Homeless in Bergen, Norway
More from C215 here.
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April 30, 2009
"I been doing some transparent stencil work with junk I find in the streets, I got the idea when looking into my reflection in a canal jammed full of garbage, it was quite beautiful to see myself through all the various plastic colors and products that come through me and my use, it may be high time we did some practical looking at what kind of beauty we represent and how it reflects on ourselves, true monuments are out floating somewhere in ambiguity, urban definitions are easy to use and throw away. The street reflects inevitably the land and those who can't get over its use and responsibility, man that canal stinks!!"... Ryan
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April 21, 2009
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April 11, 2009
EASTER AIG HUNT from ABOVE on Vimeo.
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March 30, 2009
When we opened up our email today and saw this stencil, from Czarnobyl in Berlin, all we could say was - "Wow!" The latest in his "Oldboy" series is 8 colors, 7 separate stencils and is 250 x 150 cm. It took six months to create.
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March 27, 2009
We're always amazed at the effect that street art can have. The other day, the New England based artist Maki105 placed "Peek-A-Boo Jesus" on the side of a video store in New Bedford, Mass.
Yesterday, the following story ran in the Boston papers:
Lund’s Corner Jesus Draws a Crowd
By Steve Urbon / Standard-Times senior correspondent
Thursday, March 26, 2009 -
NEW BEDFORD — Tears welled up in Angela Sampaio’s eyes as she beheld the Lund’s Corner Jesus through her car windshield Wednesday, reports today’s Standard-Times.
"I am really, really, really moved by this," she said. And she wanted reassurance that the photographs of this Jesus are on the Internet. "This will be seen all over the world," she said.
She had plenty of company there in the parking lot of Premier Video, where the slightly larger-than-life depiction of the Saviour appeared on the wall sometime last weekend. In a one-hour span around noon Wednesday, at least 35 people walked or drove to the lot just to see the figure that is pasted to the white brick.
They came from miles around. They were young and old, sometimes three generations of a family in a car. There were blue-collar workers with their buddies, retirees, teenagers. They brought cameras and took pictures of each other near the figure of Christ. Some brought flowers, real and artificial, and some brought candles that flickered in their jars in the spring breeze.
(Note: Our friend tells us - "best pizza in that area is in that building, so if anyone wants to see the miracle, stop by and get a Ray's pie!")
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March 19, 2009
More from Vinchen here.
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March 2, 2009
Photos courtesy of Jeremy Gibbs
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February 13, 2009
PLAYGROUND LOVE from ABOVE on Vimeo.
You can see more of Above's work here.
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January 2, 2009
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December 3, 2008
Artist: cabaio/stencilsystem
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November 29, 2008
More here.
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November 20, 2008
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November 11, 2008
Artist: Sir. X
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November 7, 2008
'Store-Trek'
From the artist: "Inspired by two predictions of our future as the Human Race - 'Space Tours' and 'Food Wars' - one for the rich , and one for the poor ."
(Thanks, Guy)
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November 6, 2008
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October 28, 2008
More here.
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October 16, 2008
C215 recently spent 10 days in New Delhi. Romanywg was there the whole time to document the work. Truly stunning. You can check it out here.
Enjoy.
Cheers
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October 12, 2008
More from Above here.
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September 29, 2008
More from Ikkeno here.
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More from Vinchen here.
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September 24, 2008
Photo nicked from Jamie O'Shea's always excellent Supertouch blog.
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September 15, 2008
Artist: ABOVE
(Thanks, Pierre)
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September 11, 2008
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September 10, 2008
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September 4, 2008
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August 11, 2008
Knicked from MadC's Flickr stream here.
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August 6, 2008
The piece above is on Federation Square and was painted as a part of the Melbourne
Stencil Festival.
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July 15, 2008
"Welcome to the Garden of Wonders" - Few people know that there was a zoo in the heart of Montréal until 30 years ago.. At the Jardin des Merveilles, in Parc Lafontaine, you could see hippopotamus, seals, horses, bears, lamas, foxes and even an elephant. It moved to Parc Angrignon in 1989..
People who lived around the plateau at the time told me they used to see peacocks running around the streets from time to time.. WOW!
Now its become a hangout place, all kinds of people gather.. or disperse..
its the best place to get a drink and burn some grass!"
500m!
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July 1, 2008
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June 24, 2008
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June 18, 2008
A terrific little story sent to us by Jody in London:
"A few weeks ago I went to the Cans Festival in London, I took a few pictures and put them on Flickr, including some work by Minneapolis graff artist, Broken Crow.
A day or so later, Broken Crow added some of my photos to his Flickr favorites, so I dropped him a Flickrmail, telling him how much I enjoyed the show and jokingly suggested that if he's ever in London again and needs a wall to paint, then he's welcome to paint my house.
Broken Crow asked me to send him a photo of my wall, said it was perfect and that he had a spare day between visiting relatives in London and painting some commissions in Paris. Three weeks later he's here, in my garden, with his fiancee, painting a 12x15ft mural of a cheetah.
We had a great day - the weather was perfect and I can't quite believe it happened. Proof that not all friendships made over the internet end in vampire worship and ritual suicide!
Huge thanks to Broken Crow and his fiancee - the nicest strangers I've ever met. The wall was painted on June 14, 2008."
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June 11, 2008
(Thanks Joe!)
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June 4, 2008
Artist: pilpeled
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June 2, 2008
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May 16, 2008
More from Vinchen here.
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May 13, 2008
(via Apartment Therapy)
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May 9, 2008
Ran into Nick Walker the other day here in Manhattan. Good to see that he's bringing a bit of life back to the streets of New York (which as of late have been pretty dormant of new work.) He tells us that there's lots more to come...
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May 3, 2008
If you, like us, can't make it to London for the Cans Festival this weekend, be sure to check out Romanyg's Flickr stream for photos. As expected, the show looks amazing.
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April 29, 2008
As we speak, some of the world's most amazing stencil artists from all over the world are flying into London to create new work at an undisclosed location for the Cans Festival that will take place this weekend. Artists include Bsas Stencil, Prism, Roadsworth, Blek, Sten, Sadhu, Lex, Faile, Logan Hicks, and many, many, more. Should be an incredible event. Check back here later in the week, as the location will be announced "at the 11th hour."
More info here.
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From Torontoist:
"This year, a more cryptic stencil has appeared on the Humber Bay Arch Bridge, boldly proclaiming "ISBN 486-28495-6" for all to see and ponder. This International Standard Book Number turns out to be a paperback edition of Henry David Thoreau's Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.
In Walden, Thoreau wrote, "A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature."
Photo by Val Dodge.
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April 24, 2008
artist: lily&james
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April 20, 2008
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April 19, 2008
From Sarah - "Your recent "Seen On The Streets of LA" made me think of this picture I took last year in Naples. Spero che vi piace! Thanks for your site"
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April 17, 2008
Artist: Blek Le Rat
(Thanks, James!)
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April 10, 2008
Artist: ikkeno
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March 29, 2008
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The portrait is of Ken Menzies and was placed in the "piazzale flaminio" near the "piazza del popolo", in Roma.
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"A routine trip can prompt reflections on everything from future goals to last night’s dinner conversation. As people sacrifice personal time for hectic schedules, these casual occasions for reflection become all the more important.
Sidewalk Psychiatry encourages self-evaluation in transit by posing critical questions on the pavements of New York City. Now your daily ponderings and emotional problems can be prodded and treated on the go - and, best of all, it's free of charge! "
More here.
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(Thanks, Satish)
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March 19, 2008
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March 15, 2008
Origin Unknown
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March 13, 2008
<via>
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February 20, 2008
You can see more of C215's amazing work here and here.
(Thanks, Luna Park)
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February 5, 2008
<via>
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January 16, 2008
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January 10, 2008
(Thanks, Clinton!)
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January 4, 2008
(Thanks, Alberto)
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November 15, 2007
(Thanks, Jean-Christophe)
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November 7, 2007
(Thanks, Marion)
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November 6, 2007
"I don't know who did this...
... but I think it's beautiful. Every night for the last two years I walk down Milwaukee Avenue between North Avenue and Division Street (in Wicker Park, Chicago) and I was lucky enough, one night, to notice that there was something new in one of the doorways. Of course, the next night it had been painted over. I'm glad I took a picture when I had the chance. I took this about a year ago, but only recently discovered your website. I love browsing your site... it's inspiring. "
... Emily
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October 16, 2007
From Ryan in Vancouver comes word that the local police are using guerilla street stencils as a way to deter car thieves. The "bait car" program has been going on in the city for the last few years and the stencils are a new way to promote it.
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October 11, 2007
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October 3, 2007
(Thanks, Gav!)
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September 30, 2007
Artist: Kenji Nakayama
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September 27, 2007
More from Nick here.
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September 24, 2007
Artist: czarnobyl
Method: 4 Layer Stencil
Location : Reichenberger str. 114, Berlin Germany
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September 17, 2007
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September 13, 2007
More from Nick here.
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September 5, 2007
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September 4, 2007
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August 28, 2007
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August 21, 2007
More photos here.
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July 30, 2007
Artist: Filipe
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July 27, 2007
More photos here.
Boxi is participating in an upcoming group-exhibition at the "Hinterconti" in Hamburg.
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July 25, 2007
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July 23, 2007
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July 16, 2007
From our friend Pablo Aravena comes these photos of Roadsworth's Tour de France installation in the UK.
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(Thanks, Julie!)
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July 11, 2007
"the original picture comes from a project of the photographer (Pieter Hugo) the title of the project is (The Hyena men of Nigeria) his work is really splendid. I rework the original picture for making one of my own collage. I found that it is interesting to put this man with his hyena in a city like Paris, where it is impossible to see this kind of scene in the street, whereas to 9 hours of plane it is normal scene in the street of nigeria."
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July 4, 2007
Artist: Klingatron
Location: Mitchell Alley in Glasgow Scotland
Watch the video below to see how the stencil was made.
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Artist: Nick Walker
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June 26, 2007
From Patrick:
"spotted this while taking a break from the proceedings at the Prague Quadriennale at Vystaviste Holesovice, Inudstrial Palace, Prague.."
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June 6, 2007
photo by: JAmp5
From Jan - "I really like how the rusty metal makes a crown of thorns"
We do too.
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May 29, 2007
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May 24, 2007
BiPed spotted this new piece yesterday in South London. While it hasn't been confirmed, it has Banksy written all over it.
BiPed writes:
"The photo is quite misleading as the stencil is actually about 9ft high -you can just make out the top of a security fence on the left."
UPDATE: A few people have emailed us to let us know that the work was not done by Banksy, but rather by the artist, Mantis.
Posted by marc at 7:10 AM in Stencils |
April 19, 2007
From Cam BsAs: "Ive seen so many people all the time coping Banksy, discussing about Banksy, getting angry and insulting each other about Banksy, that they made me want to do an stencil about it. Is not against or pro anyone, is just a thought. The image title is FREE BANKSY."
I have more stuff in www.cambsas.blogspot.com
Posted by marc at 8:24 AM in Stencils |
March 26, 2007
"Last weekend Roger Waters give a couple of shows here at River Plate stadium. No big deal for us... we love another kind of music... i like pink floyd but... syd barret´s pink floyd... the saturday the telephone ring ´when i answer somebody tell me - hi i´m working for roger waters. he saw your "disney war" stencil in the town and i ask me to invite you to paint on the flying pig that is part of the show... ok ok i´m not a fan but.... paint the pink floyd´s flying pig??!!! hell yeah!".... Gonzalo
Posted by marc at 9:34 AM in Stencils |
March 9, 2007
For those who have been following the scene for a while now, the name Logan Hicks is probably quite familiar to you. If you're new to stencil art, then a terrific place to begin is to learn more about Logan's work. The two pieces above come from Logan's most recent show, The Unraveling, which opens tonight in Seattle at the BLVD Gallery in 2nd Avenue.
Posted by marc at 9:56 AM in Seattle , Stencils |
February 8, 2007
(Thanks, Benjamin)
Posted by marc at 2:53 AM in Stencils |
January 12, 2007
If you've been to Buenos Aires then you know that the city has an incredible history for political stencils. The image above is one that we thought was quite clever. It's of Juan Peron. The text says "No left wing, No right wing". The line represents Paron's political view of a third party between capitalism and socialism.
But the dotted lines for the hands give the image a double meaning, as after Paron died his grave was robbed and his hands were stolen.
"No left wing, No right wing"
(Thanks, Gonzalo)
Posted by marc at 7:05 AM in Activism , Stencils |
January 3, 2007
"The work is an expression of my personal feelings when I moved to NYC from Russia. Stress, fear, living without family real friends - and the effect of these things - desire to protect myself from that surrounding world."
Posted by marc at 6:44 AM in Stencils |
December 27, 2006
In September, Jo Baaklini, who's only 17 years old student living in Beirut started a blog to show graffiti in Lebanon. The image above was one of the first one's put up on the site. It's one of our favorite photos of the year.
Posted by marc at 2:11 PM in Stencils |
December 26, 2006
Sometimes the simplest pieces are the most delightful. This sweet little orange was caught by René while on holliday in Athens last August.
Posted by marc at 10:16 PM in Stencils |
December 25, 2006
Niko made this stencil earlier in the year on the facade of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago while he was there as an exchange student from Amsterdam last year.
His commentary reflects the sentiments of lots of artists we meet...
"people being so wound up making 'art' at art schools, made me a bit crazy. so this was for my final presentation in photoclass, not this photo though. i took them outside to show the graffiti to them. then they had a snowfight! great i liked that."
Posted by marc at 12:44 PM in Stencils |
Seen in the streets of Arhus, Denmark back in March. Artist unknown (at least to us)
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We get asked a lot - "How do I make a stencil or a wheatpaste?" For some tips, check out this video of Olivia in Barcelona shot by her friend Mr Case.
Posted by marc at 1:41 AM in Stencils |
December 24, 2006
(The image above is by far our favorite piece ever by Nick Walker)
Posted by marc at 7:46 AM in Stencils |
November 29, 2006
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November 25, 2006
Location: Albany's abandon buildings
stencils by, dwell, one unit and Mr. Prvrt
Posted by marc at 11:52 AM in Stencils |
November 20, 2006
Artist: Minneapolis based BrokenCrow
(Thanks, Logan)
Posted by marc at 6:57 AM in Stencils |
November 15, 2006
From Reevo at Ektopia comes word that Alexandre Orion’s latest project is creating art by scraping the exhaust soot from the walls of Sao Paulo’s tunnels
Posted by marc at 7:34 AM in Stencils |
November 8, 2006
The incredibly talented Peat Wollaeger recently finished, Beardy McGreen, his largest stencil to date. It measures 12 feet x 13.5 feet (3.6 x 4.1 meters)
Posted by marc at 7:22 AM in Stencils |
October 30, 2006
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October 29, 2006
Recently, The Star, a newspaper in Toronto did a fashion layout using some of Poster Child's posters as a background.
To let them know that he was watching, he put the model up on the same wall as a stencil in the same scale as the photograph.
Posted by marc at 6:52 AM in Stencils |
September 14, 2006
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September 12, 2006
From Will:
"I was walking home from work yesterday, and I saw a bunch of small stencils on the sidewalk on Montgomery St in the Financial District (the commercial center of San Francisco, obviously). There were only two variations, but they were all over the place - sometimes 3 or 4 per block, stretching for 7 blocks or more. This morning, I took shots of several of them, some of which are above. They're obviously commemorative of 9/11, and must have been done either late last weekend or very early yesterday morning. I think they're fantastic."
Posted by marc at 10:01 PM in Stencils |
September 11, 2006
From Alto-Contraste in Sao Paulo:
"The ex São Paulo´s Mayor, Paulo Maluf, that was arrested less than one year ago, for public money deviation, corruption and many other political crimes, is back to the politic spots, competing for a public job in the coming elections.It´s not enough to him to be a kind of Brazilian Berlusconi and a unpunished simbol. Now, in the usual propaganda (ilegal, we have to say) that invades the walls, he become to scramble the city graffitis. We prefer to break him down personally, but he´s that untouchable kind of people. So, we are happy to leave this "post it" at the same wall. We´re trully shamed to use our paint with this bastard´s face, but, in spite of that, it was fun. And the better thing is that we´re noting some mobilization of other graffiters in the same direction. God damned politics! be satisfied with invanding the tv (that´s already full of shit) and leave the walls for us!
Cheers for all!
A*C
Posted by marc at 7:27 AM in Stencils |
5 layer belton greyscale lifesize stencil
Posted by marc at 7:18 AM in Stencils |
August 29, 2006
Arofish writes:
"Dahyeh, August 25, 2006. one of the most bombed out areas in Beirut. I was asked by local people to paint something happy, to reflect the spirit of the community. Before starting I banged up a piece of explanatory text on the wall, for which thanks go to Ghassan for the translation into Arabic. It reads: "When Ramallah, in Palestine, is put under curfew by the Israeli Army, nobody goes outside for days. The streets look completely deserted. But from a tall building, if you look out over the city, you can sometimes see hundreds of many-coloured kites, flown from the roof-terraces by the children of Ramallah. The children you can see here are flying kites to celebrate the spirit of the people of Dahyeh. Some kites you can see are flying away. These are for the children who are no longer here; they are no longer held down to the Earth".
More photos here.
Posted by marc at 8:03 AM in Stencils |
August 23, 2006
More here.
Posted by marc at 7:26 AM in Stencils |
August 18, 2006
Artist: veggie
Posted by marc at 7:24 AM in Stencils |
August 17, 2006
Chris Cleave is writing a book about Asylum Seekers and is trying to find out who did the stencil above. It was spotted on Old Street in London.
If you are the artist, or knows who is, drop him a note via his website.
Posted by marc at 7:27 AM in Stencils |
August 14, 2006
From Roadsworth:
"did these sunflowers for an installation up at cirque du soleil here in Montreal. the idea is that they move from east to west i.e. they follow the sun. also this giant zipper which we think might just be the biggest zipper ever painted in a parking lot...ever. will have to call Guiness to get confirmation on that one. stay tuned to google earth for satellite images. shout out to the boys from urbanambush.com, Karim and Brian a.k.a. KSILK and 2YOUTH (a.k.a. the "A TEAM") for helping me out with this piece while maintaining a good sense of humour despite some gruelling 17 hour shifts. check their website for some images and anecdotes from a massive Lego construction we did a couple of weeks ago (possibly the biggest painted Lego construction ever-will have to call lego and Guiness on that one).
Posted by marc at 7:17 AM in Stencils |
July 31, 2006
More here.
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July 21, 2006
More here.
Posted by marc at 7:26 AM in Stencils |
July 3, 2006
"I'm from Ecuador (small country in Southamerica) and this is a stencil that i found in a could of weird places in Loja, a small city in the highlands. I think it is a goat with 2 heads,
Edmundo"
Posted by marc at 9:57 AM in Stencils |
June 21, 2006
Artist: Banger
Posted by marc at 9:49 AM in Stencils |
June 16, 2006
Banksy's been on a terror lately, hitting new spots with new work almost every week. Kate snaped a picture of this new piece on Pentonville Road.
Posted by marc at 7:19 AM in Stencils |
June 15, 2006
From Sara comes a link to the work of Ace in Vancouver. We absolutely love the image above.
Posted by marc at 6:28 AM in Stencils |
June 14, 2006
Artist: chics6 crew
URL
Posted by marc at 6:24 AM in Stencils |
June 12, 2006
Gui is an artist from Brazil who does stencil art around the streets and corners of Sao Paulo. This latest piece was done inside the tunnel of a big avenue called Rebouças in Sao Paulo. It´s a baby looking up..
Posted by marc at 7:42 AM in Stencils |
May 30, 2006
Artists:Zmok and Ufo
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May 26, 2006
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May 22, 2006
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May 17, 2006
From Mr. Prvrt:
"Lately I have been working a bit with a couple other Albany, NY heads, Dwell and Unit. The three of us started working on a project together, and decided that while in Motreal, Quebec for the Coldcut show this past weekend, it would be a good time to give it a whirl.
We searched the streets for the spot that smelled most like urine, and decided to leave something behind to piss on. Hope you enjoy it. If you dont...well, go ahead and piss on it."
xoxo
- Mr. Prvrt
Posted by marc at 3:05 AM in Stencils |
May 15, 2006
(Thanks, Eric)
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May 11, 2006
From Pure Evil in London comes a video of one of our favorite artist collectives, the amazing M-City:
I went to the Independent Arts festival in Belgium and hooked up with M-City from near Gdansk, Poland... they had HUNDREDS of HUGE stencils and made a bunch of incredible pieces there, before they drove off to paint Berlin... I was astonished at how good they were and at how much work they put into what they do... Really really impressed.. and we also had a manic session on Polish vodka and did some painting together and swapped artwork... life is sweet..."
You ca see the video here.
Posted by marc at 7:42 AM in Stencils |
May 9, 2006
Artist : DAMI from chics6
Posted by marc at 8:08 AM in Stencils |
May 8, 2006
Artist: Boxi
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May 1, 2006
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April 28, 2006
More from Ananda here.
Posted by marc at 6:52 AM in Stencils |
April 25, 2006
From Roadsworth:
"This is something that was done for earth day here in Quebec. Stayed up all night with a couple of friends painting this apple tree or at least a branch thereof representing the various stages of the tree's development or at least from budding through fruit stages. Not that it would stand up to any kind of botanical rigor but you get the idea. Just as we were applying the final touches, the mayor and other political types including the leader of the Bloc Quebecois (or is it the Parti Quebecois?) showed up to plant a tree and a photo op. I had to pose for the cameras beside one of the trees in question, covered in paint, cracked out from no sleep. While no stranger to the media (here in Quebec it's not hard to get media attention-we've got our own star system here and Cruise and Holmes are not even in the top 50) this was a little much. Can we at least get some makeup over here. I've got snot smeared all over my face and it looks like I've pissed my pants (i didn't though I swear). I was just starting to break the top 100 here in Quebec but I can forget about it now."
Posted by marc at 8:03 AM in Stencils |
April 20, 2006
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April 17, 2006
On Good Friday this stencil, by Maya Deren, was unveiled by St Philip's Church in Cambridge, UK. You can learn more about how the project came to be by clicking here.
Posted by marc at 7:38 AM in Stencils |
Artists: ALTO – CONTRASTE ( HIGH CONTRAST)
Posted by marc at 7:32 AM in Stencils |
April 11, 2006
M-City continues to be one of our favorite art projects. Amongst their recent works is wrapping a glass museum in Warsaw Poland for a street art exhibition. Click here to see a larger panorama.
Posted by marc at 7:33 AM in Stencils |
March 29, 2006
We loved this image by Nick Walker. Simple but powerful.
Posted by marc at 7:13 AM in Stencils |
March 27, 2006
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You can find the latest dirt on Mr Prvrt here
Posted by marc at 7:03 AM in Stencils |
March 22, 2006
From collectivo entre la espada y la pared come these photos from Lima, Peru. In September of last year, eight different stencils were seen depicting images of indigenous women where they are usually invisible/ephemeral presences. They were stencilled all around the Miraflores and San Isidro nieghborhoods of Lima ("the swank white areas").
Posted by marc at 8:30 AM in Stencils |
March 2, 2006
From one of our favorite websites, Fecal Face, comes a link to METABIOTICS which showcases the art of Alexandre Orion in Brazil. The most interesting thing is that his art is no t the stencils themselves, but rather the photographs that he shoots of people as they pass them by. Good stuff indeed
Posted by marc at 10:03 PM in Photography , Stencils |
March 1, 2006
Artists: the playground collective
Posted by marc at 10:35 PM in Stencils |
February 28, 2006
Sam3 in Madrid uses a series of 10 module stencilsof a very long cord to wind his rope through the streets of Madrid. Like an interactive game, Sam3 can wind his rope around the city and adapt it to the specific space playing with the different combinations.
Posted by marc at 7:07 AM in Stencils |
February 17, 2006
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February 16, 2006
After posting the piece yesterday from Stencil Internaional, we received a nice email from the artist of the work, Meggs in Melbourne. The piece above is the full image. You can check out more of his work here and here.
Posted by marc at 3:50 AM in Stencils |
February 6, 2006
Artist: LUNGology
Posted by marc at 8:22 AM in Stencils |
February 3, 2006
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February 1, 2006
From Mantis in London:
"I've been sitting on this stencil for quite a while now and finally decided to get off my ass and do it after seeing the hard hitting 'Still hungry/Taco Bell' paste up on your site the other day. Located in London's Old Street area."
Posted by marc at 8:09 AM in Stencils |
January 31, 2006
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January 30, 2006
Artist: Santiago
Posted by marc at 1:55 PM in Stencils |
January 19, 2006
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January 18, 2006
Recently Faile hit the streets of Amsterdam. Here's some photos of....
Posted by marc at 7:55 AM in Stencils |
January 17, 2006
In the home of intelligent design.
A new perspective by the stenciler
4-1-1 in Lawrence, Kansas
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January 9, 2006
Artist: Tebunie
Posted by marc at 7:58 AM in Stencils |
December 15, 2005
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