Aakash Nihalani has been busy putting up some new work in Brooklyn. His florescent geometric patterns are meant to interact with the environment in which he places them. More looks after the jump.

West One went big in LA this week at the Environment Furniture Showroom to kick off the launch of Freedom Suite. Things officially get underway tomorrow night. So, stop by if you are in the neighborhood.

Environment Furniture Showroom
8126 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
United States

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C215 is back on his home turf in Paris. Check out a few of his recent works around town. More looks after the jump.

A|B|C Journal gives us this fantastic 5 minute look into the ritualistic process in which Kenny Scharf creates art.  Spoiler alert– it involves face painting, tequila shots, and black lights. Check out the video after the jump.

Now open at the Boston ICA: Swoon. The exhibit is titled “Anthropocene Extinction.” The ICA website’s description of Swoon reads:

In both her art and her own life, Swoon is deeply engaged with social and humanitarian projects. During the 2009 Venice Biennale, she and a crew of 30 other artists and friends sailed SWOON boats made of reclaimed materials through the canals of Venice—creating new purpose out of what was cast aside. Her latest endeavor, the Konbit Shelter Project, is a sustainable building project assisting Haitians who lost their homes in the devastating 2010 earthquake. Working alone or in collaboration, Swoon’s work is often about forming a community in order to practice what she refers to as a “real world” engagement.

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In the wake of the Troy Davis execution, one of our favorite perspective piece street artists, Mentalgassi puts up work in London for Amnesty International. Peep the video after the jump.

The LA Times reported this week about a piece of conversational street art. The work appeared on “the face of 200-foot Matilija Dam near Ojai.” Apparently the surfing community, fishing community, and everyone else who remotely cares about the environment, has been petitioning for removal of the dam. According the LA Times:

For years, an alliance of environmentalists, fishermen, surfers and officials from every level of government has called for demolishing the obsolete structure.

Now, an anonymous band of artists has weighed in, apparently rappelling down the dam’s face to paint a huge pair of scissors and a long dotted line. The carefully planned work popped up last week and is, no doubt, Ventura County’s most environmentally correct graffiti by a dam site.

Invader recently took to the streets of Os Gemeos’ home town, Sao Paulo Brazil, where he put up his ubiquitous pixels among the scrawl of the pixadores. Included with the various pieces he hung in SP, Invader gives a nod to the Brazilian flag (above). More looks after the jump.

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Some of Blu’s latest work recently showed up in Spain. The piece is consistent with Blu’s past work, being large in scale, brightly pigmented, and interacting with the canvas.

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In protest to the recent anti-mural moratorium issued by the city of Los Angeles, street artist Saber enlists sky writing planes to write his his name, along with those of other prominent street artists. The ordinance, intended to curb the proliferation of commercial signage in the Los Angeles area, apparently prohibits creating large scale murals, even with the property owner’s permission. According the Venice Arts Council:

Murals Continue to be Outlawed by Newly Proposed Sign Ordinance in City of L.A.
The City of Los Angeles Planning Department has proposed a new sign ordinance. This ordinance is meant to address the unwanted proliferations of signs in the City of Los Angeles, but it has dramatic effects on murals. The proposed ordinance severely limits the size, scope and placement of murals of any kind. There is currently a moratorium against any signs or murals being erected on private property in the City of Los Angeles. In fact, murals on private property in the City of LA have been banned since June of 2007. The Planning Department believes murals have actually been outlawed since the year 2002. If this proposal passes as presented, it will severely limit any type of mural work on private property for many years to come.

Saber’s petition in the sky has already been acknowledged by the likes of Shepard Fairey who tweeted today “If you are in Los Angeles right meow, Look up!”