MIMI the clown has won FOTW this week. He’s an awesome stencil artists with deep meaning behind his work and how he started. A lot of his stencil work has the big red nose we all associate with clowns, the common theme throughout his work. MIMI, another Parisian artist, is full of orginality and postive meaning.

Below is a quote from his flickr page, some great words that made be sit up and read closely.

1916: the world is in the middle of a world war; the one meant “to end all wars”.

2008, or 92 years later (i.e. after a second world war and a host of other diCTators and plenty of genocides) human beings are even deeper in the shit. CAPITALISM has completely enslaved them while also destroying the planet’s resources.

” (…) as of now we want to shit in varied colours to deck the zoological gardens of art ”

Tristan Tzara, manifesto of mr antipyrine, 1916

After studying knife-throwing and as a failed tap-dancer I started to take an interest in the world of show business, circus and masks. By going to the SUPERmaRket, by watching TV, by listening to politicians and slaving away every day for a few euros I realised that the show went much further than the stage that used to fascinate me. It was everywhere. Everywhere!! With intelligent giraffes, elephants and poodles!! Zebra tamers, acrobats but above all clowns. A countless number of ClowNs, everywhere! Wooooow, isn’t (real) life magic!

6 and a 1/2 years of internments as well as of exhibitionS in every clinic in France later AND still I go on PAINTING. Painting that is intentionally miLITAnt, offhand and concession free ($$$$).

(turn off your mobile and sit down; open your eyes wide, the show’s started already!)

Paris, France

Links:
MIMI’s Flickr

New fresh work from Broken Crow with Drew Peterson will leave you tripping balls. Those of you who know Broken Crow’s work well will recognise some of his animal stencil’s limbs in the piece.

This piece is title ‘Big Game Hunter’, and is a huge 16×16 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

I’ve just bumbed into this picture on the t’internet and thought I’d share it with you guys. Possibly one of the best pieces of work I’ve seen that interacts with the environment perfectly.

Stencil by Orticanoodles, placement by SNUB23, photo taken by HowAboutNo!.

Links:
Orticanoodles
SNUB23
HowAboutNo!

Pahnl, a British artist, has just made me burst out laughing as I sit glaring at this screen. I’ve never laughed so hard whilst surfing through flickr. The piece of art in question isn’t even on the street but I think it should have a mention anyway:

His street art stencils are very simple but stand out. They show not all stencils need to be overly complicated with lots of layers to look good.

I LOVE FLICKR!

It’s brilliant! So many awesome artists on there and I’m just in awe of their work. This time Stencilab has caught my attention. Stencilab has once again proven that the Brazilians can paint.

The picture below really impressed me. It’s not particularly skillful and as far as I can see there isn’t any great message behind it. I just love the standoff between the dog and the cat. Which one is going to go first?

Check out his flickr for more of his work.

Links:
Stencilab’s Flickr