Here's an Album of Art from a New Gallery in LA: Terrell Moore Gallery

On 12/27, Wreckignition brought art and jungle together and exposed the SoCal dnb scene to a new talent.  Check out the gallery and their website.

Contest Reveal: Whose Art Is It Anyway?

You really are a disappointing lot, you know that?  Even if I did announce the prize for winning last week's "Whose Art" contest, you probably still would remain passive, drooling in your porridge or whatever it is my readers do all day.  This one was so easy and I gave so many hints!  Well, despite your complacency, I stick to my commitments, so the featured artist from last week is famous street artist and activist, Panmela Castro (street name Anarkia).  
 

All of Panmela's work is centered around bringing awareness to domestic violence in her home country of Brazil and she recently did a massive mural exhibition with 60 other artists at the World Cup 2014.  Check my article in a legit newspaper about it here.

Panmela's art is well-known in the street and contemporary art worlds, and she uses her organization, Rede Nami to spread the message of women's rights in Brazil and to empower other female artists to paint and make murals all over the favelas in Rio and other cities.  Castro's pieces are bold, bright, and feature both spray/can work and brush paint.

Lately, Castro has been focusing on the abduction of 200 girls in Nigeria by terrorist group Boko Haram, and got this piece up in just 48 hours:

Talent and a soul?  I love it.  Visit Rede Nami's facebook page and follow them to stay updated on Panmela's shows and causes, and for God's sake, pay attention on the next contest!

New Contest: Whose Art Is It Anyway? Lobbing You an Easy One Here...

This is actually a very famous Brazilian graffiti artist, and was recently featured at the Word Cup last month.  Brazil has become a hotbed for talented street artists to emerge, as graffiti was decriminalized in 2009.  The main reason this is an easy contest to win points?  I JUST did a piece on this artist in one of  my posts on another site.  Find the post, find the artist.  Happy hunting!

New Contest Post: Whose Art Is It Anyway? Gene Hackman Edition

So last time we played this game, I had the answer or could at least look it up.  This time I am genuinely looking to my readers to help me solve the mystery of the Gene Hackman bomb.  Behold:

I don't know why someone would make  a sticker bomb of Hackman, and furthermore I don't care (although if we find the artist, I'll listen).  It's awesome, and I must know the genius behind this genius.

If you know who this is, you'll get points if I can corroborate your story, so when you answer in the comments section, pluease include a website or links to other Hackman sightings.  Please help me find my futire BFF or husband!

4/15 Reveal: Whose Art is it Anyway? Meet Matt Forderer!

Photo by LKL Studios

Ok so I'm late, so sue me, but none of you bothered to guess and get points toward hipsterprize 2014, so whatevs @ you too.  Either way, aren't you glad you tuned in?  Matt Forderer showed his amazing zooscapes (my own words) at a group show back in February, and this piece is now my desktop background.  It's that great.

Matt's ability to great mythical, spliced together, science project-like creatures which are photorealistic but then live in a surrealist backdrop is just such a great nose-thumbing to adherence to genres is just brilliant (and has caused this run-on sentence because now I'm gushing).

He's also got wacky collages which you can check out on his portfolio and keep up with news on www.matforderer.com, and I've provided a slideshow below that should speak for itself.  Love him or lose cool points!

Whose Art Is it Anyway? The Contest is Back!

Ok, so if you're new to DWS (which you probably are), you won't know that one of our sections is me posting random photos of even more random street art to see if you can guess who the hell the artist is.  This is part me sincerely wondering, and part me wanting to see who of you pays attention to all the awesome art we can find right on our streets.  The bonus for you is if you guess 3 in a row correctly, I will have some awesome hipster indie weirdo prize, absolutely unfathomable in its coolness.  We're rebooting this so if you guesses on any previous posts, you're back to zero.  Sowwy.

So this week, this isn't technically street art, but it's damn cool.  I found this artist at a random show in a back of a beer bar, and fell in love with the random mythical beasts and Folgers cans.  How can you not love it!

Look at the majesty!

So, if you can name this clearly insane but talented painter, you will have one point toward winning the prize.  I will reveal the real name by next week if no one guesses.  Happy Googling!

Burny Worm Guy? Anyone?

The pics I've posted here are a little old, but I've seen them popping up again.  The cool thing here is that the black stickers for this artist are actually singed, and then the worm itself is scratched onto the surface.  I've seen this technique a few times, but this is with a worm!  10x better, right?  If you know who this artist is, please comment below and you could win! 

What the Hell is Going on Here?? I Must Know Who Did these Stickers!

I'm calling these stickers the Tittongues.  I think they pretty much speak for themselves - these things have been going up all over the place lately, and I think they're hilarious!  But no signature, nothing - BUT professional-style stickers!  I keep trying to grab one for my fridge collection, but as you can imagine they come down almost quicker than they go up.  The bottom ones were actually on the electrical box outside of my building, so missing those really chapped my ass.  Who takes them?  I'm hoping it's a combination of rabid but confused fans like myself, and people who are horrified/titillated by them (also like myself).  We must find this artist!  If people respond, I'll re-implement the prize policy, so take a look.  It's not like you can un-see them now anyway.  Oof.

New Contest Pic! Find Easy-E's Deathmask!

I haven't done one of these in a while, partially because you jerks aren't responding and partially because I am way behind on other content, but this contest is still silently chugging along and I still need your help identifying these artists!  This one is one of my favorites, a sticker with a picture of Easy-E, and in the reflection of his sunglasses it says "bliss."  So cool.  I know someone in the city knows who does these - they're everywhere, and feature too famous of a person for someone to not know who does them.  Let's go people, new month, new prize! 

New Contest Pics! Who the Heck Keeps Putting this Sloth All Over Town??

I've been dying to know!  Sorry I only have the one pic, but it's so cute and I must find this artist!  If you can tell me who, you'll be the first person who enter this damn contest and I'm not revealing the prize for April yet but it's pretty rad.  Come on people!

New Contest Pics

This one should be pretty easy - I frigging love the Banksy satire.  No one has tried to answer these freaking posts man!  Don't you want to win whatever it is I come up with?  Jeez.

New Contest Photos - Name this Weirdo Artist!

I actually know this one, so it'll be easier to validate.  Remember if you enter your answer on this artist to go to the one previous in this section for extra points.  Whomever has the most correct answers in the comments by April 30 will win!  Pics follow:

First Contest Pics! "Zombiebomber"

That's what Im calling him/her anyway.  I have no idea who this artist is, so I definitely need help.  These "Zombiebombs" were popping up everywhere in downtown in 2011-12 and I'd really like to know who the artist is so I can get him on my page.  It's such a cool concept.  Take a look at the pics below and let me know in the comments who you think it is.  If you have a website or backup, so much the better.  Thanks for the help and remember this counts for your April score, whoever has the most right answers wins!

Name that Artist!

As many of you may or may not know, I spent the better part of 4 years either unemployed or underemployed, with no car, wandering around various cities taking photographs of street art.  When the Viva La Revolucion exhibition hit in San Diego, it re-energized the San Diego street art scene and allowed me to happily snap away for hours at a time; I've built up quite the gallery.  The problem?  For at least 2/3 of these photos, I have no idea who the artist is, so for this page that prompted me to create a little game, Who's Art is it Anyway?  I will try to post 1 or 2 of my photos per week, and the person who leaves the most correct answer in the comments each month will win something.  I have no idea what the prize will be, but I promise it'll be something.  Some of these I do know who they are, but some of them I genuinely need help with, so it's a double benefit!  Thanks and let the guessing begin!  The first photo will be listed in the next post in this section on 3/18.  Please note that all answers in March wil be prorated into April's game.