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Braille Street Art

Knile — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:52:10 +0000

At the recent Philly Geek Awards, Sonia Petruse and Austin Seraphin won “Visual Artist of the Year” for their work on Braille street art.

Police use of “non-lethal weapon” kills teenaged artist

Knile — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:34:04 +0000

Various outlets ranging from the Miami Herald to the BBC are reporting on how police in Miami Beach chased, surrounded, tased, and ultimately killed an 18-year-old graffiti artist, Israel Hernández-Llach, known as “Reefa”. Some of his work can be seen on Flickr, including in the South Florida graffiti pool.

laser 3.14

Knile — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:43:23 +0000

I was in Amsterdam the other day and kept seeing works by laser 3.14. Not what you expect, on almost any front.

Writer Highlight: Zimad TD4

thos — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:11:54 +0000

South Bronx 1979, Zimad starts what turns out to be a pretty long standing presence in graffitidom. His style is consistent and varies all at the same time. Candylicious colors and smooth, clean, slick lines; if we lived in an animated Miyazaki graffiti world it would look like this. Peep for yourselves…

(All photos from Zimad TD4′s Flicker)

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Writer Highlight- Paebak NSF CTW IPC

thos — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:20:00 +0000

Pretty much any city you’re in, Paebak’s been there. There’s a wall with Paebak on it. And if not, there’s a train or a light pole or some wind strewn trash. Taking the train through some small West Virginia town and boom, there’s a Paebak throwie trackside on the back of a shed. His style carries the fun and color of a demented circus or cartoon but also generally adheres to a pretty traditional graf letter form and readability. Most importantly, he’s up.

by Aerosol Fiends

by holland1945

Photo by Mr. ?

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by tuesdaynights

by All You See

by holland1945

by LifeWithOpenEye

by that one guy with the camera

by holland1945

by PervertsByTrade

by patti_heck

by LifeWithOpenEyes

Writer Highlight Update- Swet

thos — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:32:56 +0000

A little while ago we did a highlight on Swet and our graffiti brethren, Artillery, from down under also did a great posting with a slew and fury of Swet pieces:

“Black buff, one colour fill and all style. 30 reasons why SWET is one of the best.
All painted in The Hague, South Holland – 2012.
Taken from: 010fuss’ photostream.”

Check out ALL 30 @ Artillery

Writer Highlight Special: R.I.P. To Nekst

thos — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:13:39 +0000

The graffiti world has lost another king, another too young king. I saw something on the internet a couple days ago but waited to believe anything until I talked to someone who actually knew. I didn’t know him personally but it also seemed like there would always be newer and more epic Nekst pieces popping up. He will always be remembered not only as a prolific bomber but for his fair share of pieces and freights and trackside rollers as well. Everything got hit. And got hit BIG.

All I can say is that hopefully in his life and death, there’s a lesson for all. Go big while you got it and live to keep getting it.

This first pic is from a piece done when I was working across the street on the Bowery and the first time I really opened up to him being a major player in doing big things, and doing them in very insanely high profile spots.

by sabeth718

by yayforYAY

by toxic waste dump

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Writer Highlight- Sigh

thos — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:21:26 +0000

For this installment we bring you the southern gentleman, Sigh. It’s funny cuz I came into his work knowing nothing about him and just randomly stumbled upon a piece of his while on a 3 hour stop through Richmond. Then I started seeing him more and more up on freights and realized I’d seen him before. Apparently some haters call him a biter but style is style and what writer didn’t come up copying others until it became their own? Nothing new under the sun. Sigh colors outside the lines and got style and puts in work. Done.

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Photo by DirtyRotten2012

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Photo by F33

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Writer Highlight- Peeta

thos — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:37:46 +0000

3-D graffiti, you think Delta, Daim, Loomit, and…Peeta. Writing for almost 20 years, he’s broken out of Italy and spread his pigment worldwide, linking up with crews like FX and RWK (Robots Will Kill) while still holding down original crew EAD from Padova. When not vandalizing concrete and brick he’s hitting up canvas and making sculptures which all help to hone his craft. As he says, “Sculpting and painting, but also the photography are, in my opinion, disciplines who helps each other. Everytime i make a sculpture i receive a lot of knowledge about 3D space and shapes, that helps me to paint in a better way. And while i’m painting i develop new ideas for new sculptures. It’s a kind of circle.”

Photo by GaliciaChris

Photo by iLenny

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Photo by iLenny

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Photo by Vetto

Photo by iLenny

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Writer Highlight- Host 18 DYM

thos — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:48:15 +0000

Host 18 is another writer that gets around location wise; city, state, country, and abroad, from wall to steel. You’ll also see him get up as 41 Shots, if you don’t get the homage you need to find out.

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Photo by Ironlak

Photo by thos One

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