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Luxury Tax, as seen in Western Addition

recently Facebook teamed up with Spotify and held a launch party to celebrate the US arrival of Spotify. However, prior to the event, local graffiti artists, GOSR and SEMEL, were able to completely cover the building in what I must say is a fantastic piece of work.

Last glimpse we took a look at wheat pasting in the wild was on Leavenworth Street, this time we just hop a few blocks over to Larkin Street and take another peek at local wheat paste art that helps make this city so interesting.

ZOLTRON Loves you…..

Recently Shepard Fairey, a well known artist, completed a very large mural in the SoHo neighborhood of NYC.  Located on Houston street, it coincided with his recent show “May Day” at the Deitch Gallery

However, Gothamist reported that recently there were some ‘illegal work orders’ posted nearby that may have called for its removal

You can see from these pics though that now after about a month of being up, other artists (ADEK) have painted over it – but some artists, such as COPE2, endorsed it

spotted in the Mission

fresh paint done today at the Defenestration Project by KING157 of the venerable ICP krew. Props!

This is making the rounds all over the SF-focused-interwebs, but I figured I’d add my shots too. ’tis SF banksy madness  – Banksy in SF!

Famous UK/artist/mate Banksy was/is apparently in town for the opening of the film “Exit Through the Giftshop“.  These are 6 of the known 11? Banksy’s in SF.

here’s a link to my flickr set of Banksy shots & a posting here on Berderp about Banksy’s visit to New Orleans.

In 2008, renowned graffiti-artist Banksy, cruised through New Orleans proper and proceeded to bust out about 15 – 17 pieces in the area. Since then,  some have been stolen, or buffed over. In particular, one man, Fred Radtke , aka The Grey Ghost, at one time lead a 1-man crusade against graffiti in the New Orleans area since 1997. He would buff over insanely good pieces – including Banksy’s. Finally, at one point Fred buffed over a city commissioned mural, and at that point the city’s stance with him took a 180 degree turn and he was warned that he would face jail time if caught defacing anymore walls.

nevertheless, all these shots were taken just recently, and I was able to get almost all of the one’s that are still currently up – minus a few pieces. Other famous pieces that were buffed over you can find on Flickr or Google by searching.

here are the Banksy shots: