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A bunch of rad artists took to the streets in Mexico to paint murals and bomb walls for the new Nike Sportswear store opening in Mexico City. The artists commissioned were Jason Maloney, Joe Ledbetter, Jesse Reno, Bigfoot, Carlos Ramos, Tixinda, Popwhore, and 123Klan. Looked like a happening time and the Mexico city streets have been changed for the better for sure.
For more photos on the event click here.

A bunch of rad artists took to the streets in Mexico to paint murals and bomb walls for the new Nike Sportswear store opening in Mexico City. The artists commissioned were Jason Maloney, Joe Ledbetter, Jesse Reno, Bigfoot, Carlos Ramos, Tixinda, Popwhore, and 123Klan. Looked like a happening time and the Mexico city streets have been changed for the better for sure.
For more photos on the event click here.

Check out this footage from Banksy’s Santa’s Ghetto Exhibition in Bethlehem. Ron English, SWOON, and JetSet Graffiti donated artwork to Santa’s Ghetto and traveled there to paint on the Apartheid Wall and work in solidarity with the elusive British artist Banksy.
This is all part of an effort to raise awareness of the horrible reality that face Palestinian and Israeli people everyday. This video is amazing because these artists basically ventured into a large war-zone and are tagging on walls to make an incredible statement on society. The exhibition raised 1 million dollars for the kids of Palestine.

Our friend PaperMonster just gave us the heads up on a preview before his solo show for DirtyPilot.com. The preview can be seen here (CLICK HERE) and you can catch some photos of several of the pieces below. Make sure to mark down that PaperMonster’s Solo Show will take place on 9/14 until 10/17.His work is very exciting and he is an artist to stay tuned for more incredible works of art. To catch more from PaperMonster catch him on MySpace (Here)
http://www.dirtypilot.com/backroom/papermonster.html
Check out PaperMonster’s work below:

We just got word of an amazing book which will be released in June titled Stencil Nation by Russell Howze. We visited the website www.stencilnation.org and it is incredible. The book covers all aspects of stencil graffiti and stencil art, as it showcases over 300 artist from all over the world.  Here are some stats from the book:
192 full-color pages in an 8×8 format
More than 540 photographs
Over 300 artists from 38 countries
With an Introduction by Chris Carlsson
Cover Photo by Francis Mariani
Stay posted for information on the book release part taking place in California.  Pre-Oder the book here:
http://happyfeettravels.org/index.php/stencil-nation-book/
or http://www.amazon.com/Stencil-Nation-Graffiti-Community-Art/dp/1933149221
(click on links above)
 

If you are not familiar with stencil art or  stencil graffiti here are some works from PaperMonster (papermonster.wordpress.com)
PaperMonster

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Benjamin Verdonck  is a weird, humorous, creative genious. We love him. His latest project is causing a stir and from the footy, you can see why. 

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BLU, is an Italian street artist with a gift. BLU has been in the game for awhile now but his street art has never been animated like the video you are about to watch below. This video is a trip to say the least and you better have 7 minutes to spare in order to watch this thing, but trust me, you won’t be able to stop watching once you start. 

Check out this early street art footy from KAWS. If you are a street artist and you think you are forging new trails and doing new things, think again. KAWS was doing that back in 1997. Respect your elders.
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SheOne has style and it shows in his artwork. Check out the video below from a live painting event SheOne did for Addict Clothing in Vancouver. 
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Piece of Mind is a new documentary exploring the world of graffiti which is considered by many to be a criminal activity as opposed to an art form. Piece of mind will be debuting at LAUFF (Los Angeles United Film Festival) this Sunday, April 20th. If you live in the area, you won’t want to miss out on this one.
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This is a pretty rad video clip featuring the freshest of the fresh — THELONDONPOLICE, Banksy, D*Face, Spaceinvader and others…
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We threw a bit of cupcake love at our homies over at Tee & Cakes.  It’s amazing what a little paper and wheatpaste can do for cupcake sales!!!  Check out more at JoyEngine.com.