It's all the same

This is part of an exhibition entitled FREE FOR WALL! part 2 that took place couple of months ago [11th - 28th July] following FREE FOR WALL part I, were The Brick Lane gallery invites street artists to submit work and then go on a show/exhibit with live spray paint performances.

The Artists included were people & collective such as 'Agent Provocateur', Carlos Zuniga-Andrighetti, Ben Lawson, 'Data Done', 'Jen', Max Wiedemann, 'Part2ism', 'R1', Rodrigo Souto, 'Since'...

These visuals are of the 'reflections' series by Finbarr Notte.

The Brick Lane Gallery has been building a strong selection of artists for Free For Wall! Part 3 exhibition, including very new faces from all over the world, as far as Brazil.

Pink, Orange, and Yellow Sheets

One of the many ways in which a royalty-free art book can be used!

The below photos display an installation of over 180 graphics from the new book, "Reproduce & Revolt" (Soft Skull Press/Counterpoint; 978-0-9796636-1-1). All images in the book are copyright free and were reproduced via xerox on neon-colored paper. The more than 150 sheets of paper were manually tacked in about 8 hours of time! Special thanks to my buddies Ray Hernandez and Leticia Hernandez for helping me with this great task!!

The photo shows Reproduce and Revolt's co-editor, Favianna Rodriguez and Ray Hernandez.

The piece is part of the book release party happening this weekend in Los Angeles, CA.

Photo by Favianna Rodriguez

YES! Posters are crucial

They needed strong pro-immigrant and migrant art to confront the multitude of images of disempowerment given by daily media.

The Taller Tupac Amaru got set out to meet this need; by enlisting the help of artists, art enthusiasts and movement supporters this past May 2008.
The Taller Tupac Amaru's mission is to produce and distribute screenprinted political posters and to foster a resurgence in the screenprinting medium.

Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Dylan Miner and Artemio Rodriguez under the leadership of fellow artist Favianna Rodriguez set out to produce of FIVE empowering posters for the international immigrant rights movement.
This type of collaboration and support given by a vast network of people was crucial in order to place 10,000 posters into the hands of hundreds immigrant right activists around the globe, and the thousands of people they help organize.

A historic gathering brought together over 300 migrant leaders from the US and Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America this May 2008, in Mexico City, to form a global association of remitters and their families.
The event is said to have helped consolidate remitters’ economic and political power and gave them the space to define an agenda for the sustainable economic development of migrant communities.
The conference was convened by TIGRA (Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action).

YES! Posters are crucial for today’s immigrant rights movement!

They printed EACH poster in a run of 2000 via offset and freely distribute them to the organisations attending the gathering. The posters will reach cities around the globe, so that they may introduce new and inspiring concepts about what it means to be an immigrant in the 21st century. They forged partnerships with over 20 individual donors, whose generosity made this project possible.

This ambitious project was advanced by the collective power, action and love of many, many people all of whom are part of the immigrant rights movement.

No Frills Art

From Red Bubble online gallery and creative community, amazing stuff by Glen aka No Frills* Art. Must See work!
T-shirts available for sale(around US $24), designed by the Australian artist along with original pieces on different medium. His art focus is mainly made of a mix of "pop culture, highbrow vs lowbrow art, subversion, juxtaposition, satire and humour..."
Sirdab loved IT!

Disorder caused the Order

Sample of visual reactions of artists and designers from Turkey towards the situation in the Middle East since July 2006.
View More from "low res reaksiyon" a NOMAD initiative

Less is More

More at Adbusters on Flickr

Witness Burma

Harry Pearce’s Burma poster has been adopted as a placard by activists in the recent international street protests against the current situation in the country.

The poster, designed in 2006, for an event organised by the New York-based charity Witness to raise awareness about human rights violations in Burma, has been appearing in news footage of the protests held in cities from Bangkok to New York...

Read More at Pentagram's blog

Witness was founded in 1992 by the Musician and activist Peter Gabriel and the Reebok Human Rights Foundation. It is an independent, non profit organisation that works with various partner organisations to use video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. Pearce is a passionate supporter of Witness’ work and sits on their advisory board. He has been providing design services to the organisation on a pro-bono basis for the past twelve years.






Infantry poster, designed for Witness' Children at War series.