I hadn’t seen him in years. Then I caught his pop-up photo show in an alleyway gallery in Oregon Hill a few months back. The images were real life. Honest. Some of them tough to even look at. Street people, prostitutes, gang bangers, punks mid-fight, scenes in bars,...
Soho Design House were in Richmond this summer for the Richmond Mural Project, but that's not because they were doing a mural. Instead, this unique company was producing rugs from the artwork of several different RMP muralists. Soho Design House were in Richmond this summer for the Richmond Mural Project, but that's not because they were doing a...
New York artist Ron English is universally recognized as the godfather of the modern street art movement. His distortions of pop cultural iconography, from fast food logos to Marilyn Monroe and Mickey Mouse, have brought his pointed critique of modern consumer capitalism into the mainstream in striking and unforgettable ways. He’s worked with...
Hawaii-by-way-of-California artist Ekundayo was in Richmond over the summer for the 2014 edition of the Richmond Mural Project. Ekundayo's history is complicated, and the effect it had on his life is a central influence in his art to this day. As a child, his parents split up, and without his mother's permission, his father left Hawaii with 5...
Influenced by the graphic style from the 50s and Sci-Fi movies, at the age of 13 Smitheone began to paint graffiti just for fun and as a hobby. Autodidactic and evolutionary, attracted by fine arts, Smithe has constantly reinvented his own style and over the past years has tried out many themes with his work such as Existentialism, Individuality...
Ron English is coming to Richmond next month as part of the Richmond Mural Project, and if you know anything about him, you know it won’t be boring. English has long been considered the godfather of street art, a title he’s earned by turning advertising, pop culture, and even political propaganda on its head for decades. Long before viral videos,...
The good people running Alt Daily have been keeping us in the loop on the fantastic developments happening in Norfolk Arts District for years. There is a progressive movement to educate city officials on being focused on the arts and supporting public art projects in the hopes of fostering creativity and building a town's unique character. Some...
Update: Sadly this print is already sold out, but we wanted to let folks know the option is available and maybe more prints will get released. The folks at Art Whino are supporting Etam Cru as they begin to sell prints of one of the most recognizable images from the Richmond Mural Project. Update: Sadly this print is already sold out, but we...
The local PBS station, WCVE show Virginia Currents shows off some of the best our fair state has to offer. The local PBS station, WCVE show Virginia Currents shows off some of the best our fair state has to offer. In a segment from last month, they highlighted the work RVA Mag, Art Whino, and the city did to make the Richmond Mural project...
As part of their 'On the Road' series, CNN gave some airtime to Poland's Etam Cru, a group of street artists who have helped make the Richmond Mural Project world-renowned. As part of their 'On the Road' series, CNN gave some airtime to Poland's Etam Cru, a group of street artists who have helped make the Richmond Mural Project world-renowned....
