Hosting a striking array of graffiti styles, the walls off the Broadway Junction subway station teem with sumptuous colors and seductive rhythms. The image featured above is the work of Long Island-bred artist WERD. Several more images captured on our recent visit to “the juncyard” follow:
The masterful Noah TFP
The inimitable Ceos
The dexterous Rezor — who regularly brings his curatorial skills to these walls
Stylemaster Such
Veteran writer Doc TC5
Classic writer Wore One
Photo credits: 1 & 2 A. Candela; 3-7 Lois Stavsky
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
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
Directly off the Broadway-Junction subway station — on the borderline between East New York and Brownsville — are some of NYC’s most exhilarating graffiti walls. Here are a few more images captured this past week of the murals fashioned by both locals and out-of-towners.
Werd and Kesta aka Kes
Chicago-based Amuse 126
NME and Ceos
Jerms
Reyes and Topaz
Rez
Note: First image features Vers
Photos by Tara Murray
Some of NYC’s most exuberant graffiti walls can be found right off the MTA Broadway-Junction station in East New York, Brooklyn. This is Part I of a two-part post of what greets us there:
Rezor
Sebs
Owns
Slom
Slash and Jerms
Jerms aka DJ JS-1
Poet
Photos by Lois Stavsky
The vision of Rez and Bugn ABK, a huge wall off the Broadway-Junction subway line in East New York has recently been transformed into a magical mural featuring elements of graffiti, traditional portraiture and collage. Here are some images we captured last week:
Sebs, Domane and Bugn
Ceos and Air3
Vers
Bugn
Rez
Bie MOG
“We loved painting in this neighborhood,” reports Bugn. “We had lots of interaction with the folks who live here, and it was great to paint where folks appreciated us. This is just the beginning!” As to the choice of figures portrayed – Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson and Abe Lincoln – Bugn had the following to say: “We’re not kids anymore. We put our heavy hitters up. These are the people who inspired us as we were growing up. Women are on the way!”
Photos by Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky