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How do you see this? Reverse graffiti is made by drawing into the dirt and grime found in everyday spaces. Think “wash me”, but way more advanced. The images and video below are some beautiful examples by Moose from England, who is actually working largely for ad agencies, and Alexander Orion, working in Brazil.

Dan Witz is an amazingly detail oriented street artist who is a master at optical illusion, creating 2D images and placing them in public spaces so that they appear to be 3D. Often, changes in scale or color are the only way to know they aren’t real. But his latest project, Ugly New Buildings, really plays up on the illusionary factor.

There are many more at his site as well as a statement about the project and its title.

Here is another great project from LA. I came across this article in the LA Times that describes Ari Kletzky’s public art project, the Islands of LA National Park. The artist says that the project is intended to “generate discussion to explore use of public space by turning islands into a work of art”.

This is the function that I think all public art should have. It should be generative, not just in terms of discussion, but also action. This project seems really interesting because it is multifaceted. It engages the general public, but also specific groups to think about, discuss and implement ideas in public spaces that otherwise receive no attention.

Here is a great instance of the same design that I posted earlier. This time it is complete and it has a little (plump) friend too.

I guess these have been there for a while, probably since this show in 2004, but I’d never taken photos until yesterday. For those that aren’t familiar with swoon you are missing out. Check out the audio tour of her work in the right hand column of this NY Times article.

Here are images from the Cans Festival, a stencil art street party that took place in London this weekend.

is your trash your home

On the soup bean side kid

street let me eat

NEE NEE was here 10-22-07 This is why I’m hot

My real killas
run this park
Who want it !!!
Who want it bitches!!

NEW BATTLE PLAN (you have to look harder to know the details)

DT ____ go to _____ _____ u do what ur sistor do and get out of my life u love _____ u play to much but ____ can go to _____. _____ this is my nigga foe life

LT ____ ____ Snay Boo Baby daddy for life 12th aww! Big things going A.K.A husband and wife come and get some I am ___.

Back on da block Snowflake & Phil Wall 5-1-08 & its the 1st

Life’s to short so don’t wast it

Memorial on McMicken

Rest in peace Dre Big Kncles

R.I.P Derrell

RIP Day Day

RIP Hip Hop, RIP Day Day, RIP All Real Niggas, RIP Gran ma

RIP lil Ant A.K.A Bag of Dirt

RIP Day Day

RIP White Mike

I don’t see a lot of street art around OTR, but recently I came across a few pasted pieces.

This one is of 12th Street between Vine and Race Streets

This one is tucked in an alley off 13th. The best part about that is that walking along 13th you see it and want to check it out, but have to go down the alley a little to get up close. Well worth it, IMO.

They are cool, kinda whimsical and not charged with the negative connotations that typically comes with tagging or political resistance.

I can’t really make out the bottom one. At first and still from a distance it looks like a profile of a guy in a top hat, but up close it is this weird combination of what looks like an old computer monitor with wings.

After looking at the photos they are kind of different, but when I first saw them I thought that they were from the same person. There was another one off Main Street that I didn’t get a picture of in time, but it also seemed similar.