WORK IN PROGRESS :: ROMANOWSKI

New work from Romonowski, who's canvas / playground are the mean streets of Lower Haight. The neighborhood has considerd naming a street after him, also a movie on the life of ROMONOWSKI is already in the works... SF Legend

SAN DIEGO NOT FEELING BARRY Mc GEE MURAL

This is what San Diego needs. More art projects to this plain and boring down town yuppie area. If there's more art you might actually get some talented people rolling through and leaving some memorable art work that can last for decades. I hope this survives.

“I think it’s awful, it’s an ugly eyesore,” complains a San Diego resident of a commissioned mural by Barry McGee directly across from City Hall. Looks like the controversy will never end when it comes to the debate between “graffiti and art” -- even when McGee is involved.

The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego commissioned Barry McGee to paint a mural as part of a large exhibit showcasing street art. The unfinished mural has garnered a lot of attention, much of it negative.

A local cop asks “What’s graffiti and what’s not?” Others say, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

The museum says that once the mural in completed in the next few days, if reaction is still negative they will remove it.

See why the people want this out of SAN DIEGO

JR & VHILS HAVE ARRIVED IN L.A.

Following up on David Choe’s Lazarides exhibition is a continental affair titled Euro Trash, with two of the four participants including JR & Vhils. They recently completed a large scale piece in downtown Los Angeles featuring signature styles and aesthetics from the respective artists. The work can be seen at Spring Street between 6th & 7th. The Euro Trash exhibition will open June 9th and run until June 27th at the Lazarides Gallery in Hollywood with works by JR, Vhils, Conor Harrington and Antony Micallef.