Culture Buzz Artist D.Billy creates graffiti from balloons. He chronicles the onomatopoeias of everyday life by adding words like ‘floosh’ next to a fire hydrant and ‘rrring’ next to a pay phone. He is joining ranks with other graffiti artists who explore alternative materials in street art like Reverse Grafitti (graffiti made by cleaning grime) Knitta Please(knit graffiti) and the Space Invaders mosaic graffiti.
Culture Buzz A guerrilla artist in London has been removing the heads from ads and replacing them with bloody stumps. This act of ‘subvertising’ is putting a gruesome spin on ads for Sex and the City and Uniqlo, among others. Nothing says subversive like splattered blood.
Culture Buzz Famous NYC grafitti artist now has his own line of markers. He’s responsible for that ubiquitous “drip” look. Now, with these markers and squeeze bottles, you can make anything you own look like a Lower East Side signpost.