Portland Paste: Street Art

I have always loved underground art. Stencils. Wheat paste. Posters. Stickers. Graffiti. I have been photographing this work since I was a little kid in Minneapolis. I also love seeing artwork outside of the gallery setting. Large murals, sides of trains, walls, poles.

When I arrived in Portland, Maine I got really involved with Peace Action Maine and the political scene. At the same time I have been watching some political artwork appear all over town. You can see some of this work on the Portland Paste flickr gallery. It is a collection of photographs of different art projects that have been showing up around town.

Here is a video:


I love the video, because I strongly support the safe return of the US Troops.

If anyone has seen other places that is recording underground art projects (photographs, videos) please add a link in the comments. It is always interesting to see what is showing up on the streets. Make sure to bookmark the Portland Paste Flickr as new images continue to show up.

Bathroom Wall Art

do you consider the decorated walls of your local coffee shop art?

I do. Cafetto, one block from my apartment in Minneapolis, has amazingly cool bathrooms. I took these four pictures to show some of the tagging, drawings and writings. I took a bunch of photos in these two tiny restrooms and I will probably add a few more of my favorite pictures to highlight more of the awesome art in here.


The bathroom walls are a modern day meeting of the minds
I once ran across a blog and a book call Bathroom Wall Art or something. i am going to find it again, and link to it with some of these pictures. I am curious to know if you think bathroom wall art is really art. To me, it fascinating to be surrounding by a collaboration of writings, stickers, drawings, doodles, signatures and statements by a variety of artists that at one time dropped some kids off at the Cafetto basement pool.