February 29th, 2012
Coming from the camera of I-Seen-It, we have a double homage to Houston street art this week. From inside the Winter Street Studios, he captured a tribute to the River Oaks screening of Stick ‘Em Up (by Rodriguez) with a fish-eye lens.
On the wall facing the silver screen, there just so happens to be a number of works by our favorite artists. Eyesore, Ack!, Coolidge, 2:12, Shreddi, CUTTHROAT… They all brought their tools inside to escape the elements and provide the walls of Winter Street with a new coat of awesome.
Location: Winter Street Studios
Artist: (Pick One)
Photographer: I-Seen-It RubenS
Check out our review of the first Stick Em Up screening and then go bug Alex Luster about how you can get your chance to see the documentary on Houston street art. We’re pretty sure he likes that kind of hate love mail.
[Add your street art finds here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1477471@N25/]
http://www.stickemupmovie.com/
— Paul
September 14th, 2011
Strangely, we haven’t mentioned 2:12 in quite a while. It’s been since the end of March that he found a spot on the Street Art of the Week. That all changes right now.
Location: Washington Heights
Artist: 2:12
Photographer: 2:12
[Add your street art finds here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1477471@N25/]
— Paul
April 11th, 2011
These days, some of us live through social media. We’ve created personalities for ourselves that border on the fringes of reality that we show to others through @ signs and photo albums. In person, each one of us attempts to live up to the easily accessible selves that we’ve projected on the internet, but sometimes it’s just easier to live in the shadows behind a smart phone or laptop. That’s why we relate to the artists that have taken over our street corners and abandoned buildings.
The buzz surrounding Stick ‘Em Up, a documentary about Houston guerrilla wheat paste artists, was not surprising. Street art has been a hot topic lately with Exit Through the Gift Shop sneaking into Academy Award contention and Houston struck it big (at least in internet standards) when a proposal in front of artwork by Ack! went viral. But when Stick ‘Em Up – directed by Alex Luster and produced by Tony Reyes – had to add a second screening and then a third to its debut, my lack of surprise was replaced by being impressed.
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— Paul
March 30th, 2011
The graffiti scene in Houston is certainly seeing a surge in both fandom and participating artists. This week we give you a piece by 2:12, the artist that instilled our original vigor in hunting down and showcasing Houston’s street art. Show us your favorite finds from around town in our Flickr group and we’ll publish them here in Street Art of the Week.
Location: Unknown
Artist: 2:12
Photographer: 2:12
— Paul
October 6th, 2010
When I jumped head first into an obsession with Houston street art it was easy to realize that I had only made it into the kiddie pool. There were a whole host of other photographers, writers and, most importantly, the artists themselves that had been making waves without the aid of floaties for a long time. Luckily for me, the pros were rather accepting and willing to show me the ropes – even while they created new ropes altogether.
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— Paul
August 18th, 2010
Monday we took a look at some of the wheat-pasted street art around town. The fantastic thing about the scene is how much change it goes through, day-to-day and week-to-week. Before, I just thought that I was ignorant to the fact that all of this was around. Today, I can assess that the street artists have been pretty active as of late.
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— Paul
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August 16th, 2010
In trying to decide how to break this all up and put it together, there was a bit of debate. Would the best way to account for Houston’s scene be to classify it by medium, neighborhood or just give a play-by-play of each hunt? There’s no right answer, but a decision had to be made. The photos will take some of the steam away from the words below, but I’ll fill in the gaps with the names, places and other information that I’ve come across in my month-long adventure.
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— Paul
July 21st, 2010
It’s hard to know exactly what you’re looking for. Guaranteed, you’re missing a lot along the way as you search for whatever it happens to be. I can personally attest to this because until Sunday I hadn’t really opened my eyes on my A-to-B journeys. An entire culture of Houston art was ignored because it wasn’t in a press release from a gallery in my email. After a video went viral last week showing a graffiti marriage proposal it was obvious that I was going to have to start paying attention.
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— Paul
