Get Up, Stay Up

Cool hand drawn in the middle of this box. Looks like it got torn when someone tried to peel it.

Because of the tear, can't make out the artist name.

Up with Serf, TCF, Bankrupt Slut, Dint Wooer, and Eerie and Fresa CFS.

New Work From 2wenty

2wenty keeps bringin heat~

Fresh off of his interview with Forbes, he hits the streets with his most intricate art piece to date- a five-layer life-size stencil.

Very impressive piece of art. And if the Facebook Cigarettes are not necessarily 'artistic', this piece sure is.

Well done and great placement.

Dig it~

Up with street art from Lydiaemily, and Serf TCF.

The Banksy Hunter Makes A Find!

Keith Toll, who earned the title of Banksy Hunter during Banksy's last trip to LA, hunted down some hand made stickers during our trek down Melrose.

Keith did some mighty fine hunting when he came up on these stickers from Serf TCF in the parking lot of De La Barracuda.

The stickers are hand stenciled and unpeeled.

Cool thing of Serf to leave these, and nice find, Keith!

Standing in front of a stencil by THEFL.

TCF Stencils

A grip of stencils from Serf and Pike of the TCF crew.

On Beverly.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Great shot of Qtip in front of a new politically charged street art.

Qtip in front of a new piece of street art from Lydiaemily showing a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit with a black bag over his head and on his chest it says 'Hope'.

We dig these new pieces. These are definitely prints, but it looks like they might be prints of an original painting.

Next to a Serf TCF paste and two earlier pieces from Lydiaemily entitled 'Friend Request Pending' and 'Let Sleeping Dogs Lie'.

Think Before You Paint (Or Paste) - Advertising Vs. Street Art

Sure, we get that these things are a secret code. But they don't offer anything aesthetically, and if you just smash up one of these posters, its not really art (its not art at all!), its just an advertisement.

Folks can have their definition of what art it or isn't, and what qualifies. But the general way that we would define street art is stuff that makes you think for a minute, enlighten you if its good, and hopefully change your point of view.

While we love the idea of these code boxes being interactive, and think they can be used well adding to a piece, when it is the whole piece, it is just an ad trying to get attention. And that, in our book, is not art.

And up top, the brain stencil is really cool idea for street art, and we love getting people to 'think', but if you want them to think that the art is cool and not some beginner project, either nail down the handstyle (God, if you're going to spray, PRACTICE!!!) or stencil out the words.

Look how clean an precise the Pike TCF stencil is compared to the mess up top.

And we hate bitching and would love to only celebrate art. But the street are getting clogged, and not in a good way, and these things really must be said.

Serf TCF

New piece from Serf TCF.

Cool stuff, and especially dig the drip.

And if you notice, there may or may not be an action shot of someone putting up a sticker in the background.

Good Fuckin Morning Los Angeles

Good fuckin mornin.

Lot of new art at this little corner featuring a Starbucks coffee with a spray can top saying 'Good Fuckin Morning Los Angeles'.

Up with DeeKay, Serf, Pike, TCF, Alec Monopoly, and a few more.

Pike TCF

New bird stencil from Pike TCF.

Love Krew

A tag from the Love Krew on Melrose, across the street from Suru.

Love the yellow and the lettering.

Up with Pyke(?) TCF