Stencils from Hamburg

Stencils from Palma de Mallorca

Unfortunately there weren't many stencils in Palma de Mallorca. I was a bit disappointed. Or maybe I just wasn't in the right location.... I saw a few more but that were not worth taking a photo of.
The first is supposed to be the great Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal who is from Mallorca.

Stencil blog Rural Markings

Check out the blog Rural Markings ! It's from a stencil artist from a small town in northeastern Indiana, USA. I specially love the stencil titled "FEAR".

New stencil web !

To all the stencil-freaks out there: a new web-site about stencils from everywhere has recently started: Stencils.ch - International Stencil Archive.
Check it out, it already contains a collection of some great stencils !

Museu Eférmero = The world's first Ephemeral Museum !

Check out "Museu Eférmero", the world's first Ephemeral Museum based in Lisbon. It's a street art based Muesum with artworks in their natural environment: The Streets. To make a visit, you just need to go to the website of Museu Eférmero, print the map and download the podcast. Then just take your MP3-player and start your tour and explore the streetart of Lisbon. And believe me, Lisbon is full of stencils and other street art ! You will get to know the artists that leave their works out in the street and surely see them then with different eyes ! Have fun !!!

Stencils from Schwerin

These are some stencils I came accross in Schwerin this summer.

Check out Ripo's new website

Hi stencil and streetart-lovers !!!

Ripo is back from his South Central Tour and has updated his website ! You can find loads of new curious stuff there and can also check out again his great tour that lasted for more than 4 months!

Check out his website on www.ripovisuals.com

stencil Mix from Dr. Hofmann and Fragil

Here is a mix of stencils I came across walking through the streets of Barcelona. The skulls are from Dr. Hofmann. The other two are from Fragil. I specially like the last one, it was in the window of an empty shop.

stencils from Double-P

I have recently been contacted by someone from Korea telling me about a (stencil) artist called DOUBLE-P. It seems that he works mostly in Seoul, Korea. His stencils remind a lot of Banksy.
Does anybody have more information about Double-P ?
The photos have been submitted by Jin. Many thanks!

Interview with RIPO !

I did not have the chance to interview RIPO personally when he was at the Difusor event in Barcelona last summer but he gave me answers to my questions after I got in touch with him by e-mail. He is currently travelling in South America, check out his blog about the tour ! (You find the link at the end of the interview)

1. What is the meaning of your name ? / Why did you choose this name ?

Ripo comes from repo, short for repossess in English. Repossess - take something back that "belongs" to you, with or without permission.

2. Since when have you been doing stencils ?

Stencils are just one part of a lot of things i get my hands dirty with. But I started getting into that about 2003

3. What led you to do stencils ? Have you been doing graffiti before or other type of art ?

Lots of things led me to stencils, mostly my eyes checking out walls and seeing a great and versatile way to repeat a graphic image anywhere. Graffiti I've always loved but as a kid I usually stuck to being a fan and just constantly drawing and painting on my own and such, something I've done since about 5 years old.

4. What are the materials and techniques you use for your stencils ?

It's changed over time, and depending on where i want to paint it, size, detail, etc. I guess for anybody wondering what to use thin cardboard (cereal box weight) and acetate are a good place to start.

5. What is / are your preferred spots to put your stencils ?

Where you can see them

6. Is there a place where you would love to put a stencil but you never dared ?

I try to dare myself to do a lot of things...

7. In which cities have you so far been doing stencils ? Do you have a preferred city ?

Barcelona, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw, Krakow, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest, Istanbul, Athens, Sofia, Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Milan, New York City, and I'm currently traveling across another 16 or so countries in South and Central America painting, although not with stencils, so the list is far from finished...

8. Is there a message you want to transmit with your stencil art ?

There's a message I want to transmit with everything I do, but that message can change daily.

9. Are there other artists you admire or influenced your work ?

Lots of them...

10. What do you think makes your style different from other stencil artists ?

I tend to focus a lot on typography, in my stencils and in my other works. Does that make me different?

11. How do you get inspired or where do you get your ideas from ?

I get inspired by drawing, traveling, meeting other artists, current situations in my life and in the world, it can really come from anywhere as long as i keep my mind and eyes open.

12. Have you ever been in trouble because of your stencils ?

Knock on wood...

13. Which of your stencils do you consider the best one you have done so far ?

The next one I haven't made yet...

14. What do you think about the commercial side of stencils ?

The commercial world is sticking its hands in everywhere, and has been for years. It's up to every artist to decide to work with it (or not) on their own terms. I just think if you're going to work with a company don't sacrifice yourself or your ideals and make it a mutually interesting project for both yourself and the company.

15. In your opinion: a good stencil should be: funny, political, controversial, artistic, poetic, multi-coloured, black and white or ?

a good stencil should be made...

16. Anything else you want to tell us ???

Stencils were how I really started becoming serious about putting my art in the streets, but I want to keep developing however possible. Check out the blog that Above and I are keeping of our South Central Tour to see some of my newest works. http://southcentraltour.wordpress.com Thanks!

Diesel Wall 2008

I have just received an e-mail about an international contest about urban art event this year. It is sponsered by DIESEL and called Diesel Wall 2008. It seems that it takes place in New York, Manchester, Zürich and Barcelona. Check it out !

Hamburg Mix 1 - Rauwel & The Teeth

Rauwel and The Teeth are also some of the stencil artists we discovered this time. It seems to be very popular to put stencils on tiles as you can see.

Hamburg Mix 2 - Los Piratos & unknown stencil artists

I guess this one is from BAD, but I am not totally sure.



I hadn't seen that before but the tile with the orange guy must be from Los Piratos. I had seen the same one in another color before signed by them. The other ones, I don't know who did them.

BAD in Hamburg

On our trip in Hamburg recently, we discovered a new stencil artist. The stencils were signed with BAD as you can see. Does anybody know more about him / her ?

Artiste ouvrier & Quasikunst in Hamburg

When we were walking around in Hamburg in Altona, we passed at a garage and I couldn't believe my eyes! Artiste ouvrier, one of my favourite stencil artists had left a stencil collage there together with another artist called quasikunst. I think it was like an advertising for an exhibition in Altona. Unfortunately, it only started the next day and we were leaving and couldn't make it.... As you can see, some stencils where already covered by graffiti tags, it was a shame. To find out more about exhibitions of artiste-ouvrier, click HERE. There is a flickr about the Altona Stencil Art.

ALIAS and Mindfuck in Hamburg

ALIAS
Mindfuck



These stencils are from ALIAS and Mindfuck. If I remember well, ALIAS is from Berlin but you can find quite a lot of works from him in Hamburg.