Armageddon Visuals

Take from the BBC website

Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums have been tampered with in the latest stunt by "guerrilla artist" Banksy.
Banksy has replaced Hilton's CD with his own remixes and given them titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For?

He has also changed pictures of her on the CD sleeve to show the US socialite topless and with a dog's head.

A spokeswoman for Banksy said he had doctored 500 copies of her debut album Paris in 48 record shops across the UK.

She told the BBC News website: "He switched the CDs in store, so he took the old ones out and put his version in."


It might be that there will be some people who agree with his views on the Paris Hilton album
HMV spokesman
But he left the original barcode so people could buy the CD without realising it had been interfered with.

Banksy is notorious for his secretive and subversive stunts such as sneaking doctored versions of classic paintings into major art galleries.

His spokeswoman said he had tampered with the CDs in branches of HMV and Virgin as well as independent record stores.

He visited cities including Bristol, Brighton, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow and London, she added.

A spokesman for HMV said the chain had recovered seven CDs from two Brighton shops but was unaware that other locations were affected.

Most stencil graffiti is done quick and usually no more then 2 colors. This video was done by a someone named Boxi and is called "To Die For." It is made up of 11 different life size stencils. The cool thing about this is the piece is based to two lovers from Afghanistan that tried to elope. The girl was in her late teens and the guy was 21, she was a Sunni and he was a Shiite. They had plans to flee to Iran to get married. The thing is they never told there parents about it cause they knew their parents would oppose. When their parent found out they dispatched gunmen to pursue them. The two were caught then convicted of immoral acts and executed with ak-47s in front of a crowd. The image painted is not of the couple it's more of a tribute. The piece was done in Athen.



If you care to read more about the two lovers.

Info about the stencil taken from here

Seen on the street of Melbourne Australia to raise awareness of child abuse by Australian Childhood foundation.



This is what it looks like when the mannequin is removed it says "Thank you for seeing me"

You might be saying, man that print looks familiar. Well it should, it was used for the Bad Religion 80-85 album cover. The photograph was taken by 80's punk photographer Edward Colver. Edward has just released a limited edition of 200 screen pinted 18"x24" posters of the image for only $50. Get it here.


To see more of edwards word you might recognize, click here.

Papergirl #3 from Papergirl on Vimeo.

EPOS 257

Street Art last blow-out event on Spring St. from Howard Silver on Vimeo.

I like David Flores work, I like to look at it as art with a stained glass look. I bought the original Max print in blue a few months back, now he has a yellow version screen printed, limited to 30 and is $55. get it and see his other work for sale here. somethingill.com/shop/

Letterpress Poster Printing from Joshua Gerken on Vimeo.

Shepard Fairey designed poster for the May Day marches and donations for immigration reform organizations. So this is for a good cause if you believe in human rights for immigrants. Edition(s) of 450, 18 x 24, $45 each Screenprint Editions will go on Sale at 4/30 at Noon at Cimarrones.org

I don't know if I dig this only cause the simplicity. Obey Flower Vine, it comes in 3 different color ways. They go on sale today 4/29 at a random time. Get it here when it goes up for sale. Obey Giant print section.

Died Young, Stayed Pretty is a candid look at the underground poster culture in North America. This unique documentary examines the creative spirit that drives these indie graphic artists. They pick through the dregs of America’s schizophrenic culture and piece them back together. What you end up with is a caricature of the black and bloated heart that pulses greed through the US economy. The artists push further into the pulp to grab the attention of passersby, plastering art that’s both vulgar and intensely visceral onto the gnarled surfaces of the urban landscape. The film gives us intimate look at some of the giants of this modern subculture. Outside of their own circle, they’re virtually unknown. But within their ranks they make up an army of bareknuckle brawlers, publicly arguing the aesthetic merits of octopus imagery and hairy 70s porn stars. They’ve created their own visual language for describing the spotty underbelly of western civilization and they're not shy about throwing it in the face of polite society. Along the way, they manage to create posters that are strikingly obscene, unflinchingly blasphemous and often quite beautiful. Yaghoobian shows these artists for what they are: the vivisectionists of America’s morbidly obese consumer culture. Purchase it here, diedyoungstayedpretty.com

So one of the most anticipated prints of the year from Shepard Fairey has a release date Thursday 4/9 at a random time. I believe it's 18"x24" has a edition of 450 and is around $50. Buy it at ObeyGiant.com. I haven't heard any mention of it anywhere but the flame on the elephant looks like the Black Label logo.

This video is totally going to bother me. So basically i'm thinking the cops came determined it was not graffiti or moved what he was doing into a bracket that doesn't fit into vandalism, allowed him to finish and moved on. Of course there is the possibility of this all being staged. This is like the graffiti artist dream to be accepted by the enemy and granted free passage to all territory. Whatever it makes me feel there might a goal, it's just what do you do then. Click for more work from Space Invader.

Two of the best prints this year are going to be released today and tomorrow. The first one is Tyler Stouts Big Lebowski poster and is going to be released by the time I finish this post in 3 different color-ways. The second is Shepard Fairey's Isreal/Palestine Print and is going to drop tomorrow 12pm PST. Click poster for more info.

Dave Kinsey and Mike Giant have come together to make a print. It's 18"X24" and is limited to 150. it's 4 color and come signed,numbered, and stamped. Available soon on BlkMrktGallery.

One more for the road I'm off for Disney, my daughter turns 6 Saturday. To see more Prints for sale visit omgposters.com

“Straight No Chaser” is an 18″ x 24″ screenprint with an edition of 125. It will drop today (Friday, February 27th) at a random time. I don't know the price. should be available here blkmrktgallery.com

You might want to pick one of these up. I decided to purchased two, one to store away and one for the coffee table. Get it now while it's still a first edition. Purchase it here. It's $71 w/shipping and comes signed.



Obey: Supply & Demand, The Art of Shepard Fairey – 20th Anniversary Edition expands upon the previous version of this book and adds 100 new pages of illustrations and text to showcase Fairey’s entire body of work, a massive retrospective covering 20 colorful years.

Includes an 18" x 24" color poster by Shepard Fairey (Poster is not Signed)

Signed, 446 pages, Hardcover, 446 pages, Hardcover, 9 ½'' x 12 ½'' (240 x 315 mm)
780 color illustrations, English

Derelict Liverpool February 2009





taken from woostercollective

Dylan is the 3rd artist to print w/Armageddon Visuals.

This print is very limited edition to only 12. It's a signed and numbered 3 color screen print. 19"x25". Due to the short run and the custom ink job this print might come out again in the future in a different color way. $25 with shipping.

A couple of Armageddon Visuals artist helped contribute to the Art In Action project if you have time during Art Walk stop by.

I don't know who working down at the USA network but they just gave a "character approved" award to street/graffiti artist Shepard Fairey. The video ends with Shepard saying Iv'e been arrested 14 times I love the rush of doing something I'm not suppose to be doing I am USA's character approved winner. If only everyone was as open minded as the USA network.

Today 2 new Dave Kinsey prints go on sale. Both “Dome” and “Headback” are 18″ x 24″ screenprints with editions of 125. These will drop Friday, January 30th at a random time. Visit BlkMrktGallery.com.

click to see more pictures from the set. 4ft X 6ft on wood.

click to see more pictures from the set. 2 color screen print and watercolor, 19"x25".

These poster were given out @ The Pearl and are no longer available. a edition of 20, 2 color, 19"x25", all siged and numbered. Here are pictures from the event and here is a photo set of them being printed.

I always want to tell my daughter the cartoons were so much better when I was little but i'm scared of sounding like my parents. I thought of this tonight cause my daughter loves watching Scooby Doo and Speed Buggy is in it. It made me think of this cartoon.

Talk about junk in the trunk.


the intro:

Limited edition signed and numbered 1 color screen print and watercolor, limited to 50. 19"x25". $25 with shipping.



To see all available prints click here.

Limited edition signed and numbered 2 color screen print only 50. 19"x25".

2-color screen print, limited edition of 50, signed and numbered. $25 w/shipping. 19"x25".

To see all available prints click here.

This is not a GIF file I printed it out to make sure. Its the cover to Animal Collectives new LP Merriweather Post Pavilion.

Today January 12th is the day JailbreakToys is releasing the Shepard Fairey version of their Barack Obama action figure. It is limited to 3000 and stands 6" tall. I believe the boxes even come numbered.



In other Barack Obama news Armageddon Visuals is working on a Barack Obama inauguration poster this is the first draft. I think the face is to shaded.

19"x25" screen print limited to 100. Poster comes signed and numbered and is $25 with shipping.

These posters are 18"x24" limited to 100 and signed by Regret. They are expected to go on sell on Armageddon Visuals tonight or tomorrow. Price is $25 shipping included

click image to see full set

Talk about insane, I don't know if you have ever seen a chinese paper lantern. Well a Chinese paper lantern is about as big as a beach ball and is made of all biodegradable materials its lit from the bottom by a sort of charcoal the hot air makes it float up and the charcoal make it glow. Well these guys took it a few steps farther. This video takes place in Sao Paulo, Brasil. There they have a group of artist called "balloonist" it's totally illegal and is done only with Chinese paper, glue, gas and fire.

13″ x 19″ giclee, has an edition of only 25, and will be $90. It drops tomorrow (Friday, January 9th) at 11:30am PST. Visit SilentStageToys.blogspot.com.

Every now and then I want to post things I think are cool that are happening all over the world. The "don't act so surprised" is to the folks in Jacksonville. To that cop in Jax Beach that was about to crap in his pants calling the bathroom stall I put a poster on "his building" and every 5 seconds I was 5 seconds from going to jail. I just want to say people all over the world do some form of street art, maybe more then the amount of people that play shuffle board. Its not absurd, and insane. What is insane is there are millions of people that are forced to be brain washed by the repetitiveness of there surrounding and they don't do anything about it. I do enjoy street ideas more when that are not permanent like spray painting on brick.


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Mark Jenkins

Titled Axiom. Limited edition of 145, 18"x24" screenprint. On sale Wednesday the 7th on BlkMrktGallery.com

Making A Poster With A Spray Paint Stencil