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Politically and Socially Conscious NYC Street Art, Part III: Kingbee with Tito Na Rua, Hanksy, Groundswell Youth with Danielle McDonald & Jazmine Hayes, Hunt Rodriguez and Sophia Dawon

February 11, 2016

This is Part III in an ongoing series of posts featuring politically and socially conscious artworks that have surfaced on NYC streets:

Kingbee and Tito Na Rua take on gentrification in the Bronx

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Hanksy‘s famed portrait of Donald Trump in Downtown Manhattan

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Groundswell youth  — with lead artist Danielle McDonald and assistant artist Jazmine Hayes — in Bed-Stuy 

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Hunt Rodrigues on the pavement in Bushwick

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Sophia Dawson  on Myrtle Avenue — with quote from Assata Shakur — for Black Artstory Month

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Photo credits: 1 & 5 Lois Stavsky; 2, 3 & 4 Tara Murray

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NYC Pavement Art — from the Poetic to the Political: Hunt Rodriguez, stikman, Chris and Veng RWK, Anthony Lister and more

March 1, 2015

Even the pavement speaks here in NYC — with everything from intriguing images to poetic prose to political messages. Here’s a sampling:

Hunt Rodriguez in Bushwick

"Hunt Rodriguez"

stikman in Chelsea

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A political statement in Williamsburg

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Chris and Veng RWK in the East Village

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An excerpt from The Bell Jar, the only novel penned by the acclaimed American poet and writer Sylvia Plath

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Anthony Lister in Bushwick

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Unidentified stencil art on Chelsea sidewalk

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A reference to Gaza on the Upper West Side

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And a political statement in Bushwick

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Photos — 1, 2, 6-9 by Lois Stavsky; 3 – 5 by Dani Reyes Mozeson

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Politically and Socially Conscious NYC Street Art: Bikismo, Gilf!, #Dysturb, LMNOPI, Luis Rosenfeld, Sophia Dawson & Hunt Rodriguez

February 7, 2015

Here are a few of the works reflecting a range of political and social issues that have surfaced on NYC streets:

Bikismo in Williamsburg

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Gilf! in NoLita

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#Dysturb in Manhattan

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LMNOPI in Bushwick

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Luis Rosenfeld at work in SoHo

"Luis Rosenfeld"

Sophia Dawson, lead artist, in the East Village

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Hunt Rodriguez in SoHo — in response to the Charlie Hebdo attack

"Hunt Rodriguez"

 Photo credits:  1, 3, 4 & 7 by Dani Reyes Mozeson; 2. Lois Stavsky; 5. Lenny Collado aka BKLenny & 6. Tara Murray

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WALL WORKS: The Art of Graffiti at Great Neck’s Gold Coast Arts Center with Meres One, Zimad, Shiro, See TF, Kid Lew, Hunt Rodriguez, John Paul O’Grodnick and more

January 31, 2014

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On exhibit through February at Great Neck’s Gold Coast Arts Center is WALL WORKS: The Art of Graffiti featuring works by 5Pointz (Rest in Power) curator and CEO Jonathan “Meres” Cohen and other artists who found a home at 5Pointz. Here’s a small sampling:

Meres

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Shiro

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 See TF

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Kid Lew

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Hunt Rodriguez and daughter, close-up from sculpture, “Rest in Power, 5Pointz” (Click on link for video clip with full view)

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John Paul O’Grodnick

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Zimad

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 First image of Zimad and Meres, close-up from photo by Richard Alicia; all others by Lois Stavsky

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