Lapiz: It Is All About Being Part Of It

Lapiz, the Hamburg-based street artist whose practice involves handmade stencils to convey his message to the public, and which he places in many cities around Germany and all over the world has finally found a way to convey something that has been in his mind since China hosted the Winter Olympics Games in 2022. His preoccupation with being a part […]

“The Voice That Does Not Ring” by Photographer Ben Dickey

A series examining notions of solitude, despair, loss, and temporality by Toronto-based photographer Ben Dickey. As the grandson of Holocaust survivors, Dickey has long been interested in legacies of trauma and how that relates to social structures of alienation. His current project is inspired by these histories. “The Voice That Does Not Ring” is an exploration of colonized and wild […]

Artist Spotlight: Jim Chen-Hsiang Hu

Drawings from artist and designer Jim Chen-Hsiang Hu from Taiwan. Hu’s work explores the idea of “problematic reality” and depicts what the world actually feels like to him. While things may appear normal or familiar when viewed in isolation, something problematic or strange is likely to appear when taken together. As a motif, this version of reality leans toward more […]

Norwegian Generations: Kjell Pahr Iversen & Atle Østrem Create Triptych in Stavanger :Part II

A masterful curatorial vision lies in this collaborative endeavor, one that unites two generations of Stavanger artists in creating a dynamic canvas in public space – while the newest generation of onlookers engages in the joyful spectacle of football nearby and around them. The convergence of these two artists, separated by a half-century, in creating something novel is a rare […]

BSA Images Of The Week: 09.03.23

September 3, 2023 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! It’s our Labor Day weekend special for you this week featuring some fresh old school styles popping up again in a bid for capturing your nostalgic feelings for early graffiti and hip hop. And of course, we have some of the new stuff as […]

“Wild Life” by Artist Cooper

A new selection of paintings from American artist Cooper (previously featured here). Recently exhibited with Maddox Gallery in Switzerland, “Wild Life” offers reimagined scenes of domesticity infused with new patterns and an expanded colour palette. His still lifes feature a range of objects — vintage record players, speakers, piles of books, plants and mid-century furniture — that represent the joy […]

Stockholm’s Vegan Flava Tests NYC Street Environment, Finds His Balance

Punk Rock Politics, an Arctic fox, a Circumpolar Biome… New York, a city that never sleeps, truly comes alive in the summer with an influx of international street artists and graffiti writers adorning its walls with fresh ideas and paint. Among them, Vegan Flava, a Swedish artist of global repute, seized his inaugural trip to unveil his unique approach—a synthesis […]

Artist Spotlight: Bill Rebholz

A selection of work by Los Angeles-based artist Bill Rebholz. Rebholz has been working as a commercial artist for over a decade, primarily in illustration, murals and sign painting. He is interested in formal design and craft, often combining letting, architecture, and graphics with the folk art sensibilities of vernacular art, signage, and obscurities. “I think of my paintings kind […]