prvtdncr / bodega vendetta

i have been walking past these two pieces on an almost daily basis (as they are right down the block from where i live), for a...while, and finally took a few photos. 

this is some of the best street art i have found, or that has found me, in LA. my mind caught fire immediately, but i had to do some online digging to allow the flames to spread. 


from what i can tell, this is collaborative work by prvtdncr (--private dancer) and bodega vendetta... mapping thru several of their related blogs at the speed i was going made it a bit difficult to find the decisive breaks between the artists' work...

but who gives a fuck! this is totally taser and that blog quest i mentioned is totally worthwhile, as it is simply image after image of powerful good. it's easy and fun and goes waaayyyy beyond these two photos here.
do it:
http://bodegavendetta.blogspot.com/
http://www.prvtdncr.org/
http://sweaterqueens-roidz.blogspot.com/
http://www.sweaterqueens.org/


i grabbed some info from catch fire...http://www.catch-fire.com/tag/bodega-vendetta/
where in described as: "tweeker hooker folk art posters”. enough said, now look.

the (blank) is the massage...

this is by far one of the better wheatpastes i've seen around the area. this is in glendale, ca, near los feliz + san fernando. 

i bet there are others, on other medians. 

i have my suspicions, but to whoever, good work...

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public art...what isn't...

i've been better about carrying a camera with me when i go out. that is good, due to the amount of stuff outside. like this. oh street art...

a ripped out parking sign, which someone spraypainted, scraped, covered in sequins and wire, and threw in a street .a crosswalk sign that someone taped off to make this classic gesture. this was right in front of the office where i had an interview today.

awesome scarred up pin board at a local pub.
fucked up phone.