Sometimes they last for months; other times for weeks or even just days. But the graffiti that surfaces on Bushwick’s walls, particularly on those streets off the L line, are among NYC’s best. Here’s a small sampling of what we captured last month:
Denver-based Home
Owns
Rath
Spot KMS captured at work; completed piece here
Yes1 captured at work, with Shiro to his right
Gusto
Vers
Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson
In Bergen County, New Jersey — where public space is generally a blank canvas — the township of Hackensack boasts some first-rate graffiti. Here’s a sampling of what was recently seen on a spot off the train tracks:
Shiro
Per1 and Dero
The Bronx Team
Pure1
Tiws and Enue
Musa
Shiro with Part One
Rath
Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson; first photo features Yes1 to the right of Shiro.
Earlier this year, over a dozen first-rate graffiti writers refashioned Long Island’s Oil City Skate Park. Under the curatorial direction of Zeso and his partner, Nino, the Oil City Skate Park Jam transformed the huge indoor venue into a graffiti wonderland. Here are a few more images that I captured while visiting last Sunday:
Shiro and Yes1
Zeso and Soir 2
Skize
Hoacs
Just
Zimer
Zeso
Photos by Lois Stavsky
This is the second in a three-part series featuring first-rate graffiti walls that have recently surfaced in the vicinity of the Morgan stop on the L train:
Vor 138 at work
Asend
Logek
Doves
Greg Lamarche aka SP.One
Yes1 at work
Photos of Deves and SP.One by Rachel Fawn Alban; Vor 138, Logek and Yes1 by Dani Reyes Mozeson and Asend by Lois Stavsky
Dozens of new artworks, representing a wide range of cultures, styles and approaches, have surfaced this summer at 5Pointz. Here are a few from NYC’s ever-evolving open-air gallery:
Veteran graff artists Bis and Vor
Austrian artist Roofie
Japanese artist Shiro with Part, Yes1 and Meres
ND’A and Bishop
The Mexican Har crew, close-up
Har Crew, complete mural
French artist Zeso
Brooklyn-based international muralist Joel Bergner
Barcelona-based artist Dase
Photos by Dani Mozeson, Tara Murray and Lois Stavsky
Bushwick’s walls continue to boast a wide range of bold graffiti styles. This past weekend, Yes1, Demote and Chicago-based writer Sege One joined 4Burners’ Owns and Logek gracing Bushwick’s streets with color and vibrancy. The following images were captured yesterday:
Yes1
Demote pays tribute to the late Australian graffiti writer POTS
Owns
Sege One — in from Chicago
Logek
Photos by Lenny Collado
Within the last few weeks over a dozen first-rate pieces have surfaced on and off Bushwick’s Morgan Avenue. Here are a few images we’ve captured:
Phetus and Such
Yes1 at work
Pase
Bekit
Jew
D-Virus from Holland
Jem
Wane aka Knows
Vein
Clark Fly ID
Shank aka Demote and Dero
Photos by Lenny Collado and Dani Mozeson