That KAGE kid really gets around and has got a pretty firm handle on his brand identity.
UPDATE # 1 Cryptomail just alerted me to Vampire KAGE 8D20353 over here
Excellent! If anyone else has anymore sightings that they would like to share please let me know in the comments section.
I remember there was some debate at the time whether or not that Einstein throwing dice stencil on Upper Haight from a few weeks ago was really done by Banksy. It was a really beautifully executed piece that seemed to jive with Banksy’s wit and it materialized during a period when the British street artist was passing through town and did several other high profile pieces in San Francisco. However, it wasn’t featured on his site, which led to some speculation that the stencil might have been done by someone else.
I’m still receiving traffic on a daily basis from search engines looking for “Banksy Einstein Haight” so I don’t know if it’s in my best interest to clarify that debate, especially since that Einstein stencil lasted less than a week before being painted over and some of Banksy’s original pieces have sold for over half a million dollars so I feel like I captured something that’s unique and priceless.
But I just discovered that there’s a new stencil at that same location.
Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker on his porcelain throne? That’s a great mashup of highbrow and lowbrow culture.
Does anyone know who is the artist of this piece? If so, please let me know in the comments. I love his or her style and sense of humor.
I stumbled across this gem in The Mission and was stoked beyond words. El Mac is one of my favorite street artists so whenever I come across one of his pieces it’s like discovering a Picasso in an Easter Egg hunt.
This is another one of his murals in the high traffic area of Haight and Fillmore.
And then there’s this one, also in SF, which I believe has already been covered up.
Such is the occupational hazard of temporary street art.
Photo courtesy of Troy Holden
El Mac does large scale pieces all over the planet. Here’s his Margulies piece in Miami, a collaboration with Retna
Photo courtesy of El Mac.net
That’s El Mac and Retna standing off on the left hand side.
The Knight in LA
Photo courtesy of El Mac.net
An amazing piece in Italy
Photo courtesy of El Mac.net
And then back to Miami.
Photo courtesy of El Mac.net
Hawaii
Photo courtesy of El Mac.net
VietNam
I love how kids in the Mission look exactly like kids in Vietnam when they are just hanging out and enduring some dork who is taking pictures around them.
Photo courtesy of El Mac.net
Ireland
Photo courtesy of El Mac.net
At 30-years-young, El Mac is still a really young artist and one of those people you want to keep your eye on.
The kid has a lot of talent and I think some of his best work is still ahead of him.
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Upper Haight, SF.
Every time I see this geisha street art piece I think of the Beta Band classic, Dry The Rain.
It’s the perfect mood to go with rainy Sundays like today.
The Outer Sunset 