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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…
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In this intriguing episode of CNN’s Inside Africa report, the homogeneous link between modern day graffiti art and San rock paintings are explored…
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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…
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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’…
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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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Hazard Gallery in association with Sulger-Buel Lovell presents the Johannesburg edition of David Lurie’s solo exhibition, Writing The City.
Keep reading →“I turn my attention to the…placards, banners, billboards, posters…which inform and direct us…All cities have been…full of public texts: all the signs of capital and commerce…indications of private property, and elements of systematic ordering and regulation…The public space of cities is constituted in important ways by these public texts…
Graffiti South Africa founder, Cale Waddacor, was asked to write an article for Between 10 & 5‘s Africa month in May, 2016. Waddacor took the opportunity to highlight some of his favourite moments in African graffiti and street art, most of which have previously been covered on this blog…
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Caps & Cans has started a project called Street Heart Africa - “We are giving back to the community around South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland by uplifting areas through graffiti and street art…
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“Dystopia, a Fairytale of Grim Reality” is an upcoming exhibition by Paul Kneen (UK). This is his first solo show after making South Africa home for the past six years…
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It’s that time of the year again, and Back To The City Hip Hop Festival is here. A decade of hip-hop extravaganza with the 10th anniversary set to be larger than ever before…
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Damn Vandal‘s debut solo exhibition, “OTHERWORLDLY”, opens next week in Woodstock, Cape Town…
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The 2016 edition of Jidar Toiles de Rue is upon us, taking place in Morocco’s capital city, Rabat, from 22 April to 1 May. Look at the incredible line-up of artists below…
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The next edition of urban art festival, Jidar Toiles de Rue, is about to unfold in Morocco. We thought it best to recap last years event with its vibrant street murals and extensive exhibition at the Rabat Museum of Contemporary Art…
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4givn paints a rhino mural outside The Winston Pub in Durban, 2015.
Portrait by Righteous Photography.
Tribute piece in Cape Town by Giffy, Phaks, Migo, BobD and co.
Another tragic loss for Durban’s graffiti community with the sudden passing of Delon “4givn” Moody on 8 April 2016. REST IN PEACE!
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Grayscale Gallery is pleased to present EBONY AND THE IVORIES an exhibition of photographic prints by FALKO.
Grayscale Gallery is pleased to present EBONY AND THE IVORIES, an exhibition of photographic prints by FALKO ONE (Cape Town).
Falko is notably one of South Africa’s most well known and respected graffiti artists, with a career spanning almost three decades he has been highly influential on the growth of the local graffiti culture and inspired multiple generations of artists…
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This vandal has evolved into one of the most sought after artists in South Africa’s graffiti community, and IS literally killing the streets with pure fire.
Damn Vandal, a Durban-based multi-disciplinary artist, has been painting for over twelve years and has infused his childhood love for comics with illustrative vector designs to create his own unique brand of graffiti art. Bright, bold, colourful and clean, his artworks have earned him many commissions with magazines, offices and brands, as well as the auto mobile customs industry where he has freely painted more than a couple luxury vehicles…
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