Jodie H Shows World Graffiti Art, UK, New York, France
Jodie H Shows World Graffiti Art, UK, New York, France
Jodie has been busting around the world for what seems like forever, and she’s taken some great photos of graffiti and street art along the way. She said we could post some of them for the rest of you to see, which is nice of her.
We’re especially feeling the paste ups from New York, great stuff, and there are some shots from Birmingham (UK), and Paris too.
New York, USA Paste-up art - Keith Haring NY Tribute
New York, USA Paste-up art - McCain
New KA’a Website – Stencil Art From France
New KA’a Website – Stencil Art From France
World Graffiti have loved KA’a for a while, now they have a new website up and it’s full of all their stencil art.
Read the previous posts we did with KA’a.
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art – Portraits and Clothes from Paris, France
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art – Portraits and Clothes from Paris, France
We saw Kim-Lan’s graffiti art portraits on MySpace and it blew us away, some properly wild pieces in Paris, France. So it’s time for World Graffiti to ask her a few questions and show you some pics…
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Kim
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Spray Meuf
WG – Where are you from, and where do you live?
Kim-Lan – I live in Paris in France.
WG – When did you first start painting and what got you interested in it?
Kim-Lan – Drawing has always been my passion but I only started to make graffiti for the past 4 years. I’ve always been fascinated by urban art and hip hop culture.
In my Art School I had some friends older than me who went with me in order to make graffiti, I remember that I made a big character; A half woman tiger.
I make graffiti on walls, it’s more interesting because I love make everything in BIG! Even if I’m little!
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Punk
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Custom Sneakers
WG – What influences your art?
Kim-Lan – Nothing influenced me in particular. Since I was 3 years, I always loved create portraits. This has always been my reason for living.
WG – You seem to love painting portraits of people, how do you choose who to paint?
Kim-Lan – I’m passionate by people and I like to represent them with my way. I’m particularly fascinated by faces with fine lines.
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Tom
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - JLo
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Obama Top
WG – When did you start the clothing line, and how did that happen?
Kim-Lan – I began to personalize my pants and shoes when I was in High School but I did it only for my own pleasure.
Since I posted my graffiti and my own clothes on MySpace many people asked me to personalize their clothes.
So I decided to create my own Worldwide and French shops on the net: It took me several months to create this shop.
But my real dream is to open a Big Store in Paris with all my creations, clothes and shoes. But I need to get rich!
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - king Tshirt
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Michael Jackson
WG – What artists do you like at the moment?
Kim-Lan – I like many Graffitis Artists like Banksy or Banga.
WG – Where is your favourite place for urban art?
Kim-Lan – In skate parks.
WG – Favourite sneakers/shoes?
Kim-Lan – I wear many shoes like Air Force 1 or DC Shoes. Usually I take white shoes that I custom myself 
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Custom Sneakers
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Graffiti-Tom
WG – What music do you listen to right now?
Kim-Lan – I listen to lots of different music, I like many styles of Hip-Hop, Reggae, R’n'B, Rock. I also love Japanese songs like “Jasmine – No more”.
Kim-Lan Graffiti Art - Aaliyah
Thanks loads to Kim-Lan for talking to us, check out her MySpace, there is some pretty wild graff on there.
Here is some more urban art from France by KA’a (Krupion Collective).
KA’a Toulouse (France) Stencil Art and Graffiti Wall Update – Krupion Collective
KA’a Toulouse (France) Stencil Art and Graffiti Wall Update – Krupion Collective
KA’a have been busy busy recently, with a visit to the surprise urban art hub Singapore and a trip to Melbourne, Australia. We’ll keep you up to date with the new stencil art and graffiti from KA’a and Krupion Collective.
Below is a huge stencil art and graffiti wall done in Toulouse, France by Krupion Collective and KA’a (tattoo woman), I’ve broken it down into pieces so you can see the detail. It’s a pretty amazing wall.
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
We have a few previous posts of KA’a stencil art, and an interview with them!
Bomb IT Graffiti Documentary – Interview with Jon Reiss – Watch Full Doc Now!
Bomb IT Graffiti Documentary – Interview with Jon Reiss – Watch Full Doc Now!
Graffiti van
Sao Paulo, Brazil Pixacao Tags
‘Bomb IT’ is a new graffiti and urban art documentary from director Jon Reiss, it looks at a broad range of urban art from the likes of Brazil’s Os Gemeos, COPE2 from NY, stencil legend Blek le Rat and a load more legends from all over the world.
World Graffiti Urban Art has an interview with Jon Reiss, the trailers to the movie and the links to watch the ‘BOMB IT’ Graffiti Documentary totally free on Babelgum.com, see below. Really, it’s free and it’s AWESOME!
It’s one of the best graffiti and urban art documentary films we’ve seen, covering exciting graff scenes from as far as South Africa and Brazil. The Brazil coverage is particularly facinating, as they follow pixador artists around Sao Paulo and meet a sewer artist who reveals some pretty heart-breaking scenes.
Pixador graff artist climbs billboard - Sau Paulo, Brazil
The doc is also full of some of the sickest new and old urban art around and even the most hardcore writer will learn something new about the different graffiti scenes around the world.
The full-length documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and has screened at over 20 other festivals including Full Frame Doc Fest, is available to watch on Babelgum’s Metropolis Channel, which is dedicated to showcasing videos about art, urban culture and trends.
MICKEY - Holland (Amsterdam) Graffiti Art
Named one of Daily Variety’s “Ten Digital Directors To Watch” John Reiss’s BOMB IT tells the story of graffiti through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action following the movement as it paints the globe from Paris to Sao Paolo and Los Angeles to Cape Town. Featuring old school legends and current favorites such as Taki 183, Cornbread, Stay High 149, T-Kid, Cope 2, Zephyr, Revs, Os Gemeos, KET, Chino, Shepard Fairey, Revok, and Mear One. This cutting edge documentary tracks down today’s most innovative and pervasive street artists as they battle for control over the urban visual landscape.
Check out the trailers below, and an interview with the director Jon Reiss as he talks to World Graffiti about the making of the documentary.
Bomb It: Trailer – No. 1
Q : so how did you hook up with Cornbread? You agree that he’s the first graff writer?
A: We already had at the time a very good relationship with Pose 2 who in turn introduced us to Cornbread. He is one of the first modern graff writers – Cornbread even refers to a freeway writer who was working in the 50s. But for me graff goes back to the birth of human consciousness.
ICE - South Africa Graffiti
Blek le Rat interview - France Stencil and Paste-Up Art
People have been wanting to write on walls since that had something to write with and on! It will continue until we kill ourselves off. Go to Italy – even though there are a lot of writers there – much of the graff in the streets is either political or amourous. People need to express themselves in public.
Q: How long did it take to make the documentary?
A: Started 5 years ago – Bomb IT took three years but its been 2 years in the distribution. The project is expanding not only with the episodes on Babelgum, but we will eventually cut 4-6 more films from our 400 hours of footage. Bomb IT: Sao Paulo is 1/2 way done. NY and LA are in progress.
Bomb It: Urban Trailer – No. 2
Q: Most interesting/weirdest featured artist?
A: Never going to pick favorites – you should know that – all the others will be hating on me.
Q: The gang world and graff world are intertwined in many people’s minds, can the 2 be separated? Do you think the gang connection made by the general public hurts the urban art scene?
A: The link between gangs and graff is mostly established by the media. Even the NYC Vandal Squad laughs at the concept that writers are in gangs. However there are stronger links between gangs and graff in a couple of cities – like LA where some writers have done some things that help the media in their cause to link the two – unfortunately. Education is the best bet – part of the reason I made Bomb It, so that people could understand and appreciate the many many faces of graff.
Q: What’s your favourite graffiti decade? 70s 80s etc?
A: NOW!
Q: Tell me a bit about you, you always been into graff?
A: Nope. Fell into it – a DJ from my film Better Living Through Circuitry introduced me to Sharp and 2ESAE on a trip to NY. Two things hooked me in those meeting – the intelligence and depth of the culture, and the nocturnal run that 2EASE took me out on.
Q: Whats your opinion of the ‘broken window’ theory, that graff leads ultimately to more crime & urban decay?
A: I think my opinion is reflected in the film. As Tkid says “whose quality of life?”.
Q: What was your favourite part of making a documentary like this?
A: Getting people to appreciate a culture that they used to hate.
Bomb It: Worldwide Trailer – No. 3
Q: it was cool you went to Cape Town, great to see some African writers, not usually featured in docs. Totally different style of writing too, you liked it there?
A: Cape Town is amazing! Love it – really generous people.
Q: Do you find yourself looking around for art when you walk around?
A: All the time. Once you start – you can’t stop.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FULL GRAFFITI DOCUMENTARY ‘BOMB IT!’ FREE ON BABELGUM.COM!
You can also watch clips from the film, find your favourite artists…
Thanks very much to Jon for answering my questions, go check out the film, I can’t recommend it enough.
In addition to premiering the full-length documentary film online, Babelgum is debuting exclusive shorts produced for Babelgum by director John Reiss. The pieces spotlight renowned graffiti artists both new and as seen in the film available to view now.
Here are more graffiti videos on World-Graffiti.com.
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
Fresh Stencil Art Photos by KA’a (France) – France Street Art
Fresh Stencil Art Photos by KA’a (France)
Check out these great looking photos of stencils by KA’a, painting out of France. The second one was done in Toulouse, looks awesome. They’ve got some other exciting projects coming soon including an animated street art mini-zine, more news when it’s available.
KA'a Stencil Art - Tattoo Woman - Female tattoo artist tattooing in the traditional manner
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
KA'a Stencil Art - Traditional Tattoo Woman - In the centre of toulouse, painted with two other artists Kaput and Zefa
Check out this previous KA’a post to see more of their unique art, or the first time we featured them. Or how about the World Graffiti Urban Art Top 50 Photos Part 1.
50 Awesome World Graffiti Urban Art Photos – Part 1
50 Awesome World Graffiti Urban Art Photos – Part 1
The site has been up in for 8 months now and I’ve been lucky enough to find or be sent some really awesome graffiti and street art from around the world.
So I’ve picked out my 50 favourite graffiti, street art, poster and stencil art photos from all the 2009 posts so far! Hope you like them, they’re my favourites but it’s all subjective I guess. Part 2 coming soon (another 50 of my favourites).
Loads of these have been sent in by kind people so thanks again to the contributors (credited below).
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- Leake Street, London, UK
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- Leake Street, London, UK
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- Leake Street, London, UK
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- Scratchadelia, London, UK – Grand Master flash
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- Walthamstow Canal, London, UK
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- Walthamstow Canal, London, UK
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- Walthamstow Canal, London, UK
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- Walthamstow Canal, London, UK
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- Millwall, London, UK
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland)
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland) – MIKEY
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland) – SWED
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland) – DISH
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland)
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland)
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland)
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland)
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland)
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- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland)
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- New York, USA – Keith Haring tribute
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- New York, USA
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- New York, USA
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- New York, USA – Nick Walker
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- Sao Paulo, Brazil – GUI
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- Brighton, UK
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- Brighton, UK
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- Brighton, UK
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- Brighton, UK
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- Brighton, UK
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- Brighton, UK
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- Sao Paulo, Brazil – GUI
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- Sao Paulo, Brazil – JONS & GUI
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- London, UK – ID-IOM
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- Pisa, Italy – Sent in by Tommaso S
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- Xcolor Exhibition, Japan 2005 – Sent in by OIVAE
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- Japan – PEACEMAN – Sent in by OIVAE
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- Japan – Sent in by OIVAE
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- Japan – Sent in by OIVAE
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- Sao Paulo, Brazil – JONS
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- Sao Paulo, Brazil – JONS
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- France – KA’a
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- France – KA’a & Krupion Collective
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- Island of Lesbos, Greece – Sent in by Pete N
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- Old Street, London, UK – Oscar The Grouch
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- Old Street, London, UK
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- Watford, London – The Boom Bus
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- Walthamstow Canal, London
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- Walthamstow Canal, London
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- Walthamstow Canal, London
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- Walthamstow Canal, London
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
Thanks to @DefHi, Heather C, OIVAE, GUI, Bret McNee (Riot For Quiet), Pete N, Sara SN.
Video Game Graffiti Art (Part 2)
Yup More Video Game Graffiti Art (Part 2)
Guest post by Jerry (find him on twitter).
This time round we’re taking a look at graffiti art inspired by video gaming, rather than graffiti actually in the game play (see part 1). We’ll pull out some more in-game shots for a 3rd post next time!
Mario, Sonic, Donkey Kong…
Montreal Mario graffiti – and Luigi Vuitton (in small white letters):
A menacing Mario. Location: Unknown.
Mario mushroom graffiti that popped up in Be’er-Sheva, Israel:
Bo-bombs spotted in Philadelphia, style!!! Could make a good wallpaper…
Crash Bandicoot and Sonic graffiti – this one comes from the Bronx, New York – I always preferred Mario though…
San Francisco’s SoMa area shows off Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pacman ghosts, you name it!
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
Another Donkey Kong one! Kinky Kong from Granada, Spain.
Video game graffiti – Space Invader from Lille, France
Consoles & Graffiti
Great stuff, personalised case/ face plate for the ol’ Xbox 360, we need more of these!
Wii graffiti – a student at Bauhas University (Weimar, Germany) made this prototype for the Wii:
Sony PSP graffiti - back in 2005, Sony started adding some graffiti to promote their PlayStation Portable. Apparently Sony paid owners of buildings a fee to ‘advertise’. Locations included NYC, LA, Chicago, San Francisco and Philadelphia.
It became interesting when the people revolted, some good examples:
Huge thanks to:
http://www.woostercollective.com (legendary street art site)
http://geekadelphia.com/ (really cool site for Philly but got loads of generally interesting goodness, check it!)
Peter N for the Lille photo
http://durhamregion.typepad.com/pressing_buttons/2007/09/index.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genex/2396067983/
http://kin37ik.deviantart.com/art/Graffiti-on-Xbox-360-WIP-2-123320941
http://www.slipperybrick.com/2008/06/wiispray-wiimote-becomes-graffiti-spray-can/
http://teknology.bloggum.com/yazilar/tag/wii/
Check out the previous graffiti video game post! Also, I’ve added a new ARCHIVES section to the site, have a play and check out World Graffiti’s older posts, there is loads of good stuff in there. Somewhere.
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
Scratchadelia – Hip Hop Inspired Urban Art from Marseille/Paris/London
Scratchadelia – Hip Hop Inspired Urban Art
Got an bit of an interview with Scratchadelia today! Their urban art has a wicked hip hop flavour and a pretty unique look, with lighting being an integral part of the art.
They’re a confident pair too, good on ‘em.
Kid Koala Eating Vinyl
Scratchadelia have got a solo show on at THE DALSTON SUPERSTORE until August 2nd 2009, get down there while you can!
Let’s get to it then…
WG – How many of you are there, just you or are you a group? Where are you based?
Scratchadelia – We ain’t a crew or collective. We are 2, my brother Kass (Paris) and me (London) – originally from Marseille, but soon it’s gonna be a movement like graffiti…
Grand Master Flash
WG – Have you been doing this style of art for long?
Scratchadelia – Since mid-90’s on Buses, Trains, Streets and 2003 on the wallpaper.
WG – How did you start getting into this style of art?
Scratchadelia – At school, on the wood desk.
Actually maybe earlier, u know when u are a kid u scratch everything u can and I remember that when I was about 3/5 years old, I scratched my gran mother’s table with the fork… She was so p*ssed off !!! She never gave me back a fork and/or a knife, only spoon. True story 
Don't Think n Keep Walkin
WG – Are there any artists out there at the moment that inspire you or that you enjoy?
Scratchadelia – The inspiration for the WE SCRATCH THE DALSTON SUPERSTORE SHOW
Jasper Goodall (Tigress, Bad Bambi), @tmccool ( unknown artist from Twitter) for the Money Lisa.
But right now, not really… it’s quite boring, everybody do the same stuff…
Everybody wants to be an artist nowdays…
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
Don't Make Them Arrest U
WG – What are your main influences when choosing subjects to do pieces on?
Scratchadelia – We don’t really have a main influence, everything is inspiration for us.
For an exhibition: the venue, the people, we try to create an energy there.
For us: our thoughts, fantasies, what we want to touch, we play with the repetition of common/daily pictures/photos you see in magazines/advertisement/TV/movies/Life
DJ Qbert
WG – What music you into at the moment?
Scratchadelia – Hip Hop 4 ever
WG – How long does it take to do a piece usually?
Scratchadelia – Depends what we scratch (letters/word, portrait, scene,…) and how big it is.
WG – What sort of materials/equipment do you use?
Scratchadelia – JOKER (WG – Not giving anything away then!)
Who's Bad?- aka Bad Bambi Jasper Goodall - 2009
Short and sweet. They’re all over the place online, you can join their Facebook group and see their latest art (more to come soon) – SCRATCHADELIA Fan page.
Find them on MySpace (Sick Deltron tune on there too…) or on Twitter – @scratchadelia.
Cheers to Scratchadelia for taking the time out to talk!
Check out more hip hop inspired art from The Signtologist, or this stencil art from KA’a.
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
French graffiti and Urban Art from KA’a – Kirsty and Mathieu (Le krupion Collective)
French Graffiti and Urban Art from KA’a – Kirsty and Mathieu (Le Krupion Collective)
It’s official, French graffiti and urban art is awesome. And I’m sure most of you knew that already, but I’m repeating it because that makes it official (it’s been a long day, leave me alone).
The KA’a (artists Kirsty and Mathieu, Le Krupion Collective – hailing from France, near the Pyrenees) haven’t been around too long (shout at me if I’m wrong…) but their awesome mix of stencil art, graffiti and more traditional painting styles (they use ink, oil, graphite and more) blew me away when i saw their stuff.
I’m gonna keep bugging them for more stencil graff to post cos I reckon their art is really exciting, so check back for more French graffiti and urban art shots…
They take stencil art and add another level to it I think, a new depth and texture that isn’t in so much stencil art around at the moment.
Their art crosses between the fantasy world and urban world (that’s their words), and I think it works so well.
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
You can see more from KA’a – Kirsty and Mathieu (Le Krupion Collective) on their MySpace, which is full of SICK urban art and graffiti-influenced pieces. Well worth a look, honestly. The Roast Beef loves them!
Take a look at the new KA’a post, with more art from Krupion Collective…
There should be some good things to come, got some great bits from Sydney, Oz from @defhi (twitter) which I’m looking forward too. Also more from Japan and some stunning stuff from Granada, Spain. If you’ve got any French graffiti photos that you want featured then let me know, cheers.
Graffiti Shows – TAG Exhibition 2009 – Paris, France
2009 is shaping up to be a cracker for urban art exhibitions and graffiti shows. We’ve got some awesome graff photos from Ed Bartlett who visited the show in Paris, France last week. It’s still on until this weekend (up to April 12th), if you can get there, do it!
You can see loads more at Ed’s Flickr account, take a look people.
Graffiti Shows - TAG Urban Art Exhibition 2009, Paris France - copyright Ed Bartlett
Graffiti Shows -TAG Urban Art Exhibition 2009, Paris France - copyright Ed Bartlett
These are sick! Graffiti Shows - TAG Urban Art Exhibition 2009, Paris France - copyright Ed Bartlett
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
Graffiti Shows - TAG Urban Art Exhibition 2009, Paris France - copyright Ed Bartlett
Graffiti Shows - TAG Urban Art Exhibition 2009, Paris France - copyright Ed Bartlett
Check out Ed’s other great graffiti and urban art photos, or follow him on Twitter.
We’ll put coverage of other graffiti shows that are happening this year so come back and check on progress. Also, take a look at the Secret Wars indoor graffiti competition 2008 post, in London England.
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
Light Graffiti Art
There is some amazing light graffiti art out there at the moment, but how does it work? You need a bunch of different types of lights and a decent camera and tripod, set the exposure at 10-30 seconds then get drawing! You’ll need to adjust for background light by closing the aperture.
Check out Tristan Savatier’s FC Crew light graffiti photos from a rave in Paris, France – too sick.
Dark Flair has some great light graffiti photos.
Awesome light graffiti photo from Dark Flair
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
These two by art_rebel are awesome, taken in Chelmsford, UK apparently.
Light graffiti, UK
Light graffiti, UK
Mukalua’s Flickr has this amazing photo, it’s perfect I reckon.
Mukalua's light graffiti
What do you think of light graffiti, just a gimick or wicked?
Also, check out this cool Rotterdam laser graffiti video, it’s awesome.
Check out these awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…
World/European Graffiti Photos
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I’ve not been so great with posting this week for various reasons, but here are some nice Euro graffiti photos, from Amsterdam, Switzerland and Paris. I’ll be visiting Switzerland next week on a train graffiti hunt, should be some great pics to come!
Amsterdam graffiti 2007
Amsterdam graffiti 2007
Amsterdam graffiti 2007
Paris 2006 (I think it was 2006) – found this on the side of an old building in the Latin quarter, not the best photo in the world but the art is great, a crazy mix of styles.
Geneva Switzerland 2007 graffiti, photo taken from a moving train, hence the warped image. Still, ace wall! I like the respect that each artist shows for the other artists pieces.
Lots of fresh Switzerland graffiti to come over the next 2 weeks… Thems Swiss, they loves the hip hop, they loves sick graffiti.
Crazy French Style Art/Graffiti – Cork, Ireland
I guess it’s not graffiti as such, it was on the side of a building in Cork, Ireland I believe. Looked pretty cool i thought, kind of classy but sleazy.
