HANKSY – “SURPLUS CANDY” – EPISODE 6 – AUSTIN

Hanksy gets some southern hospitality as he heads down south to Austin, Texas in his final instalment of ‘Surplus Candy’ where he checks out some of the local street artists.

Hanksy “Surplus Candy” Episode 5 – Chicago

Hanksy continues on his cross town adventures of America in the search for street art and in the latest episode of ‘Surplus Candy’ he makes a stop in his hometown of Chicago where he speaks with local artists Left Handed Wave, Don’t Fret, Nice One & more.

HANKSY’S “SURPLUS CANDY” – PORTLAND (EPISODE 4)

Hanksy continues his trek across America in search of street art and in the latest instalment he makes a stop off in Oregon, Portland, where he discovers the States zero tolerance towards graffiti and speaks with some of the local artists including RX, The Lost Cause & more.

Hanksy “Surplus Candy” Episode 3 – Philadelphia

Hanksy continues his exploration of street art and passes through Philly where he speaks with local artists Joe Boruchow, Ishknits, Kid Hazo & more. If you missed the previous episode you can peep it here.

Hanksy “Surplus Candy” Episode 2 – Detroit

Hanksy continues with his ‘Surplus Candy’ series in which the artist explores street art in different States across America and in the latest instalment he passes through Detroit where the deserted streets make it a haven for graffiti artists.

URNEWYORK Create A Limited Edition “Magna Carta Holy Grail” Lyric Book

If you remember a few weeks back Roc Nation organised a scavenger hunt across New York City for an official booklet which revealed the track-list for Jay-z’s album ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’. Well American Graffiti and visual-arts collective, URNEWYORK, managed to obtain a copy and have recreated their own version which they plan to redistribute back in to the community via another scavenger hunt.

Peep below for their press release and pictures…..

“Able by chance to obtain one of the very limited edition, JAY-Z – MAGNA CARTA, hardcopy lyric booklets, SKI and 2ESAE of URNEWYORK have created 20 unique artworks directly onto each of the “lyric” sheets of heavy paper.

UR, as perhaps the sole artists being given a copy, decided to create a sort of (re)work. Appropriating the Jay-Z brand’s idea, and redistributing the gift back into the population. 5 works, one for each of the 5 boros of New York are slated to be given out via city-wide scavenger hunt, with details emerging soon @URNEWYORK.

URNEWYORK salutes the Brooklyn legend, Jay-Z, as a great lyricist, teacher, entrepreneur, and business mogul. But most of all, for being an inspiration. 2ESAE expounds, “One of the few individuals having come from the same streets, and roots as us, and always kept it true to our way of living, our own motto, “be who you are”. Obtaining your dreams by keeping it real and never compromising your beliefs.”

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THE HUNDREDS :: STEVEN HARRINGTON

Artist Steven Harrington had the privilege of painting a mural for The Hundreds new warehouse….

THE HUNDREDS – HOGTIED MURAL

The Hundreds create their own rendition of Farmer John’s building mural to decorate their brand new head office and this time around the pigs get their revenge!

LRG Europe – Brenk Sinatra

To welcome rapper Brenk Sinatra in to the LRG family they flew out graffiti artists Hombre, Paco & Skor72 to paint a huge wall on the Danube channel in Vienna….

OBEY’s Shepard Fairey In London

In October of last year Shepard Fairey touched down in the UK for a show at London’s Stolen Space Gallery and documented his trip in a 3 part series, peep the first two episodes below as we get to hear Shepard’s take on London as well as his vision for his show….