Yeah, I originally had this posted this morning as Push & Ayer - Sorry. It looked like a Retna piece, but I saw the Ayer in there and thought that must have been the signer. Wrong. Pictures remain the same, though.

Shelley Leopold pointed out to me that the "Ayer" here is a callout. Ayer was killed several years ago. This thread contains pictures of some of Ayer's work and info about him. Many of the picture links are no longer valid though.

We get mail at Lurker! Today we're posting a batch of pictures sent in by Kasim Patton

Kasim sent in a nice variety pack of stuff: Some shots of the LA River, the Meeting of Styles '07, some gallery shots and more.

Check out his MySpace page linked above. More pix after the jump. All pictures in this post by Kasim Patton, 613 Photography.

On the spot where the old French Cottage used to stand - which you can see here - there was a nice clean brick wall just crying out for some tagging.

Pemex, Arek and Blah filled the bill with color coordinated pink and yellow.

These pieces will be gone before you know it.

Another great batch of pieces that I noticed have been whitewashed recently include the 8-bit Che on Santa Monica. I had hoped this one would remain since it looked like it might have been approved by the building owners. But I guess not.
It looked like everything from that post is now wiped away.

All photos by Mark Mauer. More after the jump.

Huge columns painted by Retna stood throughout Zero One's downtown gallery. The multi-artist show Dysmorphic Visualization Syndrome, opened Saturday night, Jan. 19th.

Part of the Con Art series by Chaz Bojorquez.

The D.V.S. show runs until the end of February. More info at Zero One's website.

Above and below, work by Axis.

Zero One is located at 746 S. Los Angeles St., downtown L.A. The D.V.S. show marks is th downtown gallery's inaugural show.

Detail from a print by Robert Williams. The Guns n Roses Appetite cover was there too, but you already know what that looks like.

Painting by Christian Rex van Minnen. More after the jump.

Want to get a guided tour of these Melrose back alleys by the excellent graffiti author Steve Grody?

The Alleys of Melrose
Join Steve Grody, photographer and author of Graffiti LA: Street Styles and Art, for a walking tour that explores the array of graffiti art found in the back ways and alleys of Melrose. Transportation provided to and from starting point for walking tour. $15 members; $20 for non-members. Reservations required: 310/825-8655. Rain date: Sunday, January 20.

I was still posting some shots taken in the alleys south of Melrose where CBS crew puts up a lot of new work when I made a return trip and found a few new pieces, like the punks above and below. There's also some work that I didn't get pictures of last time around. Enjoy!

More pictures after the jump. All photos by Mark Mauer

Near a couple of auto body shops (and a sharp new Space Invader mosaic that we'll post soon) near Temple and Westmoreland is a CBS wall with a nice Rat Fink on it.

More after the jump. All photos by Mark Mauer

The first showing of 2008 for the Carmichael Gallery featured over thirty street and outsider artists from Brazil. Shelley Leopold was at the opening Jan. 5 and got these shots of the work.

Above, Vitche Ya

PART I of the show runs until Jan. 17 at Carmichael Gallery, 1257 N. La Brea Avenue
West Hollywood.

If you missed the opening, don't worry. There's a Part II that runs from Jan. 19 - Jan. 27,
Opening reception with a live Capoeira Demonstration on Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 pm

Above and below: FLIP

Pankil

All photos by Shelley Leopold. More after the jump.

Matthew Flesicher wrote a piece in the news section about the County calling an "emergency" over the properly permitted art project held in the Arroyo Seco in September.

Standing on a bridge overlooking the confluence of the Arroyo Seco and Los Angeles rivers, Friends of the Los Angeles River founder Lewis MacAdams stares at the cement-walled streams and indulges in a moment of nostalgia. “This was the birthplace of FoLAR,” he says of the desolate area. “I came down here one day and saw how blighted and disgusting it was and just thought, ‘I have to do something about this.’ ”

Twenty-two years after MacAdams founded FoLAR, however, the stretch of river that inspired him has landed his group in a bizarre battle with County Supervisor Gloria Molina, leaving the nonprofit organization potentially liable for thousands of dollars in cleanup costs.

To see part of what's already been lost, check out the before and after photos after the jump, showing the whitewash that destroyed several of the huge murals. Of course, it didn't stay whitewashed for more than a few days: sloppy bombing tags quickly covered the area, as anyone would know, making me wonder, what was the point of all of this anyway? Anyone would hbe hard pressed to say it looks better now than it did before.

And here's some body shop art on 1st St.

Another big set from the CBS yard coming soon. All photos by Mark Mauer