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Miami Art Week 2014: Street Art Highlights from Wynwood

Interesni Kazki detail While the collectors were busy at the fairs during Miami Art Week, street artists descended upon the Wynwood neighborhood to add new murals to the urban landscape, with thousands of eager tourists with cameras at the ready following not far behind. While many murals from past years have been preserved, we spotted new additions by the likes of Interesni Kazki, Nychos (who painted five separate walls), Faith47, Alexis Diaz, Swoon, Cleon Peterson, and many others. Colorful new pieces spilled out of the designated Wynwood Walls area and into the neighborhood. Several artists, such as Pixel Pancho, So Youn Lee, Nychos, and Bikismo, painted at the Jose de Diego Middle School, where, as we learned, arts funding has recently been cut. Check out some of our street art highlights below.

While the collectors were busy at the fairs during Miami Art Week, street artists descended upon the Wynwood neighborhood to add new murals to the urban landscape, with thousands of eager tourists with cameras at the ready following not far behind. While many murals from past years have been preserved, we spotted new additions by the likes of Interesni Kazki, Nychos (who painted five separate walls), Faith47, Alexis Diaz, Swoon, Cleon Peterson, and many others. Colorful new pieces spilled out of the designated Wynwood Walls area and into the neighborhood. Several artists, such as Pixel Pancho, So Youn Lee, Nychos, and Bikismo, painted at the Jose de Diego Middle School, where, as we learned, arts funding has recently been cut. Check out some of our street art highlights below.

Interesni Kazki

Interesni Kazki detail

Bicicleta Sem Freio

Cleon Peterson

Back view of Cleon Peterson’s mural

Evoca

Faith47 and Alexis Diaz

Faith47 and Alexis Diaz detail

Hush and Shark Toof

Jaz and 2501

Jaz and 2501 detail

Bikismo at Jose de Diego Middle School

Pixel Pancho at Jose de Diego Middle School

Nychos

Pose and Revok

Smithe and Ever

Smithe and Ever detail

Swoon

Swoon detail

The London Police

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Miami Art Week, street art, Wynwood Walls

Istanbul, JR, street art, urban art, urbanization

June 9, 2015

French artist JR has just completed a new installment of his "Wrinkles of the City" project in Istanbul. He first began the series (covered here) in 2008, as an effort to paint a portrait of urbanization around the world. Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, is the economic and cultural center of the country. With a population of 14.4 million people, it is also the largest urban agglomeration in Europe - more than 60% of people living there were born out of the city. As an answer to the growing lack of space, buildings are being demolished to make room for the construction of new neighborhoods. JR spent two weeks on top of its roofs and in its streets, installing large scale images of its elder generation, who have shaped and been affected by Istanbul's population shift.

Discovery of Works by Invader Prompts New Exhibition

ceramics, Invader, street art

March 23, 2017

At Galerie Le Feuvre in Paris, works by Invader are presented in a new show called “Masterpieces.” Invader is the enigmatic street artist known for crafting square ceramic tiles into images that resemble digital, pixelated renderings throughout the past few decades. The gallery says that the show was triggered by “discovery of works dated from 1997.” The artist was featured way back in Hi-Fructose Magazine Vol. 2.

Guido Van Helten’s Giant Murals Feature East-European Textile Patterns

Guido Van Helten, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, street art

December 2, 2015

Minsk, the capital of Belarus, was recently taken over by street art festival Urban Myths. For this festival, artists had to explore the city for three days, plunge into the city’s atmosphere and then create original paintings based on urban folklore. After studying the locals and their traditions, British-Australian artist Guido Van Helten chose to paint a girl dressed in an embroidered red and white shirt. The red and white embroidery is a part of Eastern Europe culture, as it appears in Belarus's national flag as well as in the citizen's everyday clothing.

Preview: Bicicleta Sem Freio’s “Fera” at RexRomae Gallery

Bicicleta Sem Freio, Rex Romae Gallery, street art

February 26, 2015

Brazilian artists Biciclea Sem Freio have a solo show titled "Fera" coming up on March 5 at London's RexRomae Gallery, curated by JustKids. The duo met at the university of Federal University of Goiás while studying visual art. They got their start designing rock posters and quickly moved on to creating their personal, collaborative artwork and street art. Nowadays, their colorful, graphic murals have taken them all over the world. Take a look at some of the pieces that will be included in "Fera" as well as some of their recent walls below.

Miami Art Week 2014: Street Art Highlights from Wynwood

JR Continues His “Wrinkles of the City” Series in Istanbul

Discovery of Works by Invader Prompts New Exhibition

Guido Van Helten’s Giant Murals Feature East-European Textile Patterns

Preview: Bicicleta Sem Freio’s “Fera” at RexRomae Gallery

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