John Wiley & Sons, the publishers responsible for putting out those ‘For Dummies‘ series of books, sent a legal warning to the graffiti-based Smart Crew, claiming they’re infringing on the company’s trademark with this obvious parody painted on the side of a box truck in NYC. Read the full, sternly-worded letter below threatening legal action if the truck isn’t buffed. Read more »
Check out the Canada Post’s new mail boxes that were designed to dissuade graffiti writers by way of aggressive, all over print graphics. Will it work? Probably not, but it should be interesting to see the visual mess this collaboration causes. |The Star|
Arrested Motion’s visit to Kevin Cyr’s Brooklyn studio brings a peak at what to be exported from NY to SF for his “Temporal Spaces” exhibition with Jessica Hess at White Walls. Cyr’s detailed paintings of “derelict service vehicles, bombed with graffiti” and Hess’s intricate oil paintings of graffiti covered industrial sites separately explore “decay and abandonment in urban environments.” Sweet. So… who wants to invite us for a studio visit?
“Temporal Spaces,” Kevin Cyr and Jessica Hess, mar 6 – Mar 27, White Walls, San Fransisco
Graffiti writers bombed the outside of the Art Institute of Chicago, leaving a trail of aerosol carnage over 50 feet long on exterior of the Modern Wing. Workers did their best to remove the paint on Monday. A spokesman for the museum said the entire incident was caught on tape and it took them about 20-30 minutes. Read more »
While I’d love to pen a eulogy for the recently buffed REVS and COST graffiti that has adorned a massive wall above the High Line for time immemorial and rant about gentrification etc., there’s no need: it’s graffiti! Be happy that it lasted this long and hope the dynamic duo return to displace all the tidiness. |VanishingNY via Gothamist|
Before photo: niznoz / After photo: VanishingNY
Rochester’s The Sweetmeat Co. created an art piece depicting female graffiti pioneer LADY PINK as a saint that was based in part on a NYC subway photo taken by Martha Cooper back in 1982. And while she normally doesn’t like when people use her work without her permission, in this case, is more than willing to absolve the artists of her wrath. Compare with the original photograph below. Read more »
In what has to be one of the dumbest acts of vandalism ever committed, a 22-year-old man was busted for allegedly etching a glass door inside the city hall of a LA suburb while being observed by “over 100 sheriff’s deputies and police officers attending a law enforcement training class,” according to the arrest report (PDF doc). Read more »
A graffiti writer gone rogue? Vandal with Down Syndrome? At this point, it’s too early to tell, but whoever he is (not likely a she), the word’s getting out on the streets of NYC and in the subways. Update: Jim Joe speaks—in the comments—here’s his website.
Photos: ANIMALNewYork
Lots of people in Vancouver are very excited about the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics and then there’s the vandals. See what else they’ve been saying.
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