TAG: art

Mar11

Video: Madsteez “Making the Difference” (Video)

Talented artist conquers contestable feat, even for him. 

So how much could you get done in six days? Laundry? Dishes? Could you call that girl who’s number you got this past weekend that you’ve been dying to call?

Probably not, huh?

Well, California-based artist Madsteez, also known as Mark Paul Deren, painted an 80ft x 30ft mural on the rooftop of the Ricardo Montalban Theater on Hollywood and Vine in downtown LA. Try completing that in six days.

The famous artist who has done work for companies like Honda, Target, MCA Records and even Nike, with whom he currently is collaborating with, creating a signature shoe series called STINKWEEN, seemed to out-do himself with his latest work, titled “Make the Difference.” He claims that this Nike-sponsored piece was “one of my most proud pieces I’ve ever created.”

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Mar05

Manifest Equality Gallery Opening – 3.3.10 (Los Angeles)

The fight for equality is the struggle of this generation whether coming in the guise of free healthcare for all or marriage equality. Within this backdrop the minds behind the Manifest Hope exhibits that surrounded the Obama campaign have created Manifest Equality to shine some light on the important issue of marriage equality within the US. Converting a Big Lots into a massive urban interactive art installation in the heart of Hollywood was a major feat, and the resulting exhibit was indeed a manifestation of the hopes and dreams of those who have been denied the right to love openly by their own government.

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Mar04

Banksy Vs. Robbo – The Battle Has Begun and Why You Should Pay Attention

We might be headed into some new found territory in the street art world.  You may have read in the last two months about a little tit for tat going on in London involving these two and a 25 year graf piece hidden away under London streets on a canal wall in Camden. We are used to graf artists battling over sides of town, trains, and great mural spots everywhere in the world.  Hell you can even find the battles splashed across the pages of magazines in your local shop these days.

This is different though.

On one hand you have the humble well established graf artist from way back in the day.  The other hand holds the political stencil writer cum gallery artist who, as it just so happens, has a bit more credit to his name and not just on …

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Feb22

Win A Limited Edition Anthony Malzone Lithograph of Prince!

URB.com is proud to host an exclusive giveaway of  “Enlightened” a signed and numbered print by Anthony Malzone, valued at $1,000 and offered exclusively by the San Francisco Art Exchange. …MORE

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Feb15

Live Review – St. Vincent @ the El Rey Theater (Video)

2/10/2010, the El Rey was sold out. Never seen that happen, and the nicest people had the most minimalist reactions to being denied tickets at the door. Like a almost silent and somber collective “Oh-kay” was the exact same from every person no matter tattoos and medium imitation leather jacket or not. (The ticket scalpers cleaned house that night and I wonder how the merchandise did.) It was all thanks to Annie Clark aka St. Vincent, whose brand of entertainment is the first I’ve seen in sometime that is so much more than entertaining. It’s mesmerizing. The followers and fans in attendance stood in awe, like cardboard cut-out silhouettes in between multi-colored spotlights from the stage. Song after song, the content changed, the mood, tempo, instruments, genre & the perfectionism remained. I was not familiar with her work prior to this show and came late last minute. I would equate her to a Joni Mitchell and Bjork hybrid for a new generation of music fans, eager to discover their own bonafide fame monster. Openers from Switzerland “Wild Birds & Peace Drums” were also nothing short of dream-like and nostalgic while remaining a similar forward thinking audience to Ms. Clark.

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Feb10

Book Review: Street Artists The Complete Guide

Everything you need to know about Street Art history.

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