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Resilient Cities
S1 E1: Beirut - Art As A New Narrative
Season 1, Episode 1
Post date:In a city under pressure, where conflict can break out at any moment, a new generation of artists are rising above Beirut’s bullet-holed past.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
The Street Art Landmarks of San Diego
Post date:From illegal work to carefully curated pieces, San Diego has become a significant destination to see work by street artists locally and abroad.
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community arts
Artbound
A Corridor of Art Rejuvenates Mexico's Buena Vista Neighborhood
Post date:The Buena Vista neighborhood in Mexico City was revitalized by a community mural project that is now expanding to include other parts of the city.
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California Looking Forward
News & Analysis
Go Ahead. Build That Wall. Artists Are Waiting To Paint On It.
Post date:If things don’t go as planned and jobs don’t come to those who voted for Donald Trump, they may want to look to Chicano street artists who have always spoken up by writing on the walls.
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California Looking Forward
Inauguration Posters Reflect the Need for Inclusion and Acceptance
Post date:Shepard Fairey, Ernesto Yerena, and Jessica Sabogal created a series of images that portray inclusion and acceptance. These portraits aim to disrupt the fear and hate aligned with the new administration and infiltrate the inauguration festivities.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Chicano Park’s History Could Fill a Museum
Post date:Chicano Park activists have a name picked out for a future museum, and a website. What they don’t have is a building -- that’s where they hope the city steps in.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Becoming Restitution Press
Post date:Ryan Graeff, aka Restitution Press, aims to provoke and challenge the status quo with his street and studio art.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Robbie Conal: Meet the Godfather of Guerrilla Street Art
Post date:At 71, Robbie Conal is the self-described grandpa of guerilla street art. His posters skewer politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen and other public figures with grotesque portraits and pun-laden slogans.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Trading Places: Turkish and American Street Artists Celebrate Cultural Exchange
Post date:Two street artists from Los Angeles and two from Turkey visited one another's countries to paint a series of walls that celebrate an international exchange of style, substance, and education.
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![Ryan Hester, "Just like the King," 2013. | Photo: Courtesy of the artist.](https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/Ryan_Hester_art_Just_like_the_King_2.jpg?itok=pLphZ7pQ "Ryan Hester, "Just like the King," 2013. | Photo: Courtesy of the artist.")
Visual Arts
Artbound
Ryan Hester: PHREEdom and Frenzy
Post date:Through a vibrant fusion of loose painterly expressionism and charged icons, Ryan Hester's art works reiterate the heaving breath of racial and social angst in American culture and the violence that so often accompanies it.
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Joshua Tree
SoCal Wanderer
Artist 'Mr. Andre' Pays Fine For Vandalizing Joshua Tree National Park
Post date:The amount is undisclosed.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
The Surreal City of Dabs Myla
Post date:Recently commissioned to designing the look for the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, L.A.-based artist duo Dabs Myla are busy creating installations and murals around the world.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Zoe Crosher's Fantasy Manifests Destiny
Post date:For the Manifest Destiny Billboard Project, artists create billboards along Interstate I-10 that address the history and mythology of territorial expansion from east to west.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
D*Face Comes to Los Angeles
Post date:A new pop-up show will survey British street artist D*Face's quick assent from an unknown designer to an internationally recognized artist.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
A Homecoming for Kenny Scharf
Post date:The bubblegum aesthetic of Kenny Scharf has surfaced on the street art of Los Angeles, the hometown of the artist that is largely associated with New York.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Man One With One Man's Goal: Make Graffiti Legit
Post date:Graffiti artist Man One works to develop a code of the street between art and commerce in Los Angeles.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Scratching the Surface: Street Art Stars on Museum Walls
Post date:ESMoA, a free "art laboratory" in El Segundo, in connection with the Getty Research Institute, is in the midst of "Scratch," a juxtaposition of street art and rare books.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
Monthly Mural Wrap: A Dozen Tags for June, 2014
Post date:From the return of a Venice landmark mural, to the preservation efforts for a work inspired by John Muir, here's a look at public art stories for June, 2014.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
From the Streets of L.A. to Paris and London: Professor Street Art's Euro Tour
Post date:While there is no center to the art world in the 21st century, Angelenos wanting to extend their mark have crossed the pond to add to their international reputation, extend their fan base, and contribute to a larger dialogue.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
Monthly Mural Wrap: A Dozen Tags for May, 2014
Post date:As lawmakers seek to add another chapter to the ongoing saga of the mural ordinance, the world of street art keeps turning. Here's our mural wrap for May.