Dropped in conjunction with the brand’s 2010 Spring/Summer Collection is this new Brenda Lynn skate deck from So Cal fixture Primitive. The deck continues its recent campaign with Brenda Lynn and Shay Maria which appeared in Primitive’s video seen last month. The deck along with new S/S goods are now available directly through Primitive.

Stumbled upon this dopeness over at Behance.net and thought this deserved a post. Illustration from Rubens Scarelli. Fresh right?!
More from Rubens Scarelli here.

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-Juanjo – AKA out(R)o (Founder of Nonoloa, original designer and artistic director)

Nonoloa produce some of the sickest urban art and graffiti tshirts featuring exclusive designs by artists from around the world.

Check out more Nonoloa exclusive graffiti tshirt designs!

Great looking stencils I reckon, thanks very much to Heather C for sending the photos and locations over.

They’re from Bushwick and Pearl Paint… Heather also noticed one near the Sculpture Park in Queens.

Pi Stencil Art - Putin art New York, USA

Pi Stencil Art - Putin art New York, USA

Pi Stencil Art - Putin art New York, USA

Pi Stencil Art - Putin art New York, USA - Pearl Paint

Thanks again to Heather C for the photos!

Banksy in Mali, Africa - Graffiti Stencil Art - Girl with yellow bird

One was spotted in the Mali suburbs of Bamako, and they are the route to Timbukto. Flickr user Olly C says they were created maybe 5 months ago, it’s cool that they’re starting to get found.

Banksy in Mali, Africa - Graffiti Stencil Art - Collecting for Peaches Geldof

Banksy in Mali, Africa - Graffiti Stencil Art - Kid in bath

Banksy in Mali, Africa - Graffiti Stencil Art - Buffalo gets stalked

It fits in nicely with the new Banksy Exhibition in Bristol Art Museum, it’s a great show with loads of new Banksy pieces and recreations of his classic art. It’s free too, get yourself down there.

Here is a video preview of the Banksy show…

Today we’ve got JONS, a really interesting Brazilian graffiti artist, painting out of São Paulo. From the photos I’ve seen, JONS seems to have a few different styles going on, characters in black and white and brightly coloured decorative pieces too.

I love how the coloured stuff fits in beautifully with the decaying settings that he paints in. So we’ve got some questions for JONS, and he’s very kindly come back with answers. Enough with my chatter.

WG – When did you start painting/graffing, and what inspired you to start?

JONS – I started doing pieces back in 99/2000, then in 2004 i started to work the styles I do today.
I was inspired entirely by Hip Hop culture, I draw since I was a kid and as a hip hop fan, graffiti just invaded my life.

WG – What do you use to paint?

JONS – I use latex to fill big spaces or backgrounds, and spray paint for the drawings…I normally use Brazilian spray paints Colorgin Arts and Worx, combined with MTN.

WG – Where do you paint, São Paulo? Any particular districts?

JONS – Normally all over São Paulo, I really like to paint places far from downtown, less rich neihgborhoods and abandoned places too. São Paulo is too big to paint always in the same area.

WG – What name do you paint as?

JONS – I paint as JONS, but i also sign SNOJ sometimes.

WG – What are your influences when you paint?

JONS – Anything that my mind can feel…from art itself to music. Anything can inspire people in certain way…i try to absorb all that and put it up on the wall in an abstract way.

WG – Tell us a bit about your crew – What is the name, who else are you running with, when did it start?

JONS – I’m down with the UH crew, that besides me, Branca and Consp from Brasil, still counts with Betor, Dopesick, Ksra, Tier2, Kor, Mir, Seap, Rekon, Robotone, Leak, Rukus, Knives, Kalus, Epok and Found…all writers from the USA, and I have a crew of Brazilian writers called The Ones, with Branca, Consp, Icone, Morie, Danirox, Reif and Celione.

WG – Are there any artists out there you particularly like?

JONS – Os Gemeos for sure, they inspire me since forever, Speto, Tinho and other old school writers as well, and a lot of writers that I know up here.

Thanks very much to JONS for taking the time, you can see more of his art on Flickr and Fotolog, He’s got some great stuff in there so take a look.

Turtle Neck

Turntable Timmy

We’ve got something a little different from usual today, a look at the art of Mark Fox. I’ve gotten a little obsessed with Mark’s art recently, his character paintings have an other-worldly feel but the subjects and environments are very real.

Thunder Boldt

The main thing I like though are the colours! Bright pastels, awesome contrasts, they’re great! It’s a feature that we see a lot in graffiti and street art, and Californian-born Mark has certainly been influenced by this. So we’ve got a short interview with him, and a selection of his paintings that I particularly like.

The Great Escape

WG – How long have you been painting for? What got you started?

Mark - Similar to a lot of artists I have always done art since I was a child. But mostly I did drawings. I have painted for about 10 years now. What got me started doing art was that I have been blessed with the diagnoses of being Bi-Polar. Lucky me right? It came as a natural way for me to express myself and cope with life. Art was always something that I got praised for, so that positivity encouraged me to create art.

Running With Vampires

Rock The House

WG – What artists do you admire/get inspiration from at the moment?

Mark – The recent artists I admire or get inspired from are Michael Seiben, Os Gemos, The Clayton Brothers, and Andy Kehoe, Daniel Johnston.

Nerds (Beautiful People) - WG's favourite i think!

WG – Where do you get the ideas for the themes of your artwork?

Mark - Ideas usually stem from my life experiences or from what I see in the daily interactions of others. Usually the ideas come as I sit down and paint with no plan in mind and kinds free form into the final image.

Mr Blue

WG - What materials do you use when you paint?

Mark - Materials I use are acrylic paint, spray paint, oil pastel, paint pens, to create my images on wood panels or Canvas.

WG - How has graffiti/street art influenced your art?

Mark - I been attracted to the raw distinct styles and images you find from a lot different artists. How it is created fast and improvised leaving drips and expressive characteristics. Defying the rules of getting your art seen to the world unlike the traditional approach of Galleries. Those are few things that appeal to me. This has inspired my art in many ways.

Homely But Happy

HillBilly

WG - What’s your favorite time of the day?

Mark - Midnight! I am a night owl and I come alive when the freaks come out! And when the 9 to fiver’s fade away! I feel creative under the moon time not the sun time!

Feathered Man

Devil Music

WG - What music are you into?

Mark - Music for my listening pleasure would have to be artists such as Awol-One, Anti pop consortium, Aesop Rock, Kool Keith, El-P, Hieroglyphics, Swayzack, Boards of Canada, Kid Koala, Dj Shadow, Kut chemist, The Suicides (WG - Great list!)

Devil Inside

3 Black Crows

Mark’s website is cool and features a variety of his work, as does his flickr gallery, go look! Some of Mark’s works are for sale via flickr and Ebay, you can find him on Twitter (@markfoxart) and MySpace.

Thanks again to Mark Fox for taking the time out to talk!

Have a look at some of the artist interviews with a Brazilian theme, got a great set of photos from Sao Paulo artist JONS and another Sao Paulo warrior, GUI.

Amsterdam graffiti 2007

Amsterdam graffiti 2007

Amsterdam graffiti 2007

Geneva Switzerland 2007 graffiti, photo taken from a moving train, hence the warped image. Still, ace wall! I like the respect that each artist shows for the other artists pieces.

Lots of fresh Switzerland graffiti to come over the next 2 weeks… Thems Swiss, they loves the hip hop, they loves sick graffiti.