After a few technical issues we’re back with a Concrete Canvas tradition, Flickr of the Week. Every week we highlight our favourite flickr and one to watch in the future. Flickr is a great website which celebrates a huge range of work, it was originally intended for photographers to be used as a social networking site but now street artists have taken to it and spread like wildfire. It’s a great utility to display photos of your own work and increase public awareness of your talent. No longer does a tiny little tag in a backstreet lay unseen, now the rest of the world can glare upon it and cast judgement!

This week flickr of week goes to an artist who I have been watching since starting Concrete Canvas. Asboluv is an English artist who describes himself as a ‘born again hooligan’. Like the res of the Grafik Warfare squad, his stencils are always clean and his lines sharp. One of his most iconic designs is the ‘Afro girl’ - an image clearly dear to his heart.

Asboluv is our first flickr of the week 2009 and it’s good to have it back!

The Grafik Warfare crew and VST crew probably contain some of Europe’s best known street artists. Their pseudonyms are practically household names to be discussed around the dinner table. We’ve had interviews on Concrete Canvas with two of their artists (Snub23 and Orticanoodles) and covered work by many of the others. So an event with fresh work by all of these artists under one roof is unmissable.

The Paint & Beer show took place last Saturday in Amsterdam and looked fantastic. Take a look at the pictures below:

For more pictures check out the flickr group here.

SNUB23 is a name that rings with jealousy in the street art world: as an artist you probably wish you had his talent, if your not an artist, you probably just want a piece of his artwork. I know I fall into both categories. His work is inspirational and is now in a lot of places. SNUB23 was part of the original Cans event with one of the most iconic pieces there. His most recent work has moved away from stencils and concentrated on free hand characters.

We have been lucky to grab an interview with the artist from Brighton to talk about Lamp posts, wood and the latin alphabet. Click the link below to read the article.

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