“Paint Paste Sticker” puts the city’s love/hate relationship with tagging on display.
Tag: street art
Posted inMusic
Listen closely to Jimmy Whispers
His street art and love songs have a powerful antiviolence subtext—and his Summer in Pain Festival benefits CeaseFire.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Supplemental Reading by an Avant-Pop Artist
It builds on themes that also turn up in his music, in his stage banter, and in the crude “Summer in Pain” street art he’s plastered around town.
Posted inBlogs
“Unemployed and looking for work. Extensive experience in guerilla marketing.”
Who is “Unemployed and looking for work. Extensive experience in guerilla marketing.”?
Posted inArts & Culture
Weed Wolf, the tagger
The People Issue: Weed Wolf, a prolific graffiti artist—and vandal
Posted inArts & Culture
Text and art had a baby . . .
“Text and Drugs and Rock & Roll” at the Maxwell Colette Gallery
Posted inBlogs
Even Banksy Has to Follow the Rules in Proco Joe’s Ward
Where’s the line between street art and graffiti for artsy alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno?
Posted inBlogs
Street Art Is Lame, but Not as Lame as Roger Waters
Pink Floyd douchebag defaces Elliott Smith memorial, claims Smith would have been cool with it
Posted inBlogs
You Shoot: Those few who broke the surly bonds
Great street art find by z.duffy. From the paint I’m guessing Milwaukee/Grand/Halsted.
Posted inNews & Politics
The New Longer-Lasting Axe Effect
More funny business at the corner of Milwaukee and Honore—and then some.