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Tag: street art

KnickerBear Weeps for Humanity, Knicks

by SKHMobile Disco November 12, 2014

Last Monday neighborhood residents were witness to a rare sighting of the locally famous and indigenous/ursine hoops fan, KnickerBear. Standing near the corner of West Street and Greenpoint Ave. crying […]

Slain pedestrians & cyclists get loving memorials

by Kim M October 27, 2014October 27, 2014

Anyone who rides a bike knows cycling in the hood can be treacherous business. But did you know roughly every 48 hours a pedestrian or cyclist in NYC is killed […]

#artistrash – Chat With Brooklyn Street Artist Francisco de Pajaro

by Jen G June 23, 2014June 24, 2014

When Spring time rolls around many of us get into closet clearing mode, quickly to realize we have spent a lot of time working for money that we use to […]

Interview With Dan Witz—Pioneer Street Artist

by Nathan Frank April 7, 2014April 8, 2014

We recently had the unique opportunity to chat with street artist and realist painter Dan Witz at his studio in Greenpoint. Active since the late 1970s, Dan is considered one […]

Buff Monster On Pinkify-ing North Brooklyn

by Nathan Frank February 18, 2014February 18, 2014

Metalheads don’t always wear black; some prefer to don bubblegum pink. Enter Buff Monster, the street artist and recent Brooklyn transplant who flashes his artistic devil horns through murals of cotton candy landscapes inhabited […]

Wolkoff’s Needs Lotsa White Paint After Starting a 5Pointz War

by Jen G November 20, 2013

A Save5Pointz Facebook fan commented “they’re gonna need painters on stand by” after the landlord Jerry Walkoff white washed the building overnight, painting over the works of countless of street artists.

NYC FAIL: LIC’s 5Pointz Destroyed – All For Luxury High Rises

by Jen G November 19, 2013November 19, 2013

In a tragic turn of events for the street art community worldwide and the general soul of NYC, 5Pointz’s exterior walls and the works of over 1500 international artists was […]

Petition With Art: #Save5Pointz

by Jen G November 8, 2013

Too often cultural institutions (see CBGBs) are wiped off the map because of one thing: GREED. Those big ugly towers that are coming to Greenpoint – there is one reason […]

Happy 4th of July from the Land of Unicorns!

by Jen G July 4, 2013July 4, 2013

Unicorns, which do exist, are often depicted “collared with a broken chain attached, showing that it has broken free from its bondage.” Happy Independence Day!

Sunday (Late Night) Snaps: Chris Uphues’ Hearts Everywhere!

by Jen G March 10, 2013March 10, 2013

Seems like no matter where I go I see one of Chris Uphues’ happy heart wheat pastes. I’m not complaining. Bright and colorful with big dark eyes – they make […]

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