We recently came upon some unusual paste-ups in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. A surreal mix of natural elements and characters, they are eerily enchanting. It turns out they are the work of Chilean artist Macay, who has been getting her work out on the streets of London for a while now. Here’s a sampling:
Photos by Tara Murray
As part of Ludo‘s X-Ray series, he hit a few Parisian bus-stop advertisements. The Hennessy ad is particularly timely as Kim Jong-il was apparently quite a fan of the cognac brand.
Photos by Ludo
WSDM Crew (or Wisdom Crew) from Santiago, Chile is comprised of seven members. Brako, Tombo, Benzo, Pohyo, Nadao , Fury and Gumy.
“All our graffiti are made with a mix of the worst paint in the world and some mtn cans that we can get sometimes” says Gumy.
The crew is also in the midst of putting together book about South American graffiti.
Photos by WSDM Crew
Recently, five of the Vertigo Graffiti artists (Gris, Cazdos, Skida, Ecksuno and El Pez) painted a boat in Taganga, Columbia called La Preciosa. Here’s a video of the process:
And there are more photos after the jump… Continue reading “La Preciosa – the graffiti boat”
Isaac Cordal sent over these photos of his latest sculptures on the streets of Brussels.
Photos by Isaac Cordal
When we returned to Williamsburg this morning, we were surprised to find some of our favorite artists framed — along with the comment, “Who arted?” Here they are:
Photos by Lois Stavsky and Tara Murray
Cleveland SGS is a group that goes around Cleveland documenting interesting signage. For their latest project, the group turned the tables and made some signs themselves. St. Clair’s Finest is a tribute to Winston E. Willis, once one of Cleveland’s most successful African American businessmen and now the victim on what he claims was a massive theft of his property. After speaking with Mr. Willis, Cleveland SGS turned some of the stories from Mr. Willis’ life into yellow and black signs and installed them on the outside of a building at East 72nd Street and St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland. While definitely reminiscent of some projects by Steve Powers, St. Clair’s Finest has a unique Cleveland twist.
Photos by Cleveland SGS
It seems that portions of The Freedom Tunnel were recently buffed, including some of Freedom’s murals. Maybe this has something to do with our recent interview with Chris Pape aka Freedom reminding people about this graffiti treasure trove… More than likely though, it had to do with the New York Times article about Freedom and his work in the tunnel. Not all of Freedom’s work was painted over, but some was. I’m not sure how much work was painted over by other artists. Luckily, people are already back in and repainting the tunnel with fresh artwork, including Gaia. Here are some recent photos of the tunnel by Dan Solomon:
PS, NewYorkStreetArt also took a trip to the tunnel and has plenty more shots.
Photos by Dan Solomon
