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Street Artist Olek Goes To Jail in Poland

January 18, 2014 Artists

Street Artist Olek went to jail this week. We’re pleased to report that she made quick friends and crocheted a 65 foot long wall hanging.

“Pocaluj Przyszlosc” (Kiss the Future) is inscribed in a handwritten style crochet font across the corridor banner that leads the inmates to the outside world, should they ever be granted freedom again. “Inmates also pass it when they first enter the cold confines of their brick environment, picking their mattresses and clothes from the jail’s stockroom,” she says as she describes the prison in Katowice, Poland that she visited for a few days this week.

Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Olek)

An artist who relishes collaboration as much as the solo aspect of creation, Olek took this project into the prison as a way to share her work and to further examine freedom, a concept she has been giving much thought to over the last year.

Under house arrest herself in London as 2013 began, Olek’s own freedom was curtailed for a few months after a bar skirmish where a drunk fella, she quotes the judge as saying, “called her a whore, prostitute and slut.” The judge had recounted Olek’s reaction at her sentencing to home curfew the previous November, “she dumped the content of her glass over his head”.

Completing her sentence just a year ago, freedom has been on her mind ever since.

Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Davido Wojtek)

“No one knows what freedoms means until it is taken away,” she says, “I started 2013 with one foot in and the other out,” she observes of the experience that frankly pushed her spirit to very low depths, “That was the moment I pulled myself from the bottom,” she says, “but not everyone has this kind of strength.”

As she moved into 2014 Olek marked her experiences with a street installation in Vancouver in a neighborhood that has largely been abandoned by city planners and where many people who have lost hope languish on the sidewalks, sometimes turning to prostitution or the drug trade to get their basic needs met, or to just get awy. On a grey cold rainsoaked December 31st a multicolored crocheted piece rose on the street with her message “kiss the future” in what she describes as a “5 block of hell in Vancouver.”

Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Davido Wojtek)

Here in prison, she created the piece and translated the sentiment with the help of people who live there. “I taught the women how to crochet and the men installed the frame for my crocheted piece. It was truly a collaborative effort,” she says of the new work in this public prison.

“The beauty of public art is that it can speak, inspire and change anyone, even those not educated in art. Prison is definitely a public space. The inmates can’t come and see my art on the street, so I came to them with my colors and brightness.”

Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Olek)

Another crochet banner that she installed the previous week on the street in New York’s Little Italy had recently been stolen. The still unsolved theft of that one, which also carried a message about freedom, was still a source of sadness and anger so here in jail Olek celebrated the fact that this installation was likely to be more secure.

“The best way to insure that your work won’t be stolen is to install it inside a prison, ” she says hopefully, although most people familiar with the penal system might amend that statement. But yes, the new collaborative piece will bring a dynamic and colorful element to an otherwise restricted body and mind space.

Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Davido Wojtek)

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ROA Gets Up With New Animals In Tow

November 27, 2013 Artists

BSA travels with ROA to Austria, Canada, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the US.

Today we visit with Street Artist, urban naturalist, and globe trotter ROA to see what walls he has been climbing since we last checked in with him and his traveling curious circus of animals. Alternating between the cuddly and the killing, the endoskelton and the excrement, the pugnacious, playful and the putrefying, this Belgian world citizen is no romantic with his subjects and he isn’t asking for you to be either necessarily.

ROA. Lagos, Portugal 2013. (photo © Roa)

If you consider the brutal natural and man-made world that animals have to survive in and the ruthless depravity of humans throughout the ages (including right now), perhaps ROA’s depictions of these regionally based creatures are a healthy counterbalance to the fictional storytelling we customarily see in large public depictions of animals. Rotting Big Bird, anyone?

ROA. Lagos, Portugal 2013. (photo © Roa)

In one instructive example, a local town meeting in Chichester in Great Britain erupted into a heated debate this spring and a vote was called over whether to remove one of ROA’s fresh paintings from public view. The aerosoled portrait featured a rotting badger lying belly up and pock-marked across the front of a neglected building.

“It’s not appropriate, it’s grotesque and I hope it will be removed,” said the district and parish councilor who was outraged at the factual representation of a dying animal, according to a local website. The article does not mention if she was equally outraged at the culling of badgers locally, which ROA was drawing attention to, or if she would call the culling of undesirable animals “grotesque”.

ROA. Ibex at the harbor in Linz, Austria 2013. (photo © flap.at)

You wouldn’t cheapen the spray-painted monochromatic realism of ROAs work as activism per se, or even moralizing. Sometimes a bear is just a bear.

But sometimes the poses and positions and selectively illustrated details are more pronounced than one may see in nature, so clearly his desire is to draw attention to them. And why not try to give a voice to them? Otters don’t do email and bison hooves are too clunky for texting and nary a narwhal has his own Facebook page. If they have been displaced, marginalized, or are suffering, you won’t see a cluster of clamoring squirrels arrayed before a bank of microphones and cameras issuing a press conference.

ROA. Detail. Linz, Austria 2013. (photo © flap.at)

But slowly and gradually and almost systematically the former graffiti artist has been raising the awareness of even the dullest among us bipedal primates that the animals we are sharing the world with are plausibly pissed about that whole “dominion over nature” clause that pious Pulcinellas spout when justifying treating some animals like trash even while their blue-blooded poodles are having pedicures. Now that you think of it, this may not be exclusively about the animal kingdom.

Certainly we have all learned from ROAs travels that nature isn’t pretty – and can possibly be very alarming – and he won’t likely let you forget it.

So start trotting, galloping, swimming, scurrying, slithering, and scurrying! We have a lot of catching up to do with ROA as this year he’s been in Austria, Canada, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the US.

ROA. Linza, Austria 2013. (photo © flap.at)

ROA. Linz, Austria 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Mural Festival. “Still Life With Bison and Bear” Montreal, Canada 2013. (photo © Roa)

This wall was featured in our coverage this summer of the MURAL festival, where we wrote;

“For his first visit to Montreal, the Belgian Street Artist named ROA says that he had a great time creating this ‘still life’ with a bison and a bear. When talking about his inspiration, ROA says that he was impressed with the history of the so-called American bison, which was incredibly abundant in the early 19th century, numbering more than 40 million. After being hunted almost into extinction with a population of 200 a century later, the bison slowly have reestablished their numbers in Canada to 700,000. He decided to add a bear laying on top because it tells a similar story of a native mammal in the region.”

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ROA. “Catch of The Day” Open Art. Örebro, Sweden 2013. (photo © Roa)

“This is the first time I actually painted a narwhal,” says ROA about the curiously speared whale that lives year-round in the Arctic.

“Their tusks make them a unique example of a species; in a way the narwhal is a mythical sea creature; The unicorns of the sea,” explains ROA about this Swedish piece. “The young male narwal that I painted here is unfortunately caught in a fishing line. I wanted to draw attention to how they and many other species become a victim of hunting and pollution.”

ROA. “Catch of The Day”. Deatail. Open Art. Örebro, Sweden 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Vienna, Austria 2013. (photo © Roa)

At the start of July ROA opened his second solo show – this time with Inoperable Gallery in Vienna.

The exhibition was called “PAN-ROA’s Box” and it was an animal curiosity focused show.

ROA. Detail. Vienna, Austria 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Wall Therapy. Rochester, NY 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. “Two Blue Tits” in Chichester, Great Britain 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA was there as part of his invitation to participate at the Chichester Street Art Festival in May.

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ROA. Chichester, Great Britain 2013. (photo © Roa)

Here is the painting referred to above that upset a number of people in Chichester and called for a vote to take it down (it was 50/50 so they’ve left it up).

Regarding the Badger Cull 2013

“After several emails from Louise Matthews about the upcoming badger cull in GB, I painted a badger to support their efforts to save the badgers,” says ROA. The controversial practice in Britain has gained a number of very adamant foes, including Brian May from the rock group Queen.

ROA. Bethenal-Green London 2013. (photo © Roa)

As a guest of Griff from Street Art London, ROA did this piece in Bethenal-Green.

ROA. Nuart 2013. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Malaga, Spain. (photo © Roa)

As part of his invitation to the Maus Festival, ROA painted this in Calle Casas De Campos, Malaga, Spain.

ROA. Malaga, Spain. (photo © Roa)

ROA. “Fighting Squirrels”, Southbank, London 2013. (photo © Roa)

“If you have ever witnessed a squirrel fight, you might recognize the action,” says ROA of these two enraged fellas in mid air. He explains that when the North American Eastern Grey squirrel (top) was introduced it caused the red native Squirrel (bottom) to lose habitat and population, so now the red one is protected by conservation laws.

ROA would like to thank the Southbank Centre at the canal.

ROA. Dulwich, London 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Baroque The Streets Festival. Dulwich, London 2013. (photo © Roa)

Regarding the dog above, ROA says :

” It took me a detailed search into the Dulwich Picture Gallery to find an animal expression that was involved with the daily life of the time and express on it’s own a fragment of the ordinary life. My eye was caught by a pooping dog in a large scale hunting scene; I found that an interesting detail. The people of the museum told me they have more hunting scenes with this same curious detail, but those were currently not exhibited.”

Dulwich: ‘Baroque The Streets: Dulwich Street Art Festival’ May 10-19, 2013. The festival was organized by Street Art London & Dulwich Picture Gallery

ROA. Urban Forms Festival. Lodz, Poland. 2013. (photo © Roa)

Roa wishes to extend his most sincere thanks to the following people:

In Southbank, London he sends thanks to the Southbank Centre at the canal.

In Linz, Austria he says thanks to Bubble Days Festival in Linz, and thanks to Poidle.

In Montreal, he says thanks to MURAL for all their good care and for the retreat in Quebec. Thank you also to Yan, Andre, Alexis and Nico!

In Malaga, Spain he says thank you very much Fer.

In Rochester he says thank you to Ian, Steven, Dan and Wise, who “made my stay excellent as usual.”

In Lagos, Portugal he says thanks to LAC Laboratório Actividades Criativas.

In Stavanger, Norway he extends his thanks to the NUART festival.

In Lodz, Poland he says thanks to Michael and the crew.

And we here at BSA say thank you to you all, and of course to ROA for sharing all his travels with BSA readers.

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Images Of The Week: 11.24.13

November 24, 2013 Artists

Here is our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Ainac, Bunny M, F. Caba, Kitty Kitty, Mgr Mors, Mr. Styles, Mr. Prvrt, Mr. Toll, Never, Owen Dippie, Reka, Sarah Rutherford, SheWolf, Veng RWK, and Zimer.

Top Image >> Reka at The Bushwick Collective. If grasshoppers were invited to Burning Man we imagine this is how they would look:-) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Owen Dippie at Low Brow Artique. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

SheWolf (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mgr Mors & Mr Styles in Poland. (photo © Mgr Mors)

Mr. PRVRT and Sarah Rutherford collaborate at The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. Prvrt and Sarah Rutherford. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kitty Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Knock On Wood (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Zimer at Low Brow Artique. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ainac (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. Toll (photo © Jaime Rojo)

bunny M (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Veng RWK at The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Never paints a cicada at The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. 14th Street Subway Station. NYC, NY. (sculpture by Tom Otterness) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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3TTMAN Completes the 30th Mural for Urban Forms In Lodz

October 28, 2013 Artists

3TTman has just completed the 30th mural for the Urban Forms project in Lodz, Poland. An eye-popping storyteller who often uses his works to tell allegories of a sociological, political, environmental nature, 3TTman hasn’t told us the full story here, but we see images of power, currency, natural resources, and a head on a plate. It’s contemporary work that recalls mid-century graphic design and all his stories are colorfully told in his geometric and illustrative style.

Born in Lille and schooled alongside talented friend and Street Artist Remed, 3TTman travels globally doing large-scale walls singularly (sometimes collaboratively) in the company of artists such as Zbiok, Remed, Grems, Spok, Sixe, Nuria Mora, Suso33, Neko, Agostino Iacurci, and others. This new wall will certainly brighten the gray days of Lodz, and it may even make people inquire about the story behind it.

3TTMAN. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

3TTMAN. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

TONE Animates a Wall for Urban Forms in LODZ

October 5, 2013 Artists

Painter, muralist, illustrator and animator TONE (Robert Proch) has just completed the 27^th mural for the Urban Forms festival in Lodz and has brought a touch of surreality and movement that hints at other art forms now occupying minds in the contemporary art world. Whether video, animation or projection mapping, our imaginations are taking flight via technological innovation and the natural comfort which digital natives have working in the virtual world.

TONE. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

The Polish born TONE may have only recently completed formal studies in fine art but he brings to his static abstract mural work a sense that there are dimensions in the digital realm that are enveloping; cycling whirlpools of flying planes and fragments that carry us and as we swim and bob along into and out of each others field of vision.

TONE. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

TONE. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

A very striking, elegant, and well-told story via animation by Robert Proch from a few years ago gives you an idea of the level of sophistication involved with his work and process.

INTI, The Good Goat Shepherd in Lodz

September 30, 2013 Artists

Billy, did you see the 35 meter high mural by Inti for Urban Forms in Lodz? All kidding aside, these goats are huge! Entitled “I Believe in Goats,” the massive piece features Inti’s recurring character as alien shepherd surrounded by five of the hollow-horned mammals. Floating over the composition are wire-frame symbols for currency and religions of the world – along with a few other mystical markers. No we do not know what it all means. But we’ll bet you a buck it all makes sense if you look at it in a mirror over your shoulder. Just check out the signature.

INTI. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI Hits 11 Story Building in Lodz

September 17, 2013 Artists

Five days into the progress of this new 11 story wall, Street Artist Inti is gathering some high-flying attention in Lodz. Some neighbors have actually come to the site with binoculars to more closely watch the process up there and to debate with other bystanders if this is going to be the largest mural completed in Europe when finished. For Inti is has become an all consuming pleasure and battle combined into one.

INTI. Work in progress. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

See previous postings on Urban Forms 2013:

Urban Forms in Lodz, Poland Ready To Go

Urban Forms 2013: ROA Goes First in Poland

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www.urbanforms.org

www.facebook.com/urbanforms

www.vimeo.com/urbanforms

www.instagram.com/urbanforms

www.youtube.com/user/UrbanFormsFoundation

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Urban Forms 2013: ROA Goes First in Poland

September 10, 2013 Artists

In Poland the Urban Forms festival is underway with its new installations of large format mural works in Lodz this month, beginning with the Belgian ROA. The urban naturalist continues to explore the animal kingdom, but usually not the cute ones you find in cartoons or on inspirational posters in your kid sisters bedroom with phrases like “Hang In There!” emblazoned across them hanging adorably off a tree limb. ROA has us sort of stumped with this playful pack of Polish polecats – a combination of realistic and fantastic weasels who won’t sit still as they careen and cavort across a characteristically colossal wall – the 22nd or 23rd such mural in the series for Urban Forms.

ROA. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

ROA. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

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www.urbanforms.org

www.facebook.com/urbanforms

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www.youtube.com/user/UrbanFormsFoundation

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Urban Forms in Lodz, Poland Ready To Go

August 26, 2013 Artists

ROA Inaugurates, INTI to Hit 11-Story Wall

Today we have a little reminder of the upcoming third edition of the Galeria Urban Forms Festival in Lodz, Poland, which will be really take off in the beginning of September. Already new work has begun from Etam Crew from Lodz with a mural on Politechniki Avenue inspired by Julian Tuwim’s poem “W aeroplanie” (“On the Airplane”). The second one in advance is by Gdansk artist M-City.

On the roster for this year is ROA from Belgium, who will inaugurate the festival shortly, and many are talking about the 11-floor skyscraper that INTI from Chile is going to paint, which will be the largest in Lodz and one of the largest in Europe. Below you can see the one INTI did last year entitled “Holy Warrior”. Also on tap is a 3D pavement painting by Ryszard Paprocki and other guests include 3TTMan – the Spaniard whose work you saw in BSA coverage of Atlanta last week along with INTI – and TONE, PROEMBRION, and CEKAS from Poland.

Urban Forms will have a variety of related events during the nearly month long festival that celebrate the existing 24 murals along with the new ones, including live music, a laser light show, bus and bicycle tours. BSA will be bringing you exclusive coverage of the new murals as they go up, so stop by to see brand new work by these artists over the next month.

INTI (photo courtesy © Urban Forms)

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New from Lodz in Poland; ETAM Crew and MCity

July 30, 2013 Artists

New Additions to the Great Open Gallery of Polish “Urban Forms”

As an update to our posting a few weeks ago about Urban Forms we have here some exclusive images of new work in Lodz from some local Street ETAM crew and M-City.

The ETAM crew are Przemysław Blejzyk (“Sainer”) and Matthew Gapski (“Bezt”) and are both still students at the University of Lodz but have already blown minds with their grandly eclectic characters, attention to textural nuances and their talent with color. You can see their influences from other Street Artists/illustrators with higher profiles, but their style continues to evolve into something purely theirs. ETAM haven’t yet begun to travel the circuit of cities around the world that are blooming with Street Art, but you know it’s just a matter of time.

A graphic designer, muralist and lover of architecture, M-City is also a professor in Gdansk. His distinctive monochromatic industrial age subjects and multi-functioned diagrammed machinery transform unusual spaces. He knows how to select a good context in which to unveil work that is at once simple and complex – and usually expansive. M-City has completed perhaps a couple of hundred murals around the world in the last decade so it’s great to see this work a little closer to home here in Poland.

Special thanks to Michał Bieżyński for sharing these images with us exclusively for BSA readers.

See our earlier coverage of Urban Forms HERE.

To learn more about Urban Forms go to http://www.galeriaurbanforms.org/

https://www.facebook.com/urbanforms

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Images Of The Week: 07.21.13

July 21, 2013 Artists

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Adam Young, Adelaide, Am3ba, Bask, Buff Monster, David Flores, Hero, Nils Westegard, Olek, Pop Mortem, Rep 1, Skount, Street Hart and Wakuda.

A new tribute to musician and activist MCA of the Beastie Boys by David Flores starts begins a series of historical sites that Delta Bravo Urban Exploration will be doing. The mural is located by what was once home to the Beastie Boys G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, California.

David would like to send special thanks to Farmer Piper, Olivia Noelle Bevilacqua, and the whole DBUET crew. MCA RIP

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Large Murals Adorn The City Of Lodz In Poland

June 10, 2013 Artists

The city of Lodz in Poland is promoting the work of Street Artists from around the world as a way of creating a cultural re-invigoration of this city whose population is three quarters of a million. Begun in 2009, the Urban Forms Gallery has installed more than 20 large square paintings on elevations in the city center.

The public/private partnership and the addition of the artwork has attracted business and investment, and of course urban exploring tourists who can follow a map to see the works within a couple of hours. As a model for employing the talents of Street Artists to create public art in service of the re-invigoration of a city, this one appears to be very successful at respecting the work while adding value to a neighborhood, district, city, and community.

The roster of nearly two dozen works features international Street Artists like Os Gemeos from Brazil, Aryz from Spain, and Remed from France along with one of Poland’s proud Street Art sons named M-City from Gdynia, a city three hours north of here, and two hometown local talents Bezt and Sainer from the ETAM Crew.

Here are a number of images of many of the walls that have been going up in the last few years. Special thanks to Michał Bieżyński for sharing these images with us exclusively for BSA readers.

Click on the links below to learn more about URBAN FORMS and for news regarding the new murals.

http://www.urbanforms.org/projects/en

https://www.facebook.com/urbanforms

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Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Olek)

Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Davido Wojtek)

Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Davido Wojtek)

Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Olek)

Olek. Katowice, Poland. January 2014. (photo © Davido Wojtek)

BSA travels with ROA to Austria, Canada, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the US.

ROA. Lagos, Portugal 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Lagos, Portugal 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Ibex at the harbor in Linz, Austria 2013. (photo © flap.at)

ROA. Detail. Linz, Austria 2013. (photo © flap.at)

ROA. Linza, Austria 2013. (photo © flap.at)

ROA. Linz, Austria 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Mural Festival. “Still Life With Bison and Bear” Montreal, Canada 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. “Catch of The Day” Open Art. Örebro, Sweden 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. “Catch of The Day”. Deatail. Open Art. Örebro, Sweden 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Vienna, Austria 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Detail. Vienna, Austria 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Wall Therapy. Rochester, NY 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Wall Therapy. Rochester, NY 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. “Two Blue Tits” in Chichester, Great Britain 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Chichester, Great Britain 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Bethenal-Green London 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Nuart 2013. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Malaga, Spain. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Malaga, Spain. (photo © Roa)

ROA. “Fighting Squirrels”, Southbank, London 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Dulwich, London 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Baroque The Streets Festival. Dulwich, London 2013. (photo © Roa)

ROA. Urban Forms Festival. Lodz, Poland. 2013. (photo © Roa)

Top Image >> Reka at The Bushwick Collective. If grasshoppers were invited to Burning Man we imagine this is how they would look:-) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Owen Dippie at Low Brow Artique. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

SheWolf (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mgr Mors & Mr Styles in Poland. (photo © Mgr Mors)

Mr. PRVRT and Sarah Rutherford collaborate at The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. Prvrt and Sarah Rutherford. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kitty Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Knock On Wood (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Zimer at Low Brow Artique. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ainac (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. Toll (photo © Jaime Rojo)

bunny M (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Veng RWK at The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Never paints a cicada at The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. 14th Street Subway Station. NYC, NY. (sculpture by Tom Otterness) (photo © Jaime Rojo)

3TTMAN. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

3TTMAN. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

3TTMAN. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

TONE. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

TONE. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

TONE. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI. Work in progress. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI. Work in progress. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI. Work in progress. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI. Work in progress. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

INTI. Work in progress. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

ROA. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

ROA. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

ROA. Detail. Urban Forms 2013. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms/Michał Bieżyński)

ROA Inaugurates, INTI to Hit 11-Story Wall

INTI (photo courtesy © Urban Forms)

Os Gemeos . ARYZ (photo courtesy © Urban Forms)

New Additions to the Great Open Gallery of Polish “Urban Forms”

ETAM Crew. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms)

ETAM Crew. Detail. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms)

ETAM Crew. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms)

MCity. Detail. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms)

MCity. Detail. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms)

MCity. Detail. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms)

MCity. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Urban Forms)

Top image Olek and crew cover an entire locomotive train in Łódź, Poland over the course of two days. (photo © Olek)

Olek. Lodz, Poland. (photo © Olek)

Pop Mortem (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nils Westergard. Adelaide, South Australia (photo © Nils Westergard)

Skount in Amsterdam (photo © Skount)

Rep 1. C Train, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Bask in Denver, Colorad. (photo © Bask)

Bask in San Francisco, CA (photo © Bask)