Art - The Streets

New Tag Going Up at 24th and Capp

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Not sure I can bother calling this a mural.  But it’s commissioned, so is it a tag?  I’m at a loss here.

Anyways, seeing this piece go up reminded me of discussion that went down last week about the new Reyes mural on the 23rd St. Walgreens:

#1: “Another Publica Art which intends to show no representation of humans, their condition, their spirit, intends to show no specific content outside of formalism, and intends to speak to nothing relative to the time, place, or circumstance in which it was created. gr8.”

#2: “Obviously posted by someone from Precita Eyes. What the fuck do those lame ass Precita Eyes murals “speak to”? They look like they were painted by kindergardeners and deny the proud Irish history of the Mission.”

What do we think?  Is it time for a little more diversity in our Mission murals?  They are sort of getting redundant.

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NON-STOP BANKSY COVERAGE BROS!: Fifth and Sixth "Banksy" Found

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Okay, I know you all are saying “this bullshit is getting old” but Laughing Squid needs me to do some research so that lazy fuck can just rip off this blog without credit.  Again.  Even anonymous dumbasses on ezboards.com are better at giving us hat tips than that fool.  ANYWAYS.

Love Letters to SF found this one yesterday.  Looks like Banksy is now on Twitter.  I kid, it’s just a bird.

Also, from the inbox:

there is a new banksy piece up at Haight and Belvedere above Villains Vault, across from Wasteland. Picture of a rat and a line that says “this is where I draw the line.” Went up last night.

A simple twitter search corroborates, but no pics as of yet.  I’d go take a picture myself, but I hate leaving the Mission and my kitchen smells like a nasty combination of Mexican food and frat house, so I gotta bust out a mop.  (Update: Banksy Prints has the scoop on the Haight piece)

Anyways, I’m pretty convinced that these are not Banksy.  First off, a “Banksy” went up in Seattle two nights ago, and he can’t be in two places at once.  Some have suggested that he emails plans to people, which seems feasible, but if he’s not the one taking the risk and holding the spraypaint, I don’t really see how you can credit it to Banksy.  To make a completely ludicrous comparison, we don’t say Ben Folds’ cover of “Bitches Ain’t Shit” is Dr. Dre’s work.

Fourth Banksy Found at 9th and Howard

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Okay, I’m getting too sucked into this game.  Sorry.  I just like his shit.

(photo by jeanhackman)

I’ll post an update if a better pic ever surfaces.  Here is a better one by Todd Bigalow:


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I was going to make a post making fun of people flocking to photograph the new Banksy piece but, ummm, yeah

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Don’t get me wrong, I got a chubby over this too, but do we really need a news van?  They took 4 takes of some not-fashionable (in Mission terms) walking out of the Curiosity Shoppe.  It was wicked intense.

Also, two hipsta chicas rolled up in a 90’s SUV (earth day DANG) and started taking pictures with no less than 5 different cameras.  One of them even looked like it used manual film.  I feel like if you are going to photograph Banksy, you shouldn’t be doing it with technology (excluding Hipstamatic and Razrs, of course), since that is ‘contrary to his ideals’ and ‘fucking lame.’

Anyways, go over and check it out.  It’s fantastic.

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New Banksy in SF?

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Flickr user caughtyouhoney uploaded this shot this morning.  Not sure where it was taken, but my guess would be Chinatown (see right hand side).

What does everyone think?

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Update: Apparently one popped up on Valencia St. over Little Otsu.  Unfortunately the only pic of it online is a stupid ass hipstamatic print. (Credit Coming in Fifth / hat tip Spots Unknown)

Update 2: Call Me Weeze says “paint still drying”

(photo by hodgepodgereel)

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