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graffiti
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Art and the Arab Awakening
Read more: Art and the Arab AwakeningArt and the Arab Awakening By Nama Khalil, August 2, 2012 Revolutionary street art in Tunisia. In the days following Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, burned and battered cars piled up inside state-owned lots throughout…
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Sao Paulo goes completely ad-free with Clean City Law
Read more: Sao Paulo goes completely ad-free with Clean City LawMayor Gilberto Kassab passed a Clean City Law that banned all public advertising in Sao Paulo, one of the world’s most populous cities. The mayor gained the support of the city’s elites in pressing the law as an anti-pollution measure…
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Meet Red Army Statue: Superman and hero friends
Read more: Meet Red Army Statue: Superman and hero friendsThis article was published on the guardian website: -Russia not amused at Red Army statue re-invented as Superman and friends- Clenched teeth in Moscow over 1950s war memorial in Sofia given makeover by spray-painting street artist By Tom Parfitt in…
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“Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?” stencil graffiti spread in Hong Kong
Read more: “Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?” stencil graffiti spread in Hong KongFree Ai Weiwei street art campaign is a “guerilla methods” of political street art protest against the PRC government’s secret detention of world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei since April 3, 2011, organized by Hong Kong artists and art supporters,…
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Ossario: Reverse Graffiti
Read more: Ossario: Reverse GraffitiVisual artist Alexandre Orion removes soot in an artful manner to produce skulls in the tunnels of the polluted city of Sao Paulo. Orion does so in an attempt to create intervention, raise awarenes, and decrease pollution. “From the ocular…
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Claiming Territory with Ink_ a street calligraphy graffiti artist in Hong Kong
Read more: Claiming Territory with Ink_ a street calligraphy graffiti artist in Hong KongA toothless garbageman who once wandered Hong Kong’s streets with dingy bags of ink and brushes tied to his crutches is now the subject of a major retrospective. About 300 calligraphic works by the late Tsang Tsou-choi — who is…
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Cut and Paint
Read more: Cut and PaintCut and Paint is a website with free access to a wide variety of visual designs that can be printed out, cut, and used as graffiti stencils anywhere. Access to a variety of resolutions of each design is free for…
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At War With São Paulo’s Establishment, Black Paint in Hand
Read more: At War With São Paulo’s Establishment, Black Paint in HandNew York Times January 28, 2012 By SIMON ROMERO SÃO PAULO, Brazil — This mega-city’s authorities have waged war for years against what they call “visual pollution,” banning billboard advertising, demolishing abandoned skyscrapers and planning to raze concrete eyesores like…