While exploring the streets on and off Atlantic Avenue in the East New York section of Brooklyn this past Sunday, I came upon a wall of classic graffiti painted by several members of the long-running, Brooklyn-born Ex Vandals crew. Pictured above is veteran style master 2il taking a brief break from his work in progress. Several more images follow:
Old school graffiti artist Keon
Multimedia artist Panic Rodriguez does Kanye West with classic graffiti writer Clyde to his right
And graffiti veteran Gap RNS at work
Much respect to these pioneers who paved the way to so many–
Photos credit: Lois Stavsky
The walls up in Inwood — home to veteran NYC writers and their guests — are a treasure trove of graffiti and graffiti history. The image featured above was painted by native New Yorker Panic Rodriguez, who grew up writing graffiti in the 80’s. Several more images that Ana Candelaria and I captured this past Sunday follow:
Bronx-bred, Jersey City-based Ree Vilomar
Classic Bronx-bred writer Clyde
Veteran Uptown writers Keon and Rocky 184
Bronx-based TC5 crew member Sound7
Devils of Graffiti member Ses, who — according to my research — recently passed
Legendary Old School writers Lava, Tony 164 and Snake 188 with (what looks like) Oops1 on top
All of these walls can be found on and off 10th Avenue between 207th Street and 2016th Streets, off the 1 line.
Photo credits: 1-3 & 7 Ana Candelaria; 4-6 Lois Stavsky
Some of the most intriiguing walls in town can be found on Atlantic Avenue and Hinsdate Street — directly off the L train’s Atlntic Avenue stop — in East New York. It is where graffiti writers and street artists convened this past weekend in the spirit of unity. Featured above is old school Uptown/Bronx writer Clyde adjacent to fellow Ex Vandals’ member Will Power. What follows are several images I captured earlier this week:
Will Power posing in front of his rendition of Biggie
Albertus Joseph checking out his work before adding final touches
Graffiti meets fine art in Col Wallnuts’ abstraction
Long Island-based Phetus 88
Ex Vandals Ree and Kool Kito
Staten Island-based La Femme Cheri
The legendary Part One
OG Millie does Muhammed Ali
Keep posted to our Instagram for more images of graffiti and street art that surfaced last weekend in East New York. And, reports Will Power, we can look forward to a new set of walls — of both graffiti and street art — next month in the same location.
Photos by Lois Stavsky
