Oakland’s streets teem with impressive murals and inventive graffiti. Pictured above was fashioned by the Austrian artist Nychos, who is now based in the Bay Area. What follows are several more I captured on my visit to the West Coast earlier this summer:
Ryno and Wegotem
Oakland-based GATS
Oakland-based New Mexico native Irot
Oakland-based Vogue TDK, Fuming Guerilla Productions mural dedicated to the 36 individuals who lost their lives in the the devastating Ghostship warehouse fire
Oakland-based Ras Terms and DeadEyes , close-up
Oakland-based Chicago native Jack Chappel
Special thanks to Iqvinder Singh for introducing me to the streets of Oakland.
Photos by Lois Stavsky
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A huge fan of the Oakland-based street artist GATS since I first saw his iconic mask imagery across the globe several years ago, I was delighted to view his artwork here in NYC — both in the brilliantly conceived and curated exhibit Against the Grain at SPOKE ART NYC and on the streets of Little Italy. Pictured above is a segment of a huge mural featured in Against the Grain. Here are several more images — all fashioned on found objects — from the exhibit:
Death by Pebble, Acrylic on 1960’s skateboards, 4 of 8
Traveler, Acrylic on found wooden case (top); Trackside, acrylic on spraycan (bottom)
Stripes, Acrylic on found shipwreck
Eliminator, Enamel on vintage sprayer
And on the streets of Little Italy — with the L.I.S.A Project
Close-up
Against the Grain continues at SPOKE ART NYC through June 25th. The gallery is located at 210 Rivington Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side and is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm.
Photo credits: 1, 3-7 Lois Stavsky; 2 Karin du Maire
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This is the fifth in an ongoing series featuring the range of faces that surface daily in NYC’s open spaces:
West Coast – based GATS at the Bushwick Collective
Dasic in Bushwick
Lamour Supreme and Lee Trice in Bushwick, close-up of huge mural
Judith Supine in Williamsburg
Meres at 5Pointz
Skullphone in the East Village
Ecuadorian artist Raquel Eschinique at 5Pointz
Epic Uno in Long Island City
Photos of GATS, Lamour Supreme & Lee Trice collab, Judith Supine, Meres, Skullphone and Epic Uno by Dani Reyes Mozeson; photo of Dasic by Tara Murray; photo of Raquel Eschinique by Lois Stavsky
