Quick Update + Banksy

To all my new followers, thanks for joining up! I'll be bringing the love every day so stay tuned and keep me posted on what YOU think of the blog.

First off, if you have a twitter account be sure to hit me up at twitter.com/uncommissioned.

Second, for the unacquainted, Banksy is one artist that you need to know about if you're getting into street art.  Perhaps the most famous street artist at the moment, Banksy has been making headlines time and time again for his provocative stencils and installations.

If you saw my post on Exit Through the Gift Shop, you're already semi-aware of Banksy as he was the director.  Seriously, if you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor.

He's big. Pretty much responsible for bringing street art into the mainstream and redefining what people think of "graffiti".  What do you guys think?

And while you're commenting, Uncommissioned wants to know:  What's the most illegal, dangerous act you've ever pulled?

The More You Know

Sorry about the lack of posts, school is raping me. Let's begin!

If you're into street art, you have to know about two sites. First, Wooster Collective.

 

 Always good shit there, tons of short street art videos to watch, updated consistently.  Next up is Streetsy. They're more of a community that contributes to a stream of street art uploads on a regular basis. Very nice! You buy now!

You likey?  Comment and let Uncommssioned know, have you ever vandalized something? Fess up.

Uncommissioned Around the World

Today we're taking a field trip to Berlin, so sit down and open your peepers for some uncommissioned goodness!

Delicious.  Find more Berlin street art and all sorts of other shizzy at www.urbanartguide.com

INSA

I know everyone loves some INSA, so I though a little INSA image dump is in order. Check it:

Enjoy.

Exit Through the Gift Shop

If you haven't seen this documentary and you're a fan of anything uncommissioned, see it NOW. Whether or not you're a fan of Banksy, this film deserves the two hours or whatever it takes. Have Netflix? They have it on instant watch, so now you HAVE to see it.
For those who have seen it: Supposedly Mr. Brainwash may or may not be an actual creation of Banksy himself. Personally I kind of disbelieve the idea of someone recording every moment of their life, but I guess crazier things have happened.
Either way, there's tons of street art history and information packed into this movie, along with a really compelling story running throughout. See it and love it.

Uncommissioned

Any good artist knows you have to expose yourself to as much as possible.  For artists in the city, the uncommissioned murals that line abandoned buildings and alleyways are perfect areas of study and inspiration.  I live in the middle of nowhere, so no inspiration murals for me. That's why I'm making a blog about all the sickest street art I find online.  Thanks internet.
Street art fascinates me because it's an art form entirely untethered from rules.  It's multifaceted.  It's beautiful sometimes, but a lot of times it's really fucking ugly.  So it's kind of beautiful but flawed, you know?  It's kind of dirty and illegal, but still retains a distinct artistic quality. 
Uncommissioned art is straight from the artist's creativity hole.  What?  Gross.  Anyways, I'm documenting my experience with it so come back any time sugar pie, there'll be plenty of hot steamin' street art waiting at Uncommissioned.

 Insa is whats up.  I saw his stuff in an issue of Juxtapoz and I thought it was nuts, being the lover of pattern art that I am.  Pure aesthetic bad-assery, I can stare at it forever.  Well probably not.