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Archive for September 26th, 2008

ART: MBW aka Mr. Brainwash wheatpaste with Obama, Hillary, McCain, Michael Jackson, Britney et al.

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MBW (Mr. Brainwash) is an awesome street artist, and is definitely right up there along Obey aka Shepard Fairey, Banksy, BAST, and others. The other day, I ran into some of his pieces in SoHo by accident and flicked it up via iPhone. In my head, I was like I hope this don’t come down or get painted the next day, so I went back the following day with my camera and BOOOOOOM MBW just hit the same spot with more eye candy.

I was amazed at the colors, concepts and size of his wheatpaste. MBW mixes pop with politics, and made it cool. Catch Obama-man, in a Superman outfit, Condoleezza Monroe, Britney, and others here. Read the rest of this entry »