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NEWS ABOUT: street art

street art stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - Posters of President Obama in Heath Ledger-like Joker makeup from The Dark Knight with a caption reading “Socialism” have sprung up in Los Angeles and Atlanta, the Daily Contributor reports. Similar posters online have the caption “why so socialist?” The guerilla art attacks, not yet claimed by any... More »

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Atlanta • Los Angeles • socialism • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • health care reform • the Joker • posters • makeup • Obama administration • guerilla art • street art • President Obama

(Newser) - Street artist Shephard Fairey plead guilty today to three counts of vandalism for displaying stickers and posters around Boston without permission, the Globe reports. He must pay a fine and is prohibited from carrying the tools of his trade—like wheat paste and brushes—in the county for 2... More »

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Boston • Massachusetts • vandalism • artist • graffiti • criminal trial • street art • Shepard Fairey • plea deal

ART CRITICISM

 Fairey Makes 'Pop 
 Masquerading as Art' 


Feb 16, 09 4:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Shepard Fairey’s iconic Obama image inspires “a thrill of concerted purpose,” writes Peter Schjeldahl in the New Yorker, but the same can't be said for the rest of Fairey’s work, on exhibition in Boston. While the Obama poster made something new and vibrant, writes Schjeldahl,... More »

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Barack Obama • Boston • art • vandalism • street art • exhibition • Shepard Fairey • Institute of Contemporary Art

Bush Street Gets Overnight 'Update' in SF

Pranksters in notoriously liberal city rename thoroughfare, if only temporarily

Jan 20, 09 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Partisan pranksters struck San Francisco overnight, covering four blocks of signs on the city’s Bush Street with “Obama Street” signs, NBC affiliate KNTV reports. The covers look professional, and chalk messages on the pavement encourage pedestrians to look up and notice the “change.” A rally is... More »

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Barack Obama • San Francisco • vandalism • prank • George W. Bush • street art • President Obama • Inauguration Day • street sign • NBC Local

Tab Claims It's ID'd Graffiti
Artist Banksy

UK  guerrilla tagger turns out to have posh background

Jul 14, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - An exhaustive investigation has uncovered the carefully guarded identity of guerrilla graffiti artist Banksy, the Mail on Sunday claims. The man whose works are coveted by celebrities and sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars is Robin Gunningham, now 35, who attended a posh private school as the son of... More »

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United Kingdom • art • anonymous • graffiti • Banksy • street art • guerrilla art

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