Verve & Lukas Battle

The battle between Lukas and Verve keeps going.

The first pics M&F captured had Lukas at the spot writing 'I Dare Ya to Try and Cap Me!'.  Verve responded with a piece that said 'Challenge Accepted'.  Now, Lukas takes back the spot with giant JDI Crew letters and writing 'Shut the Fuck Up!'.

M&F wants to clairify that sometimes folks tend to shoot the messenger.  Please don't. We have no stake in this except posting the action that happens on the streets.

Stay up!

Verve - Cap Challenge Accepted

A few weeks ago, Lukas bombed this spot, writing next to his piece 'I Dare Ya to Try and Cap Me!'.

Well, Verve took on that challenge.  Verve caps Lukas at two separate spots in this same yard.  And in the same spot that Lukas had written his message, Verve leaves one of his own saying 'Challenge Accepted.  I dare you not to be a toy!'

Behind Melrose.

Graffiti vs. Public Art

Street art is a big general term loosely used to describe a lot of smaller factions.

Like here, some might call this all street art, but to be more specific, this is a clear instance of graffiti vs. public art.

A long riding cultural public mural with fresh graffiti bombs from Worse, Deli DUI, Boer, and React.

What do people think? Which is the real street art?

Don't Shoot the Messenger

M&F has posted beef battles before, and for whatever ridiculous reason, sometimes the hate gets turned towards the blog.  Listen, what this street art blog does is capture and document what's on the streets.  Don't shoot the messenger.  This is just posting what is happening.

There is clearly some beef between Reaching Out Los Angeles and BKC.  ROLA has got completely capped out by BKC, including the line up top that says 'Live Above the Hate'.

Not sure what is going on here.  There has been mention of snitching, hating, and even registered sex offenders.

M&F does not know any of the details of the beef or the accusations, and we do not want to weigh into this case in particular for that reason.  But as a hard rule on the streets, hating is part of the game and hate is just a difference of opinion.  Indeed, get above that.  But snitching is inherently wrong and will break the street art system.

Anyway.  Here is what is happening on the streets.

Art Battle LA

M&F got contacted by Art Battle LA a few years back.

It sounded like a cool idea, but we weren't sure how it would actually work with the battle?  Still sounds like fun, but still not sure how the battles would actually play out.  Here is a fresh sticker on Fountain, and there was talk of a new website launch in May, but can't find any actual battles yet.

M&F is constantly showing the actual street art battles on the streets.  Wish there was a blog contest because M&F would battle anyone's ass into the ground~

Blown Away

Oops.  Wrong setting with the camera and this initial pic got blown out.

But still kind of dig the effect.  Its like the graffiti is more bold than the environment.

With a battle on the box and a bomb from SW getting dissed.

Y U Mad?

Can't quite make out what is going on here.  There is a lot of action with some battling and going back over.

It looks like Hanos put up some graffiti characters over some stuff that was on the wall.  And then the arrows came back and went over Hanos somewhat, but not a ful cap.

Meanwhile to the side, someone is asking 'Y U Mad?  Love--' but the signature is too far down to make out who its from!

Your Mom's a Hater

Not sure exactly what is going on here.  It looks like some pieces were painted over each other, which quickly devolved into straight capping.

In black ink it says 'hater' and in white ink and a different hand above it is says 'Your Mom's a - '.

Even if its messy, dig how the message to Mom comes together.

Battle Back

A pretty Alice in Wonderland piece from Look gets bombed over with a purposeful cap.  Not sure who the graffiti artist going over is but it is signed with a talk bubble saying 'I'm Back'.

Still Battlin'

Jonathan Denmark

and friends . . . Jonathan Denmark, Transphusion, Bankrupt Slut, 2much, Battle, REM, Eles, Avik, The Pedal Tones, Wheat Peace, City of Filth, stickers, graffiti (and unknown wild style sticker at bottom)

Heated

Bot, RTH, Battle, 2much, Rane, Peace.

Diggin the Rane character~

Racked

Task 2, Euth, Battle, 2much, Gerk, REW,

Beautiful Grimey Corner

Such a beautiful mess of a grimey corner.

Love all the different tangents of street art merging here.

Battle, 2much, Dint Wooer, Bankrupt Slut, Love Me, Haculla, Lord Jim, The Loyal Subjects, Obey, Smear, REM, stickers, street art,

Get Up, Stay Up

Graffiti, tags, stickers, Fishe, Eles, Avek, KEG, Dtone, Bankrupt Slut, I.E.C., Haze IWU, Battle, 2much, REM

Get Poled

Bankrupt Slut, 455er, Platoe, Awsum, Battle, 2much, REM, Blots

Get Up, Stay Up

Battle, 2much , Bankrupt Slut, Eyeworm

Wars Not Make One Great

Drama on the streets.

Dethkills pastes and Sasha Grey Hot Fingers Posters went up around town the same time and are clumped together.

I thought that the Dethkills crew posted the Sasha Grey posters, but I have been told by someone wise to the scene that this is not the case. What is clear, is that when both the Dethkills pastes and Sasha Grey pieces went up, they went out of their way to go over Free Humanity, Alec, and Leba.

Last night the trio of artists came back to claim some pieces. Free Humanity, Alec, and Leba each answered in their own voice.

(an unrelated street vigilante went around town covering up the juicy parts of Sasha Gray--and apparently some dethkills posters, with spray paint before I got the shot. You can tell by the fuzzy lines that it is someone unfamiliar with painting--and the sweet irony is that I bet this type of activist is anti-graffiti--until a can is needed.)













Perhaps the last word is from Free Humanity--is it a peace offering? Right on top of a pile of old posters--Yoda saying "Wars Not Make One Great".

I can't argue with Yoda. And I don't know if the words of Yoda are a offering of a truce or if the battle will continue. Wars may not make one great, but the do make great art~