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BSA’s 15 Most Popular Murals Of 2016 – A “Social” Survey

December 11, 2016 Artists

Murals have captured so much of the popular imagination about what the Street Art scene is today and although they may be part of the definition, murals remain only a part of the entire scene; a visual conversation that includes legal, illegal, small, anonymous, massive, deliberately confounding, low-energy scrawl, stickers, tags, poetry, diatribes, culture jamming, ad takeovers, sculpture, installations. Every week we aim to present a varied selection of expressions currently represented on the street, and then it is your turn to respond.

During 2016 BSA readers responded to images via our website, Instagram, Twitter, Tumbr, and Facebook pages. In a thoroughly unscientific survey that calculates “likes” and “clicks” and “re-Tweets” and “impressions”, we tallied up which murals (or images) got the most interest from you all. Care to read into the results?

The top 3 really sum it all up for 2016 and shouldn’t surprise us, but they still do; Militarism, Mis-information, and the Man of the Year.

If you ever doubted how much art on the street reflects the psyche of a society back to itself, no need to wonder anymore. If only we could read these tea-leaves and tell the future…

No 15.
David Choe’s Portrait Of Martha Cooper for Wynwood Walls / Art Basel 2016.

David Choe. Detail. Wynwood Walls / Art Basel 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 14
Plotbot Ken’s car installation on the Teufelsberg Hill in Berlin.

Plotbot Ken’s post-apocolyptic installation on a car at the abandoned NSA spy compound in Teufelsberg Hill in Berlin. Berlin, 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 13
Faust and Shantell Martin in Manhattan, NY.

Handstyle and all New York, baby. Faust. Shantell Martin (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 12
Swoon in Brooklyn, NY.

One of Swoon’s new additions to the street in 2016 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 11
ASTRO in East Harlem.

ASTRO in East Harlem for #NotACrime campaign in collaboration with Street Art Anarchy. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 10
Nychos in Manhattan, NY.

More than his multiple murals published here this year, this sculpture on 23rd Street in Manhattan in the spring captured the imagination and gave his work an added dimension. Nychos. “Dissection of Sigmund Freud”. Vienna Therapy. Manhattan, NY. June 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 9
MadC in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Mad C. MB6 Street Art. Marrakesh Biennale 6. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 8
Maya Hayuk in Brooklyn, NY.

Maya Hayuk. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 7
Invader in Jersey City, NJ.

Space Invader in Jersey City for Mana Urban Arts Projects. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 6
Collin Van Der Sluijs. Super A in Berlin.

Collin Van Der Sluijs . Super A. Detail. Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art. One Wall. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 5
Kurar in Berlin

Kurar for Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art. NOTE: This piece was created late in 2015 but we got to it early in 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 4
Biggie Smalls in Brooklyn, NY.

Rocko & Zimer. NOTE: This piece was created late in 2015 but we got to it early in 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 3
Otto “Osch” Schade in Brooklyn, NY.

OSCH for JMZ Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 2
Klops in Brooklyn, NY.

Klops for The Bushwick Collective illuminates the concentration of 90% of the media in the hands of 6 companies. In 1983 there were 50. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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No 1
Ron English in Brooklyn, NY.

Ron English brings Donald Trump as Humpty Dumpty on a wall – in collaboration with The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Images Of The Week: 11.06.16

November 6, 2016 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Today is Marathon Day in New York City and the leaves on the trees have turned to oranges and reds and yellows to welcome the 26,000 people running through all five boroughs. In two days right here in New York City both Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton will wait at their campaign headquarters to see the results of the longest and slimiest presidential campaigns most of us can remember, with many of us reporting that it made us sick.

There is plenty of blame to go around, and hopefully these are simply the fitful growing pains of a fighting, evolving society and not the stabbing spasms of a dissolute, dying republic.

So here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Amanda Wong, Atomik, Boa Mistura, BK Foxx, Cash4, Giver, Kobra, Lexi Bella, Moter, Olek, Rambo, Reverend, Rocko, Ruben Sanchez, Sheryo, Sokar Uno, Wolftits, and You Go Girl.

Our top image: Kobra’s new monumental mural of David Bowie in Jersey City, NJ. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kobra at work on his mural of David Bowie. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Lexi Bella portrait of Frida Kahlo for JMZ Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

OLEK on the roof of the Ice Factory in Jersey City, NJ in collaboration with Mana Urban Arts Project. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

We asked Olek about this brand new crocheted billboard she and a small team installed this week in New Jersey. We publish her reflections and statement here for BSA readers.

“This crocheted billboard is my uncommissioned letter to Hillary Clinton, a letter from a woman, an artist, and a naturalized US citizen.

This election has been fueled by hate and negativity. Initially, I did not want to make overtly political art. But then I realized I must, as too much is at stake. I could either make a negative statement about the other candidate or a positive one about Hillary. When a piece of art has 1000 hours of hand labor invested in it, I’d rather it be a positive statement.

Hillary might not be cool, but she is qualified, experienced and competent. I don’t want to hang out with her. I don’t want to drink beer with her. I don’t want to go dancing all night with her. I want her to be our president. I want her to run this country!

This is history happening in front of you, incredible and groundbreaking. The first African-American president will pass the most important job in the USA to the first woman president. No one would have imagined this just 50 years ago. So yes, these are amazing times.

Look at what is happening in Europe. Countries are returning to a conservative stance and people’s rights are being trampled and revoked. Few believed Brexit could take place, but indeed it did. We should learn from this mistake. Hate crimes are escalating. Immigrants, and especially Polish citizens, are being beaten and even killed. We cannot let this happen here in USA. We cannot go down this path of destruction in The United States of America.

I involved people across the USA to help me with this project. It was about a community working together and making a statement. We had two main groups crocheting – one in Virginia Beach and one in NYC. The excitement was tangible as we worked together to realize this vision. Each day we gathered in my tiny studio, those outside of NYC would join via Skype, as we all crocheted around the clock, talking to each other about our commitment to this piece and to Hillary Clinton, listening to music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Everyone involved jumped on this project because they believed in it.

We are happy that we have achieved it.

I am an artist. I am a woman. As both I must make a statement. I cannot remain neutral or silent. I wish more people would find a way make positive statements. Unfortunately, negativity sells much better these days.

It is imperative for the future of our country that we succeed in electing Hillary Clinton as President of The United States of America this November 8^th.” – OLEK

Sokar Uno (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BK Foxx for JMZ Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

An Amanda Wong Love Letter to her man in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Boa Mistura spreadin’ some love. It’s the Brooklyn way. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Boa Mistura (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Atomik in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sheryo in Detroit Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

REVEREND at Lincoln Park in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Reverend . You Go Girl . Giver and a couple of tags we can’t ID in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Wolf Tits in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

RAMBO in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Class War…Cash4 in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Moter…train spotin’ (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Rocko (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ruben Sanchez in Jersey City, NJ for Mana Urban Arts Project. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. The Little Red Lighthouse on the Hudson River. NYC. October 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BSA Images Of The Week: 03.27.16

March 27, 2016 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

Happy Easter to the folks who are celebrating this day of Christ’s rise from the dead. The rest of ya’ll can just enjoy the Sunday roast dinner we made for you. Cousin Charlemagne has already eaten both the ears off his chocolate bunny and there are two eggs that have not been found during the hunt. Let’s look for them after we eat. Pass the scalloped potatoes please.

Here’s our our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring A Visual Bliss, Bang Bang Errol, Cash Cash RFC Crew, Chupa, CJ Fly, Dasic Fernandez, Geoffrey Carran, Jay Shells, Jesse A. Edwards, Joseph Acker, KLOPS, Kuma, LMNOPI, Lunge Box, Myth, Papoose, Rocko, Rowena Martinich, Sorick 21, Trifer, Wallplay, Willow, and Zimers.

Our top image: Rocko and Zimer painted this tribute to King Biggie Smalls back in October of 2015 for Spread Art NYC. We just hadn’t been able to flick it. So here it is. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

And speaking of Biggie Smalls, urban artist and lyric lover Jay Shells left this plaque just across the street recently. His unique campaign of placing original rap lyrics at the geographical spot they refer to has taken him to cities across the country. These new platters have just popped up like spring tulips. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jay Shells (photo © Jaime Rojo)

LMNOPI brings the street a new portrait of “a Haitian girl I met when I was in Port Au Prince in 2010.” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sorick21 . Trifer . Chupa (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kuma (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Klops(photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dasic Fernandez (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cash Cash RFC Crew (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Geoffrey Carran . Rowena Martinich (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Lunge Box (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jesse A Edwards and RAMBO Memorial for @bang_bang_errol at Wallplay. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Myth “A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Koch Brothers. Portrait by Joseph Acker – Prision ID #15967538. Mural by Willow. The Captured Project in conjuction with The L.I. S.A. Project. People in prison drawing people who should be. More information here. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Valentines From BSA

February 13, 2016 Artists

Freezing cold on the streets today, warm hearts nonetheless. We thank BSA readers for all of your love and send it back to you today and every day.

People all over the world (everybody)
Join hands (join)
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world (all the world, now)
Join hands (love ride)
Start a love train (love ride), love train

BSA Images Of The Week: 12.14.14

December 14, 2014 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week

The year is winding down people, and the hits just keep on coming!

Bankers are ruling us and setting us up for their next crashing of the economy, mistletoe-carrying drones are a good idea gone wrong, and thousands continue to protest injustice toward black and brown people in Washington DC and Washington Square. In happier news: – just one photo we posted this week on Instagram – LMNOPI’s painting of a small boy protester – united the boy’s mother with the artist and us via social media, which was kind of magical. See a version of the image below. The city is also crammed with tourists (Hi Aunt Bobbie and Uncle Roy! Hi Kate and William!), drunken Santa’s are somewhat less cranky this year, and the Dyker Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn is already encrusted with Christmas lights.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring $howta, Crummy Gummy, Dhear, Don John, Eelco Virus, LMNOPI, London Kaye, Mistakoy, Mr. Oneteas, Peter Van Flores, Rocko, Tracy168, WERC, and ZIMAD.

Top Image >> A Mr. OneTeas tribute to Keith Haring appeared in Soho. Earlier in the week an “I Can’t Breath” piece by the artist appeared on the street in Williamsburg but was torn down before we could get to it. Things happen fast sometimes with this ephemeral form of speech, and some pieces (like anything too cutesy or anything with male nudity) come down fast. The artists Instagram has a version of the large wheatpaste. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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David Choe. Detail. Wynwood Walls / Art Basel 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Plotbot Ken’s post-apocolyptic installation on a car at the abandoned NSA spy compound in Teufelsberg Hill in Berlin. Berlin, 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Handstyle and all New York, baby. Faust. Shantell Martin (photo © Jaime Rojo)

One of Swoon’s new additions to the street in 2016 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

ASTRO in East Harlem for #NotACrime campaign in collaboration with Street Art Anarchy. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

More than his multiple murals published here this year, this sculpture on 23rd Street in Manhattan in the spring captured the imagination and gave his work an added dimension. Nychos. “Dissection of Sigmund Freud”. Vienna Therapy. Manhattan, NY. June 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mad C. MB6 Street Art. Marrakesh Biennale 6. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Maya Hayuk. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Space Invader in Jersey City for Mana Urban Arts Projects. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Collin Van Der Sluijs . Super A. Detail. Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art. One Wall. Berlin, Germany. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kurar for Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art. NOTE: This piece was created late in 2015 but we got to it early in 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Rocko & Zimer. NOTE: This piece was created late in 2015 but we got to it early in 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

OSCH for JMZ Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Klops for The Bushwick Collective illuminates the concentration of 90% of the media in the hands of 6 companies. In 1983 there were 50. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ron English brings Donald Trump as Humpty Dumpty on a wall – in collaboration with The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Our top image: Kobra’s new monumental mural of David Bowie in Jersey City, NJ. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kobra at work on his mural of David Bowie. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Lexi Bella portrait of Frida Kahlo for JMZ Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

OLEK on the roof of the Ice Factory in Jersey City, NJ in collaboration with Mana Urban Arts Project. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sokar Uno (photo © Jaime Rojo)

BK Foxx for JMZ Murals. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

An Amanda Wong Love Letter to her man in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Boa Mistura spreadin’ some love. It’s the Brooklyn way. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Boa Mistura (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Atomik in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sheryo in Detroit Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

REVEREND at Lincoln Park in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Reverend . You Go Girl . Giver and a couple of tags we can’t ID in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Wolf Tits in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

RAMBO in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Class War…Cash4 in Detroit, Michigan. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Moter…train spotin’ (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Rocko (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ruben Sanchez in Jersey City, NJ for Mana Urban Arts Project. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. The Little Red Lighthouse on the Hudson River. NYC. October 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Our top image: Rocko and Zimer painted this tribute to King Biggie Smalls back in October of 2015 for Spread Art NYC. We just hadn’t been able to flick it. So here it is. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jay Shells (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jay Shells (photo © Jaime Rojo)

LMNOPI brings the street a new portrait of “a Haitian girl I met when I was in Port Au Prince in 2010.” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Sorick21 . Trifer . Chupa (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Kuma (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Klops(photo © Jaime Rojo)

Dasic Fernandez (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Cash Cash RFC Crew (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Geoffrey Carran . Rowena Martinich (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Lunge Box (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Jesse A Edwards and RAMBO Memorial for @bang_bang_errol at Wallplay. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Myth “A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

A Visual Bliss (photo © Jaime Rojo)

The Koch Brothers. Portrait by Joseph Acker – Prision ID #15967538. Mural by Willow. The Captured Project in conjuction with The L.I. S.A. Project. People in prison drawing people who should be. More information here. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Untitled. Good Friday 2016. Williamsburg. March 2016. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

JPS (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Love Spray (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Duke A. Barnstable (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Duke A. Barnstable (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Duke A. Barnstable (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Duke A. Barnstable (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Ella & Pitr (photo © Jaime Rojo)

ROCKO (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Hek Tad (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nick Walker (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nick Walker (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mr. OneTeas (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Zimad just finished this tribute to Basquiat for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

A Tracey 168 re-resurgence appeared suddenly for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Mistakoy (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Crummy Gummy in Miami. (photo © Crummy Gummy)

LMNOPI (photo © Jaime Rojo)

London Kaye getting in the spirit of the season and sharing it on the streets. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

London Kaye (photo © Jaime Rojo)

London Kaye (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Eelco Virus with Rocko for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Eelco Virus. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Artist Unknown (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Don John at work for Urban Xchange: Crossing Over in Penang, Malaysia. (photo © Nikko Tan)

Don John. Urban Xchange: Crossing Over. Penang, Malaysia. (photo © Nikko Tan)

Peter Van Flores in Miami. (photo © Crummy Gummy)

WERC (photo © Jaime Rojo)