December 2011

Happy New Year!

As we start a new year together, we say THANK YOU for the last one.

Just take a look at some highlights from the last 12 months and you’ll know why Brooklyn Street Art Loves You More Every Day.

January 2011 Highlights

Julian Assange portrait on the street by artist Thierry Ehrmann @ the Abode of Chaos
Swoon is at ease and at home here in the studio (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Live kitchen performance is pushing the definition of Refrigerator Art into it’s outer limits
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February 2011 Highlights

Indigo (photo © Victoria Potter)
This reminds me of a guy at work. Ty (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ryan Mc Ginness “Black Holes” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
An ant eater inspects a new friend in a small town near San Miguel De Allende in Mexico. Piece by ROA (copyright Roa)
Duke Riley screenshot from video

March 2011 Highlights

Augustine Kofie (photo © Todd Mazer)
“El Enmascarado de Plata” (The Silver Masked Luchador) (image courtesy Broken Crow)
José Parlá at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in Chelsea, (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris Stain and Billy Mode do a tribute to Martha Cooper on her birthday on a Brooklyn Roof (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A wet-plate photograph by Robyn Hasty on her trip across America- the “Homeland Project”

April 2011 Highlights

Martha and Pablo at home, with a portrait of her sitting on a train car with camera in hand painted by Os Gemeos overlooking the scene. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Isaac Cordal. Survivors. Anvers. Belgium. 2011. (photo © Isaac Cordal)
The huge and amazing installation by the 907 Crew entitled “907 Was An Inside Joke”, taken by Super Kate NYC. (image © SuperKateNYC)
BSA’s review of the LA MOCA show on Huffington Post scooped and influenced in April.
In San Francisco, Neighbors Pat and Imogene, by Jetsonorama. (photo © Jetsonorama)
Futura lends a hand to Cern1 to complete the collaborative mural on the side of Geffen Contemporary in time for the opening. (photo © Martha Cooper)
A new colorful public installation by Göla in a park. (image ©Fernando Cesar)

Martha Cooper, Photographer of Art on the Streets for Six Decades
Elbow Toe New Piece: A Bee in the Bonnet, A Geranium in the Cranium

Isaac Cordal’s Miniature Magic Moments in the Real World

PANTHEON Opens On Street, Skewville Gives a Review

Crunch Crunch Crunch, Saturday Cartoons with Bortusk Leer

Jetsonorama : To Dogpatch With Love

QRST and His “Patron”

BSA in LA (Update) – Walls Underway in Prep for MOCA Show

Göla in Sao Paulo : Riotous Color and a Free Imagination
Judith Supine “Ladyboy” Walking In L.A.
“Art in the Streets” Brings Fire to MOCA

The Problem With MOCA : Street Art Talks Back

“Suicidal Tendencies” by NohJColey, Interactive Sculpture With You as Saviour

XAM : “Your Ad Here” Tiny Billboards

Liqen Converts a Crashed Plane into a Fish Tail on Oaxacan Beach

Street Artist Purth Takes “The Deleras” Cross Country

Ready for His Closeup: Sweet Toof Sparkles at Factory Fresh

May 2011 Highlights

El Sol 25. In the shack (photo © Jaime Rojo)
D*Face. Culver City, CA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ROA (photo © Birdman)
JR (photo © Jaime Rojo)

June 2011 Highlights

Banom (photo © Er1cBl41r)
Gaia in downtown Baltimore pays tribute to Martha Cooper by interpreting a photo of hers and pasting it on the street. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Skewville; Saturday. At the begining there was a big red empty wall, a pen, and a folded piece of paper (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dennis McNett and friends and blood on the ice. (photo courtesy © of the artist) Madison, WI
Shark Toof. Detail. (photo © Jennifer Strauss)
Patrick Martinez (photo © Todd Mazer)

July 2011 Highlights

You know it’s not Brooklyn if there is a uniformed guy sweeping the street with a green broom. Specter’s “Brooklyn Bodega,” a typical store front imported to Paris. (photo © Lauren Besser)
Conor Harrington. Ennis. (image © Conor Harrington)
Shepard Fairey (photo © Jaime Rojo)
” Two Hoodys Kissing” by Dan Witz, 2011, for “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories”

Specter BKLN/PARIS Mashup with FKDL as Gracious Host
Conor Harrington Goes Wild West; “Ireland Balls Deep in Recession”

IN STUDIO : Shepard Fairey : Too “Street” For Corporate, Too Corporate For The Street

Anthony Lister “Back Talk” Conversation

How & Nosm “Back Talk” Conversation

Miss Bugs in Brooklyn: Girls, Sex and a Car Crash in the Forest

C215 “Back Talk” Conversation

Brooklyn Street Art Presents: “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories” in collaboration with ThinkSpace Gallery at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice (LA), California

Dan Witz “Dead Serious” : “Back Talk” Conversation

Chris Stain “Back Talk” Conversation

LUDO “Back Talk” Conversation

NEW Dan Witz “Two Hoodys Kissing”

Various & Gould “Back Talk” Conversation

CAKE “BACK TALK” Conversation on FUN FRIDAY 07.15.11

Miss Bugs “Back Talk” Conversation

Nick Walker “Back Talk” Conversation

Chris Stain “Back Talk” Conversation

Troy Lovegates AKA Other “Back Talk” Conversation

SPECTER “Back Talk” Conversation

NOHJCOLEY “Back Talk” Conversation

August 2011 Highlights

JR “Inside Out” Project The Bronx, New York 2011 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Anthony Lister. Los Angeles, CA (photo © Todd Mazer)
Director of LA MOCA and co-curator of “Art in the Streets”, Jeffrey Deitch, talks with Shepard Fairey after the presentation and panel (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
The London Police say it’s YOUR turn to support the incredibly good work of Human Rights Watch now. (photo © Logan Hicks)
Yok and Franklin (photo © Mike Pearce)

BSA at LA MOCA for “Street Art Stories” Presentation and Panel with Huffington Post
FUTURA Does a Piece Called “Brooklyn Street Art”

JR Helps to Turn The Bronx Inside Out

White Cocoa “Back Talk” Conversation

Kid Acne “Back Talk” Conversation

Anthony Lister : Double Rainbow Eyes in LA (NEW PICS)

Adam VOID “Back Talk” Conversation

Shepard Fairey in Copenhagen for “Your Ad Here” and 5 New Murals

Street Artist EMA “Back Talk” Conversation

HARGO “Back Talk” : “Cash for Your Warhol” on Andy’s Birthday!

OverUnder “Back Talk” Conversation

BSA In Los Angeles: Images of the Week 08.14.11

Back Talk with Street Artist Radical!

TipToe “Back Talk” Conversation

London Police and D*Face in Oslo for Human Rights

Crest Has a Posse in an Empty Lot on L.E.S.

Mystery Revealed : Hellbent’s Jaw belonged to Sigmund Freud

Indigo “Back Talk” Conversation

Mark Carvalho “Back Talk” Conversation

September 2011 Highlights

Nomade in LA
EMA (photo © EMA)
Chris Stain (photo © Andrew Franciosa)
NohJColey © Jaime Rojo
Occupy Wall Street begins and BSA gets it immediately © Jaime Rojo

BSA ARCHIVE for Living Walls : Albany 2011
Rene Gagnon “Back Talk” Conversation
Gilf! “Back Talk” Conversation
Peek at Swoon’s “Anthropocene Extinction” Opening at Boston’s ICA
“Living Walls: Albany” Begins! Gaia, Nanook and a Rockefeller
New Nomade Soldier in LA
“Breuckelen”, We Go Hard : Street Artist EMA
Chris Stain in Church, Museum : 9/11 Mural With “Living Walls: Albany”
Joe Iurato Transending at “Living Walls : Albany”
Specter Memorializes Yusuf Hawkins in Brooklyn
Occupy Wall Street: Handmade Signs and #Hashtags
M.City in M. City : Polish Stencillist in Mexico
Jetsonorama Re: Coal and The Navajo Nation; “It’s Complicated”
WK Interact Honors NYC Firefighters with Block Long Mural
Street Artist Gaia Creates a Memorial Unexpectedly
Overunder Completes Astounding Tiled Piece : “Living Walls: Albany”
Anthony Lister Talks to BSA : Analysis and Constant Consideration
First Look at “King Baby” in Norway With Dan Witz

October 2011 Highlights

Lucy McLauchlan at Obrestad FYR for NUART (photo © Mooki)
Daniel Canogar (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Erik Berglin (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A D*Face mural defaced – actually looks pretty good. (photo © Geoff Hargadon)
A guest poses with the work of Homo Riot (photo © PhotoJenInc)

November 2011 Highlights

Underbelly:Paris. Harnessing the team to help Conor Harrington with his piece. (photo © Martha Cooper)
XAM (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile surprised many with these new paintings in studio. (image © and courtesy of Faile)
Anthony Lister. (photo © Spencer Elzey)
Quel Beast fits his panels to the corrugated panel, effectively re-inventing the space with his technigue. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ECB (photo © Jaime Rojo)

December 2011 Highlights

Swoon “Murmuration” (photo © Mike Snelle)
Cryptik (photo © Carlos Gonzalez)
John Baldessari “The First $100,000 I Ever Made”. (photo © Jaime Rojo).
Pawn Works Gallery: Sticker Collage (photo © Brock Brake)
Dabs & Myla at work.
Merry Hellbent!

Watch the Video of 2011 Best Brooklyn Street Art Here

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#12 How & Nosm: 12 Wishes for 2012

#12 How & Nosm: 12 Wishes for 2012



For twelve days we’ve presented twelve wishes for 2012 as told by an alternating roster of artists and BSA readers, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are part of the street art scene around the world today. Individually, each adds their personal expression of hope for tomorrow.

Our final wish for the new year comes from those talented German brothers now hailing from the boogie down Bronx, How & Nosm, whose curvilinear black red and white alterna-worlds have tightened many a wall this year. A symbiotic blend of graff and Street Art influences, the work of the twins represents one of the new fine hybrids emblematic of emerging directions for 2012 and beyond. As we all head boldly toward a new year together, How & Nosm tell us what they are wishing for at home;

“For the new year we wish our new family members Leon and Niko good health and happiness so they can continue putting smiles on our faces each morning.”

How (or is that Nosm?) at work on a new piece. (© How & Nosm)

See more cool stuff from How & Nosm on Brooklyn Street Art here:

How & Nosm “Back Talk” Conversation

“Heartship” Takes Flight: How and Nosm Complete Mural in LA

Work in Progress :How and Nosm and Overunder at “Living Walls: Albany”

How, Nosm, R. Robots: “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”


 

 

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#11 Dabs & Myla: 12 Wishes for 2012

#11 Dabs & Myla: 12 Wishes for 2012



For twelve days we’re presenting twelve wishes for 2012 as told by an alternating roster of artists and BSA readers, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are part of the street art scene around the world today. Individually, each adds their personal expression of hope for tomorrow.

Today’s wish is courtesy of Melbourne Street Art couple Dabs & Myla, whose unrelentingly upbeat and colorful illustrations of cheerful unicorns, breasts and penises have somehow evaded the public art prudes in many cities this year, including LA and Miami.  Serious fans of calligraphy, retro signage, graphic design and all kinds of graffiti, the sunny optimism that punctuates every stroke makes every thing D&M touches – from warehouses to Waring blenders, a hit. As things continue to point upward, the duo has this wish for themselves in the new year;

“Our wish for 2012 is for us to both enjoy each day as much as we have for the past 5 years together, keep pushing ourselves as artists and to keep painting on as much of the world that we possibly can.”

Dabs & Myla at work.

 

 

 

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#10 Wish: BSA Reader Jeremiah Kuch; 12 Wishes for 2012

#10 Wish: BSA Reader Jeremiah Kuch; 12 Wishes for 2012



For twelve days we’re presenting twelve wishes for 2012 as told by an alternating roster of artists and BSA readers, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are part of the street art scene around the world today. Individually, each adds their personal expression of hope for tomorrow.

Today’s wish comes from a BSA reader named Jeremiah Kuch, our 1st Place Winner in the 2011 BSA Holiday Giveaway. Along with an original collage art piece he created, Jeremiah sends this funny wish to help us keep our priorities straight:

“This year I wish for less bombs and more Moms.”

© Jeremiah Kuch

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#9 Know Hope: 12 Wishes for 2012

#9 Know Hope: 12 Wishes for 2012



For twelve days we’re presenting twelve wishes for 2012 as told by an alternating roster of artists and BSA readers, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are part of the street art scene around the world today. Individually, each adds their personal expression of hope for tomorrow.

Today’s wish comes from Israeli poet of the streets, Know Hope, whose prose is as prized as his figurative illustrations of people with tormented hearts in doorways and on walls. His wish for 2012 raises a white flag in the face of pride;

“My wish is a contemplative one, but not hesitant.”

 

To you from Know Hope © Know Hope

 

 

 

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#8 Wish: BSA Reader Stan Sudol; 12 Wishes for 2012

#8 Wish: BSA Reader Stan Sudol; 12 Wishes for 2012



For twelve days we’re presenting twelve wishes for 2012 as told by an alternating roster of artists and BSA readers, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are part of the street art scene around the world today. Individually, each adds their personal expression of hope for tomorrow.

Today’s wish comes from a BSA reader named Stan Sudol, our 2nd Place Winner in the 2011 BSA Holiday Giveaway. Along with an original photograph of the this mural in Miami by his friend, Street Artist Joe Iurato, Stan sends this encouragement to artists everywhere.

“I wish that all my friends who strive everyday to create and live truly art-filled lives can understand completely the immense respect, awe and love I have for their determination and resilience in the face of a world that regards art as a secondary occupation…and the fact they still get inspired to create after back-breaking, soul crushing and demoralizing day jobs…I wish they wake up and realize people still give a sh*t about what they do.”

Joe Iurato (photo © Stan Sudol)

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#7 Ema: 12 Wishes for 2012

#7 Ema: 12 Wishes for 2012



For twelve days we’re presenting twelve wishes for 2012 as told by an alternating roster of artists and BSA readers, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are part of the street art scene around the world today. Individually, each adds their personal expression of hope for tomorrow.

Today’s wish comes from EMA, the French graffiti writer turned Street Artist and fine artist who spent one decade living in Brooklyn. Whether it’s cans on a decaying wall or finely brushed ink on an acid-free textured paper stock, the no-nonsense dreamer has only one wish for 2012;

“Stay Proud”

EMA’s photo plainly illustrates the changing nature of the ongoing conversation on the street in Brooklyn. © Ema

Read more with BSA and EMA in 2011 here:

“Breuckelen”, We Go Hard : Street Artist EMA

EMA Talks about Brooklyn: “A Place Like No Other in the World”

Street Artist EMA “Back Talk” Conversation

 

 

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

The always classy and beautiful Leonora, the Queen of Williamsburg, wishes you and your family a very Merry Christmas full of love. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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#6 Wish: BSA Reader Marco ; 12 Wishes for 2012

#6 Wish: BSA Reader Marco ; 12 Wishes for 2012



For twelve days we’re presenting twelve wishes for 2012 as told by an alternating roster of artists and BSA readers, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are part of the street art scene around the world today. Individually, each adds their personal expression of hope for tomorrow.

Today’s wish comes from a BSA reader named Marco, our 3rd Place Winner in the 2011 BSA Holiday Giveaway. Along with an original photograph of Matera, a city in his home country of Italy, Marco sends this wish;

“My wish for 2012 is that people will stop fighting and arguing for negligible topics and instead will start to focus and solve more important problems that afflicts the whole world, even more nowadays that we are passing through a worldwide economic crisis. It may sound like rhetoric but people are dying every day while others more fortunate spend their time getting mad and fighting for stupid things. I wish everyone will stop for a second to think about this and realise how sad and meaningless the world will be if we don’t care more about others.”

“We are not living. We are just killing time”.

© Marco

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#5 Miss Bugs: 12 Wishes for 2012

#5 Miss Bugs: 12 Wishes for 2012



For twelve days we’re presenting twelve wishes for 2012 as told by an alternating roster of artists and BSA readers, in no particular order. Together, they are a tiny snapshot of the people who are part of the street art scene around the world today. Individually, each adds their personal expression of hope for tomorrow.

Today’s wish comes from Miss Bugs, an English Street Art duo who blew up the joint this summer with easily the most riveting show we saw this year at Bed Stuys’ own Brooklynite Gallery (left). Graphic by nature, and splendidly anonymous, Miss Bugs surreally turns your head and helps you question what you are seeing when you are on the street. And they continue the practice with their submission for 12 Wishes for 2012.

Miss Bugs sends this photo, entitled “The Great Beyond,” taken “near where we grew up in a place called Shirehampton, a suburb of Bristol.”  Their wish for 2012?

“To make more time for old friends”

Image © Miss Bugs

Read more with BSA and Miss Bugs in 2011 here:

Miss Bugs “Back Talk” Conversation

Miss Bugs in Brooklyn: Girls, Sex and a Car Crash in the Forest

Miss Bugs Top Feature on Huffpost ARTS Today

 

 

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FUN Friday 12.23.11 – Time for a Holiday Shuffle!

FUN Friday 12.23.11 – Time for a Holiday Shuffle!

We’re taking it easy and letting the Holiday Spirits wash over us today – it’s a good time to slow down and hang out with your peepul. Of course there is always time to get up and dance – This skinny Santa knows his LMFAO! Here’s a little dance to the Hannukah, Kwaanza, Christmas, National Eggnog Day, and Solstice. Let’s Celebrate!

 

M-City in Mexico City by Filmaciones de la Ciduad:

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