The Dude on the Other Side

On the other side of the same pillar, is another graffiti portrait.  This one is of a bearded dude.

Not sure who this artist is, but seriously impressive life-like renderings with black and white spray cans.

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Black and White Portraits

Black and white graffiti portraits riding on the pillars at Venice Beach.

Here are two heads.  Dig the style.  Great technique and can control

I Like to Wander

A mural in Venice featuring a brown eagle above a scenic canyon, along with some poetic words mixed in.

Click the jump to check it all out.

Get Painted

Graffiti at Venice Beach from I2Z(?), XN, and more.

Legendary Venice Beach Graffiti

Sel WCA gets painted at the legendary Venice Beach graffiti walls.

Dumped in Venice

This Venice Beach dumpster gets a custom paint job from graffiti artist Never.

The sides are even decorated with sunset themed palm trees.

Dig it~  Every city should have locally themed decorated dumpsters.  Like here, it turns an eyesore into something pretty for a neighborhood to be proud of.

Hit It and Quit It!

The Venice Beach Skate Park itself becomes park of a sticker combo.

With slaps riding from Organized Grind, Mero, Beyond Aware, Hit It Or Quit It and many more.

Check out the dude in the background nailing a sweet move, then click the jump to peep some grind b-side footage.

Chase - Nothing To It But To Do It

Chase paints a plywood sectional at Venice Beach.  The piece is filled with inspirational quotes like 'Question the Hype' and 'Nothing To It But To Do It'.  The latter is one of M&F's favorite sayings.

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The Plasma Man

Dan Plasma, or the Plasma Man gets painted up top with a series of wrap around faces at Venice Beach.

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Vandalize Shit

Completely combo'd out sticker signs in Venice Beach.

With more action than your mom's hole with slaps from Slob, Western World, DBR, Rota, Stashr, Gee Funk, Grue, Saleh, Reik, Pie, Seol, Mecca, Crane, Painr, Herps, Kosek, Edar, Reptar, Mosk, Empo, Fewer, Arch and many more.  Including one from Phunz saying 'Vandalize Shit!'.

Graffiti Design

Graffiti from Design d4 AKT at Venice Beach.

Pretty straight forward old school graffiti design, but dig the marker in the middle.

Are LA's Murals Endangered Species? (Don't Believe the Hype!)

A lot of people in the art community keep talking about LA's proposed end to its self-imposed mural moratorium, and they talk about the lifting of the ban as if the move will save LA's art community.

Don't believe the hype.

As M&F has pointed out before, even though murals have been illegal, this city has still made a name as one of the top destinations in the world for street art and graffiti--in all shapes and forms.  The rules have never stopped the art in LA.  And the idea that bringing in the city as a mural referee is somehow going to save the art in Los Angeles, well, M&F does not predict that will be the case.

To be clear, it is great that the city is moving to embrace more art.  All art is awesome, and this is a step in the right direction.  But there is a difference between 'street art' and 'public art'.   The City Council's decision on murals will affect public art a lot, but it will probably not affect the current state of street art and graffiti very much.  After all, how many graffiti artists ask for the city's permission before a painting trip?  The good news is that it will give art lovers a leg to stand on when a property owner wants art, where before there was none.  And that is great news.

This mural riding in Venice is entitled 'Endangered Species', and this is an example of a public art legal mural painted with the permission from the city of LA.  Even though it was painted in 1990 and therefore grandfathered into the the mural regulations, it still brings up some still valid points about endangered species.  And this world is still struggling to come to terms with things like self worth, the destruction of the environment, and loss of native habitat and cultures.

The art is beautiful and we dig the message.  However, it is still safe.  This is a great example of 'public art' and the type of aesthetic M&F expects will flourish once LA's mural regulations are relaxed.  And the city will look better for it.  But for street art and graffiti, its business as usual.

USK Graffiti Venice Beach

USK graffiti gets down at Venice Beach.

With Desi and Kae down below.

Star Fighters

Gorgeous painting from Christina Angelina and Camra Face at Venice Beach.

Really dig the recent murals by Chistina Angelina.  Loving the sexy girls, skulls, and drip aesthetic. Complemented well here with the art work from Camra Face.

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Yarned and Dangerous

A giant new panel in Venice featuring a masked person holding guns that have been covered with string, or yarn.  The yarn is in the photo of the image, not actually on this wall.

Venice Beach Graffiti

What's the graffiti at Venice look like right now?  Well, click the jump for a big 10+ pictorial on all the graffiti action from Venice Beach.

Venice Beach Graffiti

Here is a full run of the graffiti from Venice Beach.  With a huge 10+ pictorial.  Click the jump to check out all the action at Venice.

Teacher - Poetry in Motion

Teacher creates a piece dedicated to what he believes is happening when artists get up on the streets--its 'Poetry in Motion'.

Dig this new stencil at Venice Beach.  Keep makin' poetry~

If These Walls Could Talk . . . They'd Say There is A LOT of Paint on Here!

The Venice Beach graffiti walls are some of the busiest in the world.

There is always painting at these walls.  Much of the time, as soon as one piece is finished, a new piece gets painted over it at the same spot.

All of this paint put onto the wall accumulates over time until the paint actually becomes inches deep.  Well, M&F got an exclusive and fascinating look at the myriad of paint layers laid down at Venice Beach.

Some cool pics in this feature.  Dig it~

From the City of Angeles to the Angels of Connecticut

LA based street artist Bandit has already issued a tribute to the students massacred a short while ago at Newtown.

And LA's graffiti artists also show some love with a gigantic tribute mural at Venice Beach dedicated to the victims of the shooting.  The Venice Beach wall says 'From the City of Angeles to the Angels of Connecticut'.

Stay up, Angels~