All City Art
Over at Semaphore we’re getting ready to release version 1.2 of All City Street Art. This app lets users see amazing street art that is available near them. I had no idea that there was so much great street art available near me. I was driving back from Pizzeria Mozza in LA with Marcus, a very talented Art Director, and encyclopedia of information on street art. In just a few short blocks he pointed out two amazing pieces. He was even able to correctly identify the artists, just based on the style of the pieces.
How do you know this is an EINE piece?
The first piece was by EINE. I wondered how he could tell that this was an EINE piece just by looking at it. He showed me the EINE piece that was near his house, and let me compare it to the one we just saw. It was obvious at that point.
The piece we saw on Melrose: http://allcityart.com/photos/1158/twitter
The other piece in New York: http://allcityart.com/photos/1158/twitter
Shepard Fairey? Really? Aren’t his pieces very expensive?
People pay 10s of thousands of dollars for Shepard Fairey pieces, but your city is like a free gallery of his pieces, if you know where to look. In case you don’t know who Fairey is, he made the iconic Barack Obama poster. This huge mural is available on Melrose. Marcus explained to me the connection between, Fairey, Obey, and “Andre the Giant.” Fascinating stuff.
As we pulled away, he noticed two more pieces. LA is full of world class street art, if you know where to look. We didn’t even cover the more obvious examples, commissioned murals, and frescoes.
The Shepard Fairey piece, wide angle:
http://allcityart.com/photos/1162/twitter
Detail shots:
http://allcityart.com/photos/1163/twitter
http://allcityart.com/photos/1164/twitter
http://allcityart.com/photos/1165/twitter
Warning, this app is infectious. I’m starting to see street art everywhere.