Piss on This

LA still has plenty of street art dogs pissing.  Like here, on Melrose, this dog from Sebastian Walker marks its territory on this pole.

The Butt-Crack Vandal Tags Over a Banksy!

M&F has named a few street artists, so we thought we'd take a crack at nameing this dude.

This guy just posted a series of himself tagging at Banksy's 'You Complete Me' piece.  The dude actually tagged 'My 1st Tag was a Bansy'.

Oh man.  M&F has said many times how the fame hounds who tag Banksy's pieces are not true writers and or taggers, or even artists.  They are doing it because the cannot build their own fame themselves. So riding on Banksy's coat tails is the best they can do.  Shame they have to ruin a Banksy in the process.

But the fact that this guy spelt Banksy's name wrong doesn't get any funnier!

Banksy has a Piss Fetish, and Is Getting a Lil' Sloppy

Check it!  Correction.  The peeing dog on a hydrant is Banksy.

It appears that Banksy has somewhat of a pee fetish, and he keeps leaving his mark in different cities like a dog peeing.  Dig it.  The act of pissing to mark territory is an instinctual animalistic element that drives graffiti.  Its like liquid, scent based tagging.

Yesterday, M&F speculated that this was not actually a Banksy.  Not because the style of the stencil or the pee content itself, but because Banksy has done the dog peeing before, and before it was done better.  To be honest, we don't really dig this one.  Its the caption from the fire hydrant--'You complete me'.  What's up with that?  There are plenty of fire hydrants that are not in highly trafficked dog areas and don't get peed on much.  Pee is not necessary for hydrants.  Being generous, even if a particular fire hydrant had a pee fetish, it wouldn't say something like 'you complete me'.  It would be something different and more dirty, like 'Golden Showers drain my secret powers'--lame, we know, but more to the point, right?

Okay. That's not all the drama surrounding this piece.  This piece was confirmed on Banksy's website this morning and dated October 3rd.  However, the piece was actually located on the streets yesterday. This is fueling speculation that Banksy is not out painting new pieces each night, instead, people are wondering if Banksy has already painted all the pieces, and just plans to reveal more.  Are there more Banksy pieces already on the streets of NY?

Not only that, but on this one, Banksy got sloppy.  The hydrant/dog piece was first spotted yesterday, but there was no phone number at first (check out the multiple pics confirming below).  Then, later yesterday some time on the afternoon of October 2, somebody from Banksy's team visited the dog/hydrant and added a phone number linking to Banksy's phone walking art tour.  Not sure why the phone number was left off originally, or why there was overspray on the phone number that was left, a novice mistake. Also, the phone number is listed as #2 even though this is the 3rd piece revealed by Banksy.

Finally, to sum up the action, the dog/hydrant piece has already been tagged by some fame hound (also pictured below).

Anyhoo, in M&F's in-expert opinion, from execution to the message itself, this is not one of Banksy's strongest pieces.  When is Banksy going to bust out the big guns?

UPDATE: Banks(k)y is always poking fun of himself.  If you listen to the audio recording by calling 1-800-656-4271 and pressing #2, you will hear Banksky offer many humorous suggestions about what the dog/hydrant piece might mean.  Perhaps this was meant to be so low brow that it shot under the goal, and onto the hydrant.

Coast to Coast Unofficial Pest Control

M&F has to do this all the time in Los Angeles.  Its like M&F is LA's unofficial Pest Control.

And here is a coast-to-coast attempt at Unofficial Pest Control.  A lot of folks have spotted this image of a dog peeing on a hydrant, and the hydrant has a thought bubble saying 'You complete me'.  Many people are suggesting that this might be a Banksy.  There even appears to be a phone number below on the ground, indicating that this is from Banksy (pictured below).  M&F thinks not.

It is unlikely that this hydrant piece is from Banksy.  Banksy already claimed his dog pissing.

Cats & Dogs

A cat sticker from CruArt riding on Melrose next to a Dog tag.

Stop Racism

On a hazy morning in Los Angeles, a sticker on a sign saying 'Stop Racism'.

Indeed.  Shasta agrees.

Stay up!

Chihuahua Street Art

A street portrait of Espy DPT ZNC's chihuahua.

Painted on an ebox in Korea Town--where Espy is everywhere!

Dig it, dog~

Doubled Up Butt (Sniffing)

Dogs are always sniffing butt, even, apparently, when they get stuck up on the street.  Here, a dog gets doubled up with a pair of butts from Homo Riot.

Also on the pole is a bad dog pulling off some panties from Bad Handz, and at the bottom is a sticker from Shadow Monster Bear, whose dog might not be bad, but it did try to bite Shasta for no reason.

Piranhas and Junkyard Dawgs

The streets can be rough, full of mean junkyard dogs and piranhas.

Like here, some junkyard dawgs and mean fishies are hanging out on top of some art from Uglarworks.

Ramiro Fauve Paints Los Angeles

Ramiro Fauve is a talented artist whose day job is hand painting massive public super graphic billboards--the ones that go on buildings.  If you've been in LA, you've probably seen Ramiro's work even if you didn't realize it.  Ramiro and a team of 5 other painters paints in such an uber-realistic manner, that it looks like a wrap or a print out, even though the entire thing is hand painted.

Here, Ramiro is enjoying some down time, literally and figuratively, painting a beautiful portrait of his dog, a husky, on the sidewalk in LA's downtown Arts District.

Shasta liked the dog picture and kept walking over it.  Oops!

Dig the way that Ramiro Fauve paints LA.  From the sidewalk to the building tops.  Stay up!

Dogs are Not the Problem, YOU are the Problem

A cardboard sign hung up above a dumpster on Melrose saying 'STOP Dumping Dog shit around here.  Dogs are not the problem.  You are the problem.'

You know, its kind of true that a problem dog generally has a problem owner.  But right here, the owner of this Melrose dumpster is just being problematic the way they don't want dog shit dumped in a dumpster.  Seriously.  Take the lock off your garbage, and let responsible dog owners pick up after themselves.  Quit causing the problem.

On the dumpster is a fresh paster saying 'Broke and Hungry'.

Get Up, Stay Up!

Teacher and LA_blue collaborated on a fresh new mural.  What up, dog!

With Cali Love getting his paint on in the background.

Stay up!

Built on the Back of Coyotes

LA was built on the back of coyote territory, and this art piece in downtown portrays a stack of buildings on a howling dog's back.

Even though most people might not realize it, there are more coyote's in North America now than hundreds of years ago.  We fight them, but they are still thriving.  There are still coyote's all over Los Angeles, even in downtown.

Next to a cryptic looking face from Vyal One.

Can't keep a good dog down.~
Stay up!

The Artful Way to Say Things

One of art's finest attibutes is that it can help dress up an idea, any idea really, to make it more appealing.

Here is a simple example showing the artful way of getting a point across, with a less artful, and a much more direct approach down below.

Dueling Dogs - Los Angeles

LA has its own awesome doggie graffiti murals.  Like this one on PetPros.  Any dog lover will love the fido's pictured on here, and check out the decorative layered stencil technique, which is something many street artists are currently doing.

In Los Feliz.

Boston Terrier or French Bulldog?

Can't tell if this image is a Boston Terrier of French Bulldog?

Either way, it is a cute lil guy.

Stuck up behind Melrose.

2 Bit Graffiti

2 Bit had some awesome pieces riding on the streets of Miami.

With many different graffiti styles ranging from abstract characters, to this dog wearing a bandana portrait.

Click the link for more

Almost as Good as Sniffing Butts

A sticker from a dog gets stuck up on the sign outside the Urban Pet dog store on Beverly Blvd.

Guess it's almost as good as sniffing butts.

Sticker from Mayor B. who is wearing glasses.

A Boy, a Skateboard, and a Dog

Yup.  If you have a dog, on a skateboard is the best way to get around.  It is what fuels M&F as we tour the streets of LA most of the time, a one dog power engine.~

Bumblebee paints a new wall of a boy laying down on a skateboard getting pulled by a Dalmatian puppy.  We usually stand up on the board, but laying down must be quite a ride!

This is the same location where Teacher's ebox was recently spotted, and the ebox was last glimpsed sitting right behind the white fence. . .

Louis Has a Posse

This is the first puppy themed interpretation of Shepard Fairey's iconic 'Andre the Giant Has a Posse' sticker.

Featuring the 24 LB Louis and his posse.