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Images Of The Week: 03.30.25

Images Of The Week: 03.30.25

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. Congratulations to our Muslim neighbors in NYC on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, and we wish them peace, joy, and blessings as they mark the end of Ramadan.

The popping rumble of customized mufflers is back on the streets, a rite of spring as familiar as purple crocuses and snowdrops pushing through browned grass, old 40 bottles, crumpled chip bags, and cigarette butts. The warming weather softens the ground and lets loose the mingled scents of hydrangea and dog pee. And once again, Saturday night Romeos are rolling down their windows, cruising slow, and blasting tracks like Jack Harlow and Doja Cat’s new banger “Just Us”—hoping someone’s paying attention.

On the street art tip, you’ll see Faile has come back with some of their new and old icons remixed, Trump and Elon are widely critiqued in caricature, and vertical graffiti is the new horizontal.

We continue with our interviews with the street, this week including Faile, John Ahearn, CRKSHNK, Modomatic, Qzar, EXR, Ollin, Sto, REW X, Want Pear, Batola, Ooh Baby, Thug Life, and Jayo.

Faile. Detail. Mirror Mirror, Me Myself and I (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
EXR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CRKSHNK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CRKSHNK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
John Ahearn (photo © Jaime Rojo)
QZAR. WANT PEAR. BAT.OLA. OLLIN. SERVE. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
PAR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
GUS. STO. REW. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Modomatic (photo © Jaime Rojo)
XXX (photo © Jaime Rojo)
XXX Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
XXX (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ooh Baby (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Thug Life (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JAYO (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The Pink Panther with tag. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Manhattan, NY. March 2025. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Images Of The Week: 03.23.25

BSA Images Of The Week: 03.23.25

Welcome to BSA’s Images of the Week!

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week, to Spring, to the land of Hype and Hustle!

Down in D.C., it’s all smoke, mirrors, and sharp elbows. There’s a full-blown constitutional cage match brewing over deportation flights—judges say no, the President says yes, and now he wants the judge impeached. Meanwhile, Trump just yanked security clearances from a list of political enemies longer than a CVS receipt. And don’t worry about that secret Pentagon huddle with Elon Musk—apparently, it wasn’t about China. We all feel reassured, like the stock market last week.

Also on the mic: Bernie and AOC are hitting the road with an “Anti-Oligarchy Tour.” Get your T-shirt here. Not to be outdone, the new billionaire Commerce Secretary says seniors missing Social Security checks wouldn’t be a big deal. Because, of course, he does.

Back home in NYC, there’s a heavier police presence—more beat cops on the sidewalks, more boots on subway platforms, or at least it feels that way. Some say it’s about safety; others say it’s panic. And let’s be real: it often appears that this city still has no idea what to do with our mentally ill neighbors except push them outside and act shocked when they behave like they’re… mentally ill.

New polls say Mayor Adams is trailing Cuomo in the fall race, but honestly? Nobody’s exactly throwing block parties for either of them. There’s a leadership vacuum—and everyday people are concerned about who will fill it.

But hope blooms in strange places. Like the number 1 train, where Miguel “Mike Plants” Andrade—aka The Plant Man—has been selling succulents and orchids to passengers, leading us to;
A. We’ve always liked the word ‘succulent’ and are happy to use it in a sentence, and
B. Mr. Andrade proves that one human doing their thing with a heart can shift the whole mood, reframe your current situation.

And in street art and graffiti? The walls are still talking—shouting, whispering, reflecting us back at ourselves with a sometimes banal, sometimes beguiling presentation. If the overall message feels messy, it’s because the world is messy. But often there’s clarity in the chaos if you squint at it in the right manner.

We continue with our interviews with the street, this week including Faile, Judith Supine, City Kitty, Lexi Bella, Werds, Turtle Caps, Zoot, Corn Queen, Klonism, Zero Productivity, Muska, Nice, Badlucao, LYFR, and Barb Tropolis.

Turtle Caps & Klonism (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Klonism & Turtle Caps (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Turtle Caps & Klonism (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Zero Productivity (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barb Tropolis (photo © Jaime Rojo)
LYFR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Corn Queen (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Judith Supine (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lexi Bella (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Badiucao (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NICE (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ZOOT MUSKA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)
WERDS (photo © Jaime Rojo)
FAILE (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Spring sunset. Williamsburg Bridge. Spring 2025. NYC (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Speaks About Art On “All of It” WNYC Program With Alison Stewart

BSA Speaks About Art On “All of It” WNYC Program With Alison Stewart

By request: The Images from the Interview

In honor of the radio station WNYC’s 100th birthday, Alison Stewart’s “All Of It” program is celebrating 100 pieces of art in New York City. Each month, Alison speaks with an expert in the art world about their 10 favorites. This month, Alison talked to Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington, co-founders of Brooklyn Street Art, about 10 pieces of art in the streets that they think all New Yorkers would like to know about. 

Since it was a radio show, it was impossible to show, only to tell. BSA fans have written to ask us for pictures of the pieces discussed, so here they are!

The list is unscientific and offers a wide selection of art styles and disciplines in New York’s public sphere. Please don’t take it as an indicator of importance or value; rather, take it as a casual survey of things you may see around town.

In the order that they were discussed:

INVADER

Invader. Apple Mosaic. 14th Street, NYC. 2015. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

ROA

ROA. Bird Mural. Albert’s Garden. East Village, NYC. 13 E 2nd Street. 2011. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

SKEWVILLE

Skewville. DOGS hanging from wires. Various locations and dates. Bushwick, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BANKSY

Banksy. Hammer Boy. 79th Street. UWS, October, 2013. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Floyd Sapp and SPECTER

Specter. Yusef Hawkins. First painted in 1989 by artist Floyd Sapp, in 2011, the street artist Specter refurbished the faded piece and added his stylistic signature. Fulton St. and Verona Pl. Bedford-Stuyvesant. Restored twice since in 2016 and 2024. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Specter. Yusef Hawkins. Restored in 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Specter. Yusef Hawkins. Restored in 2024. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

FAILE

Faile. Love me, Love me not. Transmitter Park in Greenpoint. Climate Week, 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

OWEN DIPPIE

Owen Dippie. Radiant Madonna. Detail. The Bushwick Collective. Bushwick, Brooklyn. 2015. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Owen Dippie. Radiant Madonna. The Bushwick Collective. Bushwick, Brooklyn. 2015. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

OS GEMEOS

Os Gemeos. 14th Street, Manhattan. 2017. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Os Gemeos. 14th Street, Manhattan. 2017. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

FRED TOMASELLI

Fred Tomaselli. Wild Things. 2024 MTA 14 Street Station Complex. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fred Tomaselli. Wild Things. Detail. 2024 MTA 14 Street Station Complex. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fred Tomaselli. Wild Things. 2024 MTA 14 Street Station Complex. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

DAN WITZ & OLEK

Dan Witz & Olek. Williamsburg and Bushwick. 2015. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dan Witz & Olek. Williamsburg and Bushwick. 2015. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

LISTEN TO STEVE AND JAIME INTERVIEW WITH ALISON STEWART ON “ALL OF IT” BELOW:

ALL OF IT with Alison Stewart. (photo courtesy of All Of It / WNYC)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 02.04.24

BSA Images Of The Week: 02.04.24

Oh, You Flatter Us.

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

It’s always a fun week when The New York Times quotes Brooklyn Street Art, like today’s riveting analyses of one New York celebrity outlaw everyone can agree upon, Flaco the Owl. So this week, we will not insult the corporate legacy press because we are in league with them, obviously.

Here is our weekly interview with the street: this week featuring Faile, Homesick, Below Key, Degrupo, UNO, Dirty Bandits, Pear, MeresOne, Qzar, BG183, NYC Hooker, Tats Crew, Albertus Joseph, Rari Grafix, Notice, Toney, Fear, Horn, Lare, and OTM Crew.

Albertus Joseph. OTM Graff Crew. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Albertus Joseph. OTM Graff Crew. MeresOne. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
MeresOne (photo © Jaime Rojo)
MeresOne. Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dirty Bandits / Your Are Not Alone Murals. Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NYC Hooker. Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rari Grafix. Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rari Grafix. Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
BG183 / Tats Cru. Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fear (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fear (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Below Key (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NOTICE (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
QZAR. LOVE. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DEGRUPO. VISION. HOMESICK and friends. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Degrupo. Pear. Lare. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
TONEY. HORN. UNO. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
TONEY. HORN. UNO. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Winter 2024. NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 11.12.23

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.12.23

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

A Chagall painting is stolen from a midtown gallery, Fab Five Freddy is in Vanity Fair, Carlo McCormick opened his curated “Wild Style” show at Deitch, the Christmas tree is going up in Rockefeller Center, the mayor’s phones have been seized in a mystery investigation, students are walking out of class and people are hitting the streets at Columbus Circle, Grand Central, and the Brooklyn Bridge to demand a ceasefire in Israel/Gaza. The frenetic muse is you, trying to make it make sense.

Here is our weekly interview with the street: this week featuring Faile, Stikman, Elle, Queen Andrea, CRKSHNK, Shiro, Espo, Homesick, DeGrupo, Michael Alan, Dark Clouds, Gats, Manik, Drones, ICU463, El Chalvo Del Ocho, Saxgraf, Smart RIS, Bianca Does New York, Uloang, and Chespirito.

Steve ESPO Powers (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CRKSHNK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ULOANG’s portrait of Chespirito as El Chavo del 8. A beloved character from one of the most popular shows on Latin American television ever. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Drones (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Saxgraf and Shiro collaboration. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SMART RIS (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bianca Does New York (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Elle and Queen Andrea collaboration (photo © Jaime Rojo)
GATS for East Village Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dark Clouds (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HOMESICK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HOMESICK, Degrupo, Manik and KimSHT. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ICU453 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ICU453 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ICU453 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist’s portrait of David Bowie. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Last Sunday’s edition of BSA Images Of The Week included a WIP photo of Michael Alan’s new mural. Here’s the completed version. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stikman (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 07.23.23

BSA Images Of The Week: 07.23.23

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! A great week, minus the loss of Queens-born singer Tony Bennett Friday at 96, the sweeping of new immigrants out from under the BQE without regard for their few belongings and papers, and our general awareness of increased poverty on the streets, the introduction of the CBDC FedNow program with no fanfare in the press, and the gruesome news of the alleged serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann. On the other hand, we had some bright sunny days with lower humidity that pushed New Yorkers out in the streets and our parks to play games and read books and sashay in short shorts and strike up conversations with one another.

In street art and graffiti news, we appear to have entered an era of low-brow nouveau naive hand styling that has taken over characters and letters. Perhaps it is an attraction to the guileless or a need for clarity amidst the clutter – or that Gen Z doesn’t buy the bulls**t. Whatever it is, our art in the streets has a childlike quality that charms without being charming. So, drop the pretense, Pasqual. We all somehow know we are living in the eye of the hurricane so reach out and re-connect. And our street art is dazzling, entertaining, and has a sense of humor forged through sheer determination.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Faile, Chris RWK, Smells, Captain Eyeliner, JJ Veronis, Homesick, Neckface, Panic, Timothy Goodman, OH!, Aidz, Toe Flop, Wizard Skull, Emilio Florentine, Jakee, Tiny Hands Big Heart, RH Doaz, TobBob, Lucky Bubby, She Posse, Eww Gross Ok Fine, Carlton, Skiti, Five Gold Stars, Ekem 132, Rah Artz, 3Modes, Mdot Season, Luce Bokes, Words on the Street, Okina Cosmo, Alex Itin, and TomBob NYC.

Tom Bob NYC (photo © Jaime Rojo)
RH Doaz. Emilio Florentine. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Okina Cosmo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Neckface (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SMOE. SMELLS. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Luce Bokes (photo © Jaime Rojo)
AKEM 132 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
3Modes (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JJ Veronis (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Skitl. NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
She Posse. Tiny Hands, Big Heart. Captain Eyeliner. Eww Gross Ok Fine. Carlton. NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Gloria Steinam and Angela Davis provide inspiration for She Posse, who remind us of the power Of revolutionary movements throughout history and encourage us to value solidarity. NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lucky Bubby. NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris RWK. OH! NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Wizard Skull. NYC PasteUp Polooza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Words On The Street. Alex Itin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
An advertisement for an exhibition by artist Timothy Goodman (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Timothy Goodman (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jakee (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HOMESICK. AIDZ. PANIC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
TOEFLOP (photo © Jaime Rojo)
MDOT SEASON (photo © Jaime Rojo)
RAH ARTZ (photo © Jaime Rojo)
FIVE GOLD STARS (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Williamsburg Bridge. East River, NYC. Summer 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Images Of The Week: 06.18.23

BSA Images Of The Week: 06.18.23

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! These are our longest days of the year. Savor them, luxuriate in them, celebrate the light. The trees, the grass, the plants, all richly green. The breezes are smooth against your cheek, the sound of kids screaming as they play in the park is like music.

The ebb and flow of humanity washes across the pavement daily here in our gritty city – forlorn, inquisitive, raucous, opinionated, gentle, buoyant, clever, blunt, wonderous, rarely neutral. Our murals are mighty, our styles can be wild, illustrative, fantastic, inertly corporate, romantically impressionist, electric and eclectic. Unlike many downtowns, this collection is organic and unmediated – perfectly imperfect. As inhospitable as this city can feel to a newcomer, remember this; You are welcome. Do your thing.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Faile, Joe Iurato, Queen Andrea, Dasic Fernandez, Optimo NYC, CES, Hef, Spot, KMS Crew, Ange, Bekah Bad, Logan Hicks, Hiraku, Agud, Lexi bella, and Jeff Hernandez.

Queen Andrea (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Queen Andrea (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Queen Andrea (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Queen Andrea (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Queen Andrea (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jeff Henriquez (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Agud (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Agud (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dasic Fernandez and a portrait of DJ Kool Herc (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dasic Fernandez (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dasic Fernandez (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dasic Fernandez (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hiraku. The Bushwick Collective Block Party 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lexi Bella. The Bushwick Collective Block Party 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Looks like Joe’s son is getting bigger. Joe Iurato & Logan Hicks. Detail. The Bushwick Collective Block Party 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Joe Iurato & Logan Hicks. The Bushwick Collective Block Party 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Optimo NYC and friends smashing the Houston Wall. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile dipping back to one of their early images, updated with hand rendered “1986” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CES. The Bushwick Collective Block Party 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bekah Bad for East Village Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ANGE. The Bushwick Collective Block Party 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HEF & SPOT. KMS CREW. The Bushwick Collective Block Party 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HEF & SPOT. KMS CREW. Detail. The Bushwick Collective Block Party 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HEF & SPOT. KMS CREW. Detail. The Bushwick Collective Block Party 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Summer 2023. Hot Pink Hollyhock. New York City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 12.11.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 12.11.22

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. We begin with a series of shots from an outdoor exhibition on Governors Island right now. Timely, political, educational, and powerful; “Eyes on Iran” is an excellent opportunity to contemplate the values we say that we honor and are willing to fight for. It is also an opportunity for Iranians in New York to speak up regarding the ongoing protests in their home country to clarify what the issues are.

On a cold but sunny December day, it is also gratifying to see such visual eloquence in the public space. From the description: “Amplifying the critical movement of Woman, Life, Freedom, the exhibition ‘Eyes on Iran’ seeks to hold the world’s gaze on the unfolding revolution and human rights abuses in Iran, while continuing to demand effective action. With the installation facing the United Nations, the location of the installation calls for direct accountability required from the U.N and their respective global leaders.”

Artists include Sheida Soleimani, Aphrodite Désirée Navab, Z, Icy and Sot, Shirin Neshat, Mahvash Mostala, Sepideh Mehraban, Shirin Towfiq, JR, and conceptual artist and co-founder of For Freedoms Hank Willis Thomas. We share a few of them here with you.

And following those images we give you a few others from our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Faile, Glare, Short, Bumer, Randy, and Sidk.

Shirin Neshat. Offered Eyes, 1993. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Shirin Neshat.
A stark black and white photograph of the artist’s eye inscribed with farsi calligraphy with an excerpt from the Iranian female poet Forugh Farrokhzad’s poem “I Pity the Garden”.

Shirin Neshat. Offered Eyes, 1993. Detail. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Icy & Sot. Bricks of Revolution, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Icy and Sot created “Bricks of Revolution” to “represent the strength of
the activists who are currently risking their lives, inside and outside prisons, to fight oppression. This installation is an homage to political prisoners and all those paving the way to revolution in Iran.”

Icy & Sot. Bricks of Revolution, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Icy & Sot. Bricks of Revolution, 2022. Detail. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sheida Soleimani. Mahsa, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Aphrodite Desiree Navab. Uproot the Roots, Rise Up: Woman/Zan/2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Aphrodite Desiree Navab’s installation is appropriately timed with the Winter Solstice. On this night, Shab-e-Yalda, meaning “Night of Birth” in Farsi, Iranian girls tie colorful ribbons to trees, making wishes. As an Iranian-born, NYC-based artist and activist protesting in solidarity with Iranian women, my one wish is for women to live life in freedom. The bandanas are the colors of the Iranian flag -green, white, and red. However, they do not have symbols of either theocracy or monarchy at their center, but instead have one word in Farsi: meaning woman.

Aphrodite Desiree Navab. Uproot the Roots, Rise Up: Woman/Zan/2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Aphrodite Desiree Navab. Uproot the Roots, Rise Up: Woman/Zan/2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Aphrodite Desiree Navab. Uproot the Roots, Rise Up: Woman/Zan/2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Z. Baraye Your, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Z. Baraye Your, 2022. Detail. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sepideh Mehraban. Thread of Stories. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sepideh Mehraban. Thread of Stories. Detail. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shirin Towfiq. Revolution, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shirin Towfiq. Revolution, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shirin Towfiq. Revolution, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shirin Towfiq. Revolution, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shirin Towfiq. Revolution, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shirin Towfiq. Revolution, 2022. The exhibition Eyes on Iran on view until December 31st at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. Roosevelt Island, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SHORT (photo © Jaime Rojo)
GLARE (photo © Jaime Rojo)
REM. BUMER. RANDY. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sidk (photo © Jaime Rojo)sidk
Untitled. Fall 2022, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 12.04.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 12.04.22

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

A splendid selection this week of very entertaining pieces across the city. As we enter December, you can see that graffiti and street artists are going full-steam ahead into the new year – with personal, political, philosophical, and even romantic sentiments.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Faile, SRKSHNK, Modomatic, Sara Lynne-Leo, Molly Crabaple, Cope, Riisa Boogie, Ollin, Short, Rezones, Asker Uno, Danielle BKNYC, McManiphes, Kojo Hilton, Rad Bio, Duster, My Name is Annie, and The Jolly.

… but we appreciate the thought. Sara Lynne-Leo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Molly Crabapple love letter to Tbilisi via Brooklyn. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Molly Crabapple love letter to Tbilisi via Brooklyn. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Molly Crabapple love letter to Tbilisi via Brooklyn. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Molly Crabapple love letter to Tbilisi via Brooklyn. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Molly Crabapple love letter to Tbilisi via Brooklyn. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Coloring your hair is such a big job. The Jolly (photo © Jaime Rojo)
As the festivities in Wynwood are ablaze, the Bowery/Houston Wall is similarly ablaze with a holiday assortment of delicious organic home-made graffiti. Ollin, Duster For Mayor, My Name is Anna, Cope. The Houston-Bowery Wall. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Short (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Now available on CD-ROM! Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist…what’s with the mushrooms…we’ve noticed an uptick in mushrooms imaginary on the streets both in ads and in art. The National Mushroom Association must have contacted all the street artists to do a campaign or something. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Modomatic (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rad Bio (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Asker Uno, Danielle BKNYC, McManiphes, Koho Hilton. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Asker Uno, Danielle BKNYC, McManiphes, Koho Hilton. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Asker Uno, Danielle BKNYC, McManiphes, Kojo Hilton. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Riiisa Boggie. Rezones (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CRKSHNK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Love. Brooklyn, NY. fall 2022. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 07.31.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 07.31.22

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Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

The city is now under a Monkeypox state of emergency thanks to a declaration by our state governor as of yesterday. Also jujitsu triumphs over random public punching, New York City children would still want to play Nintendo and Gameboy in the event of a nuclear attack, and we actually have a lower crime rate than the 80s/90s – contrary to narratives of bedlam and hoopla in the streets of Gotham.

However, there do appear to be more sharks around this summer – and not just your cousin Melvin and his buddies at the pool hall. Ah, New York, your grizzled, gritty exterior hides such a fascinating crushed-velvet heart beating inside…

We’re mainly happy that it’s not a thousand degrees on the streets this weekend, a welcome relief to the heatwave. Ice cream, anyone?

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Faile, Stikman, Sticker Maul, Degrupo, Homesick, Cone, and Ked.

Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Homesick (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Houston/Bowery Wall continues its organic summer show… definitely not on a hiatus folks. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stikman (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Beavis Trump with a little splash of self-tanner by Degrupo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rapper Birdman is transforming into the superhero by Degrupo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Degrupo goes geometric. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Degrupo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Cone (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mr. Met and the Ked (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ked (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ked (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ked (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stickermaul (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stop All Wars ~please! (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Summer 2022. NYC (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 06.05.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 06.05.22

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A great beginning to summer with the Bushwick Collective Block Party this weekend – an enduring event that features ever larger hip hop names performing right on the street amidst a sea of street art and graffiti that still characterizes this Brooklyn neighborhood. Long gone are the naysayers and those who thought this international democratic people’s art movement was in the purview of a few tastemakers and gatekeepers. Joe showed that this form of creative expression was meant by the people to be for the people, and every year thousands traipse through to enjoy it.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Cycle, Faile, Lexi Bella, HOACS, Roachi, Duel, Trace, Zaone, Ligama, Carrasco, Minus, Foursome Crew, Feroz, Gerik Duenas, Rich Vagos, Loste, and HEFS.

Shades of Grace Jones come to mind here in this new mural by Lexi Bella for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party this weekend. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HEFS three-dimensional tag. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HEFS three-dimensional tag. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HEFS (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Cycle (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Loste and Ligama for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ligama painting for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ligama for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rich Vagos in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Duel (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Gerik Duenas in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Feroz in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Trace / Foursome Crew for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hoacs / Foursome Crew for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Roachi / Foursome Crew for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ZaOne for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ZaOne for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Vintage Faile somewhere in Queens (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Carrasco for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Minus for The Bushwick Collective 11th Annual Block Party. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 04.24.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 04.24.22

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Colors wash over the city again, the greys now fading to the background. Even now, we stand in the shadow of war and all those who profit from it. Nevertheless, thanks to artists the streets are popping with promises, warnings, aspirations, exhortations, codes, and proclamation.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Faile, Adam Fujita, Jason Naylor, Almost Over Keep Smiling, Lauren Asta, Chris Soria, DEK@DX, SidkaOne, Misha Tyutyunik, TDM2DX, Ergot, Flye Lyfe, YoYo Cam, Let It Out, and Suizid.

Jason Naylor (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris Soria and Misha Tyutyunik (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris Soria and Misha Tyutyunik (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Faile (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentifed artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Almost over, keep smiling (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fujita (photo © Jaime Rojo)
2DX TDM (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A three-dimensional tag on a sidewalk in NYC. It made our day:-) (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SidkaOne (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ergot (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Flye Lyfe (photo © Jaime Rojo)
YoYo Cam (photo © Jaime Rojo)
YoYo Cam (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Let It Out! (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Suizid (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lauren Asta (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Spring 2022. NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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