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Artist ABOVE’s Latest: Blood Diamond

Submitted by ABOVE:

Blood Diamond

Africa has had a devastating history of blood diamond wars. Blood diamond refers to a diamond mined in a war zone and then sold to finance an invading army’s war efforts, usually in Africa where more than two-thirds of the worlds diamonds are extracted. This site specific social / political word play was painted on the exterior wall of Johannesburg’s largest diamond trader Jewel City. Jewel City is a six-block mega-precinct that serves as a base for some 300 diamond traders as well as South Africa”s Diamond Board and State Traders Association. Jewel City is the largest diamond exporter in the southern hemisphere with over R7-Billion worth of Diamonds being exported every year.

I was able to get away with this diamond wall heist because I told the owners I would paint in big letters “Diamonds are a woman’s best friend” on the exterior of their building.

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Artist Above’s Homage to Banksy

From artist, Above: I just uploaded my most recent stencil from Paris. It’s an interesting topic about Banksy and the thievery of street art works in general…

Before:

After:

About this piece (watch the video at the end of this post):

Many years ago, before Banksy”s mass appeal, he painted his popular rat image that read, “Because I”m worthless.” Times have changed the value of his artworks and he is now a common household name. I felt it would be applicable to the current state of affairs to appropriate and change his previous statement to “Because now I”m worth it” to reflect the past and current thievery of his street artworks. Continue reading “Artist Above’s Homage to Banksy”

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Reverse Psychology from Artist Above

Submitted by artist Above:

Reverse Psychology Performance from Above
Leipzig, Germany, November 2009

There are two sides to every coin, and we all know two wrongs don’t make a right but somehow when it comes to filming a video in reverse then reversing it, it makes total sense? Confused? Watch the video to get a better idea. If you still don’t understand, I can only suggest to try and watch it in reverse?!

The reverse side also has a reverse side. -Japanese proverb.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7509249&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

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    Artist Above: Flying in the Wind

    Submitted by artist Above:

    Flying in the Wind (Paris, France)
    http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7127936&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

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    Above and Beyond

    Submitted by artist Above who, on a European tour, has been in Madrid, Spain for close to two weeks working on three site specific installation-stencil pieces.

    June 23, 2009: This morning I finished making and uploading the video of these street works.

    http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5269925&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

    EARS, TEARS, & FEARS. from ABOVE on Vimeo.

    Below are five images with captions that talk briefly about the background and process of each image.

    EaseMyTears 1-425

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