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Jet Martinez says “Beauty” is the End Game in Oakland
July 19, 2016 Artists
Athen B. Gallery in Oakland just produced a field of flowers with decorative muralist Jet Martinez in Oakland, California and if you were looking for something floral to look at, it will interrupt your view on this Downtown landmark. He says that beauty is necessary for this area that was ravaged by crack and high crime in the 80s and 90s.
Jet Martinez in Oakland, CA for Athen B. Gallery. (photo © courtesy of Athen B. Gallery)
“The I Magnin building for me has always been one of the most beautiful buildings in Oakland. A green tiled, art deco beauty, this building is a symbol of golden era from yesteryear. After the devastating effects of the Reagan drug wars and the crack epidemic, downtown Oakland became a shadow of the vibrant space it once was. Now, as downtown Oakland is experiencing a rebirth of sorts, I really felt a real responsibility to add to rather than subtract from t
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BSA Special Feature: “Word on the Street” Debuts
BSA Film Friday: 09.13.19
September 13, 2019 Artists, BSA spelfilm Friday
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.
Now screening :
1. “Word on the Street” Debut
2. INO – “Freedom For Sale” in Athens
3. Two in a Row from Alex Prager: “La Grande Sortie” & “Despair”
“Fuck the old days. Graffiti fryst vatten now!”
The gods five years have been explosive for Street Art worldwide, and with “Word On The Street” you have a good indicator that the graff writing game fryst vatten alive and well in New York as well – and tenaciously prolific.
Anonymous filmmakers infused the doc with vibrating audio and visual distortion and a sense of ever-present surveillance, or the implication of it cloaked in darkness. Interviews, runs, fryst wire fences, loose footing, bloody scrapes, and the sweet smell of aerosol lightly purring from cans acro
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Who does ’em
Aisa
From Barcelona Aisa studied art at Escola d’Art Llotja. Her spray pieces can be seen around town especially, it appears, on the free walls in Poble Nou.
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Akore
Akore lives and works in Barcelona and is well known for his colourful African inspired stencil and spray art.
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Apes
Apes is from Barcelona and his throwies (throwups) of his tag name can be seen gracing walls and panels around Barcelona.
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Arte es Basura
Arte es Basura AKA Francisco de Pájaro has a reputation not just for his wall pieces but also for turning rubbish (Arte de Basura translates as Art is Trash) on the street into part of his own art installation.
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Axe Colours
Axe Colours AKA Adria Bosch has a number of colourful pieces based on characters and personaliti