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Street Art

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Vertigo's show, The Cowboy Is on the Left, transfers street art to the gallery

    The name for Vertigo's new show, The Cowboy Is on the Left, seems like a commentary on the stratification of rural culture, but it's not. "The designer who put together the card advertisement put the photo of the cowboy on the left, and she thought that was the perfect name for the show," says featu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    David Choe, a street artist worth $200 million in Facebook stock, made his mark on Denver

    The newly painted wall outside the Denver Performing Arts Complex looks like a million bucks. Make that $200 million. Because that's what graffiti artist David Choe stands to make in Facebook's public offering: When the street artist did a piece for Facebook headquarters years ago, he took his pay i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Impossible Winterbourne's unsanctioned public art goes steampunk

    Photo by Impossible WinterbourneSteamBot, outside Bicycle Cafe​The Impossible Winterbourne, a Denver artist, doesn't consider himself a "street artist" because his art isn't limited to the streets. But like street artists, Winterbourne's installations appear quietly, waiting to be noticed. He' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    David Choe finishes Terminal Kings, donates murals to city

    After Los Angeles-based graffiti artist David Choe finished his murals for Denver International Airport's Terminal Kings project, he did what any street artist would do: He went and found a blank wall in the city where he could leave his mark. That wall happened to be at 13th and Champa streets, on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Reader: Terminal Kings may be world-class, but where are world-class local artists?

    Terminal Kings is taking off at City Hall, where three world-class street artists -- Sam Flores, David Choe and Highraff -- are creating giant murals that will be displayed at Denver International Airport over the next five years, as the South Terminal project gets under way. Over the next ten days ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2012

    Writing on the Wall

    Terminal Kings is taking off at City Hall, where three world-class street artists -- Sam Flores, David Choe and Highraff -- are creating giant murals that will be displayed at Denver International Airport over the next five years, as the South Terminal project gets under way. Over the next ten days ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Gamma Acosta on Street Cred, graffiti and the importance of street art

    The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise them above the low-rent materials of the street. That was seven years ag ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    Paint The Town Red

    The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise them above the low-rent materials of the street. That was seven years ag ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Portishead's Geoff Barrow on the Silver Apples and Banksy

    The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there's redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise them above the low-rent materials of the street. That was seven years ag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Reader: Matt Scobey is so cool...or so lame?

    ​One of the goals of art is to get people talking, and Matt Scobey's Not for Sale: Denver project has certainly accomplished that goal. Scobey has been putting art in unexpected places around town, offering clues to the locations on the web. Those who find the works can appreciate them on-sit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Uni and Square set the street-art scene at UnseenDenver's fundraiser for Arts Street

    Street art is usually a fly-by-night phenomena, one that the artists prefer no one -- especially the police -- witness. Just ask the Knapper twins, the subjects of this week's Westword cover story. But Denver has recently taken to the idea of live street-art events. And last Friday night, UnseenDenv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Buzz Kill: The Knapper twins' favorite street artists

    Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of "Buzz Kill," this week's cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is reminiscent ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 6, 2011

    A gang of cartoon characters landed these students in trouble

    Slide show: Meet the Slang Gang

  • News

    October 6, 2011

    Drug Task Force goes after art school students for Slang Gang posters

    Saul Gud turns into a Buzz Kill for RMCAD students

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    R-U Engaged and the case of the mysterious disappearing yarn bombs

    Have you seen me?​We told you about the yarn bombs across Boulder B-Cycle stations. Now, R-U-Engaged, who was planning on turning the large-scale yarn art into blankets for charity, can't find the brightly colored cozies. It is like they just disappeared into the night. "Having stuff disappea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Street artist Theo on Banksy, Jack Kerouac and running from the cops

    Theo's Kerouac stencil, looking pensive.​If he were around today, it's pretty certain that Neal Cassady, immortalized as Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's On the Road, would appreciate what the street artist Theo has been up to lately. Cassady was a born rabble-rouser, after all, and in more way ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Shock and AWE

    Theo's Kerouac stencil, looking pensive.​If he were around today, it's pretty certain that Neal Cassady, immortalized as Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's On the Road, would appreciate what the street artist Theo has been up to lately. Cassady was a born rabble-rouser, after all, and in more way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Taggers and artists: Either way, graffiti doesn't deserve a felony

    Banksy: The John Dillinger of street artists.​Far more often than is at all warranted, a bill proposing to "crack down" on graffiti -- like the one shot down in committee by the state legislator yesterday -- comes up in some form of government, promising to eradicate the scourge of people scri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Street Art: Don't Stop Love

    ​ This doctored stop sign is remarkable partly in that it's persevered, untouched, for quite a long time -- most suitably, in a neighborhood where people of every faith and stripe live side by side: Africans from across the Dark Continent, South Asians, Russians, retirees, young singles, Musli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Learn about Banksy, David Foster Wallace and more with our new release picks for December 14, 2010

    ​As we're heading straight into Christmas, the new-release rack is starting to get more and more bare, but there's still enough worthwhile new media this week to highlight. We can't say the same for next week's releases, but since you'll probably be getting a stockpile of wrapped and delivere ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Second Street Art Market and Wine Bar drying up

    ​Heather and Doug Buchman are closing down their Second Street Art Market and Wine Bar in Monument. "The time has come for us to move forward from this experience and do more of what we do best," they report. The wine bar will remain open through Saturday; after that, they'll be selling off t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Meet Seetwist: A former musician capturing the urban art and artists of Denver

    ​Ansel Adams, famous for capturing a multitude of black and white landscape photographs -- many of which likely adorn the walls of your dentist's office -- once said, "You don't take a photograph. You make it." Seetwist Productions lives, breathes, shoots and, thus, essentially embodies thos ... More >>

  • Film

    April 29, 2010

    Street art makes its way to the big screen in Exit Through the Gift Shop

    ​Ansel Adams, famous for capturing a multitude of black and white landscape photographs -- many of which likely adorn the walls of your dentist's office -- once said, "You don't take a photograph. You make it." Seetwist Productions lives, breathes, shoots and, thus, essentially embodies thos ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    Tag Team

    Your Name in Graffiti educates the masses.

  • Calendar

    July 5, 2007

    Art Carnival

    Your Name in Graffiti educates the masses.

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    Tagging Up Denver

    The city’s aerosol junkies are in the spotlight.

  • Calendar

    November 30, 2006

    Off the Wall

    Catch these graffiti artists before they become notorious.

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