BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAY
Welcome to BSA’s Images of the Week!
The New York Post is complaining that the new mayor is using 2,200 digital street kiosks to promote himself, rapper NAS mentions a generation of graffiti writers in his new song -“The Mic is a Marker I’m tagging more names”, the Metropolitan Opera has two murals by Chagall for sale, Trump was forced to back off his ideas about stealing Greenland in Davos, Canada’s PM gave a history-changing speech saying that US relations with the rest of the world have been ‘ruptured’ permanently, people in many cities, particularly in Minnesota, are going on strike and taking to the streets to demand ICE stop its attacks on people and its probable violations of human rights, and speaking of ice, more than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm.
The State of New York is under a State of Emergency due to the storm, which made it a good decision to get out earlier this week to document new street art and graffiti. This is typically a slower period for artists and writers, but in this city, the street is never static. There’s always an ongoing visual discussion unfolding in public, often reflecting the moment back at us.
As the weather intensifies, attention turns to those most affected—especially people without shelter and neighbors who may need help. If you can, check in on people nearby and offer what you’re able: a blanket, food, or a small bit of assistance can make a real difference.
Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Acet, Dah Face, DASH, DELUDE, DIKS, DINK, FLASH, Hal Merick, Homesick, Kane, Mike, No Normal, Os Gemeos, Quaker Pirate, Trisan Eaton, Uwont, and Xara Thustra.
It looks like Xara Thustra is the artist behind the “STOP MEN” installation (sometimes interpreted as part of a larger, ongoing tag) on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge. The letters are painted on a high, visible spot on the bridge structure, reportedly over several nights.
