Shepard Fairey and his crew recently went to Copenhagen. This 4 part video series chronicles their time there. What started as a peaceful mission end up in something completely different. While ultimately it all worked out for the best, the excursion demonstrates how hard it is to go into another country, no matter how peaceful your intentions, and express what is seemingly a universal ideal in another political landscape. Art, commerce, punk rock DIY ethos and politics all clash in this miniseries. You may have a better appreciation for the UN after watching the videos. The entire 4 part series is after the jump.

A new mural buy David Flores and OBEY Giant. Go check it out for yourself in person here.

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Opening November 17 at West Berlin Gallery and as the title suggests, it will showcase modern day dissidents.

A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. By acknowledging the social and political unrest of this year, West Berlin Gallery cordially invites you from 18:00 until 22:00 on November 17th, 2011 as we debut Dissidents, a Group Show featuring: ALIAS, SP38 , Prost, Emess, Rallito X, BR1, Linda’s Ex, Niark1, Jakob Tolstrup, and Giacomo Spazio.

Images from the artists after the jump.

Hugh Leeman is an artist living and working in San Francisco. He is self taught. He is helping those that go unnoticed and overlooked to be remembered.

At 18, he grabbed his backpack and traveled the world, hopping trains to see as much as he could. Three years later, he was in the Tenderloin for a six-month stopover. He’s not quite sure why he never left. Inspired by the work that Shepard Fairey and others were doing at the time with wallpaper glue from the hardware store, a world of possibilities exploded in his mind. via: The Bold Italic

Watch the video recently created to spotlight his social mission and hopes for the future of the Tenderloin after the jump.

Leon Keer and Planet Streetpainting has unveiled new 3-D paintings at the Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida. Keer was inspired by the recent Ego Leonard sculpture that washed ashore nearby. To see the story about the Lego castaway again, it was posted here on Curated a few days ago.

Planet Streetpaining is a collaboration of street artists based in the Netherlands. As Planet Streetpainting’s art director, Leon Keer is always fascinated about what history reveals. He tries to connect the historical events with current issues in this society. For the Sarasota Chalk Festival he has been inspired by the discovery of the Terracotta Army of China and Ego Leonard who washed ashore in Sarasota yesterday morning.

via: Twisted Sifter

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In the late summer of 2011 David Choe found Pablo Escobar’s abandoned vacation home. What transpired afterward you ask? An invasion of topless girls and vandalism of course. Video after the jump.

Mark Jenkins makes human body casts out of saran wrap and packing tape. He then places them around the city for a variety of humorous and thought provoking effects. Watch an interview about his purpose and process after the fold.

A controversial mural/installation went up in Miami this past week. Directed at the Occupy Wall Street Movement, watch the artist Above create his latest work. Video after the jump.

D*Face has been at it as usual, with an impressive exhibition in Melbourne at Metro Gallery as well as installing cement spray paint cans around the city. Take a closer look after the jump.

El Mac is the latest artist to grace the walls of the Montana Paint compound in Barcelona Spain. Montana, considered by many to be the premier brand of spray paint, has recently had it’s walls adorned with work from the likes of Os Gemeos. Mac threw up a beautiful monochromatic piece in his usual style with the circular textured detailing. More looks, after the fold.