CARTWHEEL Book Review ~ Billboard Bandits: Outlaw Artists in the Sky
Walking down a street in Los Angeles you might encounter a wheatpaste poster on a wall, a stenciled face on the sidewalk, a sticker on a lamppost. And when you look up you can also find giant, spray-painted letters or characters on the most visible canvases of the street–billboards. Last month, I visited the…
Rebel Yell: Stay Up! and Billboard Bandits Join Forces for Show
As the Los Angeles art world kept chugging along with opening after opening inside its pristine, white walls, a group of artists went out under the cloak of the night and made art in the darkness. Working on any surface they could find, these brave souls created illegal street art unafraid of any legal consequences…
The Art of Letting Go: THEFL on His Art and Impermanence
Last month, I attended a signing at The Last Bookstore for Stay Up!: Los Angeles Street Art in my ever-present goal to keep up with the street art scene. I came across quite a few familiar street artists but a name I didn’t recognize was THEFL, also known as The Forest Lawn. Intrigued, I researched the…