Maus Haus

Strych9 brings us another piece of his artwork to the 18b Arts District. An old hospital X-ray with a stenciled image of Adolph Hitler with the head of Mickey Mouse, complete with the Sieg Heil salute in an attempt to further his point and meaning. Which I guess, is pretty damn open to interpitation to us. He could mean an entire world of of possibilities with this piece, but we have yet to crack the code.  

Down The Capper

We've seen a few of these sideways anarchy signs around town and over other artists pieces, like on this Deep Cover piece in the 18b and were wondering who it was. Well they left their social media calling card on this tiled 228, and it makes us wonder how well this kinda stuff would go over in a bigger city with a bigger scene. Being transplants from Los Angeles we can tell ya, it wouldn't. It seems all these newer artists have no idea what the rules of the street are, or that there are even rules for street art! Well, I mean...their logo is an anarchy sign now isn't it? 

Illegal Is Beautiful

Another year of Life Is Beautiful brings another round of new legal murals, which is always pretty cool.
But the best thing is that most muralists started as street artists, so that means they also wanna get up with different pieces other than their murals. Like this D*Face we found walking the Life Is Beautiful grounds last night, sticking with his Vegas chip theme we find that this year that the little guy crapped out. With D*Face logos falling outta his turned out pockets, with little touches like one logo landing on the sidewalk we understand why D*Face continues to rise in the art world. You can really see and understand the quality of his artwork when you see it in a street art environment, like we said we always enjoy the huge murals. But smaller and more intimate piece like this are always gonna be the true winners with us, stay tuned for more 2015 Life Is Beautiful posts!

Twins

Another Typical Bandito piece spotted in the 18b Arts District, this time on Charleston and Casino. This poster featuring two pornstars from Vivid Entertainment Group had been hand painted painted and their facial features exaggerated. The bodies have been painted reminiscent of tribal tattoo artwork, with added delicate flower looking designs and some interesting sliced bodies in there. They have a sort of 80's feel to them, with the bright colors and line work through their hair. They are a very interesting pair and fun piece that brings color and life to the streets of Las Vegas. 

Street Totem

We recently came across these 3 heads in a row in the 18b Arts District, growing more as time passes they are turning into some sorta street art totem. The first we saw was the There She Is hand painted Sophia Loren piece with her disapproving look, then a mongoloid looking unknown artist Jimi Hendrix stencil popped up next. Lastly Typical Bandito with one of his hand finished pieces. Surrounded by tags and a multitude of artists, this collab keep giving as people add new faces. Can't wait to see who will be next to join their ranks.

Like Flies On....

Some call the building on Coolidge and 1st an amazing piece of art with the growing collection of different artwork on it. But to us, it looks like something else and its starting to gather flies. Of course there are standout pieces all over the building but the amount of poor quality art is starting to take over. These little blue artist unknown flies are a great edition and give an unspoken commentary about street art in the 18b Art District. I mean, if you completely read into things like we like to do! 

Pink Face, Yellow Flower

We've spotted a few of these new little guys on the streets lately, not sure who the artist is but damn it is cute! Somehow it reminds of us a happy little Hippo face taking a moment to stop and smell the flowers, which is kinda weird cuz this corner box usually smells like bum piss. This corner of 7th and Stewart is gaining momentum with artists hitting it with new pieces all the time, this scene is on the rise!