We made it! But it was a rough few days just finished with storms and rain and snow and high winds and flooding and downed trees around New York and its environs. Similarly, as one surveys the chaos reigning in Washington, one must not be blinded by the sound and fury and has to measure what foundations are being broken and what soil is being eroded during this deliberate and man-made storm. Also Tax Payers, You’ve Been Scammed.
In other news Street Artist JR and New Wave cinema pioneer Agnès Varda are well positioned for an Oscar tonight, Nuart continues a 2nd year in the beautification of Aberdeen, Street Artist Haifa Subay is painting murals to help ensure that victims of Yemen’s grueling three-year civil war are not forgotten, conservative Street Artist Sabo took over three billboards to attack Hollywood about hidden pedophilia, a Florida billboard calls NRA a ‘terrorist organization’ , INDECLINE did a billboard takeover protesting gun violence and criticizing the ease of gun access, and NY street collage artist PhoebeNewYork says her background in fashion is the driving influence in her work on the streets.
Here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Below Key, Bond TruLuv, Bunny M, Combo, Crash, Eleonora Arosio, Faith XVVII, Free the Bunny, Imraan Christian, Jaeraymie, Lamkat, Little Ricky, Manyoly, Olek, Ollio, PAM, Paper Skaters, RAD, SK, Specter, and UFO907.
Top Image: Crash for The L.I.S.A. Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Combo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ollio in Stockholm. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Manyoly (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Manyoly (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Paper Skaters (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Olek. Magic City Stockholm. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Eleonora Arosio (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jaeraymie. Free The Bunny (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Below Key (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bond TruLuv. Magic City Stockholm. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Little Ricky (photo © Jaime Rojo)
RAD (photo © Jaime Rojo)
RAD (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Specter McDonlad’s Take Over. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
UFO 907 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faith47 . Imraan Christian at Magic City Stockholm. Deatail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lamkat (photo © Jaime Rojo)
bunny M (photo © Jaime Rojo)
PAM . SK. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluís Olivé Bulbena)
Untitled. Subway reflection. Stockholm, Sweden. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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