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Artist Hangs a “Banker” in Miami

Marina Galperina — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:30:41 +0000

Internationally travled street artist ABOVE has outfitted a mannequin in classic yuppie attire, bagged his head and hung him above his Occupy Wall Street-themed mural in Wynwood, Miami. There he sways, briefcase dribbling dollar bills, over I-95, inscribed below with “Give a Wall St. banker enough rope and he will hang himself.” Grizzly. Looks more like an execution than a suicide, we’d say. Is there any way to make this more disturbing? Yes. Fox News has cropped the context out for you, because “This Is NOT Art … It Is Sick.” Obviously, it cannot be both.

Can You Decipher This Street Art?

Bucky Turco — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:00:45 +0000

Street artist ABOVE doesn’t want to explain his latest installation on the streets of Paris, he wants you to decide, so please leave us your best theories below. I still can’t figure it out, but assume it has to do with France hating Muslims or something.

Street Art Illustrates Lawlessness that Banksy’s Illegal Work Causes

Bucky Turco — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:28:32 +0000

Nowadays, when a Banksy piece goes up, it’s either defaced or more likely, stolen and fellow street artist ABOVE finds the latter somewhat ironic: “The artist paints illegally with spray cans on a wall, while the thieves jack hammer and chip off illegally painted walls, illegally.” It’s the inspiration for his latest piece in Paris that speaks to both these unlawful outcomes. Video of the process below.

Stars Hanged In Hollywood

Bucky Turco — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:40:17 +0000

For his latest intervention, street artist and world traveler, Above, hit Hollywood and gave Los Angeles what it cherishes most: celebrities. He strung up 100 “Movie Star Arrow Mobiles” featuring the faces of famous people, both dead and alive.

ABOVE Builds Bridges In Berlin

Will Sherman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:56:58 +0000

After baring it all at a public shower in Copenhagen, street artist ABOVE continues his European tour with a stop to “Bridge the Divide” in Berlin. Using stencils and a spare hand, the traveling artist installed his latest piece at the Berlin Wall: an arm extending a bouquet as a “gesture of unity” between the two sides of the barrier that fell 20 years ago. Video of the tourist trapping installation and giant roller action below.

ABOVE Bares ‘Naked Truth’ In Copenhagen

Will Sherman — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:04:02 +0000

Street artist ABOVE is kicking off a new European tour in Copenhagen, where he’s installed his latest work, “The Naked Truth.” With stencils and bathroom hardware the globe-trotting artist turned a piece of fencing into a revealing display. See the video after the jump and the photos above for a peek behind ABOVE’s curtain.

ABOVE Reflects, Releases New Prints

Will Sherman — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:30:58 +0000

Street artivist ABOVE, released these new “Union Jack Arrows” prints which feature some locally-inspired work he painted on the streets of London during a 14-country tour of Europe in 2005. “We think this prints image and reflection transforms the already good looking UNION JACK motif transform into something mesmerizing,” he writes of the 7-color hand pulled print, which comes as a 70 print edition in traditional red and blue, as well as a 20 print “special edition” in orange and green.

Easter From ‘ABOVE’

Bucky Turco — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:58:06 +0000

Street artivist ABOVE does a illustrious job depicting the greed and overall evilness of insurance giant AIG, recipient of the largest chunk of federal corporate welfare ever, in this new “Easter AIG Hunt” piece. As you can see, not only will they squeeze as much money from American tax payers as they can and then dole it out to under performing executives, but they’ll also hoard all the Easter eggs from the kids too. See the video with closeups and supporting commentary after the jump.

ABOVE is “Giving To the Poor

ANIMAL — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:05:52 +0000

World traveling public painter, ABOVE, released this new “Giving To the Poor Print,” which uses Robin Hood-like imagery from work he did on the streets of Portugal. He was particularly struck by a homeless women that would post up right near an ATM and beg for money as the well to do would take money out. The giclee print is limited to an edition of 250, comes signed/numbered and 100% of all profits will be donated to homeless shelters that don’t force people to read the bible before supply them with soup and bread. Had this been the U.S. edition the guy in the ski mask would be the Treasury Department and the money would be flowing the other way. Click HERE for purchasing info.

ABOVE’s SouthCentral Tour: Part 3

ANIMAL — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:00:34 +0000

This past year public street painter ABOVE went on a SouthCentral Tour—no not LA. This video clip is part 3 of that mission, which included beautifying Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Columbia, Guatemala. If you haven’t seen parts 1 and 2 click over. Still interested? He’s even got signature arrow styled prints for sale.