Projects tagged "graffiti"

Graffiti Art Gains Market in Tunisia
Practitioner:
various activists
Date:
Feb 13 2013

International collectors became interested in Tunisia's art - and especially its graffiti - during the uprising two year ago, when television pictures showed revolutionary murals plastered throughout the country.

After the revolution, artists have more freedom to create, and are developing new ways of selling their work.

Claiming Territory with Ink_ a street calligraphy graffiti artist in Hong Kong
Practitioner:
Tsang Tsou-Choi
Date:
Jul 5 1980

A toothless garbageman who once wandered Hong Kong’s streets with dingy bags of ink and brushes tied to his crutches is now the subject of a major retrospective. About 300 calligraphic works by the late Tsang Tsou-choi — who is best known by his self-dubbed title, the King of Kowloon — are showing at the ArtisTree art space in a high glass tower.

Street Art in the Neighborhood
Practitioner:
Faten Rouissi
Date:
Feb 27 2011

Art dans la rue - Art dans le quartier

'Women on Walls' campaign empower women via street art
Practitioner:
Women on Walls, Mia Grondahl, Angie Balata
Date:
Apr 1 2013

Maha ElNabawi

Amid the bleak backdrop of a revolution-riddled Egypt, a beacon of positivity shone on downtown Cairo Friday during the launch of one of the most exciting, social-conscious street art collaborations to happen this year.

"Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?" stencil graffiti spread in Hong Kong
Practitioner:
activists
Date:
Apr 3 2011

Free Ai Weiwei street art campaign is a "guerilla methods" of political street art protest against the PRC government's secret detention of world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei since April 3, 2011, organized by Hong Kong artists and art supporters, calling for the immediate release of the artist.

Cut and Paint
Practitioner:
Various individuals
Date:
Jan 1 2010

Cut and Paint is a website with free access to a wide variety of visual designs that can be printed out, cut, and used as graffiti stencils anywhere. Access to a variety of resolutions of each design is free for all, and there is a standing invitation for artist-activists to contribute their own designs for others to use.

eL Seed in the Battle Against Censorship in Tunisia
Practitioner:
eL Seed
Date:
Sep 19 2012

Last week, Tunisia's tallest minaret went under the brush of the country's hottest muralist. On the Jara Mosque in his hometown of Gabes, 31-year-old eL Seed painted a verse from the Quran preaching tolerance, a message meant for Salafist Islamists who protested "provocative" pieces at an art exhibition earlier this summer.

Meet Red Army Statue: Superman and hero friends
Practitioner:
Unknown
Date:
Jun 17 2011

This article was published on the guardian website:

-Russia not amused at Red Army statue re-invented as Superman and friends-

Clenched teeth in Moscow over 1950s war memorial in Sofia given makeover by spray-painting street artist

By Tom Parfitt in Moscow
The Guardian, Wednesday 22 June 2011

Art and the Arab Awakening
Practitioner:
Faten Rouissi
Date:
Aug 2 2012

Art and the Arab Awakening
By Nama Khalil, August 2, 2012

Revolutionary street art in Tunisia.

Two Female Graffiti Artists in Afghanistan
Practitioner:
Shamsia Hassani and Malina Suliman
Date:
Apr 3 2013

Meet Shamsia Hassani. At age 24, she is one of Afghanistan's first female graffiti artists.

An associate professor of sculpture at Kabul University, she was first introduced to graffiti in 2010 by British artist, Chu, during a week-long course in street art.

Meet also Malina Suliman, 23, who has been receiving threats from extremists due to her work in graffiti.

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