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BSA Images Of The Week: 07.07.24

April 7, 2024 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

To BSA’s Muslim brothers and sisters, we hope your Ramadan has been fulfilling as it draws to a close this Tuesday. Amid the spiritual calm, Friday’s earthquake and its aftershocks have certainly rattled us in New York and across the Northeast—a rare tremor that would barely raise an eyebrow in LA, given their familiarity with the earth’s whims. But for us, a 4.8 is no small shake! Adding to our week of natural spectacles, Monday brings an eclipse, inviting us all to don those dope glasses and gaze skyward as a celestial dance sweeps across the continent. It’s been quite a lineup: an earthquake to kick off the weekend, a celestial blackout to start the week. What’s next on the cosmic agenda? A swarm of locusts? Let’s hope the universe has checked off its list of surprises for now.

We start this week’s collection with a new text piece of unknown origin but one that strikes at the heart of life here in 2024 for many. Could this be an advertisement for the new album by Future and Metro Boomin? A spectrum of emotions and styles, the new collection is from two guys whose collaborative efforts have been making significant waves in the music industry for a half decade. Debuting at number 1, as an album “We Don’t Trust You” has been described as a monumental success, showcasing the synergy between Future’s distinctive rap style and Metro Boomin’s innovative production. The out of context graffiti message, “We Don’t Trust You,” captures a poignant irony: while distrust might seem like a safeguard, history shows that a society where trust is deeply eroded becomes fertile ground for manipulation by autocrats and tyrants.

And now, here are images from our ongoing conversation with the street, this week, including: Praxis, Homesick, Lexi Bella, Modomatic, Danielle Mastrion, Mort Art, Claw Money, Jorit, Isabelle Ewing, Paolo Tolentino, JG, Marthalicia Matarrita, Gia, and 1RL.

Mort Art and Paolo Tolentino (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)

My Body My Voice Murals (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Marthalicia Matarrita. My Body My Voice Murals (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Lexi Bella. My Body My Voice Murals (photo © Jaime Rojo)

GIA. My Body My Voice Murals (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Danielle Matrion. My Body My Voice Murals (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Claw Money. My Body My Voice Murals (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Isabelle Ewing. My Body My Voice Murals (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Magnolia. Spring 2024. NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 03.31.24

March 31, 2024 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

Happy Easter to all the Christians today, and we hope all the kids get a chocolate bunny in their basket and go on an egg hunt in this new green grass Mother Nature has brought to the park for everyone to enjoy. It has been such an entertaining and rewarding hunt this week looking for new works popping up like daffodils on the street in NYC. We hope you enjoy some of these new works, a boon to the creative spirit that is running the streets in all five boroughs, no matter the season.

And now, here are images from our ongoing conversation with the street, this week, including: Praxis, Sara Lynne Leo, UFO 907, Aneko, Sluto, Viler, QUAZAR, Bones, Luch, Deluxe, WaliC, Suka, Ring, and TCONE.

Untitled. Spring 2024. Brooklyn, NY (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 09.17.23/Los Angeles

September 17, 2023 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

This week, we found ourselves amidst the vibrant energy of Los Angeles, uncovering hidden gems and reconnecting with old friends. One highlight was a visit to Roger Gastman’s dynamic ‘Beyond the Streets’ gallery, which celebrated its first year with a captivating show featuring Tim Conlon, HuskMitNavn, and Pose. A thrilling moment was when we had the privilege of moderating a panel that featured the artistic brilliance of Layer Cake’s duo – Patrick Hartl and Christian Hundertmark (C100), the iconic Chaz Bojórquez, recognized as the godfather of graffiti and the epitome of California Chicano artistry, and our host, the ever-passionate artist and activist, Shepard Fairey. The venue buzzed with artists and connoisseurs, each directly or deeply ingrained in the world of art in the streets. And as LA’s streets echoed with the spirit of Mexican Independence Day, the youthful beats of Mexican music star Peso Pluma serenaded us from passing cars. Truly, a week to remember.

Here is our weekly interview with the street: this week featuring Shepard Fairey, Vhils, Invader, Keith Haring, Nychos, El Mac, Add Fuel, Praxis, Hueman, Estevan Oriol, Hijack, Tempt, David Howler, Loks Angeles, Kook, Madre, and Downtown Daniel.

Downtown Daniel was inspired by a photograph by Estevan Oriol in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

El Mac in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Shepard Fairey in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Shepard Fairey and Vhils collaboration in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Invader in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Tempt in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Madre in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Hijack in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Praxis in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

KOOK in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Keith Haring in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nychos in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Add Fuel in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Hueman in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

David Howler in Los Angeles. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 08.20.23

August 20, 2023 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

Back in dirty old Brooklyn from squeaky clean Norway, nothing has changed, and everything has changed. The Pokémon GO Fest is bringing 70,000 players to Randalls Island and elsewhere in the city, city government is banning TikTok from all official devices, and stabbings are up by 26% so Stay on your A-game out there people. The city is still beckoning you to Summer Streets, and we do too because wherever you go in New York, there is always a show, and sometimes you are it.

Back at home we have around 100,000 new immigrants from Mexico over the last year, central and south America this year because of buses full arriving from the southern border, and the city is struggling to find them sufficient shelter, let alone housing. Now the governor is joining league with President Biden to tell the mayor that it’s his problem. The paucity of vision here is regrettable, especially when, A. the city benefits greatly from new immigrants, B. the money is nearly pouring into the Ukranian war daily, now reaching at least 78 billion in aid (with a new 24 billion just proposed) only so Blackrock can sweep in and take all the contracts to rebuild when it is finished, C. New York has a surplus of office space ready to become residences, and D. NYC is historically a highly diverse city of immigrants who have kept us in business and made us culturally rich beyond belief, brothers and sisters. Not everyone has forgotten what made us great, even today. It’s us.

We lead the images this week with street artist Nimi’s poetic interpretation in Stavanger of Norway’s famous cliff Preikestolen, or Pulpit Rock. There are not sufficient words to describe certain examples of natural beauty, so it is more fitting that a street artist address it – in this case possibly creating a parallel between its scale and the depth of love the artist has for his family. According to online accounts, the subject is his daughter Sophia.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Praxis VGZ, BK Foxx, Snik, Calicho Art, Sonny Sundancer, Nite Owl, NIMI, Pinky, Heal Hop, and Silvia Marcon.

Nimi’s poetic interpretation of Norway’s famous cliff Preikestolen or Pulpit Rock. Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Lysefjorden. Preikestolen or Pulpit Rock. Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Snik. Stavanger, Norway. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Silvia Marcon’s portrait of the Mona Lisa was made with mosaics. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Pink is hot this summer, thanks to BlackPink, Barbie and Messi. Houston/Bowery Wall, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Unidentified artist. Houston/Bowery Wall, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BK Foxx for East Village Walls. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BK Foxx for East Village Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sonny Sundancer for The L.I.S.A. Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Windmills off the coast of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Summer 2023. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 07.02.23

July 2, 2023 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! Happy 4th of July Weekend.

The smoke from forest fires revisited our fair dirty city again this week, causing the air to smell like a summer campfire wherever you rode your bike or walked, or scootered. In some neighborhoods, it was a new smell that almost overcame the smell of urine and garbage, so that was a silver lining. Also it served as a trigger for people who have gone camping to buy marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate to make s’mores in the kitchen. Or maybe we are just talking about ourselves.

Also, the results of having a right wing leaning Supreme Court came in this week; Rulings striking regarding affirmative action, GLBTQ+ rights, limitations on student loan forgiveness, and domestic abusers and guns – all took serious hits. Welcome to the increasingly conservative US courts, even as annual polls conclude that a majority of US citizens hold more liberal and progressive views every year.

This week we have an assortment of murals, street art, and graffiti for you. Enjoy!

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Skewville, Matt Siren, Praxis, Lexi Bella, Eternal Possessions, Didi, BK Ackler, Enivo, Smile Boulder, Mena Ceresa, Jeff Rose King, Eye Know, Girlly, MS Chainker, Green Villian, XIK Art, and BustArt.

XIK ART in Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Green Villian x Skewville (photo © Jaime Rojo)

We don’t recognize this artist’s signature in Wynwood, Miami. Please help. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Eternal Possessions (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Summer 2023. NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 04.30.23

April 30, 2023 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

Where is the mafia news? Have you noticed how there is no news anymore about the mafia in the US? No sting operations, uncovered networks, perp walks, or wagging tongues? The New York tabloids used to go for days about Don this and Don that, accompanied by blurry surveillance photos in black and white. Did the mafia disappear? All our companies and industries and institutions are relatively free of corruption now, right?

Now our gripping concerns across the country are wokeism, racism, transphobia, ableism, ageism, pronouns, immigrants on the border, the government itself, abortion, and gun control. There are two teams, two sides; One is patently evil, and the other clearly is virtuous. Patriot vs Terrorist. Your solemn, weighty decision is to pick which team you are on and to join in the great debate as we head into election season, evidence of our thriving democracy! Go Team Good!

This week we wander through the seemingly emptier streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, The Village, and Soho to discover what street artists are bringing to their audience with earnest amor de primavera. The results are bracing, racing, effete, mysterious, hip hop, heady, graphic, and subversive: even as the flowering trees and ground vegetation is abloom, and the April rains have been prodigious.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Praxis, CRKSHNK, VOZ, Lexi Bella, Pear, Zexor, CP Won, Ollin, Phetus88, Eternal Possessions, Humble, Font147, and Whatifier.

CP WON for East Village Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Phetus88 and Hip Hop Is My Religion (photo © Jaime Rojo)

ZEXOR. This roller piece has been on this wall for a minute; we’ve published it before. What’s remarkable this time around is that the city just completed the renovation of three small parks in the area, and this was one of them, and they left the graffiti intact. That hasn’t always been the case with municipal property. Graffiti is/was usually the first thing to get buffed/painted over, involving a beautification project by the city of New York. Not this time. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The palimpsest at the Houston/Bowery Wall continues… (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Pink Dogwood. Spring 2023. NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 02.19.23

February 19, 2023 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! We’re in the middle of a long weekend thanks to tomorrow’s President’s Day. Usually, its a good weekend for some people to get out of the city to go skiing, but seriously there has been no snow here this year, which is troubling. We might as well stay at home and get to know our friend ChatGPT. Maybe make some comfort food and play board games with it. What? Why did you make a face?

Big things are happening in the Bronx right now, thanks to Tats Cru and the cultural ecosystem surrounding them and the community of Hunts Point in the Boogie Down. See some new images below and look out for some new serious Hip Hop & graffiti collaborations this year.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Praxis, Tats Cru, Dmote, Bio, Ribs, Andaluz the Artist, BG183, Qzar, Anahu, R. Flores, XSM, OTL, Skemes, Sheek Louch, The Lox, and YesOne.

Anahu & R. Flores. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Welcome to Bronxlandia, a marketplace, with local vendors, symposia, events and performances in Hunts Point. Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Welcome To…The Bronx. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Memorial wall by Tats Cru to celebrate life and in memory of Djay. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Memorial wall by Tats Cru to celebrate the life and in memory of BIG PUN who passed away in 2000. Christopher “Big Pun” Rios was a Hip Hop artist and a master lyricist. His two classic albums “Capital Punishment” and “Yeeahh Baby” are among the most revered among the Hip Hop community and fans. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Andaluz The Artist mural in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop turns the spotlight to Sheek Louch, Mr. David Styles, Jada Kiss, and The Lox. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Yes0ne, Ribs, and BG183 wish you a Happy New Year 2023 with the help of Frank Sinatra, “New York, New York”. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

A constellation of graffiti writers gathered at Hunts Point in The Bronx to hear KRS ONE The Teacha’s proposal for a project celebrating the 50 years of Hip Hop. KRS ONE and Tats Cru will create an exhibition with 50 graffiti writers to mark this momentous milestone in Hip Hop. BSA will keep you in the loop as the project continues to develop. (photo © Jaime Roj

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.13.22

November 13, 2022 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

One of the hardest weeks of our lives. But we’re still here to give you another posting of new shots of street art and graffiti on the streets. Thank you for your support, and thank God for the creative spirit that keeps us inspired, our cities alive, informed, and in-touch with the common person.

The so-called ‘Red Wave’ (red tsunami, red hurricane, etc.) didn’t materialize in the mid-term elections Tuesday despite the drumbeat on corporate media. On the other hand, the Democratic party can’t be too proud of their “squeaker” win – or their incremental moves to the corporate right for four decades. Nothing to sing and dance about.

Meanwhile, a large swath of previously middle-class people continues to slip into poverty every day – working 2, 3 jobs at a time and still not able to make ends meet. It is more obvious than ever in this modern age, there is no party run by the people.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Praxis, SRKSHNK, Lexi Bella, Homesick, Chupa, Ivanorama, Kimyon333, Sinclair the Vandal, Cramcept, SORE, Qzar, Lasak, Uwont, Aidz, Delae, SGVT, and NYC Kush Co. and Sean9Lugo.

Mobb Deep tribute by Sean9Lugo (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cramcept. Is it just us, or do we see mushrooms everywhere lately? (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Praxis with The L.I.S.A. Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

What a clown. Ivanorama (photo © Jaime Rojo)

UWONT. AIDZ. DELAE. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

What’s The Word On The Street?

October 22, 2022 Artists

Oh, Word? Word.

We may take them for granted, but these can be the most powerful, impactful things that we can do during our lifetime. That is why we follow the street scribes and listen to what is said and how. Because of the effort that it takes an artist or a poet, or a preacher to prepare these texts for us to read in the public sphere, we give them a little more respect. Perhaps you find them inspiring, puzzling, angering, or a waste of time.

If well chosen and well placed, the written word has the power to move mountains.

“Words are free. It’s how you use them that may cost you.” -KushandWizdom

“…But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will run wild and cause you grief.” -Unknown

Failure Is Not An Option. Sticker Maul. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

“Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble.” -Yehuda Berg

“My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel–it is, before all, to make you see.” -Joseph Conrad

“Don’t mix bad words with your bad mood. You’ll have many opportunities to change a mood, but you’ll never get the opportunity to replace the words you spoke.” -Unknown

“No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” -John Keating

“If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words, we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.” -Betty Eadie

BSA Images Of The Week: 10.09.22

October 9, 2022 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

As the graffiti and street art high season draws to a close, we remark on the stunning array of new faces on the New York scene this year, as well as a large crop of maturing talents from the last decade or so. The length of the cycle for artists working on the street varies some, but we’ve been around enough to see many of the early 2000s stars fade away or move on to other things. The voice of this new generation is as challenging as ever and perhaps more savvy in many ways. Still, it’s good to see the re-appearance this month of folks like Hera in New York – a talent whose global and studio escapades have made her a revered street artist over about two decades.

Our thanks to all the artists of all persuasions and longevity for giving voice and character to our public spaces.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Queen Andrea, Praxis,CRKSHNK, Lexi Bella, Danielle Mastrion, Homesick, Hera, Panic, Seo, Insane 51, Habibi, Didi, Keops, OSK, AAA, EXR, RJG Rock, L.O.U.R.S., Nohemi, Hazard One, and Emesa.

Hera AKA Herakut with Didi. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Hera with Didi. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Insane 51 for The Bushwick Collective. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Insane 51 for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Praxis in collaboration with OSK. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Manhattan. October 2022. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 09.11.22

September 11, 2022 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

21 years since the Twin Towers came down here in New York City. We remember today in our hearts.

Reliably, street art plays a role in bringing up the socio-political topics that are in the public realm. This week we see artists addressing gun violence, the ongoing battle for/against legal abortion, and LGBT rights. Also, there are just a lot of fun, colorful exhortations that we may or may not understand but which tell us all that the streets of New York are alive and well.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Stikman, City Kitty, Praxis, Sinned, Miyok, Trap, Spite, Tea, Goomba, John Domine, WoWi, and Helaenable.

Goomba for East Village Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

City Kitty in a collab with John Domine. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sinned and Ria for Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Summer 2022. Chihuahua, Mexico (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 08.21.22

August 21, 2022 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

Robert Vargas starts us off this week with a compelling trio of faces, or sides of one character. In each case she has been silenced. “Painting my “STOP” mural is a call to action to stop our #Indigenous sisters from going missing and murdered. The red hand over the mouth is the symbol of a growing movement that stands for all missing sisters whose voices are not heard.”
The streets are speaking. Will we hear them?

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Royce Bannon, Jason Naylor, Praxis, No Sleep, JPO, Le Crue, Hiss, Slow Boil, SKJ 171, Mike 171, D. Brains, Dan Alavarado, Panic Rodriguez, and Robert Vargas.

Le Crue in collaboration with The L.I.S.A. Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Praxis. Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Panic Rodriguez. Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dan Alavarado. Welling Court Mural Project NYC.Panic NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

SKJ_171 / Mike_171, D. Brains. Welling Court Mural Project NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Summer 2022. NYC (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Johannes Mundinger: “La Bella Confusione”
April 25, 2024
You are inundated with information, disinformation, propaganda, images, videos, entreaties, siren calls, threats, promises, summaries, conjecture, stunning beauty, deliberate obfuscations, …Read More »
BSA Hits The North! – See You Soon in Belfast, Northern Ireland
April 23, 2024
We are excited to announce that BSA will be part of the exhilarating ‘Hit the North’ 2024 festival in Belfast! …Read More »
BSA Images Of The Week: 04.21.24
April 21, 2024
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! “It’s the only time of the year when New York City smells good,” …Read More »
Barcelona Tributes for The Amazing SKE
April 18, 2024
Today, we pay tribute to an iconic figure from the Puerto Rican graffiti scene, Eliezer “SKE” Pagán Torres. Born on …Read More »
Elfo Declares “I’m a Figurative Painter”… and I’m the Queen of England!
April 16, 2024
Elfo, the ever-witty Italian street artist, strikes again with his latest work scrawled across an abandoned building in Italy. Known …Read More »
BSA Images Of The Week: 04.14.24 / “Return2Burn” in Hunts Point, Bronx
April 14, 2024
Welcome to BSA’s Images of the Week. We decided to dedicate this weekly survey to the artists of “Return 2 …Read More »
Martha Cooper and Seth in Kibera. Kenya: Part 2 / “We Are One”
April 11, 2024
Nestled within the bustling city of Nairobi, Kenya, Kibera is a testament to its inhabitants’ challenges and its collective indomitable …Read More »