Bumblebee has always relished the streets. Born and raised in the southeastern part of the Los Angeles County, he takes the largely ignored parts of the city and uses it as his personal canvas by remodeling urban furniture such as newspaper boxes, telephone booths to tell stories of everyday life and comment on the collapse of the bee population through the rise of cell phone usage. He also uses the technique of stenciling and mixed media to create images of children on unloved walls of his hometown. Considerate and thoughtful, Bumblebee’s work also deals with issues such as child homelessness and the impact of modernity on nature. Despite the seriousness of his subject matter, his works are not heavy. Instead, they are whimsical, playful and exude a sense of childish innocence, freedom and joy.
Bumblebeelovesyou
Alice Pasquini is a visual artist from Rome who works as an illustrator, set designer, and painter. Alice’s preferred canvases are city walls and she’s traveled widely, bringing her artwork to life on the streets of different cities across the globe, such as Sydney, New York, Barcelona, Oslo, Moscow, Paris, Copenhagen, Marrakech, Berlin, Saigon, London, and Rome.
‘Ero un riflesso’
April 2015
ALICE PASQUINI
MAX EHRMAN AKA E.O.N.75 (EXTERMINATION OF NORMALITY) BORN 1975, IN THE SUNNY LITTLE BEACH TOWN OF NAPLES FLORIDA, FOUND THE WORLD OF ART IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES WHEN HE WAS LIVING IN GAINESVILLE FLORIDA WHILE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. HAVING NEVER SEEN GRAFFITI ART IN HIS LIFE HE HAD NO UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE CULUTRE WAS OR EVEN WHAT THE MEDIUM OF SPRAY PAINT WAS OR WHAT THE CULTURE WAS ABOUT. ONE DAY A MURAL WAS PRODUCED ON A PUBLIC ART WALL IN GAINESVILLE. THIS EVENT CHANGED THE COARSE OF HIS LIFE AND CAREER. THREE GERMAN MURALISTS DID A MEMORIAL WALL TO A CHILD THAT DIED TRAGICALLY AT A YOUNG AGE. CONCEPTUALLY THE MURAL WAS BEYOND ANYTHING HE HAD EVER SEEN. THE LAYOUT, DESIGN, EXECUTION AND COLOR BALANCE WAS INCREDIBLE. THE NEXT DAY HE WENT TO HIS LOCAL PAIINT STORE, BOUGHT SPRAY PAINT AND WENT TO THE WALL, AND HASN’T STOPPED PAINTING EVER SINCE.
'Butterfly Love'
Max Ehrman
Lauren YS is an artist from Denver, Colorado. She is currently based in Oakland, California.
Twin Freaks
Wynwood, Miami
Art Basel 2014
Lauren YS
HIGH DESERT MURAL FESTIVAL
Bend, OR
