“I met up with Castle during my 5 month study in Wellington, New Zealand. Coming from South Africa, Ivan has an interesting background that forms his perspectives and pieces to be unlike any I’ve really seen before. There is a great array of graffiti style artwork in the area, and much of it coming from his crew, Pirates. It was great to get to talk and paint with an artist of the area and see how perspectives on art like this change country to country.”
Introducing another new strain to the ever growing Spraying Bricks channel, the KREW series. To start this series off is a collective that emerged on the scene in 2008, 40HK. Consisting of Artists INKFETISH, JASIK and POER. There are 14 members of 40HK in total with heads based in Norway, New Zealand, Melbourne, South Africa, London and Kent. 40HK stands for forty hit combo from the classic video game Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe a statement on their out of this world style.
Spraying Bricks joined the crew as they embarked on their biggest wall to date. Situated on Leonard Street opposite the creative den that in the Book Club and the famous Pure Evil gallery, the guys have a prime spot in the heart of Shoreditch, accompanying artwork from the likes of STIK. The mural is heavily based on the theme of the 70’s and 80’s TV show RAINBOW and with the influence of graffiti fused with characters they have created a truly colourful and amazing piece.
Documentation of the artwork ‘I Am She Whom Drives The Jackals From You While You Sleep’
Painted in Rochester, NYC in 2012 as part of the Wall Therapy event.
Cinematography - Eamonn McBride & Evan Schapp
Editing & Mastering - Evan Schapp
‘Rhapsody’ was completed for the Wall Therapy mural project based in Rochester, NY in 2012.
Cinematography - Evan Schap and Eamonn McBride
Editing - Evan Schapp
Music - Fever Ray
“Dafen International Mural Invitational Exhibition” is an art event organized by Shenzhen Pavilion in the World Expo in Dafen. The 25 artists (teams) invited come from all around the world including Alexandros Vasmoulakis and Woozy from Greece, Hitnes and Run from Italy, Faith 47 from South Africa, ECB from Germany, Shok from the UK, Toast from Switzerland, The Bogside Artists from Northern Ireland and IDT from China.
Open Walls Baltimore was curated by Gaia and featured artists from around the world including Interesni Kazki, Maya Hayuk, Swoon, Specter, Doodles, Jaz, Ever, Freddy Sam, Mata Ruda, Nanook, MOMO, Vhils, Sten and Lex, Chris Stain, Jetsonorama, Overunder and others.
Below is a pic of the mural painted at the festival by South Africa’s Freddy Sam: