Shepard Fairey @ West Hollywood Library

I’m a huge fan of Shepard and his Obey brand of clothing. Hard to belive it all strated with a newspaper cutting of Andre the Giant back in the 1980’s.

Thanks to Shephard and two of his street artist friends Kenny Scharf and RETNA, the West Hollywood Library is enjoying a much needed facelift. Curated by MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Arts), the building will eventually become the one Library that I would actually like to visit on the West Coast (closely followed by the imaginary Library that hands out $100 bills).

Check the jump for more photos and I’ll post some more once they’re finished.

Stussy – Beat Down in London Town

Always nice to see local spots on video, especially when its the Stussy guys larking about. This is the life isn’t it, BBQ’s, tagging and drinking – perfect combination for a night in the cells.

The Sneaker Colouring Book

Now why didn’t I think of this? Such a good, simple concept. I know a few people that would love to get their hands on one of these.

Illustrated by Daniel Jarosch and Henrik Klingel, the book includes 100 different sneaker silhouettes from 18 different brands, and they’ve even gone to the trouble of making the pages perforated so you can tear them out and proudly display them on your fridge…so Mummy can see how good you are.

Out this May…somewhere.

Banksy Exit Through the Gift Shop

Steet Art…what’s that all about, hey?

This looks pretty sick for a documentary, although you do have to put up with a fauxhemian French dude talking in an annoying accent…but that’s a small price to pay.

The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the worlds most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, Its basically the story of how one man set out to film the un—filmable. And failed