Graffiti

Currently on view at Kreate Hub is an exuberant exhibition featuring a diverse range of distinctly stylish work by the hugely talented Puerto Rico-born, Bronx-based artist Sen2 Figueroa. With its swooping visual rhythms, striking lines and infectious energy, Sen2’s ever-evolving aesthetic seduces the viewer’s eyes — as it blurs the boundaries between, graffiti, pop art and fine art.

The image featured above was fashioned with mixed media on canvas. Several more images on view in “El Bronx” follow:

From the “X-ray Series,” Mixed media on canvas

From the “Mecanico Series,” Mixed media on canvas

From the “Mecanico Series,” Mixed media on canvas

“Fragile,” Mixed media on canvas

From the “Graffiti Pop Art Series,” mixed media on wood panel

From the “X-ray Series,” Mixed Media on canvas

Located at 15 Canal Place in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx, Kreate Hub is open by appointment, Monday – Friday: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM. Phone: 718.500.4151. “El Bronx,” Sen2 Figueroa‘s first solo exhibition in the Bronx, remains on view through April 12.

Photos: Tara Murray

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As we continue our monthly posts of illicit graffiti, we are back to the streets of Queens. Pictured above are: Wevs429, Dase, Oldeath, Angr and South LNE. What follows are several more images of unsanctioned graffiti captured in Queens public spaces:

Tocer and Anso LNE

Kitty and Degrupo

 Exr and Werds aka OptimoNYC 

Kempe and Cros

Mer

Gour

Loom

Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective

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The shutter featured above was painted by the veteran Parisian stylemaster Seb Gorey in Ridgewood, Queens. What follows are several more images of gates as we resume this occasional series of NYC street art shutters.

Artist and educator Katie Reidy at the BedStuy Walls Mural Festival in Brooklyn

Staten Island-based graphic designer Sharpy

NYC-based Key Detail in Ridgewood

The iconic “Wild Style” logo — originally designed by the late Tracy 168 — at the Bushwick Collective

Veteran writer BC at Boone Avenue Walls in the Bronx

  Sebs in Ridgewood, Queens

Photos: Lois Stavsky

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The birthplace of global graffiti, the Bronx remains a treasure trove of all kinds of markings, many unsanctioned. Featured above are Ammo, Vase, Jio, Griz and Uno. Several more images — captured on our recent hunting sprees — follow:

Pade

Chapo and Rukos

 Exr and Dzel AIDS

Sokem, Tower and Jaque rappel graffiti– above tag by Stu AOB

MTNW, Eaks, Quez, Ammo & more — as captured through a miniscule opening

Sko AVL, Ireek, Misk AVL and Ceek AVL

Yuk, VAT

Smog

SIXGOD

Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective

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Under the curatorial direction of Jonathan Neville, First Street Green Art Park continues to host a wondrously diverse array of local, national and global artists. The elegant image featured above was painted by the Germany-based, Ukrainian artist Shev Lunatic. Several more images captured on recent visits to First Street Green Art Park follow:

Veteran graffiti writer Curve 

  Parisian artist Seb Gorey with multidisciplinary artist Exacto

Cram and Ratchi

Veteran graffiti artist Slash, FTR

Noted Detroit artist Sintex

NYC-based muralist Lexi Bella and graffiti artist Grimace NYC

First Street Green Art Park is located between Houston and First Street off the F train’s Second Avenue stop — just where Manhattan’s Lower East Side meets the East Village

Photos: Lois Stavsky

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Staten Island’s Mariners Harbor is home to a huge graffiti wall that is an aesthetic and thematic delight. Featured above is the work of Staten Island-based urban artist, educator and tattoo artist Dylan Giangrande. A small selection of images from the wall’s current iteration follow:

Staten Island-native multidisciplinary artist and producer Gano, VGL

   Tattoo and urban artist John Echo

Syne, GOMD and NSB

Staten Island-based veteran style master Joe Goalbino

   Staten Island-based muralist and graffiti writer Cody Prez

Veteran writer NoneNYC, Ex Vandals/MTA/UTW/TSK/GOMD

Photo credits:  1-4, 6 & 7 Lois Stavsky; 5 Shalom Stavsky

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The entire borough of Manhattan is a mecca of intriguing unsanctioned art. Featured above are the prolific Dzel AIDS, Exr, Hopes and Shie in East Harlem. Several more images of illicit markings captured these past few weeks on the streets of Manhattan follow:

Ozbe and Slic

Zoot KYS

Short, Skam and HM

Riot AVL

Jet

Ansotto and Schmeng

Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective

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Stickers are having their day! Just about any walk through any of NYC’s five boroughs is certain to delight the sticker aficionados among us. Featured above is the ubiquitous Cheer Up. Several more stickers seen on my meanderings around the streets of the Big Apple follow:

Chris RWK (bottom) collabo w/anonymous artist and another artist to be identified

Doaz and Zero Productivity collabo

Stikman

Eye Sticker goes blue in Brooklyn!

Alex Itin

Hektic 718 and Angr

Roycer and Matt Siren

0H10 M1ke and Hiss

Photos: Lois Stavsky

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Continuing our documentation of ILLicit Creatives claiming space on the streets of NYC, this post focuses on the markings that have surfaced on open spaces in Brooklyn. Featured above is the masterly EXR.  Several more images captured in the past few weeks in varied Brooklyn neighborhoods follow:

Another view of EXR, along with Flash and Dink

Muk, Toke, Wild Boy West and more to be identified

Angr, Gour and Mile

Glare and Avert

Homesick 

Dink

Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective

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Founded and curated by Miki Mu and Frankie Velez, the BedStuy Walls Mural Festival has for the third consecutive year transformed Lexington Avenue between Stuyvesant and Lewis Streets and beyond into a vibrant, brighly-hued wonderland, while actively engaging the local community. The mural featured above was painted by New Jersey-based veteran writer Raul Rubio aka Sue Works and style master Aesop. Several more images of murals — painted by local, national and international artists — follow.

San Franciso-based Matley Hurd

Thrive Collective Mural Arts Director Marissa Molina

Milan, Italy native Federico Massa aka Iena Cruz

5Pointz founder and artist Meres One at work

French artist Otom

NJ-based Will Power, tribute to the late Combat Jack painted for his son, Chi Ossé

Haitian-American, Brooklyn-based Ingrid Yuzly Mathurin, tribute to the late Shirley Chisholm

West Coast-based multidisciplinary artist Agana

Note: Keep posted to the Street Art NYC Instagram and Threads for more images from this year’s BedStuy Walls.

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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