This past weekend the Graffiti Hall of Fame celebrated its 39th anniversary in the famed schoolyard on 106th Street and Park Avenue in East Harlem. Pictured above is a b-boy celebrating Duster‘s vibrant piece. Several more images captured at the event follow:
Bronx-based Tony 164 with spray can in hand
Per One FX with spray can in hand — with Shiro and more to the left of his piece
Lower East Side-based Hektad
Yonkers-native Blame FX
5Pointz Creates founder Meres One
Graffiti Hall of Fame director and veteran writer James Top in front of small segment of his tribute mural to Dondi
Special thanks to Scratch for helping us identify and introducing us to so many legendary writers.
Photo credits: 1-5 and 7 Ana Candelaria; 6 Lois Stavsky
My latest adventures with Nic 707‘s famed InstaFame Phantom Art project had me riding the 1 train from the Bronx to the Financial District with several NYC graffiti veterans, along with some newer talents. Pictured above is an image of Salvador Dali fashioned by veteran writer Gear One. Several more images captured on this ride follow:
The legendary Taki 183 in collaboration with Nic 707
Brazilian artist Micheline Gil and Nic 707
Canadian artist Stavro and the renowned Easy
Legendary writers Al Diaz and Taki 183
Bronx graffiti veteran Tony 164
Photos by Lois Stavsky
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The brainchild of veteran graffiti writer Nic707, InstaFame Phantom Art continues to bring graffiti back to NYC trains — with artists from across the globe now contributing to this ingenious project. Here are a few images of artworks captured on the 1 and 6 lines:
The legendary Kingbee
British graffiti pioneer Pulse
Bronx native Yes One
Bogota-based stencil artist Praxis
Style-master Meres — of 5Pointz fame
Old School writer Tony164
And new from Nic707
Photos by Lois Stavsky
For over 30 years East Harlem’s Graffiti Hall of Fame has been home to hundreds of stylish masterpieces. This past weekend, generations of fans and writers came together — once again — at 106th and Park to celebrate the extraordinary art movement that began here and continues to impact the world. Here is a selection of images captured at the event:
1983 Wild Style mural by Zephyr, Revolt and Sharp recreated by KingBee and Vase1
Hef and Per1
Rain and Demer
Muse, Wallnuts
Kais
The Cone
Craze, Reo, Page3 and Eazy
Nic 707 and Tony 164
One of many talented break dancers
In front of the main mural celebrating the 30th anniversary of the film Wild Style
Final photo courtesy of Scott Richardson; other photos by Dani Mozeson, Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky