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Wen: For the Culture
In 1983, a young graffiti writer by the name of Wen began painting his name on trains in the Bronx. That fleeting nature, the cat-and-mouse with police and transit authorities, defined the culture. It was an apprenticeship in resilience and defiance. The trains offered no guarantees: by dawn, a masterpiece might already be scrubbed clean.
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How Peter Paid Gets It Done With A New York State of Mind
Paid has grit and no-nonsense attitude of a native New Yorker. After surviving the unthinkable, Peter Paid is just happy to live and finds joy in every moment. His art practice gives him time to just get into a flow state.
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Graffiti Hall of Fame 2024 – Street Naming Ceremony & Celebration
The world renowned Graffiti Hall Of Fame had a street naming ceremony during their 44th Annual event. Known for inviting the best aerosol artists in New York City to paint in front of an audience, they push the medium of aerosol spray paint to create art.
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Boone Avenue Walls 2024 – 10 Year Anniversary
On August 17 and 18 the Boone Avenue Walls Foundation held their 10th Anniversary Street and Graffiti Arts Festival in West Farms and Mott Haven sections of The Bronx in New York City. Over 100 artists of multiple generations participated from pioneering aerosol artists of the subway era to young talented artists of today
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“Better Left Unsaid”: Mastering Affect with ZANE
Through his own artistic voice and lived experiences, long-time graffiti artist ZANE captures the repetitive cycle that is human trauma, creating a space of resonance as well as hope for his audience. Through this series he provides a crash course in the power of affect and art.
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Up in the Bronx: The Boone Avenue Walls
Kurt Boone photographs New York legends and local wall writers alike gathered on the Bronx’s Boone Avenue to electrify the walls with their tags and messages.
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Remembering Phase 2 Through His Final Writings
Phase 2 (Michael Lawrence Marrow) was an early innovator of the Aerosol Art movement, as well as a prominent writer in 1970’s subway writing era and impresario of hip hop culture. After his passing in 2019, he left behind Prafodivi, an eclectic collection of writing about his experiences.
