Kobra is rumored to have left New York this week, 18 murals later, a survey of pop cultural icons known to postcard buyers in the city for years – all in technicolor and in very large scale. In a story with many layers of irony, a skatewear brand got reprimanded by a Sacsix, a New York street artist, for postering over his wheatpaste. And Street Artist Ron English bought a street Banksy this week at auction and announced to the press that it was part of his strategy to discourage people from taking illegal art off the streets.
Meanwhile new stuff is popping off in Ridgewood, Queens, where some of the stuff below is from, proving that the scene is still incredibly relevant to artists and fans alike.
So here is our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Boy Kong, Chris RWK, City Kitty, Chance Paperboy, Damien Mitchell, Jaye Moon, Kashink, Kirza, K Liu Long, MeresOne, Myth, Raf Urban, Rx Skulls, Square, Squid Licker, Gane, Texas and Zimad.
Top Image: Squid Licker for Superchief Gallery. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kashink for Superchief Gallery. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris RWK for 212 Arts. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jaye Moon (photo © Jaime Rojo)
It looks like Myth is bolting out from NYC…So long pal. We’ll miss you but BSA will always love you:-) (photo © Jaime Rojo)
MeresOne (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Writers with pigeons… (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kashink . Boy Kong . K Liu Long. Superchief Gallery. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Gane . Texas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Since JR completed his collaboration with Time magazine on the Houston/Bowery Wall there have been two mass shootings with multiple fatalities in the USA. And by the way the shooters were not immigrants, asylum seekers or refugees. They both were white male, American citizens. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JR . Time magazine and an anonymous artist updates the wall to reflect the number of fatalities from the new mass shooting in the USA… (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Raf Urban with a message of hope. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Zimad gives Edgar Allen Poe some love and The Raven… (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Square (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Squid Licker . Boy Kong for Superchief Gallery. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Kitty . Rx Skulls (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Damien Mitchell paints Chance Paperboy. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Falcon with tag on a rooftop in NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Brooklyn, NY. November 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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