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North Sea’s Muse: Utsira Island’s Fusion of Contemporary Artistry and Heritage

North Sea’s Muse: Utsira Island’s Fusion of Contemporary Artistry and Heritage

Situated in the North Sea, 18 kilometers west of Haugesund, Utsira epitomizes Norway’s maritime heritage in Rogaland County. As the county’s smallest municipality, this 6.15-square-kilometer island with around 200 residents is deeply rooted in Norge traditions. Its historic dual-tower lighthouse has guided North Sea vessels since 1844.

Utsira not only boasts natural beauty and wildlife, including migratory birds and local livestock, but also showcases innovative sustainable energy projects, like their wind and hydrogen initiative from the early 2000s. Its archaeological treasures, from stone rings to burial mounds, echo the island’s deep heritage. Embracing both the old and new, Utsira has attracted international street artists here since 2014, enhancing its cultural tapestry. To experience this unique blend, take a ferry from Haugesund.

Nils Westergard. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Icy & Sot, Issac Cordal, Pichiavo and Borondo have all created artworks here, so have SNIK, Hama Woods, and JPS, and several others during the last decade. The names are only as important as their proximity to a fan, as it turns out. As you cycle along the narrow winding roads or trek up the rocky hills, you might overlook it at first, but there’s likely a piece of street art nearby – just beyond where those two rams are butting heads.

Visiting the Utsira island for the first time in August of that year, public art curators and organizers Tor Ståle Moen and Borghild Marie were very curious about how the islanders would react to their idea. Would they welcome or resist the idea of bringing street artists to paint old barn doors or enormous seaside boulders in this pristine and remote home to 211 people?

Nils Westergard. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“The island was 100% “clean” from any tags, graffiti, and street art,” says Tor. “They didn’t even have the names of their streets at that time.”

The magnetic charm of the island’s pristine beauty, deep-rooted history, and innovative spirit drew the duo back, time and again, to see more of the terrain and classic Norwegian architecture, and close-knit community. Over the span of a decade, people here warmly welcomed a handpicked ensemble of street artists, each personally cherished or inspiring to the pair. First-timers on the island are now treated to a subtly integrated treasure hunt of site-specific artworks tucked away and openly displayed in equal measure. The island’s lively art program has quietly become a shining example of how tight-knit communities can joyfully embrace the language of street art, all while celebrating and safeguarding their rich cultural heritage.

ATM. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“The white-painted picturesque old-fashioned Norwegian wood houses were perfectly blended with the green and grey colored landscape,” Tor says of the environment where he and Borghild first inquired about their idea. “The answers came quickly as many people were interested in observing one of the artists while they were painting—and they positively commented on their art.”

“The oldest person living on the island, Tobias, was 87. He approached us and said, ‘There are too many grey walls in this world. Would you like to come over to my house and paint my wall in front?’ Of course, we reacted positively, and the artist ‘3 Fountains’ painted two kissing kids in front of his house. Tobias both smiled and had tears in his eyes when he saw the piece for the first time,” says Tor.

ATM. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“‘Now, doesn’t the wall look much better?’” Tobias told Tor. “I used to work as a sailor back in the day, and I have seen street art in New York, Rio De Janeiro, and other cities back in the 70’s and 80’s. Finally, I can now see street art on my island. Thank you very much.”

We spoke with Tor Ståle Moen and Borghild Marie as they prepared to celebrate ten years of curating street art on the island of Utsira and asked them about their experiences there.

3 Fountains. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA: What were the origins of bringing street art to Utsira? How was the idea formed and presented?
TSM & BM: Several of Tor’s street art friends wanted to come to Stavanger to paint, but Stavanger already had a festival curated by NuArt. Borghild Marie knew Utsira, with its unique environment and engaged population with Tove Grimsby as a passionate doer. So she wrote Tove, and asked if this tiny Island without street names wanted some street art. The answer was loud and clear: ‘Yes, please!’

3 Fountains. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA: Does the project rely on public funding? Is there funding coming from private donors?
TSM & BM: The project has been supported by both public and private funding, but primarily with public funding, the Utsira municipality and the region of Rogaland as major donors. But private donors have helped with labor, material, food, housing, and support with travel costs, etcetera. The whole island has contributed, and we have as well.

BSA: Who is the project manager or director? Is she/he/they based in Utsira?
TSM & BM: It’s more of a committee work, and by now, all involved are locals. We contribute as advisors when needed.

PichiAvo and 3 Fountains. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA: Can you speak about the residents and their involvement in the process? Did they have strong opinions in favor or against bringing street art to their island?
TSM & BM: The islanders have greeted the art and artists, with great warmth. They have baked cakes, cooked dinners, taken the artists fishing, and invited them to their homes. Many of the artists have engaged in teaching art techniques at the school, and Icy and Sot conducted a beach cleanup together with the islanders.

PichiAvo portrait of Åasa Helgesen, Norway, AND Utsira’s first female mayor. Ms. Helgesen was elected in 1926 as a City Council of eleven women and one man was established. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA: Can you describe the collaboration between Martyn Reed, who ran the Nuart Festival based in Stavanger, and this Utsira project?  How has the project evolved over time?
TSM & BM: Nuart was invited to promote the events mutually to strengthen the whole region’s identity as a street art location, but their contribution is very limited.

PichiAvo portrait of Åasa Helgesen was taken from a different angle. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA: What’s the process of extending an invitation to an artist to participate? It is such a remote location – how does the artist live there, and who do they interact with?
TSM & BM: They have been housed in various ways, but most have stayed in the “artist in residence” space at the lighthouse.

BSA: Can you speak more about how residents have welcomed the artists and offered assistance or volunteered to help?
TSM & BM: As answered above, the response has been overwhelmingly engaged and heartfelt. Many have contributed with gear (ladders, etc.), food, friendship, nature experiences, babysitting, etc. They express gratitude because the art enhances the everyday life on the Island, bringing new impulses and people to the Island.

PichiAvo. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA: The project is now in its 10th anniversary and recently, the British duo Snik painted on the island. What are the plans for the future?
TSM & BM: We don’t know, but we have our eyes on big names who suit the Island well.

BSA: On a personal level, what does the project mean for you two, and how involved are you presently in bringing more artists to Utsira?
TSM & BM: We have a deeply felt love and passion for Utsira and will support the project with our network and advice. But it is equally important to us that the islanders own the event. It’s their environment, and the art should live and breathe their voice and pace.

PichiAvo. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Snik. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Snik. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Snik. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Snik. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Snik. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ella & Pitr. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
La Staa. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
La Staa. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
La Staa. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hama Woods. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hama Woods. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Icy & Sot. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Icy & Sot. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Icy & Sot. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Icy & Sot. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The timber church in Utsira was built in 1785. Utisira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Isaac Cordal. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Isaac Cordal. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Isaac Cordal. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
STIK. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
STIK. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
STIK. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
STIK. Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
An artist in residency primes the side of one to the still-standing sea pilot stations on the island. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Utsira Fyr. Utsira Island, Norway.
Utsira Island, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 08.27.23

BSA Images Of The Week: 08.27.23

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

Rhyming and Stealing:
Trumps Furrowed Brow and a Wallaby’s Bounce

COVID returns,
a haunting refrain,
a city once healed,
now facing new pain,

Manhattan’s rich streets,
where fortunes are rife,
High prices, no mercy,
cut deep like a knife.

Bob Barker’s last bargain,
His century bright
When fighting for Fido
The price was just right

So Bloop’s in Ibiza,
and Martha hits Mostar
Ford’s running with money
but doesn’t get too far

Six new BRICS nations,
Allegiances knit
Concur with A. Oliver
The dollar ain’t sh*t

From southern Atlanta,
US history spun,
Trump scowls in his mug shot,
His efforts undone.

R. Rainbow sings Barbra,
Says its all funny, gurl,
and you’d like to laugh
but most likely hurl

But a wallaby at Coney,
over the weekend is happy
rescued from the boardwalk
with “a nice personality”


Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: De Grupo, JPS, The Postman, Savior El Mundo, DrscØ, Hektad, Buttsup, MCA, Fumeroism, Ottograph, and Lysefjorden.

JPS. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A Jester did a side bust in Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The Postman (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Savior El Mundo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
De Grupo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Fumeroism (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hek Tad (photo © Jaime Rojo)
MCA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
MCA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
This tagged billboard seems to be the product of various graffiti writers. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Detail from the above photo. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ottograph (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ButtSup (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dr. Scott (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dr. Scott (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
This Jimmy The Greek 50 seems like a tribute by an unidentified artist. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist spoof on Gucci. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lysefjorden, Norway. Summer 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 08.13.23 – Stavanger, Norway

BSA Images Of The Week: 08.13.23 – Stavanger, Norway

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! This week we have a stunning array of street art pieces in Norway, from small detailed stencils to sweeping murals, figurative to conceptual to heroic. We’re in Stavanger for the Nice Surprise festival. Naturally, our own Jaime Rojo also had to strike a pose atop Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), which takes all the stamina and courage you can affjord. We are also seeing pieces and installations from previous Nuart festivals all over the place in Stavanger, many of which we’ve published previously but have not seen in person. Of course, not all of these shots are from Nuart and one is in Flekkefjord – a storied town that looks like it is frozen in time. And by frozen, we mean, well…

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: 1UP Crew, John Fekner, HYURO, Add Fuel, EVOL, Snik, Jaune, JPS, Pøbel, Ammparito, Nuno Viegas, Vlady Art, Slava Ptrk, Toddel, Mendioh, and STRØK.

Snik. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Snik. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Snik. Nuart Festival 2019. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pøbel. Bryne, Norway (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Add Fuel. Nuart Festival 2016. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jaune. Nuart Festival 2016. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jaune. Nuart Festival 2016. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Evol. Nuart Festival 2011. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Beary funny. JPS. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
One of the original Dukes of Hazard, JPS. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hyuro. Nuart Festival 2019. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nuno Viegas. Nuart Festival 2019. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nuno Viegas. Nuart Festival 2019. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
1UP Crew. Nuart Festival 2019. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Everyone’s favorite, by Toddel. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
STRØK. Nuart Festival 2014. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
STRØK. Nuart Festival 2014. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ampparito. Nuart Festival 2017. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
John Fekner. Nuart Festival 2017. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Slava Ptrk. Nuart Festival 2017. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Slava Ptrk. Nuart Festival 2017. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mendioh. Flekkefjord, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Vlady. Nuart Festival 2018. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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Photos Of BSA #9: Keeping it Small and Contextual

Photos Of BSA #9: Keeping it Small and Contextual

Happy Holidays! We’re celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of the next by thanking BSA readers, friends, and family for all of your support in 2022. We have selected some of our favorite shots by our Editor of Photography, Jaime Rojo, and we’re sharing a new one every day to celebrate all our good times together, our hope for the future, and our love for the street.


In an era where the monster mural can envelop an entire building or set of grain elevators, we are reminded that placement is everything. This year the UK street artist JPS left a number of small pieces in Berlin – just in the right place to catch your eye. This ingenious miniature box truck with a KLOPS tag appears on the riser of some steps in the Schöneberg neighborhood. It is evocative of a child’s imagination, which leads them into all sorts of adventures.


JPS – Klops. Urban Nation Museum Berlin. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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Berlin Diary. Day #2. JPS

Berlin Diary. Day #2. JPS

JPS is crashing again here in Berlin – this time we found him on the steps of the Urban Nation museum with his miniature stencil works that are tragicomic. The UK street artist planted many of these throughout Berlin as a kind of egg hunt, but we only caught these four as we toured the Schöneberg neighborhood – often just big enough to fit in your hand, there is no question that they fit in the street.

JPS at Urban Nation Museum. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS at Urban Nation Museum. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS at Urban Nation Museum. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS in Berlin, Germany. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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Photos Of BSA 2021: #5: Artists and the Christ Complex

Photos Of BSA 2021: #5: Artists and the Christ Complex

We’re celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of the next by thanking BSA Readers, Friends, and Family for your support in 2021. We have selected some of our favorite shots from the year by our Editor of Photography, Jaime Rojo, and are sharing a new one every day to celebrate all our good times together, our hope for the future, and our love for the street.


Street artist JPS took his game up a notch this year and we were pleased to see the level of complexity of craft on display during a trip to Berlin in the fall.

Here we see the long-suffering, misunderstood, and persecuted artist bearing his burden. Not that artists have a Christ complex or anything, we would never say that!

JPS. Urban Nation Museum. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 10.31.21

BSA Images Of The Week: 10.31.21

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Happy Halloween and welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

People have been in the Halloween spirit here in Berlin – and we keep seeing new pieces which may or may not be related to the holiday, but remind us of it anyway. Here’s a short collection of new stuff we discovered, including fresh pieces from Jaime Paul Scanlon AKA JPS and Nafir, who were both in town and hitting the streets with new collections of works.

Stay Safe and have fun!

Our interview with the street today includes JPS, Nafir, and a few anonymous pieces.

Oh Jesus, the artists’ life is so perilous, a huge cross to bear. JPS. Urban Nation Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A thrilling and detailed stencil in miniature – the subtlety in the application produces very lifelike qualities. JPS. Urban Nation Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Urban Nation Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Urban Nation Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A stunning and horrifying car crash scene – in miniature. JPS. Urban Nation Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Urban Nation Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS. Urban Nation Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist. Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nafir. Urban Nation Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Artist Nafir poses with his brand new piece on the reverse of an Iranian carpet. Urban Nation Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist. Berlin. October 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Berlin. October 30th. 4:00 am. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 03.24.19

BSA Images Of The Week: 03.24.19

Springtime in New York! Crocuses, tulips, fire extinguisher tags! Ahh the joy of life! Happy Purim to the Jewish neighbors. Saal-e-no mobaarak (سال نو مبارک) Happy New Year to the Iranian neighbors. Yes, this is New York, where we disprove the notion that we can’t all get along. Every dang day. We also sing together on the train when its stuck.

So here’s our weekly interview with the street, this time featuring Ardif, BustArt, Clipper, CNO PCU, Drinkala, JPS, Mattewythe, Nanos, Nubian, Pork, Rock, George Standpipe, and The Postman Art.

As the banner says…unidentified artist. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pray…for Pork (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Three tacos con Pork por favor…(photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mattewhyte (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Standpipe (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ARDIF (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Tank, gas pump. What’s the connection? Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rock in Bilbao (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Drinkala for 212 Arts. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Clipper . Nanos in Bilbao. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bustart (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CNO PCU (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Word! (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nubian (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JPS apparently was in NYC again. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
“Personality, I mean that’s what counts, right? That’s what keeps a relationship going through the years. Like heroin, I mean heroin’s got a great fucking personality.” The Postman Art (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The end (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Bilbao, Spain. March 2019. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 06.03.18

BSA Images Of The Week: 06.03.18

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The Bushwick Collective street party was so crowded with people and artists it felt like an open air gallery of sights and sounds. Don’t mess with BK yo when it comes to bringing it on. Roiling, boiling, thumping, bumping and yes, humping was happening in Bushwick. We even took a Street Art tour since there appears to be one every two blocks right now – and we learned a number of new things too.

Meanwhile, the new murals and independent organic unauthorized pieces are popping like your eyes watching a Nicki Minaj video. Oh no she didn’t. Oh yes, she did!

Here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Alabania, Android Oi, Antennae, Bebar, Below Key, Bifido, Celia Jacobs, City Kitty, Dee Dee, Gitler, Gondek, Himbad, Invader, Jacinta, JPS, Muck Rock, Quizi, Street Art Council, Tirana, and Who is Dirk?

Top Image: JPS please stand up in the LES. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Night time shenanigans with Shady, Spidey and Gotti.” JPS (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Street Art Council (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dee Dee (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gitler for Audubon Mural Project. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ouizi for Audubon Mural Project. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jacinta. Detail. Audubon Mural Project. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jacinta. Audubon Mural Project. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)

City Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Below Key (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Invader (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Antennae (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Himbad (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Himbad (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Muck Rock…spring here… (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gondek (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gondek (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Celia Jacobs (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Android Oi (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Bebar (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“Violence sings a coward’s song to which only the weak are drawn..” Who Is Dirk (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Bifido. Tirana, Albania. (photo © Bifido)

Bifido created this new work in Albania for the Tirana Mural Fest, entitled “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.”
He explains:
“This work should have been called “self portrait”, as it express how I’m feeling in this moment at the sight of the world. Working, talking, scoping, and breathing Tirana’s atmosphere I really realized for the very first time how it feels to be a woman caught in the grips of this male chauvinist society, to be a woman physically and mentally oppressed by men. As the work progressed, the sense of it changed and revealed itself to me. Now that I am back home in Italy, I’m more aware of something that makes me feel heartbroken. I’m hoping one day something will change.”

Untitled. Manhattan, NYC. Spring 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Images Of The Week: 04.29.18

BSA Images Of The Week: 04.29.18

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Mexico, Norway, Brooklyn – a typical week of BSA Images.

Here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Abraham Chaco, BustArt, Cost, Curve, El Xupet Negre, Gee Whiskers, JMZ, JPS, Juce, Raf Urban, The Reading Ninja, and Turtle Caps.

Top Image: Christina pays homage to the Mexican master and social realist painter David Alfaro Siqueiros in Chihuahua, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Abraham Chacon. Detail. Chihuahua, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Abraham Chacon. Chihuahua, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist paints a stencil of Pancho Villa in Chihuahua, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist. Chihuahua, Mexico. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

JPS makes an arrest in Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Tor Staale Moen )

Raf Urban (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Turtle Caps for JMZ Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Reading Ninja (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Reading Ninja (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Street Art Anarchy (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Truckers caps are still running in trendy cat circles apparently. Gee Whiskers (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Curve (photo © Jaime Rojo)

COST (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Juce (photo © Jaime Rojo)

El Xupet Negre for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified Artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)

 

 

Untitled. The lady in red. Manhattan. April 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

 

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BSA Images Of The Week: 02.28.16

BSA Images Of The Week: 02.28.16

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This simple lollipop paste-up reminds us this week that it may appear to be sweet, but sometimes it is poison. Guess that truism should be obvious to you kids, but it doesn’t hurt to remind each other.

Here’s our our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring ECB, Escif, JPS, Kai, London Kaye, Lunge Box, Mogul, Nick Walker, Omen, Tref.no, The J0n, and Shai Dahan.

Our top image: A questionable lollipop on the street. Lunge Box. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Lunge Box. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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TREF in Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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The J0n in Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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JPS in Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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The J0n in Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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ECB in Borås, Sweden for No Limit Art Festival. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Omen in Rochester, NY for Wall Therapy Art Festival. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Kai (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Shai Dahan in Borås, Sweden for No Limit Art Festival. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Nick Walker in Stavanger, Norway for Nuart Art Festival. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Escif in Stavanger, Norway for Nuart Art Festival. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Mogul in Borås, Sweden for No Limit Art Festival. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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A belatedly found piece by Londo Kaye. There’s is never too late for love though… (photo © Jaime Rojo)

 

 

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