graffiti

Located at 701 Washington Avenue and Clark Place in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, Washington Walls continues to host a wondrously diverse array of murals. We recently visited its current iteration, strikingly curated by community resident and leader Jeff Beler. The ingeniously fashioned mural/installation featured above is the work of Brooklyn-based Humble, who had earlier been immersed in the Richmond, Virgina art scene. What follows are several more images of murals that we captured last week:

Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Vince Ballentine

The passionate painter Natural Eyes and multidisciplinary artist Lisart

Brooklyn-based, Rio de Janeiro-born Barbtropolis

Painter and photographer Luci

Dumbo-based Craig Anthony Miller and veteran writer BC NBA

Classic graffiti artist Rebs

Photo credits: 1 & 7 Tara Murray; 2-6 Lois Stavsky

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A new Tats Cru mural at their usual spot on East 2nd Street off Avenue A is always a cause for celebration. And when the legendary British artist Nick Walker joins the talented native Bronx artists, it’s even more festive! The image pictured above features Bio‘s signature heart. Additional images from the newly painted mural follow:

Nicer

Bio and Nicer with neighborhood passersby

Tats Cru collaboration

And UK native Nick Walker

Photo credits: 1 – 3 Lois Stavsky; 4 & 5 Tara Murray

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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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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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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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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

Sage One

Spider

Mer

Mile

Photos by the “PUSHING IT FORWARD” Collective

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