Hope it isn’t trite, but don’t give up on your dreams – that’s what Street Artist AJ Lavilla advises in this piece on the sidewalk in Brooklyn. Dude and Dudette, this life can kick the stuffing out of you or just gradually wear you down, but we encourage you to keep you eyes on the prize! You can do it, in fact, you must.
In addition we have a Kiwi (Owen Dippie) in Brooklyn and an Australian (Lister) in Berlin this week. In fact, most of what follows is from a recent visit in that city we think of as a sister to Brooklyn – the chaotically beautiful Berlin. Special thanks to Various & Gould for helping us ID some of these works as well.
So here is our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring AJ LaVilla, Anthony Lister, Crypoe, Hyland Mather, Marycula, Owen Dippie, OXOX, Pappas Pärlor, Styro, and Vyoky.
Top Image: AJ Lavilla (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Owen Dippie (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Anthony Lister in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Styro in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Styro standing on Push in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hyland Mather in Moscow for Artmossphere Biennale 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
VYOKY in Moscow. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pappas Pärlor in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pappas Pärlor in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pappas Pärlor in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentidied artist in Moscow. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
OXOX in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Crypoe in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
La Rouille at Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Care at Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (but it looks a lot like Carlos Mare’s B Boyz. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist memorial in Moscow. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Marycula at Urban Nation Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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