Looks like the daily mail is running out of stories at the moment… Yesterday, they published a story, trying to repeat their previous accusation last year that he was “Robin Gunningham”. However, the reason because of this was a stencil, photographed by unusualimage, of a rat holding up a sign with a picture of him, which the Daily Mail is saying is a self portrait. However, this is unlikely for several reasons, particularly that Banksy has recently stopped using the rat image in his stencils, and the rat holding up a sign has been used several times by the Not Banksy group. Also, I find it a tad unlikely that Banksy would give up the majority of his income stream, by taking away his own anonymity, especially without mention on his website, unless he’s just trying to stir things up?

Anyways, here’s the stencil, you can decide for yourself.

##Via Vandalog. Vandalog

Hi guys, I really apologise for my absence! Personal things, and all that shizzle. I’d like to really thank human, for continuing to post in my absence,  and to all the loyal members who still visited regularly, despite the lack of blog posts. I have however, been proactive with searching for some additional writers, so at least this should hopefully make sure the site is constantly updated, as I know I’m not the best with that! ;p Anyway, down to the main point of the article!

Brighton street blitz is an event running from the 1st to the 31st of May. The motivation behind this is that Brighton has become filled with art becoming overly commercialised, and how the colour and character is being sucked out of Brighton. They propose that Brighton be turned into an open air art gallery. For four weeks, all people living in or near Brighton, are invited to, in the words of the creators:

“Whether you make murals, stencils, stickers, posters, sculptures, street projections, sign modification/removal/additions, billboard subverting/defacing/destruction etc; Whether creative or destructive; whether to convey a message, brighten up a dull spot, rewire some corporate brainwashing  tactics; whether to leave your mark, remove a stain, express yourself or simply to show your disgust – it’s all valid and all adds to The Blitz!”

I know it’s a tiny bit late, but I still think it’s early enough to be posted.

I can’t wait to see the work produced by this, it should hopefully be good!

General street blitz website: http://www.streetblitz.org/

Brighton street blitz website: http://www.streetblitz.org/brighton/

~Joe

Hush is an artist who worked in Hong Kong for a period as a designer and illustrator and has more recently returned back to London. He has become extremely successful as an artist off the street featuring his work in galleries around the world and selling his pieces for huge amounts of money. Unfortunately, Hush doesn’t get up on the street as regularly as we’d all love to see. However, he did give the public a piece of ‘free art’ on the walls of the first Cans event.

You can see the asian Anime influences in his work both on the street and on canvas. Which makes a great change from the regular art on the streets of Western countries. He is probably most famous for his anime style girls – some with their clothes on! Surprisingly, his work is produced via spray can and a very delicate stencil.

Some fantastic art has been put up in Auckland, New Zealand. Elfis’ work consists of black silhouettes (much like Sam3) but unlike Sam, Elfis mainly uses stencils.

Check out more images here.

i.am.doom has developed a perfected stencil style. Based in the Netherlands, this dutch artist has really impressed me with his latest stencil.