McCannNightShift | NAG #4

Come see 5 of Romania’s finest street artists and illustrators of the moment – Aitch, Irlo, Noper, Saddo and Sinboy – work the Night Shift at McCann Erickson Pop-Up Gallery. We put in hard hours during the day; they take over during the night.

The result is nocturnal, dreamy, light and magical, which borders dark, violent, nightmarish and straight-up horror. Showcasing some of their work on paper, carton and wood, drawing directly on the walls of the Gallery, experimenting with characters and symbols and playing with lighting of the space, the artists will go for a unique atmosphere all throughout the show.”

McCann Erickson Pop-Up Gallery pops up for two weeks only, June 11-25. On the opening night of June 11 we are officially one of destinations inside an all-in-all exciting night for art.  Expect: a live performance by all 5 artists, special prices for special pieces, good beats, vibrant crowd, give-aways and refreshments as they last. Night Shift as it should be.

încotro | Romanian Visual Survey

încotro is an independent project which aims to bring together the best visual projects made in 2007 and 2008 by Romanian authors, irrespective of the country they live in. încotro wants to be a benchmark, a launching ramp, a source of dialogue and an interface between the Romanian and international visual art worlds.

Pins | Paul Insect

Paul’s work has evolved considerably. Victorian graphics have been replaced by Dada-ist collages fusing adolescence, aggression, and rough-around-more-than-just-the-edges pornography. These motifs are tempered by a joyous use of colour and an ambitious style. Equally, the images are provoking and provocative: dripping as much with sensitivity and gravitas as they are with sex and death. Moreover, they are a window onto the mind of the frustrated modern male: boiling over with unkempt aggression and sexuality, but yearning somehow for a higher moral purpose than the gradual accumulation of acceptance. Clowns crack and go on the rampage; kids in cowboy outfits contemplate the worth of their peers; and babies are contented to consider the consequences of the quantum age. (via chestionabil / lazarides)

freedom for lazy people

Freedom for Lazy People! @ ICR NY

While gentrification in New York and the politics of cleansing tend to erase legendary traces of graffiti that inspired artists all over the world, street art flourishes in Eastern European cities. Bucharest, Timisoara, Cluj, Arad are just some of the places where you can find works by Nuclear Fairy (Linda Barkasz), IRLO (Laurentiu Alexandrescu), and Omar (Marwan Anbaki). Their art, combining lowbrow esthetics, figurative graffiti and an unusual approach to text, gives life to grim walls and starts a dialogue with the medium, be it a phone booth, a billboard or a cardboard box. The artists, all in their early 20s, work both individually and collectively as Zacuska Senzual.

- Cristi Neagoe and ICR NY are Doing a Great Job (EN) from Undefined
- ICRNY - Freedom for Lazy People (RO) from Feeder
- Zvastica si sex la NY si peste tot in lume; balbaiala, incultura si prostie doar la antena3 (RO) from Durox
- Freedom for lazy people, oprobriul public (RO) from Carturesti
- Poneiul de 10cm şi lanţul prostiei Badea-Vacaroiu (RO) from Costi Rogozanu
- Cristi Neagoe trece prin momente penibile (RO) from Zoso's blog
- Monumentul Mitocanului Român la New York (RO) from Traian Ungureanu
- Stiu ce-au facut copiii la New York vara asta (RO) from Miron Ghiu
- Despre arta, New York, Romania si multa prostie (RO) from Dtailed
- Cristi Neagoe, drept la replică from Zoso's blog
- Street Art la ICR (si o faza extrem de nashpa) (RO) from Gramo`s World
- Conferinta de presa organizata de ICR in cinstea poneiului fascist (RO) from Miron Ghiu

Nuclear Fairy, IRLO and Omar @ New York's Romanian cultural institute

Nuclear Fairy, IRLO and Omar work as a collective and independently and will translate their unique cultural view into an installation across three rooms. (via woostercollective)

JeanSpezial

JeanSpezial is a collective of 7 French illustrators; the crew loves mixing techniques and styles to try to become just one person, one identity. (via)

Eduardo Bertone

Eduardo Bertone: Site / Blog

irlo | neaparat!

Street-value | The Art of Greg Gossel

Conor Harrington | grafitti artist

Banksy updates

Saddo & Other @ Streetwise

Bloodle | Artwork of Mark Traughber

Mark Traughber does paintings, drawings and stencil-art.

Street Delivery | Arthur Verona

Street Delivery / 1-3 Jun 2007
str. arthur verona (bucureşti) / str. florimund mercy (timişoara)

Sinboy | new site

Streetwise Gallery | First show - Alexandru Ciubotariu

Streetwise gallery is a project space for artists, designers and creative people of all types that have a strong connection to the urban environment in their artistic practice. Streetwise is not a space designated exclusively to street artists and graffiti artists. Streetwise is a plaform of visibility for those who express their creativity in the urban environment or use the city as a sourse of inspiration. Alexandru Ciubotariu will have the first show at streetwise gallery.

NE PLACĂ CE FACI | Skateboard Art

via this

Update to Banksy's site

Swatch Instant Store Bucharest

George Anghelescu