New Banksy in Los Angeles!?

Just two days after a new Banksy piece was spotted in London, a similar rat shows up in Los Angeles. Another Banksy in LA!?

This new stencil features a rat pouring out a barrel of green sludge.

This new piece is located in Los Angeles and the thing that makes us think that this might be Banksy is the attention to detail. Like with the new piece in London, this one is very well done, with the green spilling perfectly from the bucket to the ground and soft lines in the stencil.

On the other hand, the stencil is placed on some sort of wood backing, which almost seems too easy for Banksy, and too likely to be stolen. His pieces have impeccable placement, and the peeling cement wall in London seems like a much more likely spot. But the LA rat was placed outside of a production studio, so maybe that has something to do with the location.

Neither piece has yet been confirmed on Banksy's website, so either we have the first jump, or someone is doing some really good Banksy rat imitations.

Banksy usually hits the streets in spurts, and although it seems unusual that two separate pieces show up half way around the world, Banksy might be keeping us all guessing about what coming next!

***Pic found on StephanLeeCarr's Yfrog account. Good eye, Stephan!***

New Banksy in Los Angeles!?

Just two days after a new Banksy piece was spotted in London, a similar rat shows up in Los Angeles. Another Banksy in LA!?

This new stencil features a rat pouring out a barrel of green sludge.

This new piece is located in Los Angeles and the thing that makes us think that this might be Banksy is the attention to detail. Like with the new piece in London, this one is very well done, with the green spilling perfectly from the bucket to the ground and soft lines in the stencil.

On the other hand, the stencil is placed on some sort of wood backing, which almost seems too easy for Banksy, and too likely to be stolen. His pieces have impeccable placement, and the peeling cement wall in London seems like a much more likely spot. But the LA rat was placed outside of a production studio, so maybe that has something to do with the location.

Neither piece has yet been confirmed on Banksy's website, so either we have the first jump, or someone is doing some really good Banksy rat imitations.

Banksy usually hits the streets in spurts, and although it seems unusual that two separate pieces show up half way around the world, Banksy might be keeping us all guessing about what coming next!

***Pic found on StephanLeeCarr's Yfrog account. Good eye, Stephan!***

Banksy is Big News

Even the major news outlets are covering Banksy.

This van was setting up to broadcast from a spot near Banksy's Charlie Brown site.

And MELROSEandFAIRFAX has had its own share of International Press as we collaborated with major news outlets The Independent from London, and TheWeek.com.

Both of these are major news outlets and it was an honor to work with both, but being featured on TheWeek was a special treat because we grew up in a home that subscribes to the magazine, and we have great respect for it as one of the best news sources in this day and age.

Are We Betraying the Planet?

A new piece of street art featuring a woman reading the newspaper with a headline that says 'Are We Betraying The Planet?'.

This piece is really massive, and in the heart of Hollywood.

Cool piece and great spot. Dig it~

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The newspaper she is reading is The Sun, which we believe is a London based tabloid.

Unknown artist.

A.S.V.P. - Down To Earth (and UP everywhere in beween!)

Down To Earth describes the A.S.V.P. strategy perfectly. In the past year, the street art collective ASVP has arguably gotten up more around the world-they have hit more spots in more big cities, than any one else on earth . . .

In 2010, the New York based ASVP travelled across the US and all around the world putting art on the streets. As far as the US goes, ASVP is riding from San Francisco, to Detroit, to Cleveland, to the entire East Coast. Globally, their art is up in London, Hong Kong, Switzerland, India, Italy, and a handful more spots we couldn't remember.

And when ASVP rolls through a place, it is not just one piece, or even a handful of pieces. ASVP smashes each city they visit, and they tore things up while coming through LA.

In addition to being prolific, ASVP also puts out quality imagery. Each piece is silk screened by hand, which is especially impressive because of the many layers of color and the sheer size of some prints. We love the aesthetic, and love having ASVP on the streets of Los Angeles~



^ASVP 'The Mask' print above a dumpster with a Supreme paster.