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Photos of BSA #1: Being Tricked into Hate

Photos of BSA #1: Being Tricked into Hate

We’re celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of the next by thanking BSA Readers, Friends, and Family for your support in 2023. Picked by our followers, these photos are the heavily circulated and “liked” selections of the year – shot by our Editor of Photography, Jaime Rojo. We’re sharing a new one every day to celebrate all our good times together, our hope for the future, and our love for the street. Happy Holidays Everyone!


It’s not hard to get one group to hate another, especially when you use time-tested techniques employed by autocrats, advertisers, and PR firms. The “news” and social media platforms are seeded with their campaigns to turn us against one another and to question our own good judgment daily.

Many may have the idea that the US and the entire Western world are a polarized society about a host of hot-button social or political issues. Every year, polling suggests that, at heart, we are not. As long as we keep fighting with each other, and are fearful of the other, allowing the flames of hate to be fanned, we lose.

Adam Fujita (photo © Jaime Rojo
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BSA Images Of The Week: 11.19.23

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.19.23

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

It’s a new collection of works found on the street here in New York as we head into Thanksgiving week. The boisterous and celebratory party at Skewville in Bushwick last night to celebrate the new Stikman sign show was well attended and full of fans of the artist. The old fans and new donned Stikman masks and wore name stickers saying, “Hello, I’m Stikman.” The long-time imaginative artist is a fixture on New York streets as new generations of artists come and go. Completely anonymous, he never seeks the limelight, preferring to let his copious ideas on lampposts, doorways, mailboxes, and street signs talk for him. In an age of personal influencers and attention seeking, it is refreshing to see his new works quietly capturing attention and imagination on the streets in his way. Bushwick on a Saturday night is teaming with so many crowds of people you may think you are in Wynwood, Miami, complete with food trucks and neon and thigh-high patent leather boots. But the crowds are far more diverse, and the occasional rat is scurrying across the sidewalk before you.

Here is our weekly interview with the street: this week featuring City Kitty, Adam Fujita, Below Key, Eternal Possessions, Hektag, Hops Art, Aidz, Ali Six, Tkid170, Tracy 168, Hydrane, Otam1, Abloker, Nos Ck One, Madison Storm, Melissa Schainker, Wally, J$T, FatJay, Sens-Sational, Aaron Wrinkle, and 5inck.

Adam Fu (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hektad (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sens-Sational (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Aaron Wrinkle (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hydrane (photo © Jaime Rojo)
TKid170 tribute to Tracy168. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
5inck, Otam1, Abloker, NoackOne in collaboration with The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
5inck, Otam1, Abloker, Noa CK One in collaboration with The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Below Key and Ali Six (photo © Jaime Rojo)
AIDZ (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Madison Storm (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Melissa Schainker (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Eternal Possessions (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Wally (photo © Jaime Rojo)
J$T (photo © Jaime Rojo)
J$T (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fat Jay (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art Memorial Mural to honor Sisco. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art Memorial Mural to honor Sisco. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hops Art Memorial Mural to honor Sisco. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Sunset over the East River. NYC. Fall 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Images Of The Week: 09.24.23

BSA Images Of The Week: 09.24.23

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

It’s no joke, this feeling of connectedness across cities and time zones that the street art and graffiti scene encourages – and often, it all overlaps in NYC, yo! This week, we have Martin Whatson and Hama Woods from Norway on the wall in New York, and it was a pleasure to see them both. It’s another honor to see Niels “Shoe” Meulman in the hood for only a minute, but long enough to see his new wall in Bushwick go up! We’ve been very lucky over these last 15 years to meet so many great people and talents worldwide, making streets in new cities seem like home because we see the work of friends and acquaintances wherever we are exploring. This week we have shots of New York and LA mixed together – enjoy the show!

Here is our weekly interview with the street: this week featuring Adam Fujita, Martin Whatson, Adam Fu, Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman, Solus, Danielle Mastrion, Optimo NYC, Hama Woods, Cody James, BK Sckler, Toe Flop, Hiero Veiga, Hydrane, Notice, Jayo V, Alexali Gonzales, TBanbox, and Fenji93.

Hama Woods (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hama Woods (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Niels Shoe Meulman with The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Niels Shoe Meulman with The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Martin Whatson (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Cody James NY (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fujita (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentifed artist in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hiero Veiga references a decade since the release of The Weekend album that may have changed his trajectory. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hiero Veiga. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Optimo makes his takeovers attractive and balanced compositionally, encouraging participants to fall in line. Optimo NYC (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Voluminized Hydrane (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Yes, I did. Notice (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Toe Flop (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Solus (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jayo V (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ah, the diamond life. Alexali Gonzalez tributes singer Sade in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
TBanbox (photo © Jaime Rojo)
KIR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
BK Ackler (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A long distance romance perhaps? Fenji93 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The Beastie Boys have their newly minted square in NYC and Daniele Mastrion was on hand to paint a tribute mural to the famed band – with a conversion of the garbage receptacle adding a third dimension to their sound system. The wall references Paul’s Boutique as well. Stay tuned next month for a massive new Beastie Boys tribute on a NYC wall by a name you know very well! (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Beastie Boys Square, and the all-seeing cameras gradually introduced across New York with very little comment, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Memorial to BLVCK DA DON in The Lower East Side. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 05.14.23

BSA Images Of The Week: 05.14.23

Welcome friends! Shout out to Joey, owner of the Village Works bookstore, whose new location opens this weekend on St Marks Place in Manhattan. Friday night the river of people flooded the banks in this pantheon to New York culture, history, and stylish bravado – and special guests Homesick were in the house to welcome the hundreds of excited streetwise Gen Z’ers to flip through and ponder these curious paper things that you cannot scroll through or zoom in with your fingers, but which are strangely satisfying and enriching non-the-less. If anyone wonders if Covid decimated New York, you have to witness the throngs of people walking, running, riding through a beery haze on the weekend at St. Marks, to know that this city is in full effect, bro.

We say ‘bro’ in the hood way, not the privileged apathetic way – although both are intermingling in the LES right about now with Brooks Brothers boys in camel suits huffing up the sidewalk while a muscled spandexed guy with a six-foot set of wings on his back weaves through the street. It’s not that NY is so liberal, it’s that we really don’t care what your look like or who you’re doing it with – let’s have fun and hang out.

The pumping music from the bars in this neighborhood reflects this moment, of course, with two Mexican pop hits blasting out to the streets in many locations – Grupo Frontera x Bad Bunny’s hit “Un x100to” and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Solo.” A fusion of corridos, banda, urban music, trap, and reggaeton? Porque no? The popularity reflects the influence Latino culture has had on the youth this spring while old white men are busy militarizing the southern border and treating regular people like criminals for seeking a better life.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Dan Witz, Adam Fujita, Adam Fu, Winston Tseng, SacSix, Little Ricky, Roachi, Alicho Art, Chupa, Huetek, A Visual Bliss, Riisa Boogie, Ideal, Rezones, WEKUP, KIRSE, SMOR, Italo Causa, Georgia Violet, Jenna Leigh, and Never Satisfied.

Adam Fu (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fu (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fu (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Look a new rare Dan Witz in the wild!!!! (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Never Satisfied (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Never Satisfied (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Winston Tseng (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Winston Tseng (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SacSix (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Trace (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CHUPA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Memorial Wall. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Memorial Wall. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Memorial Wall. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROACHI (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HUETEK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jenna Leigh . A visual Bliss. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HUETEK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Little Ricky (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Calicho Art . Georgia Violet. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Italo Causa (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Riiisa Boogie. Rezones. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
KURSE. SMOR. IDEAL. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
WEKUP (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Spring 2023. NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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You Are Not Alone

You Are Not Alone

YOU ARE NOT ALONE. That’s very important for you to know.

Whether or not one suffers from mental health issues, knowing that one doesn’t walk alone on a scabrous path is comforting. Feeling supported, especially in times of crisis, brings assurance and healing to our anxieties and despairs.

Adam Fu. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

We are living in a tumultuous time when people are being shot at or killed for having the misfortune of making a seemingly innocent mistake such as ringing the wrong doorbell or turning into the wrong driveway or working in your own yard with a leaf blower or getting into the wrong car at a parking lot or asking your neighbor not to shoot his gun from his porch or for being mistaken as a shoplifter. In Manhattan, an individual was murdered in the subway after a fellow passenger placed him in a chokehold apparently because he was made uncomfortable by the individual’s rambling, loud musings while suffering from mental health issues.

Alanna Flowers. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

We’re now being traumatized almost daily by news reports of mass shootings, vigilante shootings, and murder. Sometimes we simply feel that we are not safe anymore. When we talk about mental health, we should broaden the discussion to include all of us, not just those with acute symptoms but all of us who are affected by what we experience, see, and read. Our mental health is affected directly by the violence being perpetrated upon others.

The collective YOU ARE NOT ALONE MURALS has been very active in bringing the issue of mental health and its importance to the forefront of the conversations with large murals on the streets of NYC. Here they produced ten murals created by a diverse group of artists, all using the same color palette while addressing the importance of community, belonging, and support with a single and simple phrase: YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

Cris Pagnoncelli. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)


If you are in any need or are in crisis emotionally or psychologically, or you simply would like to speak to someone, please call the numbers below. You can do it! You can do it, sis. You got this, bro. We love ya!

  1. New York City: The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene provides a 24/7 Mental Health Hotline for New Yorkers who need immediate help. The hotline can be reached at 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355).
  2. United States: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24/7 across the United States. The lifeline can be reached at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255).
  3. International: The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) is a global organization dedicated to preventing suicidal behavior, alleviating its effects, and providing a forum for academics, mental health professionals, crisis workers, volunteers, and suicide survivors. The IASP website offers a directory of crisis centers and helplines around the world. The directory can be accessed at https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/.
Indie184. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jason Naylor. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Marco Santini. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rich Tu. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sally Rumble. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Space Type. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dirty Bandits. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In collaboration with You Are Not Alone Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Manhattan, NYC. May 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 10.30.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 10.30.22

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! Happy Halloween

 

Enjoy this Halloween parade of art on the streets of NYC. Stay safe!

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Adam Fujita, Lunge Box, Entes, Clint Mario, CMYK Dots, Font 147, Laurier Artiste, Nathan Nails, Lin Feitel, Spit, Eyeball Crew, Minvske, Gigstar, and Lou Hugus.

Font 147 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lunge Box (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentifed artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
L’Amour Supreme (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nathan Nails (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lin Feitei (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Clint Mario (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Clint Mario. Spit (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Berlin-based artist CMYK Dots left their imprint on the streets of NYC. Didn’t contact us, but that’s okay. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fujita for East Village Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Eyeball Crew. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Eyeball Crew (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Minvske (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Gigstar (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lou Hugus (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Peru-based artist, Entes also came through the city and left us a gift. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Laurier Artiste (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Fall 2022. NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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Selection Of New Works at Welling Court 2022 in Queens, NYC

Selection Of New Works at Welling Court 2022 in Queens, NYC

Rocking this little neighborhood since 2009, The Welling Court Mural Project in Queens, New York brought a bevy of old skool and new again this summer to add to the collaborative art project that cheers the locals and thrills visitors. By now, you could call it historic, with writers from the OG crowd like Tats Cru, Lady Pink, John Fekner, and Chino giving their best alongside a slew of newbies in the mural art scene. Alison Wallis is the sole director these days, and her roots with the graffiti and street art community go deep, which means a well of trust is involved.

Too Fly. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

As she scans the list of artists who have given of themselves to this neighborhood for more than a decade in this community project, Wallis writes in the manifesto: “with early career, mid-career, and burgeoning young artists to help foster beauty of all life, peace, and support for all people of any race, belief, and/or sexual identity around the globe.” Once again it is good to see the many ways a community can join together in an evolving and inspiring collective statement that integrates positive social change via the culture of street art.

Headache. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Vexta. Dirty Bandits. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fujita. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Caleb Neelon and Lena Mac. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Danielle Mastrion. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Alice Mizrachi. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ashsaint. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lexi Bella. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rari Grafix. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pinky Weber. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Queen Andrea. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chino. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Harbor Arts. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Daze. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
BG183 Tats Cru. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JCorp. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lady Pink. Detail. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Slow. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The Fuhgeddaboudit Bodega. Welling Court Mural Project NYC 2022. Queens, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 06.19.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 06.19.22

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Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers and those filling that role for families. We know it’s not easy work. We’re thankful to all the guys who are there to raise our kids, to provide guidance and love, and to model love and respect for their partners and wives.

Also today is Juneteenth, one of our country’s newest official holidays, recognizing the foundational earthquake of African emancipation from slavery in the US. Institutional slavery and all its effects – events in our history that continue to impact our laws, institutions, education, civil and economic justice, our relationships with one another – are yet to be addressed in many ways. For Juneteenth, this is a sweet and joyful celebration that is also deeply needed.

It doesn’t get any better with the weather than at this time of the summer in New York – and street art and graffiti are enjoying a very prolific crop this season. The politics of this moment are also showing up the street, with abortion and gun rights and vaccines surfacing as themes alongside what seems like ever-present LGBTQ+ rights. We keep seeing the graffiti/street art spots enlarge, contract, and scatter like a sneeze from one neighborhood to another, largely do to the rampant gentrification rate in some areas and the tendency for people to kill off the very arts culture that attracted them to the neighborhood in the first place. Right now street art in Manhattan is concentrated on the Lower East Side and Chinatown – Chelsea has a few remaining pockets left but it could be gone soon, and a little still remains in Soho and Noho. In Brooklyn, the neighborhoods Bushwick of going strong, Williamsburg Industrial park Williamsburg and Dumbo not so much. In Queens there is Welling Court, maybe Ridgewood, and of course Mott Haven and South Bronx are still popping

But let’s not get distracted by the city topography – lets look at some new stuff Jaime Rojo caught this week.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Sipros, Adam Fu, CRKSHNK, Below Key, Modomatic, Hijack, Homesick, BK Ackler, Sally Rumble, Real Art Daddy, Yosnier, JG, The Eyeknow, Fear Arte, and Natalie Robinson.

Here’s a portrait of “Brooklyn” the sweetest, most ferocious-looking dog in Bushwick by Patrick Kane McGregor. “Brooklyn” passed away and he was the loyal pet of the Bushwick Collective lady who tends shop when Joe isn’t around. La Signora is Joe’s aunt. Much respect. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
BK Ackler (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Modomatic. Bug 005 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Modomatic. Bug 007 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sally Rumble in collaboration with Adam Fu. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Real Art Daddy (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hijack (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hijack (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Yosnier for Save Art Space Org. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sipros for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sipros for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sipros for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Below Key (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Homesick (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CRKSHNK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JG (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Eyeknow used Food Baby Soul crotcheted installation as the canvas for their colorful display of ever-seeing flowers. Artist The Eyeknow (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fear Arte (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fear Arte (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fear Arte (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Natalie Robinson (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Natalie Robinson (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. The Empire State Building. Manhattan, NYC. June 2022. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 05.29.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 05.29.22

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Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

“Let’s dial down the rhetoric. Let’s work sincerely to negotiate a cease-fire. We need serious diplomacy” said no one who profits from war.

Ka-ching!

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: REVS, Adam Fu, JerkFace, Sac Six, Voxx Romana, Roachi, MTA, 4Some Crew, Huetek, Angurria, Swrve, WTG Studios, Enjoy, Six Million Dollar Steve, Carlitos, Dovente, and Danny Ebru.

Jerkface reproduces and slightly alters the work of American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz to announce the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fujita with WTG Studios (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fujita with WTG Studios (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Enjoy & Six Million Dollar Steve for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Enjoy & Six Million Dollar Steve for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Enjoy & Six Million Dollar Steve for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Enjoy & Six Million Dollar Steve for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
MTA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
REVS. We published the metal tag on the left on the March 13th edition of BSA Images of the Week. When we returned to the site on March 18th the tag had been removed, probably stolen.
REVS. To our surprise, the exact same piece with some additional REVS vernacular has been re-installed on the same spot. The bolt and the plyers are the new additions to the piece. The metalwork of the flower bed protection has been restored as well.
That is just how much of New York Feels at the moment, actually. Sac Six (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Angurria for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Angurria for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Angurria for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Voxx Romana and Dany Ebru (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Carlitos for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
4some Crew. Roachi and Swrve (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dovente for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dovente for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Huetek for the Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
We aren’t sure about these stencils being legit street art…it might be an ad campaign. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Azalea. San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 04.24.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 04.24.22

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Welcome to BSA Images of the Week.

Colors wash over the city again, the greys now fading to the background. Even now, we stand in the shadow of war and all those who profit from it. Nevertheless, thanks to artists the streets are popping with promises, warnings, aspirations, exhortations, codes, and proclamation.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Faile, Adam Fujita, Jason Naylor, Almost Over Keep Smiling, Lauren Asta, Chris Soria, DEK@DX, SidkaOne, Misha Tyutyunik, TDM2DX, Ergot, Flye Lyfe, YoYo Cam, Let It Out, and Suizid.

Jason Naylor (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris Soria and Misha Tyutyunik (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris Soria and Misha Tyutyunik (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentifed artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Almost over, keep smiling (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fujita (photo © Jaime Rojo)
2DX TDM (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A three-dimensional tag on a sidewalk in NYC. It made our day:-) (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SidkaOne (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ergot (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Flye Lyfe (photo © Jaime Rojo)
YoYo Cam (photo © Jaime Rojo)
YoYo Cam (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Let It Out! (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Suizid (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lauren Asta (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Spring 2022. NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 04.10.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 04.10.22

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Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

April showers, babe. That’s what we have been experiencing. Yes, that means we get May flowers. It’s a whole system, see?

Congratulations for our new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

“It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States,” Jackson said in a speech outside the White House.

“But, we’ve made it. We’ve made it, all of us,” Jackson said.

We’ll be looking for her face to pop up on the street soon!

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: City Kitty, Chris RWK, Adam Fujita, Icy and Sot, Clint Mario, Gane, Irak, RX Skulls, Smells, Bublegum, Acroe, Bertstit, and Eric John Eigner, Lawrence Weiner.

Adam Fu. “Peace” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Icy & Sot. This stencil has been on this spot for a very long time. The words were added at a later time by an unidentified artist. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ACROE (photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Kitty and Chris (RWK)(photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Kitty with RX Skulls (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bertstit (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Smells Gane (photo © Jaime Rojo)
IRAK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bublegum for The Bushwick Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)
This spot is usually reserved to display artworks in conjunction with the Whitney Museum and the High Line. This is a protest scene say no to the Dakota Access pipeline and end its threats to sacred land and water. #NoDAPL(photo © Jaime Rojo)
Detail from the above photo. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Eric John Eigner (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fake Hambleton (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lawrence Weiner / Public Art Fund. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Clint Mario (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Spring 2022. NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 03.13.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 03.13.22

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Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. The streets are reflecting this moment in New York this week as artists are showing their colors. Or Ukraine’s colors, rather. Hard to sleep through the night when you know that Gotham is on the hit list if this Russian invasion turns nuclear, hard to process the idea that a cold war is never far from a hot one, despite activists best efforts for all these decades. Hard to believe that sanctions won’t damage many more people than the intended targets. Hard to believe that money-printing is never discussed in the news as THE creator of this inflation and much more inflation to come.

Let’s do everything we can to de-escalate this war, this perpetual specter.

And thank you to the street artists who are keeping the conversations alive. Also this week, new works from F**kin REVS !

Remember to Set Your Clocks Ahead One Hour Today.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Adam Fujita, Fuckin REVS, Below Key, Sticker Maul, Sara Lynne-Leo, Hek Tad, Gold Loxe, Mike Raz, Smetsky Art, Hear Eye Am, Equalist, Liagam, and Mitya Pisliak.

Death is not the answer. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Brooklyn Bitch Bakery (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sticker Maul (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mitya Pisliak (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Gold Loxe (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Smetsky Art & Mike Raz (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NYC to Putin (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NYC to Putin (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fu (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sara Lynne-Leo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Below Key (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ligama for The Bushwick Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ligama for The Bushwick Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)
REVS (photo © Jaime Rojo)
REVS (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Equalist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HEAR.EYE.AM (photo © Jaime Rojo)
We know Spring is around the corner when The Lenten Rose, as it is commonly known, comes up from the ground. More often they go unnoticed by the people in the city, as the weather is still cold and their colors are muted – and the fact that they are very close to the ground – prevents them from screaming “here I am!”. But they are the first to announce the advent of a new season. Spring 2022. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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