Think Again

UncuttArt with some previously unseen (by us) artwork across from the Coolidge building parking lot, how we missed this or these pieces is kinda funny since we are in this part of town constantly. So if we missed your artwork, then just wait about a year and we'll eventuality find it! More of the same two pasters we've seen from UncuttArt's last visit to town, the Michael Jackson and Steve Jobs images with the abundance of lines that make these feel almost psychedelic in their style and design. A great change up from the same old stencil and modern graphic design seen predominately in the world of street art, throwing it back sometimes is a good thing when enough time passes. You could almost claim you are doing something new if you wait long enough, just bring it back and rewrap and repackage it and you are on well your way.... To uh, something.

Hello, McFly?

Milk The Bunny returns from her East Coast adventure just in time for the Back To The Future themed First Friday event here in Las Vegas. We spotted more than a few of these Micheal J. Fox as Marty McFly prints around the 18b Arts District, we just happened to catch photos of this one above a mural of giant steak left by a unknown artist. MTB aka Omayra Amador has been getting up and getting a lot of press as of late, kudos to any local artist getting up and getting out there! You can see her in the street, in the galleries and even teaching wheatpaste classes in her spare time. Recently hailed as "Best Street Art" by Paint This Desert's Ed Fuentes in the Desert Companion Best Of issue. Working hard and being highly visible can definitely have its advantages, and she is a good example of what can be accomplished with a bit of hard work and talent. 

Can Cap

Damn! Just a few steps away from our last post, we find Poer has been capped! Someone or some crew named B16 did their utmost to cover Poer's name, and any clue to what was on his piece. As much as this looks like a cap, we can't help but wonder if this is just your run of the mill spot jack. Cuz it seems like more than a few artists in town only use this technique. It is always humorous to us when people do that crap, cuz it feels like whomever does it feels their art or whatever can't stand on its own. 9 times outta 10 its just that, someone with weak ass work that is begging for attention without working for it. Is that the case here? Who knows and honestly, who the hell cares? We all get to benefit watching the art war happen here in the Vegas streets, and its all about new art and who is getting up and where. So keep it up, cuz at this point its more interesting than most artists in the galleries. 

The Hateful 8

The battle between wheapaste and aerosol continues downtown with An!lyz Something adding fuel to the fire with these new pieces. We aren't sure if this is a response to the "don't cap real bombers" message that was painted over Drsc0's piece that lasted less than 24 hours, but it sure feels like it when looking at it. These 8 pieces are tiled pretty solidly, which you would think doesn't merit a mention but on the contrary. Tiling seems to be a tough thing with other artists and pieces, so we really appreciate it when art isn't all haphazardly pasted up. It'll be interesting to see how this wall outside the Art Motel develops in the near future, will these new pieces be answered with another capping session? Will it spiral into a art war? I guess we all have to wait and see what'll become of this spot, but we are excited to keep checking its progress.

Rebirth

Well thank God for small miracles! They finally buffed the horrible Coolridge wall and we gotta say it looks way better without all the crappy tags that looked like some first year artists sketch pad. We spotted the first piece on the wall, and it ain't too bad. It comes off like the first flower that blooms years after the bombs drop in some weird post-apocalyptic movie, at least to us it does. This wall became a straight up disaster with all the fighting between wheatpaste and aerosol artists, no idea who the hell won that fight. But the wall DID get buffed a little while after all of the tags went up, so that might be a clue who the city wants to win. Sadly, sometimes the street art scene can get intertwined with gentrification of the neighborhood. Kinda weird how artists find the spots first and then the money comes in and tries to take it all away with Starbucks and the like. We really hope that isn't what is happening here, but we kinda know that it is. Enjoy the streets to yourself while you can artists, and get the hell up!

Rapture

We spotted this very distressed and aged looking paster in the 18b Arts District that has a cryptic coded message. This interesting piece hints at who made and got up with this piece, the artist is actually It's Me It's Erik and now it seems obvious now that we've told you doesn't it? Well, someone else tagged one of his other pieces online, so now the mystery is over and we are glad to finally know who it is. We gotta say that we LOVE how this piece looks old and distressed, this mix of kraft paper, dirt and rust simply make this piece achieve another level. The added effect of wheatpaste running down the dirty city planter make it feel ancient and the added Sharpie writing bring it right back to the now. The unplanned juxtaposition of dirt and art are the perfect mix on the streets, we'd certainly love to see more of this style and union of art and street.

The Dead King

Well, it has been said that good things can't last forever, and that is clearly the case with Jerry Misko's 2009 mural of an slightly askew Las Vegas sign in the 18b Arts District. Someone has taken a bucket of white paint and did a half ass and yet complete buff job on his mural, even following the curve of the artwork as they painted his piece and Indian Giver's large wheatpaste that was next to it. With all the amateur artwork on this building, we gotta say it is a total bummer to see them go. We did happen to notice a fresh buff job in the same color on each sides of this building as we were driving up, and some new murals for what its worth. Someone has decided to comment on this buff by writing "THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING.", which reads pretty redundant. Maybe just the one line might have carried more weight, but what does it even matter now? Both of these pieces are dead, rest in paint.