Letters that contain words that contain poems and contradictions, and form patterns.

artist: Ezbai
location: Barcelona, Spain

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'On the art of self promotion'; placed alongside a crowd of tags





Jerm IX & Ninja IX, alongside a 'Confession column' and Andrew01 portraits

Last weekend I had the pleasure of being shown around Vancouver's street art scene by partners Jerm IX & Ninja IX. Vancouver street art seems to be in good health right now; particularly around Mt Pleasant, Downtown Eastside & Gastown. There's also a lot of active artists with diverse styles, and a lot of subtlety that you could miss - one example is the perfect circle in the second to last image above, which appears all over town.

I'll post some more great work that we came across in the coming days, but I wanted to start with Jerm & Ninja's work, which I liked before, but it was great to see it in context and hear how locations are chosen to highlight, contrast or complement the text.

artists: Jerm IX + Ninja IX
location: Vancouver, Canada

see older work by Jerm IX here

Eine has hit LA with his famous 'Shutter Font' - at least 10 stores have been painted so far, with more going up gradually.

Check out this gallery for more:


Eine is in town for his upcoming show at the Carmichael Gallery, and is busy installing the show - check out his progress here:


artist: Eine
location: Melrose & La Brea, Los Angeles

Jerm IX's confession column (extract) + Andrew01's portraits of Jerm IX & his wife


Jerm IX's cascading confession column
"...and here's to finally screaming what you've never even whispered."


I've featured Jerm IX's 'Statements' series before, where words of wisdom, poetry or sentiments are placed around Vancouver.
I've also featured Andrew01's 'Portraits' series, which puts community members' portraits in context on the streets.

Recently Jerm IX & Andrew01 collaborated on a really powerful piece: a combination of Jerm IX's 'cascading confession column' (the second image is the full piece) with Andrew01's portraits of Jerm IX and his wife - bringing a face to the confession, and taking both to the community.

Jerm IX says:
"Creating and putting up the 'cascading confession' changed my life.
...and that is what street art, and all art should be about. being honest with ourselves."

artists: Jerm IX + Andrew01
location: Vancouver, Canada

Jerm IX pastes quotes, poetry and social commentary around Vancouver.
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artist: Jerm IX
location: Vancouver, Canada