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Friday, November 4, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Legendary graffiti artist paints his way through pain of losing only son to gun violence
BY TANYANIKA SAMUELS
Thursday, September 15th 2011, 4:00 AM
Richard Harbus for News
TATS CRU artist Hector (Nicer) Nazario was inspired to make art about the innocence of childhood after his 22-year-old son was shot to death last year.Monday, September 5, 2011
KASE 2 – CASE 2 TFP Rest In Power
Case2 TFP passed away from cancer early yesterday morning.
kase 2, graffiti artist painting
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Writing’s on the Wall (Art Is, Too, for Now)
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
CURATOR Jonathan Cohen is the primary guardian of 5Pointz Arts Center. More Photos »
By ROBIN FINN
Published: August 27, 2011
THREE heavyset guys armed with aerosol canisters have their boombox tuned to a ribald talk-radio show as they transform a grungy section of wall in Long Island City, Queens, from a peeling mess to a psychedelic swirl of letters spelling out their names. The opposite of furtive, these tattooed artisans laugh as they brandish spraypaint cans for an audience of curious passers-by. Tagging may be illegal in New York, but not on this extraordinarily colorful industrial block beneath the shriek of the No. 7 subway line.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Crackdown On Train Graffiti Still A Priority For NYPD
NYC Transit’s Eagle Team focuses on railyards, allowing the NYPD to focus on stretches of elevated and underground track where trains are stored during off-peak hours. The successful effort has cut graffiti-removal costs. The tab was nearly $340,000 in 2007. The cost was nearly $140,000 last year.
Monday, August 1, 2011
The Usual Suspects 2: Vintage Graffiti Show Opens
Urban Folk Art Gallery puts up a significant exhibition of graffiti art.
“It’s very vintage-style NYC graffiti," he said.
“Graffiti came above ground in a lot of ways in the 80s,” explained Suerte, sitting in Brooklyn Tattoo, which sits adjacent to the gallery.
The exhibition features widely celebrated graffiti artists from that time – DANCE, REBEL, NEST, KEO, POET and SNATCH to name a few – many of whom began in Brooklyn, and whose work defined the style of 80s graffiti – an era which Suerte calls a “second renaissance.”
Decades before graffiti became widely accepted and art-world legitimized, it was, primarily, deemed vandalism. In the 80s, New York City began cracking down on this “underground” graffiti (when it had been all about the artist getting into subway tunnels), and consequently graffiti began rising to the streets - to city handball courts and to rooftops.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Notch56 DTK 3D Blackbook King
This is my boy Notch... Dude has some nasty blackbook work and my man takes it 3D... Real 3D.
Friday, April 29, 2011
A Graffiti Landmark Faces an Uncertain Future in Queens
Friday, April 29, 2011
- 5Pointz, in Long Island City, is a block-long warehouse where graffiti is legal.(Annmarie Fertoli/WNYC)
In Long Island City, Queens, there's a five-story, mostly empty warehouse where graffiti is legal. It’s called 5Pointz, and for years, the building's owner has allowed graffiti artists to spray paint most of the facade.
But as the artists at 5Pointz prepare to celebrate a 10th summer season, there’s renewed concern that the building might not be around for much longer. The owner recently proposed tearing it down to bring new high-rises and retail space to Long Island City. The potential closure of 5Pointz, and construction of a new development, would have implications for the graffiti artists, as well as a neighborhood in transition.
Many people catch their first glimpse of 5Pointz – named for the five boroughs of New York City – from the elevated No. 7 train, near the Court House Square station in Queens.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
CRASH, FREEDOM & RISK: “Blurring the Lines” ~ Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City
Opening Reception: April 30th 7-10pm ~ 8522 Washington Boulevard ~ Culver City
On April 30, iconic graffiti writers CRASH, FREEDOM and RISK come together for a show curated by Roger Gastman at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. With CRASH and FREEDOM representing OG NYC, and RISK holding down the West Coast, this show will close out a crazy April for the world of graffiti in a big way.
FREEDOM hasn’t exhibited in a gallery in more than 20 years, he and CRASH will present new works in the downstairs area of the gallery. Upstairs will be RISK’s new works, called “Styles for Miles”, which are created on canvases constructed from vintage license plates.
Graffiti Artist REVOK Arrested At LAX On Outstanding Warrant: Bail Set at $320,000
Notorious Los Angeles graffiti artist, Revok, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday (April 21) on an outstanding warrant.
Notorious Los Angeles graffiti artist, Revok, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday (April 21) on an outstanding warrant.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Graffiti: Art or vandalism?
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is trying to change the negative perceptions of graffiti with a new exhibit. Ben Tracy reports on what some call art and others call vandalism.
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