Little Italy

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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

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Traveler, Acrylic on found wooden case (top); Trackside, acrylic on spraycan (bottom)

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Stripes, Acrylic on found shipwreck

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Eliminator, Enamel on vintage sprayer

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 And on the streets of Little Italy — with the L.I.S.A Project

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 Close-up

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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

Note: Hailed in a range of media from Wide Walls to the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.

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This past Saturday, the LISA Project celebrated its second anniversary party with a spirited Secret Walls battle in the now-famous parking lot on Little Italy’s Mulberry Street. Team Lowbrow’s Bishop 203MastroZimad, and Steiner competed against Team Supreme’s Lamour SupremeJeremyville, Boy Kong, and Nick Gazin. Here are a few images:

Bishop 203 and Zimad (R)

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Lamour Supreme at work

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Jeremyville‘s draft 

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The illustrious judges: Sean Corcoran, Martha Cooper, Terror 161 and Carlo McCormick

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The winning Team LowBrow members with LISA Project founder and director Wayne Rada

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And the beloved “Taggers Delight” wall with NYC-based illustrator Sashalyn leaving her mark — to the left of Stikki Peaches

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Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson

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Huge fans of stikman — in all his permutations — we were delighted to discover how active he’s recently been in Little Italy, particularly on Mulberry Street. Here’s a sampling of what we discovered this past week:

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And his homage to Dr.Seuss, whose very first children’s book was And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

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With an earlier 3-D variation peering from the rear left

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And lurking behind bars

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 Photos 1, 2, 4 and 6 by Lois Stavsky; 3 and 5 by the acutely observant City-as-School intern Robert Verdejo

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