The Hip-Hop 411 graffiti jam takes place on Heritage Day in Soweto, Johannesburg…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ JonOne x Hennessy
Hennessy’s VS series is back with a new artist collaboration. Having previously featured work by graffiti artists Shepard Fairey (OBEY), Futura and KAWS, among purveyors of other art disciplines, the brand proudly announced renowned urban artist JonOne for 2017…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ Exhibition: Modern Masters
Jared Aufrichtig (artist, curator and author of Expressions book) brings you “Modern Masters”, a group exhibition featuring 12 contemporary art masters within the realms of graffiti, urban art, painting, illustration, design and photography. With 6 local, South African artists as well as 6 international stalwarts (including OBEY, CASE and RISK), the show promises to delight a range of tastes…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ Exhibition: Powerfully Pointless
Durban based fine artist Dane Stops presents his first solo exhibition in Johannesburg, “Powerfully Pointless”…
Keep reading →2017 Round-up: January to July
New Graffiti SA banner by Onlock
Almost two thirds of our way through calendar year 2017, here are some updates from the streets to the screens…
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Mr Ekse’s ‘JoVendorsBurg’ mural. Johannesburg, 2017. Photo: Cale Waddacor
EVENT \\ Back to the City x Caps & Cans
Back to the City annual Hip Hop Festival is back for its 11th edition in Newtown, Johannesburg. This year, Caps & Cans and Loop spray paint have partnered up to bring a recharged version of the graffiti pillar battles…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ Live Graffiti: Celebrating the Life of 4givn
Come join the celebration of an incredible legacy, in loving memory of Durban graffiti artist Delon 4GIVN Moody. “All he ever wanted was to make everyone happy, so let us celebrate his incredible legacy the way he would’ve wanted - full of paint!”
Friday, 7th April 2017 at The Winston Pub, Glenwood
Live graffiti by: WosOne, Taik, Stops, Mook Lion, Spook, Giffy, Hoser.
Tribute piece by Mook Lion, Winston Pub (2016).
Photo by @DurbanStreetArt - check them out on Instagram.
http://www.graffitisouthafrica.com/2016/04/15/rip-4givn/
EVENT \\ Exhibition: The Bridge by Skubalisto & Fuzzy Slipperz
Skubalisto & Mr Fuzzy Slippers form the creative vehicle called ‘The Bridge’. The duo has been collaborating for a few years and have been invited by Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel to showcase some of their new works…
Keep reading →PICS \\ Homemakers Expo Live Graffiti Showcase
For the 2017 edition of the Johannesburg Homemakers Expo, we were commissioned to organise a live graffiti feature. Over 4-days, three graffiti artists created a masterpiece based around the theme “I Love Jozi”…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ Exhibition: Renegotiating the Street: An Exercise
Jarrett Erasmus presents Renegotiating The Street, the first part of a proposed project to fulfill a MA in Fine Art at the University of the Witwatersrand…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ Exhibition: Damn Vandal
Durban graffiti artist and illustrator Damn Vandal hosts his first home-city solo exhibition…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ Exhibition: Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don’t
Kevin Love is back for another death defying solo exhibition, ‘Damned If I, Damned If I Don’t”. Featuring paintings, sculptures and drawings…
Keep reading →NEWS \\ Fuzzy Slipperz book launch and exhibition
Street artist and illustrator extraordinaire Lisolomzi Pikoli, a.k.a. Mr Fuzzy Slipperz, is set to launch his first monograph made possible by Olafur Eliason’s “Little Sun” grant via the Stevenson Gallery.
The ‘Man Like Mountain: Of Memory and Scar’ book will be launched with an exhibition as well as film screening…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ Exhibition: NSFW by Dane Stops
NSFW: A Solo Exhibition by Dane Stops
7 November at 17:40 to 21 November at 16:00
Durban University of Technology Art Gallery
51 Steve Biko (formerly Mansfield) Road, Durban
The exhibition consists of work completed in partial fulfillment of a Master’s degree in Graphic Design. This body of work is an investigation into the artistic exploration of…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ Exhibition: Once Upon A Town
Internationally renowned street artist Falko returns home to Cape Town after embarking on a journey to share street art with the people of South Africa’s small towns, dorpies and settlements. The mission of this project, known as Once Upon A Town, was to uplift communities and change the locals’ perception of value and their surroundings…
Keep reading →EVENT \\ Exhibition: Love Don’t Lie
VIDEO \\ Striking Similarities of Graffiti and San Rock Art
In this intriguing episode of CNN’s Inside Africa report, the homogeneous link between modern day graffiti art and San rock paintings are explored…
Keep reading →PICS \\ Westdene Graffiti Project, Part 3
For the third instalment of the Westdene Graffiti Project - a suburban make-over - we recap all the new walls painted in 2016, from January to June…
Keep reading →PICS \\ Faith47: Recent Work (7.83 Hz Frequency)
In light of her latest solstice print release, Sanctuary, we look back on Faith47‘s murals from 2016 thus far. The latest body of work is titled ‘7.83 Hz Frequency’…
Keep reading →NEWS \\ Grafikama Artist Residency and Exhibition
GRAFIKAMA (Service Peinture) is an artist residency currently taking place in Nantes, France and features South African street artists Nardstar*, r1. and Alphabet Zoo. The show forms part of a strew of exhibitions conceptualised by Pick Up Production and artist Kazy Usclef for the Voyage à Nantes cultural project. The residency aims to showcase “graphic creation around the world”…
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