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Blu & Exile – Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them (Full Album Stream)

December 16, 2011Music9 comments3479 Views
Following up to the critically acclaimed 2007 release Below the Heavens, Blu and Exile reunite again for another, rather surprising collaborative project, titled Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them. The piece was recorded back in 2009, but the material that results when...

Blu – The Clean Hand (Produced by Pete Rock)

December 8, 2011Music27 comments5339 Views
Here's an intriguing new collabo involving West Coast rhymesayer Blu and the legendary Pete Rock. A nice synergy between the meeting of two different hip-hop generations results in "The Clean Hand." No official word on where this track will end up, but rumor has it that there...

Blu @ Tudela Avant-Garde Urbano Festival, Spain

September 29, 2011Arts2 comments13 Views
Having last been seen in Valencia, Italian artist Blu has traveled north to partake in Avant-Garde Urbano in the small town of Tudela de Navarra. More and more quaint cities across Europe have been using world-renowned street artists and their work as a way to bump up tourist's...

BLU in Valencia

September 20, 2011Arts128 comments19 Views
Fresh from painting the town red with other notable muralist Escif for the FAME Festival, Italian artist BLU has returned to his solitary process for his latest piece in Valencia.  Featuring a familiar color palette and signature character work, BLU's sense of humor is present...

BLU & Captain Borderline @ CityLeaks Festival (Video)

September 1, 2011Arts0 comment9 Views
Italian Street Art grandmaster BLU unofficially opened CityLeaks Festival in June with a stunning large-scale mural at Cologne´s Hansaring. Located at one of the city´s busiest spots, the menacing head of a faucet-haired Medusa stares down on the passing traffic. To its left...

Blu & Ericailcane ‘Octopus’ Mural

July 26, 2011Arts25 comments212 Views
Following up their Skating Team mural back in April, street artists Blu and Ericailcane come together for another large scale work, this time titled Octopus. Sticking with the animal meets human theme, this new piece once again holds a deeper meaning than one may assume....

Blu Mural for Outer Spaces Festival

May 25, 2011Arts7 comments35 Views
Italian street artist Blu creates his latest mural in Poland as he takes part in the Outer Spaces Festival. Arguably one of his most complex pieces to date, the large scale painting highlights Blu creativity with his always intriguing subliminal messages. This new one...

Blu Mural in Poland

May 10, 2011Arts13 comments324 Views
During his visit to Poland, Italian street artist Blu took the time to paint this large mural on the side of a building in Krakow. Continuing with the religious theme that's been noticed in some of his most recent paintings, the artist depicts an ominous figure speaking into...

Blu Mural in Italy

May 2, 2011Arts16 comments321 Views
Italian artist Blu contributes the following mural within his native country of Italy. The theme is an intersection of two important facets of Italian culture in both religion and food. However, there seems to be some underlying references as the image is that of a praying...

Blu and Ericailcane “Skating Team” Mural

April 21, 2011Arts16 comments15 Views
Street artists Blu and Ericailcane come together for this new mural piece, titled Skating Team. Of course the entire work captures the main idea of skating, but in a different context as most would expect with both artist's work. No closeups of the mural are available at the...

Blu 2 Loop Video

March 28, 2011Arts13 comments10 Views
Italian street artist Blu recently made this short loop video featuring a couple of new pieces he did in an abandoned factory. Bringing his creations to life, the video is just a test for a series of upcoming animations from the artist. Enjoy!

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Blu 2010 DVD

January 9, 2011Arts22 comments30 Views
Renowned Italian street artist Blu releases his first ever DVD, a collection of videos made during the last 10 years of his career. The DVD include videos of his wall-painted animations, time-lapse documentation of many murals, hand drawn animations and over 40 minutes of...

Blu Mural Whitewash Protest

January 5, 2011Arts38 comments5 Views
The art community comes together in this video for a protest revolving around the recent drama between MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch and his involvement in the censorship of Blu's mural, which after six days of work was abruptly taken down at the request of Deitch. A bit...

Deitch Censorship Commentary

December 24, 2010Arts105 comments5 Views
Roughly two weeks ago, street artist Blu had a mural at the MOCA in Los Angeles promptly buffed over. The actions taken against Blu have caused an outcry with the likes of Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films, the National Coalition Against Censorship and street art champions...

Blu Los Angeles Mural

December 10, 2010Arts16 comments50 Views
Street artist Blu sparked controversy as one of his recent works was buffed within 24 hours after making its way onto the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The politically-charged piece featured $1 bills over the face of several caskets and offers a strong general...