Location, location, location

So the Super Grover stencil in Kensington got buffed.  If there is one lesson to learn from that particular stencil (aside from "I bring you love!"), it is this: Location, location, location!  I can't believe how many people posted photos of this Grover compared to the ones located farther west.

Here are some examples:
Photo credits:

1. Beccatronic – http://twicsy.com/i/j6bJS
2. Bella M – http://www.flickr.com/photos/bella3/6312384353/
3. Brian Nguyen – http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguyenbrian/6755579363/
4. Christine Estima – http://christineestima.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/things-have-gotten-closer-to-the-sun-and-ive-done-things-in-small-doses/
5. Cadburyon – http://www.flickr.com/photos/cadburyon/6737835403/
6. Christine Estima – http://christineestima.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/things-have-gotten-closer-to-the-sun-and-ive-done-things-in-small-doses/
7. Christine Estima – http://christineestima.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/things-have-gotten-closer-to-the-sun-and-ive-done-things-in-small-doses/
8. Consumed by Wanderlust – http://consumedbywanderlust.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/a-pinochle-of-nerds-set-loose-in-toronto/img_1551/
9. Half My Dad's Age – http://www.flickr.com/photos/imhalfmydadsage/6508543493/
10. Craig in TO – http://www.flickr.com/photos/21883298@N08/6337725942
11. Georgie Grrl – http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgie_grrl/6820265685/
12. Inconduit – http://www.inconduit.com/photo
13. Diablo Avacado – http://statigr.am/p/518126931_3467235
14. Hipster Wavves – http://hipsterwavves.tumblr.com/post/14518923226/streetart-streetphotography-toronto-to
15. Khardesign – http://statigr.am/p/469200354_9035433
16. Karenoke – http://karenoke.tumblr.com/post/15541507606/super-grover-knows-taken-with-instagram
17. Shipdip – http://statigr.am/p/356203695_9649912
18. James Hamilton – http://torontogp.blogspot.ca/2012/01/super-grover-flies-again.html
19. Rebelle Complexe – http://rebelle-complexe.tumblr.com/
20. Visually Delicious – http://visually-delicious.tumblr.com/post/12820611993
21. James Hamilton – http://torontogp.blogspot.ca/2012/01/super-grover-flies-again.html
22. Martinho - http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinreis/6338121291/
23. Nickmonster – http://www.flickr.com/photos/55878317@N07/6966843999/
24. Michael D'Amico – http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdintoronto/6339820300/

Thanks for all the great shots.

NYC: Streets of the World - closes May 31, 2012

May 11th – May 31st

Free admission: 11:00 – 7:00 daily

Telephone number: 212.966.6675

Email: nyc@operagallery.com

Featuring Anthony Lister, Rone, Kid Zoom, ROA, Dal East, Blek le Rat, Herakut, How and Nosm, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, b., Know Hope, The London Police, M-City, Sixeart, Hyuro, Liqen, Interesni Kazki, Paul Insect, Remi Rough, Nick Walker, Mark Jenkins, Saber, Augustine Kofie, Revok, Faile, Bäst, Swoon, Ron English, Trustocorp, Mare 139, Jose Parla, Eric Haze, Logan Hicks, Aiko.

This is a great show in New York City, on until May 31:

Opera Gallery Presents: "Streets of the World" (Manhattan, NY) : Brooklyn Street Art

Lots of photos of the artwork
http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/2012/05/10/the-streets-of-the-world-converge-at-opera-gallery-tonight/

Graffiti in the news

Like I said last time, graffiti continues to dominate the news (especially here).  So, without further ado...

The World: Ratko Mladic Inspires Graffiti War in Serbia

Twenty years after the beginning of the Bosnian war, Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday at The Hague. The former Bosnian Serb general was arrested last year in Northern Serbia after years as a fugitive. He’s accused of genocide, and crimes against humanity, including the massacre of 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995.

Yet some in Serbia’s far-right consider Mladic a hero, and they continue to pay him tribute.

Photo by Nate Tabak/The World

Photo by Nate Tabak/The World

TKV and others have fought back by appropriating right-wing graffiti. She added a bindi to the forehead of a Vladimir Putin graffiti done by a Nasi supporter. In Belgrade’s outskirts, another artist turned Mladic into a vampire.

“It’s like a rebellion,” according to TKV. “It’s like saying, you cannot force us to take this crap any more. It’s everywhere, you know.”

Next, we return to the graffiti renaissance in Egypt...

"Fuck injustice". Photo by Daniel Finnan/RFI

All Africa/RFI: Egypt: Cairo's Street Artists Defy Authorities With Graffiti Protest

Cairo's graffiti artists offered a sarcastic rebuttal to city authorities on Thursday during the last day of voting in Egypt's presidential elections. Following plans to whitewash street art on Mohamed Mahmoud St, artists instead began the whitewashing themselves spelling out a cynical phrase in Arabic - "forget about the past, focus on the elections".

Photo by Daniel Finnan/RFI

"We decided to do it, but our way," independent artist Mahmoud Hany tells RFI, his hands covered in paint after descending down a ladder.

And finally, in keeping with the political theme I present to you the saga of the Gerald Ford stencils...


Yahoo! News: Gerald Ford graffiti pops up in Michigan hometown

Former President Gerald Ford is remembered in his hometown of Grand Rapids by a museum and a stretch of interstate. Now, a graffiti artist has decided to memorialize the 38th commander in chief on the freeway that bears his name.

Photo by Katie Greene/MLive

Photo by Katie Greene/MLive

Several stenciled Ford images have popped up recently along east I-196 in the West Michigan city. One is accompanied by the phrase, "I am indebted to no man" — words spoken by Ford in 1974 after he took the oath of office. It was taken from the full quote, "I am indebted to no man and only one woman, my dear wife, Betty, as I begin this very difficult job."

MLive: Fourth Gerald Ford graffiti image found on river side of DeVos Place in Grand Rapids

Another graffiti image similar to those depicting the former president found on the side of I-196 (Ford Freeway) last month has been spotted on the river wall below the DeVos Place convention center, overlooking the man's grave across the river.

Photo by Katie Greene/MLive

Photo of Gerald Ford by the White House pool.

This one is of Ford in a swimsuit and towel, looking ready for a dip in the Grand River. It appears to be a stencil made from a photo of Ford in a studly pose by the White House pool, a place of which he was apparently fond.

The Rapidian: Gerald R. Ford graffiti remains, debate continues

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the City of Grand Rapids were flooded with questions about their take on the graffiti, while in a more public arena the question once again resurfaced: is a well-executed piece of street art considered graffiti or actual art? And part and parcel to that discussion, should the stenciled image of our former president be removed from the freeway and surrounding area?

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"I think they're actually pretty cool. I know this city sort of has a reputation for being clean, but I think there is and always should be a place for that kind of art," added Tim Smith, manager of a local bookstore.

MLive: Unflattering scrawl painted over Gerald Ford graffiti pops up on West Michigan blog

Apparently, not everyone in Grand Rapids is a fan of former president Gerald R. Ford.

Photos by Chris Clark/MLive

The words “war criminal” have been painted over a pair of stencil graffiti tributes to the former president that were painted on the side of I-196, the freeway which bears his name, in several places this month.

MLive: Gerald R. Ford graffiti finally removed from side of I-196 in Grand Rapids

Several graffiti images of former President Gerald R. Ford that were found on the side of I-196 in Grand Rapids have finally been painted over, presumably by state road crews.

Photo by Garret Ellison/MLive

The images appeared this spring on the side of the Ford Freeway near the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and the Gerald R. Ford Federal Building.

The images sparked a debate among MLive readers about whether the rogue street art was a legitimate tribute that deserved to be left alone, or vandalism that should be removed.

The images were eventually defaced by someone who scribbled the words “war criminal” over them.

Other alterations to the images included a text box containing the Grand Rapids motto “Motu Viget” and a painting-over of Ford’s face with an image of the Guy Fawkes mask from the movie “V for Vendetta.”

See you next time!

Toronto logo updated!

Another quick hit:

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Last fall I painted a somewhat weird graffiti version of the Toronto logo under the bridge in Sir Winston Churchill Park with the help of my friend, the esteemed 'stuff'.

From last November.

I wandered by recently and expected the logo to be long gone, but as I could see from across the park, that wasn't quite the case.  Check out this glorious bundle of insanity...

May, 2012.  For scale, the ledge is rougly six feet high.

I don't know who did any of it, but there seems to be a real thing for upside-down pyramids lately.

Since they asked nicely...

In a follow-up to the last post, these are less than a week old:

(As always, we don't do the text.)

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