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
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:
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
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
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
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:
Zoot KYS
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
Eye Sticker goes blue in Brooklyn!
Roycer and Matt Siren
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
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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We are back to Queens for this long overdue “PUSHING IT FORWARD” post featuring some of our favorite illicit urban interventions. Featured above are: the itinerant Imar, Angr LNE, Zoot KYS and Gour. Several more images of Queens-based markings follow:
BRS and Kider
Des
Muk 907
Spider
Mer
Mile
Photos by the “PUSHING IT FORWARD” Collective
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