Stomping through the streets of New York Friday looking for new Street Art and graffiti, the cold and the wind reminded us of a saying we learned from the Norwegians during recent trips there: “There’s no such a thing as bad weather, only bad clothing”.
Cold comfort perhaps, but an apt metaphor for weathering the storms. Prepare!
These photos draw from that frozen urban exploration we embarked upon to the hinterlands of places not typically known for a Street Art scene like Sunnyside, Queens and places now slaughtered with murals and some smaller illegal pieces like the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Hope you are as impressed by what we found as we are as Gen Z is making some of those Millenials look like old grannies out here! Real Talk.
Here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring A Cool 55, Alex Andre, Damien Mitchell, drsc0, Alexander Evans, Ardif, Angry Red, Arrex Skulls, Below Key, Dede, Dirt Cobain, Gongkan, Keith Haring, Praxis VGZ, SacSix, Sean Slaney, Special Robot Dog, Teg Artworks, Thrashbird, and Voxx Romana .
Top Image: Thrashbird…and LBJ at the #greatwallofsavas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A Cool 55 at the #greatwallofsavas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A Cool 55 at the #greatwallofsavas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Alexandra Evans . Alex Andrae at First Street Green. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Damien Mitchell (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SacSix tribute to Biggie Smalls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dirt Cobain at the #greatwallofsavas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Arrex Skulls at the #greatwallofsavas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Gongkan at First Street Green. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Special Robot Dog at First Street Green. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dede (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ardif. Detail. At the #greatwallofsavas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ardif at the #greatwallofsavas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Voxx Romana at the #greatwallofsavas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
drsc0 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Teg Artworks at the #greatwallofsavas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Below Key and friends. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sean Slaney and Angry Red at First Street Green. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sean Slaney and Angry Red at First Street Green. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Praxis VGZ (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Keith Haring (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. East River. January 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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