That’s right, free art by Adam Neate around London! For those of you who don’t know, here’s a little background info on the street artist.

Adam began his career painting on old bits of cardboard, wood etc, literally anything he could get his hands on. What initially began as painting to the requests of his friends, evolved into what Adam is renowned for the concept of free art. With the discarded wood and cardboard he painted on, Adam would return his finished works to the same spots, leaving them for anyone who came upon them. If they liked what they saw, they could literally walk away with it.

“I already had a house full of paintings, so I thought it would be funny to leave them hanging
on nails, or leaning against lampposts in the streets, they looked really surreal.”

The Source

Remember this colaboration between Blu and JR last year? Well, it’s being touched up. Good to know.

By Armsrock.

… LITERALLY! THESE HAVE GOT TO BE THE BEST MOTHER FUCKING SCULPTURES I’VE SEEN, EVER! It’s so bloody inspirational, makes me want to stop posting and start drawing. One of the best discoveries of random surfing, ever! I am so inspired to just do shit now. I am going to stop talking like a looney now and go back to looking at this. Goodbye for now…

Oh… work by Kris Kuksi.

Eltono’s been busy in Mexico. Here’s a nice explanation on this last installation:-

On Sunday, we organized an event on the beach front. My Contratistas friend Screw and I improvised an interactive installation with some typical bricks we found around the corner! We were amazed by the result and how the people played with the piece all night long- Eltono

Last friday saw the launch of No Comply 2008 in Melbourne. If you are in Melbourne or in and around that area, I would say that you HAVE TO head on down there. Here’s some pictures of what you’ll see at the event. Click on the images, they expend a whole lot more and you’d be able to see a lot of detail. Test your street art knowledge, how many of these decks artists do you recognize? All images graciously hosted by Nice Produce.

F’kn Awesome! Meggs on the left [spidey] and Sheone on the right. Image stolen from here.

I don’t know how I missed this, my two favorite collaborative artists being interviewed. It’s a nice interview by OnPoint in regards to how they work, when they work, why they work… and so forth.

I can’t read this, but for those of you who can…

Toro I: aguatinta, aguafuerte y puntaseca
Plancha de cobre de 50 x 50 cm
Edición de 12
Papel Zercal 230gr
Firmado y estampado por el autor

*pincha en la imagen para ver más detalles

If you are interested to purchase, agency.urban.sub(at)gmail(dot)com

New work by Faile is currently on show in London, from Nov 7th to 16th only at Lilian Baylis Old School. Click here for the map. Don’t miss it if you are up in London!

Kid Acne in East London. He’s been busy. Word is there’s more to come all over the world. That’s good news for us.

Show & Tell Gallery and Red Bull 381 Projects are pleased to announce a large-scale, site-specific collaborative installation by fauxreel and Specter. The project focuses on the state of decay in the city and the gentrified frenzy of urban change as the artists recreate a to-scale neighborhood of abandoned storefronts and dilapidated structures from Toronto’s cityscape complete with a bus shelter, billboard and other city infrastructure. Oh, and the dynamic Wooster Collective couple [my heroes] will be there for a talk too! Don’t miss this!

GRAND OPENING
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7, 7 - 11PM
39 LISGAR ST. (South Of Queen St.)

WOOSTER COLLECTIVE LECTURE
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8, 7 - 10PM
381 QUEEN ST. WEST
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, so arrive early.

Part of Rebellion #1: Flying Förtress
128 pages
by C100, published by Publikat

price: 14,90 Euro

Graffiti, Teddy Troops on walls, stickers, posters, painted walls, trade fair, Teddy Troops, artworks, spray cans, clothes, T-Shirt designs, customized Troopers, exhibitions, collaborations with other artists like Dave the Chimp, The London Police and many more, art, posters, big interview, illustrations, designs for Stüssy, Fenchurch, RockawayBear, 667, Hessenmob, illustrations for magazines, record sleeves,…
Just FF.

Available now at Rockaway Bear.

Vans x Dave The Chimp Launch

Very interesting commentaries from Elbow Toe. Video by JetSet Graffiti.

The images here are finished prototypes of Nakanari a.k.a. Tony Shiau’s high profile custom vinyl release. For those of you who don’t already know him, he’s been in and around the custom vinyl industry for years, and he had previously released the plush version of this very popular toy [see below].

produced by kuso vinyl
releasing date: early 2009
figs 8 inch tall
4 accessories( scarf, katana,2 shurikens)
6 articulation point , head,arm,head, bending tails
package:bento box

color way:still secret. but will be few coming exclusively in 2009

Vote for PMH here.

I gotta say, I’ve been having the same thought.

Excerpts from Dave The Chimp’s blog.

no, really, it is.

does nobody have anything interesting to say any more?

If I see one more mash-up of comic books with company logos and distorted comic book characters I’ll puke

I’m so clever - I put three eyes on Mickey Mouse and made Snow White look like a porn star!

yawn

Q: so, why do you attack Disney characters Mr. Artist?

A: Don’t you know Walt Disney supported the Nazi party???

and? so what? he also created joy for millions of children and inspired hundreds of thousands to draw comics, create movies, make art. so what if his political leanings were dubious. Do you know how many writers and artists and directors and inventors and doctors and scientists, people that have done great things, have supported political parties that later turned out to be shit? most of them. because ALL political parties end up being shit, that’s the nature of power - it corrupts. get over it.

pictured above is the only thing that ever needs to be said about Disney. end of story.

NEXT

If I see one more painting of your two dimensional character that has nothing to say and doesn’t actually do anything I’ll pour bleach in my eyes.

I picked up a Calvin and Hobbes comic earlier at a friends place. man, each frame has so much life - the characters have movement and expression, they explode out of the page, reflect the crazy, creative world of children, of fantasies, of dreams. pour out emotions and feelings.

And it’s just a dumb cartoon that’s in the newspaper, tomorrows trash.

So why the fuck do I need to see 50 different versions of your character in different colour combinations, when there’s more expression of human emotion in one dumb throw-away comic strip?

Fucking step up! SAY something! damn…

NEXT

If I see one more sub-standard Banksy style ‘political’ stencil which actually has nothing to say, or stencil of a persons face, I will throw myself under a train.

Anyone with a computer can print out a photo and make it into a stencil. You wanna make a portrait? then sit down with a model and draw a picture of them. better still, paint it in oils, make it feel alive, show emotion, show the spark that makes humans what we are - then I’ll be impressed.

You wanna be political? then fucking DO something. stand up and say something. if you’re anti the war in Iraq then camp outside Parliament for a year in the freezing wind and pissing rain. don’t stencil up a soldier with a Ford logo on his helmet and expect to change the world. how is that gonna change things when the tv shows children with their limbs blown off, kids ripped in two, and nothing changes. you really think your screen print of a gun with a flower in the end is gonna change things when the sobbing face of a human who just lost everyone he loves doesn’t touch a single one of us?

fuck.

Hobnox