GoneMOCA -- 100 Cubes from Malibu to Melrose

GoneMOCA just got up all over LA with an installation of 100 hand painted cubes.

These are highly collectible and most get taken soon after being discovered. Placed from Malibu to Melrose, keep your eyes peeled for Gone's boxes, before they are gone.~

Kiosk - Blocked Up

Kiosk gets up with a custom decorated 3d wood block.

Attached to a telephone pole, dig how you can see the hammer marks made by the artist when attaching.

Dig it~

Eh, Maybe a Little Less Permanent and Prominent

Getting up on the streets is all about finding your groove in a crazy scene.  There are no rules, but there are certain ways of doing things.  It is said there is a code of conduct among thieves.  Well, vandals have their own set of unofficial rules.

One is that you don't cap over something.  And another less common rule might be -- don't plaster permanent shit on buildings.  At least not when you are starting out.

Like here.  First of all, props to anyone who is doing art, but there is a difference between street art and elementary art.  This looks like a play-doh project from 2nd grade--that now got permanently affixed to this wall on Melrose.  Sure, going over tags is poor form, but in the long run, even if this wall gets buffed, the clay is much harder to get off.

M&F has always been a fan of anyone getting up, but also a supporter of doing it the right way. Sure, there is a place for this whale. There is a place for everything.  Find your groove.  But it is not here, on this wall.  Maybe a back alley, or a quaint little corner. Then it would be charming, instead of annoying.

Stay up~

Teacher & Chod - The Church of 'None of This is Real'

This Sunday, make good use of your time.  Don't go to traditional church.  That place is full of small minded haters.

Instead, come join Teacher and Chod at the Church of 'None of This is Real'.~  Its the only church M&F will be found worshipping at!

The God from the Bible says "Thou shall place no false idols before me", but this piece is worth worshipping.  Seriously, check this out!  This installation is a giant--large enough for a human to walk into.  This thing is solid, because it is made out of wood. And even though the walls look red, the under layer is composed of actual pages from the Bible.

These pictures have the Church situated in front of the light pole installation at LACMA. Why? Because this is true art.

Dig it.  Click the jump for more

GONE - Message in a Bottle Cube

These cubes from GONEMOCA have been getting up all over Los Angeles and Ventura for some time now.  The boxes were already highly collectible with rabid fans snatching them off the streets.

But GONE just upped the ante, adding a tiny hand drawn scroll to each new box.  GONE calls these new pieces 'Messages in a Bottle Cube'.

Dig it.  Click the jump to check out more process pics and keep your eyes peeled to the streets for more!

Teacher x Kiosk - A New Crown Atop the City

Teacher and Kiosk teamed up on a massive new 3d project.  The work brings to life Kiosk's signature geometric shapes, and it is done on a massive scale, making the art look like part of the environment.

Very impressive piece that jumps out onto he street like a crown atop the city.

This can be spotted on Melrose.  Dig it~  Stay up!

Plastic Jesus Teaching the Perils of the Credit Trap

Plastic Jesus and Teacher collaborated on a new piece entitled 'Credit Trap'.

Featuring a giant, human sized mouse trap and oversized credit cards placed on Melrose.

Haven't we all got trapped in this trap at one point or another?

Not Gone for Long

Gone MOCA gets up at multiple locations with new hand painted 3d wooden boxes.

This one is affixed directly to a phone handset.

And there are also pics another box at a different location attached to a telephone pole.

Click the jump to check it out!

The Streets are Always Changing - and Here's Proof!

The streets are always changing, and here is on-the-street proof of how quickly things change.

This picture was taken of a parking sign in Silverlake.  There is a wooden heart from Korsen affixed to the pole, and also some other stickers.

One of the stickers lower down on the pole is a picture of a photograph that was photographed of the exact same location.  It was printed out, and then brought back to this exact location.  Which is cool in its own way.  And it got even cooler when another huge sticker from Shie 47/Serch went up, demonstrating with street proof how the streets are always changing.

Click the jump to see close of pics of what is going on here!

There and Gone

Gone gets boxed up in yellow on Melrose.

Dig how it was placed in the wooden pole, not the tree.  Big ups for respecting nature~

Apparently, these hot collectors items.  Better find one before they're gone!

The NSA - Street Camera Spying Edition

Teacher and Plastic Jesus just collaborated on an amazing new street art installation aimed at the NSA's recent spying scandals.   This piece features HUGE NSA cameras aimed at the people walking on the sidewalk.  and a big arrow saying 'You Are Here'.

Dig this piece on many levels.  Great message and impressive execution.

Stay up! (but remember--the NSA is spying on you!)

Plastic Jesus - American Excess 2.0

Plastic Jesus revisits the first round of his American Excess piece with a new 2.0 version.  The new version is bigger and better than ever with a 7 foot snorter made out of a hundred dollar bill.  Check out the interactive pic above of the height it takes for a couple dudes to get down with it.

Dig it.  Happy excess on the 4th, America!

The Chosen Few

Serf from The Chosen Few or TCF crew paints an insane 3d graffiti burner on Melrose.

THIS is Street Art

What is it?  We don't know, either.  But it is a fascinating piece and the mystery makes it even more intriguing.

This might be atypical street art, but as street art, it is very successful in that it causes people who see it to think about the piece, puzzle over it, and forever look at buildings in a different way after.

Spotted in downtown Los Angeles.

Dig it.  Stay spiky and stay up!

Gone - Naked Like a Poet Without a Pen

Gone MOCA gets up with some fresh hand painted 3d miniature boxes that have been affixed around the Melrose area.

Each one is uniquely decorated with drawings and words.  Apparently these boxes have a strong following, and there is a dedicated audience who collects these mini art pieces.

Click the jump to check out many more different 'Gone' art boxes and angles

Old Crow Down Low

SF based graffiti artist Old Crow catches a 3d tag popping up vertically off the sidewalk on Melrose.

Red Monster

3D red monster affixed to a light post on Melrose.

Do Whatever It Takes to Get Up!

Cool double piece in Miami showing dudes hanging from windows like rock climbers.  Doing whatever it takes to get up~

Dig it~

Teacher M&F Exclusive - How & Wow

When people usually come across a street art piece from Teacher, they usually say something along the lines of 'Wow'.

And since Teacher is always pushing the boundaries of street art and literally inventing new ways to get up, it is always exciting to see how Teacher creates his pieces.

Here is an M&F exclusive of the behind the scenes look of how Teacher's ginormous oversized e-box was made.

Teacher Goes BIG Mixing Street Art & Hollywood

This piece is so Hollywood.

Street artists go big all the time, and at some point nearly every street artist will put art on an electrical box, but this is the biggest any street artist has ever gone on an electrical box.  Its the biggest ever, because Teacher constructed a 33% larger size model e-box.

It is hard to tell from the above pic (although the ones below have better size comparison), but this box is HUGE.  It stands about 7 feet tall and its girth is big all the way around.

It is said that the electrical boxes are the billboard canvases for street artists in LA, and the root of this piece is so Hollywood, because Teacher composed this box and painted it green to serve as a 'green screen'.  Teacher says that the giant e-box is meant to show support for artists in the Visual Effects Solidarity International--these are the guys who create all the special effects in the movies using a green screen.  Teacher used a power box to show the power of VFX in the movies.

Teacher hopes that this box will serve as a green screen blank canvas for artists and get decorated on the street.  Also notice how the giant e-box is fully functional, and the doors open to reveal the art still riding on the original e-box underneath.

Yet another unique and impressive piece from Teacher.

Dig it.  Stay up!~