All posts tagged: NYC

QRST Sends You Dead Flowers : The Time of the Season

December 2, 2014 Artists

For everything, there is a season. Now that autumn turns to winter we see the remainder of the leaves and the flowers succumbing to the cold temperatures and bitter winds. As an experiment this fall the Street Artist QRST began posting small paintings of flowers around Brooklyn and we were lucky enough to catch them as they charted the natural life cycle in slow motion. He told us that the project is about how ephemeral life is, and he thought the flowers illustrated his point well.

Following are the newest shots from this weekend of the flowers in final stages of decay. After that are a couple of series of images charting the evolution.

QRST (Photos © Jaime Rojo)

A series of sunflowers as they gradually decayed this autumn on Brooklyn streets by Street Artist QRST.

QRST (All photos © Jaime Rojo)

A series of lilies as they gradually decayed this autumn on Brooklyn streets by Street Artist QRST.

QRST (All photos © Jaime Rojo)

The Zombies from the 1960s – Time of the Season

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BSA Images Of The Week: 11.30.14

November 30, 2014 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Aiko, City Kitty, Clet, Dain, Deekers, JB Rock, KCIN, LUC, Mr. One Teas, Obey, Peros, PX$H6XD, Shepard Fairey, Smells, Specter, Tank Petrol, and Tom Fruin.

Top Image >> Clet (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Clet (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Tank Petrol new wall in Penang, Malaysia for Urban Exchange. (photo © Tank Petrol)

Tom Fruin “Kolonihavehus” for Dumbo Arts Fest 2o14. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Tom Fruin “Kolonihavehus” for Dumbo Arts Fest 2o14. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Deekers and Sweet Toof from a few years ago has had some collaboration on the dental work. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Smells . Peros (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Specter (photo © Jaime Rojo)

LUC (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dain beginning to show the full figure on the street – a new direction and a welcomed one. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

PX$H6XD (photo © Jaime Rojo)

According to some conversations on social platforms about this issue, some NY ladies are not getting the full benefits in this arena. Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

JB Rock . Aiko in Rome, Italy for Outdoor Urban Art Festival. (photo © JB Rock)

City Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)

OBEY (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. OneTeas for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

KCIN (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Brooklyn, NYC. November, 2014. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Happy Thanksgiving 2014

November 27, 2014 Artists

Happy Thanksgiving to You from BSA.

If you have something to be thankful for, hope you find it today. For our part, we are thankful for you and we send our very best wishes.

Photo © Jaime Rojo

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BSA Images Of The Week: 11.23.14

November 23, 2014 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Starting to think about what we are thankful for this week as we approach Thanksgiving. So many of our neighbors here in New York are going to be truly thankful that immigration reform, the first in about 28 years, will begin to protect many families and workers from the threat of arrest and being torn apart. For those doing the math, we are talking about probably hundreds of thousands of our neighbors who are sleeping tonight a little better, even if the economy is still pressing people down. “It’s fair to say that we have never seen anything quite like this before in terms of the scale,” said Peter J. Spiro, a Temple University law professor in a Times piece.

Meanwhile, we’re seeing new artists pop up on the Street Art scene, and witnessing some voices getting stronger. Honestly, with the everchanging feast on the streets, you can never get bored in New York. Actually that is still against the law as far as we know – getting bored in NYC.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring 2 Face, Icy & Sot, JB Rock, Jerk Face, L’Atlas, LUC, Madame Moustache, Nénão, Nerr, Rita MacDonald, Specter, SPQR, Stikman, Trap, Zed1.

Top Image >> Nénão (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Zed1. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Zed1 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Icy & Sot created a memorial/tribute to their friends who fell victims to gun violence a year ago. The Buschwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Rita MacDonald for Domino Walls 2014. Detail/Reflection. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Rita MacDonald (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Specter. Ad/phone booth take over. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

JB Rock/SPQR stirring up the pot in Sicily, Italy with this image by Shepard Fairey and signature from Banksy. (photo © JB Rock)

JB Rock new work in Sicily, Italy. (photo © JB Rock)

LUC. Talkin’ ’bout nuns. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Speaking of nuns, have you seen this remake of Like a Virgin by Sister Christina in Rome? Indeed!

The French Street Artist Madame Moustache left some of her quirky collage drawings wheatpasted around town. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Madame Moustache (photo © Jaime Rojo)

2 Face. The faux fence was done by an unknown artist. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Trap (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nerr . WUFC Crew (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This piece is a collage made with yarn and shredded fabric depicting a winged creature by an unknown artist. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Stikman (photo © Jaime Rojo)

L’Atlas at work on his new mural in Rome, Italy in collaboration with Wunderkammern Gallery for his solo exhibition. (photo © Giorgio Coen Cagli)

L’Atlas at work on his new mural in Rome, Italy in collaboration with Wunderkammern Gallery and his solo exhibition. (photo © Giorgio Coen Cagli)

Jerk Face (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. From the series American Playground. NYC. 2014. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Film Friday: 11.21.14

November 21, 2014 Artists

Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.

Now screening :

1. We Don’t Need More Rats: The Clandestine White-washing of 5Pointz
2. DISTORT by Element Tree and Art Primo
3. HOT TEA “UUGGHH”

BSA Special Feature: We Don’t Need More Rats: The Clandestine White-washing of 5Pointz

Hard to believe it has been a year since 5Pointz was buffed, and yet the shock to many has gradually sunk in. Almost a year to the day, we give you this personal remembrance through the eyes of a hometown filmmaker named P. J. Monsanto. With interviews with a few of the artists who had a close association with the graffiti holy place and some helpful backgrounding detail, Monsanto gives you a sense of the shock many felt the morning after the white-wash. Big Ups to P.J. for putting together this piece of New York’s collective history.

DISTORT by Element Tree and Art Primo

Distort takes his time on this roof burner captured on a sunny afternoon in New Jersey by Element Tree and Art Primo.

HOT TEA “UUGGHH”

You saw it first here! Hot Tea shares with BSA his latest installation and his commentary on the loss of an iconic building for that renegade brand of painting that New York is known for. This family owned building on Bowery and Spring in Soho that is one of the last spots in Manhattan for graff and Street Artists to hit up has been sold – for millions. For most Street Artists the allure of Manhattan has long since died, but every last bite of the Gentrification Monster has been a moment to pause, to consider the mall-ification of a vibrant downtown culture and a city once full of wild wonder and to say, “UUGGHH”.

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.16.14

November 16, 2014 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Eelco Virus, Faith47, Jetsonorama, JJ Veronis, Monica Canilao, Mr. Prvrt, Pyramid Oracle, Rambo, Sean9Lugo, Seeone, She Wolf, and Vexta

Top Image >> Pyramid Oracle (photo © Jaime Rojo)

VEXTA (photo © Jaime Rojo)

JJ Veronis (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. PRVRT new mural for Savage Habbit in Jersey City, NJ. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

It’s officially deer hunting season in New York State right now, and Sean9Lugo is in the spirit! (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sean9Lugo for Savage Habbit. Jersey City, NJ. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Eelco “Virus” van der Berg (photo © Jaime Rojo)

RAMBO (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This artist has been adding a tiny tile to mark the train station on the NYC Subways. Please help ID the artist. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faith47 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jetsonorama’s portrait of Monica Canilao in Seattle. (photo © Jetsonorama)

Don’t Fret stops for a smoke in Brooklyn (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Polly Wanna Bribe? Dont Fret. Would she tell or worse, blackmail you? (photo © Jaime Rojo)

SeeOne’s new Batman-themed mural for The Bushwick Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)

SeeOne (photo © Jaime Rojo)

SeeOne and the Joker at The Bushwick Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)

She Wolf (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Atlanta, Georgia. August 2012. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Images Of The Week: 11.09.14

November 9, 2014 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

It’s a free-for-all bag of mushrooms this week – or psychedelic toads to lick, in the case of Don’t Fret, who starts us off with a 2014 NYC tourist dressed head to toe in an Ebola suit. Naturally, he still has a fanny pack. Also notable are the new bus stop takeovers by Spector, who makes his new and subtly startling installations more contextual than you’ve seen before.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Borf, Bunny M, Cali Killa, Don’t Fret, Eelco Virus, Esteban Del Valle, Evoke Fym, Gold Dust, Matthew Reid, June, Knarf, Meer Sau, Not Your Police Dept, SAMO, Senz, Specter, The Broke MC, and This is Awkward.

Top Image >> Dont Fret displays his trademark wit on the streets of Brooklyn with this NYC tourist. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dont Fret…follow his advise at your own peril… (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Eelco Virus (photo © Jaime Rojo)

bunny M (photo © Jaime Rojo)

EVOKE Fym on the left with “Don’t Give Up” and Esteban Del Valle piece in progress on the right. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

I Am Matthew Reid (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Specter takes your brain up a notch in these brand new bus stop takeovers that frame the exact scene they are a part of, demonstrating that art is everywhere you look, and bus stops are incredible new vehicles for expression. Talk about an outdoor gallery…. Ad take over (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Specter. Ad take over (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Knarf new piece in Paris, France. (photo © Knarf)

Knarf and MeerSau collaboration in Chinatown in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (photo © Knarf)

JUNE (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gadfly NYC. Not Your Police Dept. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Gold Dust (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Senz. Samo . The Broke MC (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cali Killa (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cali Killa at the Woodard Outdoor Project (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Borf does a rare Rothko gate for the soon to open Castor Gallery in the LES. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

This Is Awkward (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Brooklyn, NYC. November 2014 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.02.14

November 2, 2014 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Marathon Day in NYC today with people running in the streets more than usual, the time clock moved back an hour today, mid-term elections are this Tuesday, and New York’s first ebola patient is feeling a little better.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring 2Face, Aine, Bifido, Caratoes, Cleon Peterson, Dal East, Dee Dee, Esteban Del Valle, Faring Purth, June, Kai June, Sean9Lugo, and Tara McPherson.

Top Image >> Chinese graffiti/Street Art due 2Face have been popping up around NYC and BK for the last few months, including this enormous portrait above of Ai Wei Wei looming large in Brooklyn. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

2Face. A smaller more personal version of it. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

2Face combines their trademark ski mask and pronounced mouth detail with this Van Gogh portrait in a Warholic repetition. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

JR (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dal East (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Faring Purth. “Ru” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Caratoes (photo © Jaime Rojo)

OK here is what we don’t know about this billboard: The artist’s name. Here is what we know: The billboard is printed, not painted. The same artist who did this one put another one in the Summer with the legend “May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way”. Anyway who didn’t dream of running away at some point in their lives…either solo or with company? (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cleon Peterson. “The Kiss” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dee Dee (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sean 9 Lugo (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Bifido. “Immotus ned iners” Caserta, Italy. (photo © Bifido)

June’s new piece for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

June. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BOO-tilicious Wolverine does Beyoncé : Halloween Street Theater

November 1, 2014 Artists

This is why you live in New York and also why you troll around the streets after the Halloween Parade looking for tricks and treats. After all that live communal street theater and the pressure is off to be a Wolverine you are at liberty to set your “Single Ladies” performance free on the sidewalk. BOO-tilicious!

Thanks to The Dusty Rebel for this tip, and thank you to Matt Weiss, who says, “Best part of my night. The end. This is why I call this man my brother and will be with me till my dying day. You’re welcome.”

Cern In the Garden and On the Wall

November 1, 2014 Artists

As New York is waving and weaving through two or three consecutive nights of Halloween costumery and roleplay, dipping into fantasy, fears, and frolicsome forays befitting otherworldly matters, we turn to artist Cern for a surrealist soft opera crowd-sourced from another magical kingdom.

A rather sweetly hazy view through a broken looking glass, or in one case, a broken fence from Cekis, the aerosol induced hallucinations feature many of Cern’s recurring characters cavorting and lounging placidly in one another’s company in a lush garden of possibility. Rising from the street, and perhaps from our dreams, in their midst is the idealized female form; inviting, comforting, understanding our troubles and our troubled minds.

The styles and references are many here as Cern’s multitudinous explorations on walls through the last years are gradually merging together into his one unique perspective on the here and the now; with an open public framing that only pretends to barely contain it all.

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BOO! Street Art Inspiration for Halloween

October 30, 2014 Artists

Boo! Halloween is tomorrow and you know your subway ride is going to have some Werewolves, Zombies, Sexy Nurses, and Mini Mouses (mice).

Also big fat hairy rats, but they are always there.

To help you get in the mood and for inspiration we have a lil’ selection of Street Art oddities and monsters that have popped up on the street in NYC. If you have not planned your costume yet, here are 40 costumes for lazy people. See you at the PARADE!

Can’t really be sure what is happening here, but The Jizzard could be spewing green stuff out of his mouth or he could be eating a Christmas tree. Also, not sure about the babe in the stilletoes, but she must be wondering what he is doing with his hand. Is this related to his name? (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Images Of The Week 10.26.14

October 26, 2014 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring Anser, BustArt, City Kitty, Dasic, Faring Purth, Flood, Gum Shoe, GWAD, Hot Tea, KIN, Labrona, Muse, Never Crew, Nick Walker, One Eye Mickey, and Spok Brillor.

“The Nevercrew and I are the first ever people from outside of Egypt who painted in downtown Cairo, which had its rise in Street Art during the last 4 years and during the revolution. The military is back in charge now and the art on the streets came to a stop since you will end up in prison when they stop you (we had permission for this.” – Bustart

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ONLY HUMAN at Wynwood Walls: Murals, Memory, and the Hand-Made Mark in Miami Art Week
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Photos of BSA 2025 # 3
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Okay let's do this! The future is unwritten. Get out your marker.Read More »
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