Street Art Stolen - In the Wake of Banksy

It is not unheard of for street art to get taken down. It is unusual that it is happening this much.

After all the buzz with Banksy coming to town for the Academy Awards, the interest in street art has grown, and so has the desire to take a piece home. It seems like anything with a stencil on it is fair game, and two of LA's signature pieces, including the Leba shot pictured above, got swiped over the past few days. Click the jump for more

Both Leba's Anne Frank themed 'Free Gaza' stencil from Venice Beach, and Dog Byte's Singin' in the Rain disappeared over the weekend. In all fairness, it did look like the Dog Byte piece was coming off the wall. And you can see in second pic where the Leba piece has gone missing.

We hope these found good homes~

Big thanks to Grant Sims for sending us the Leba pics from Venice.

Street Art from Venice Beach

Some cool beach street art at Venice Beach, and with pretty girls it just gets all the better . . .


^Street art posters that say 'Oil Companies should fix the problems they create'.

^Leba Anne Frank 'Save Gaza' stencil, Tary(?) RF graffiti, and a few other tags

Street art and stickers from all kinds of folks. We think the bigger pastes are from Beko. Also Rotting Fresh, DTA, Ynot, Idealr, and many more.

True Drug Abuse Takes Heart

Its a truth that sober folk don't want to give credit, but drug abuse takes heart!

More fresh street art from low_d.

Up with Anne Frank from Leba, red camera from Join the Surveillance, and Qtip and Shasta.



***Thanks DWA***

Leba - Jobs Not War

^Anne Frank holding a sign saying 'Jobs Not War' by Leba


^"We're Nothing Watching" sprayed by Leba over Robert Dinero and Ben Stiller Little Fockers promo

Leba, and Dethkills with Free Humanity writing over it

^Leba and Free Humanity in front of the Obey installation at De La Barracuda

It feels like it has been too long since seeing Leba on the streets of Melrose and Fairfax.

Leba brings such a strong art aesthetic to the streets. Its great to see fresh new work. As always, both artistically appealing and packaged with a strong message.

Great to see Leba up again~