New York City

In town this week for the SCOPE art fair, UK artist D*Face is gracing huge walls in Manhattan and Brooklyn with impressive, satirical murals.

In Williamsburg, Brooklyn

"D*Face street art mural in Brooklyn, NYC"

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This past weekend, the famed wall on the Bowery and Houston Street became the outdoor canvas to Retna’s distinct script. Derived from symbols and hieroglyphics of ancient heritages, it also reflects the West Coast’s artist’s graffiti background and sensibility.

Here are some images

" Retna graffiti and street art mural on NYC's Bowery"

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Over 30 years ago, Angel Ortiz aka LA 11 and Keith Haring met on the streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Sharing a similar aesthetic sensibility, they began to partner on dozens of projects.  And while Keith Haring went on to achieve enormous recognition, LA ll has been largely overlooked. Recently, though, LA 11’s work has begun to surface in various gallery exhibits and festivals, including a solo exhibit at the Dorian Grey Gallery last spring, and on East Village walls, as well. Earlier this week, we revisited LA 11’s recent mural on East 11th Street.  A welcome addition to the streets of NYC’s Lower East Side/East Village, its countless curves, lines and figures distinctly evoke Haring’s signature style.

Here are two images captured from the huge mural:

"LA 11 mural in NYC's East Village"

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While Elbow Toe’s lyrical artwork and poetic statements surface in many NYC neighborhoods, they seem to survive the elements best on the gritty doors and abandoned spaces of Brooklyn’s Red Hook district.  Here are a few recent sightings:

"Elbow Toe street art in Red Hook, Brooklyn"

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More images of girls — and women — who grace the walls of New York City:

Cake in Red Hook, Brooklyn

"Cake street art in Red Hook, Brooiklyn"

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From the playful to the poignant, dozens of girls — and women too — grace the walls of New York City.  Here’s a sampling of some that are currently part of NYC’s visual landscape:

Cekis close-up in downtown Brooklyn

"Cekis street art in Brooklyn"

Chris Stain close-up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

 Cro stencil in West Harlem

"Cro stencil in Harlem"

Dasic portrait in the South Bronx

"Dasic street art in the Bronx"

Elle paste-up in Chelsea

"Elle paste-up in Chelsea"

Shiro in Bushwick, Brooklyn

"Shiro street art in Brooklyn"

Toofly mural in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

"Toofly street art in Williamsburg, Brooklyn"

Photos by Street Art NYC, Lenny Collado & Dani Mozeson

 

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Not many street artists make their way up to Manhattan’s Washington Heights and Inwood neighborhoods.  Ben Eine, Aiko, in collaboration with Indie184, and Peruvian artists Jade and Pesimo, who collaborated with Ket, are among those who did.

Ben Eine

"Ben Eine Street Art in NYC"

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Long the home to immigrants and working-class folks, Manhattan’s Lower East Side, south of Houston Street, is continually revising itself. Yet, despite the proliferation of modern glass-walled high-risers and seemingly wealthy newcomers, its public spaces and storefronts still remain a canvas for both legal and illegal street art. Here’s a sampling of what we spotted yesterday:

ABOVE on store shutter off Hester Street

"Above street art on Manhattan's Lower East Side"

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Faile’s vibrant, bold mural on the corner of the Bowery and Houston Street, installed in late October, continues to capture passersby daily. A few blocks south at Opera Gallery NY, some of their small work — ranging from simple portraits to riveting collages — can be seen in the group exhibit Making Faces through February 19th.

On the Bowery and Houston, installation close-up, fall 2011

"Faile street art mural installation in New York City"

At Opera Gallery NY

"Faile at Opera Gallery in New York City"

photos by Dani Mozeson & Tara Murray

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Based these days in Brooklyn, New York, Imminent Disaster has been gracing NYC walls and galleries with her exquisite wheatpastes, woodcuts, intricate paper cuts and screen prints for the past few years. Here’s a glimpse of both:

In Red Hook

"Imminent Disaster street art in Brooklyn"

In Bushwick

"Imminent Disaster street art in Brooklyn, New York City"

At KESTING/RAY through February 5th at 30 Grand Street in NYC’s SoHo district

"Imminent Disaster art a Kesting/Ray Gallery"

Photos by Street Art NYC

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