Calma – Strange Enough
One Brazilian artist I have been following for nearly 6 years now is Calma aka Stephan Doitschinoff. I’ve been lucky to meet him a number of times during his career and helped with his monograph published by Die Gastalten. So in a new departure for the artist it was great to find out about this animation which features Calma’s art beautifully. Titled N.A.S.A. Project: “Strange Enough,” ft. Karen O, Fatlip, Ol’ Dirty Bastard... Read More
Street Sketchbook: Journeys
So its been over two years in the making but it’s coming soon… My latest book, Street Sketchbook: Journeys is now appearing for pre-release on Amazon. I’ll be writing more about it in the coming months, the official release date is 27th September – with a launch party in London lined up for the 1st October. There are so many fantastic artists and their personal stories in this one but I don’t want to give the game away... Read More
Studio 13
My friend Daniel Melim – a stencil artist extraordinaire from Sao Paulo now has a blog called Studio 13. Here you can read about his latest art works using lithograph, screen print and painting as well as his workshop activities… Share on Facebook Read More
Insitu Festival Caceres
This summer saw the birth of another new street art festival – this time in the beautiful walled city of Caceres – (which reminds me of my days working for WOMAD, who produce a great festival there every year). The festival is called Insitu and is the brain-child of San, a very talented artist from Madrid who appeared in my Street Sketchbook book. Some great new works were produced by an all star line-up of artist’s many of whom... Read More
Zezao Vari Acoes show
This month Choque Cultural gallery in Sao Paulo present a solo show by Zezao, an artist who continues to impress me through his artwork and actions. I first got to know Zezao researching the Graffiti Brasil book in around 2004. Having been involved in graffiti painting, train bombing and pichacao tagging for many years – Zezao is a graffiti veteran. By the time I was introduced to him he had evolved his own style of painting his “flops”... Read More