Lenz, French street artist from Toulouse, France traded spray cans for Legos a long time ago. At age 36, if you ask him how long it has been since he’s been playing with the geometrical plastic shapes he smoothly answers: “For the past 36 years.” The contrast of colors and the plastic texture he uses gives his work a vinyl look. Inspired by music and art, he draws inspiration from some of the greatest from Cope2 to Russel Simmons to Basquiat. He even honors them in some of his pieces by creating large portraits of them (see below).

Russel Simmons

Basquiat

COPE2

Lenz’s work also attempts to portray what the streets look like: painted, colorful and hectic.

“Wall Of Fame”

“Krylon”

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Nick Walker is back spraying some love on boards. Check out his new deck of skateboard-art entitled “Love Vandal” The British stencil artist released a limited edition of 30 works in collaboration with Last Concept. You can get your own here for 450$ +additional shipping cost.

You can get the work of other street artist including: Flying Fortress for 350$, Cope2 for 390$ and many more.

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It’s not even Halloween yet, but we’re still going to tell you about an exhibit being planned for Art Basel Miami in December. The uncreatively named group show by curators we’d rather not mention, will feature artwork on billboards and basketballs from the likes of COPE2, EWOK, SKEWVILLE, Sofia Maldonado, and a whole slew of others because, according to the presser, “Urban culture has always had a love affair with the game of basketball.” All the work is for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to NBA Cares. The Art of Basketball, December 2 – 5, 2010 2048 NW Miami Court, Miami.

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