MUTO by Blu - Redefining Street Art

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

First of all, sorry for not posting for ages, I've been ridiculously busy but found something well worth posting about.

MUTO is an ambiguous animation painted on public walls in Buenos Aires and Baden, and was created by Blu.

Banksy "One Nation Under CCTV"

Banksy has struck again in perhaps his most ironic piece of work yet. Seen painted on the side of a post office, his slogan "One Nation Under CCTV" was conducted behind a large fence with CCTV (surveillance camera) coverage. The job required the construction of three stories of scaffolding to complete the job and represents one of Banksy's boldest attempts and the irony is brought on by the fact this was all happening under the "eye in the sky" surveillance cameras.

How this was painted on a post office we will never know, but with the increased publicity and large sums his works command, maybe somebody willingly turned the blind eye?

Shepard Fairey does George Orwell

Since recently discovering the works of Obey's Shepard Fairey, I was extremely excited to see he has now been commissioned by Penguin Booksto design two new book covers for George Orwell classics, Animal Farm and 1984. They will be available from 3 July.

The art of Eric Tanner

This is the fantastic work of Eric Tanner, a California based illustrater. You can find out more about Eric on his blog, in the mean time i've posted some of his art and some quotes about each piece. His blog can be found at http://erictanart.blogspot.com/

"I finally finished up that Indy piece for Acme Archives. My idea here was to create something that looked as if it came out when the movie took place, circa 1936. I was heavily influenced by Mexican film posters from the 30's & 40's."



"It was quite the honor to get to work on these characters that I've followed since I was a kid. In the end, it became a combination of the stuff I did for Incredibles and them old German film posters."

The work of Adam Neate - There's not a lot that comes free in london

Adam Neate has been producing 'Free Art' around the streets of London since 1999, either leaving a single painting or a series leaning or hung against random walls.

After many years of painting illegal graffiti pieces, Neate switched to the works as an alternative form of public art.

Rendered in acrylic and spray-paint on canvas or found materials, each painting is unique, although often suggest ideas for further compositions.

For more work on by Adam Neate, visit his website at www.adamneate.co.uk

Parov Stelar // CD Covert Artwork

Parov Stelar is one of my favourite musicians and not only have I been admiring his music over the last few years but also his CD Art. They poccess such an elegance, a film-noir quality.

If you're not familiar with Parov Stelar aka Marcus Füreder, he Lives and works in Linz / Austria, signed to Etage Noir label. His musical style takes the freedom of jazz and combines it with the groove of house and breakbeat.

Check out his music here www.myspace.com/stelar1

Parov Stelar Official Website www.parovstelar.com

Etage Noir Website www.etagenoir.com

Making Myspace a prettier place - cheap quality myspace design

Hi, sorry for the plug but I thought it was worth posting about. I've been busy as usual making that very rare myspace page look remotely pretty, and am now offering it as a service.

Price for a myspace page design starts at £100. As long as you have your own artwork I can implement in your £100. If you require band artwork designed for the page then obviously that is an additional cost.

You can view our mspace page design here www.myspace.com/zaumbrown

More details here www.zaum.co.uk

Blood Red Shoes + Voilet Voilet + These New Puritans

I went to a triple bill gig on April 1st, it was a fantastic trio of bands for one night. The headliners were Blood Red Shoes, a 2 piece from brighton. Laura-Mary Carter (guitar / vocals) and Steven Ansell (drums / vocals) played an absolute stormer, the crowd were wild. I really like some of the artwork I've seen so far, here an image from their website. Some of the artwork on their T-Shirts & Bags is lovely, see more of it on their website www.bloodredshoes.co.uk





These New Puritans were the second act of the night. a four-piece ‘magic wave’ band from Southend-on-sea, consisting of Jack Barnett (vocals, guitar, computer, sound), his twin brother George Barnett (drums, tapes, percussion), Tomas Hein (bass guitar, sampler, backing vocals, percussion) and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson (synthesizers). They mix indie with samplers and electronic experimental sounds.

Check out more of their music here www.thesenewpuritans.com/





Violet Violet was the first support acts for Blood Red Shoes on the night, and they were absoultely fantastic. I really liked the artwork on the their cd cover, it has such a nice homemade feel to it. Feel free to check out their music at http://www.myspace.com/violetviolet1

The Art of Levi van Veluw

Netherlands´ most promising young talents, Levi van Veluw. Since having graduated from the Artez Art School in Arnhem the Netherlands, Levi van Veluw has enjoyed a remarkable amount of success in a short period of time.

Levi van Veluw´s photo series are self-portraits, drawn and photographed by himself: a one-man-process. His works constitute elemental transfers; modifying the face as object; combining it with other stylistic elements to create a third visual object of great visual impact.

Check out more of his work here

Alberto Seveso - Illustrator / Graphic Designer / Italy

I'm a massive fan of Italian Alberto Seveso, his design and illustrative style is just glorious. You can check out more of his work here http://www.burdu976.com/