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February 28, 2006
Detail: NYC "Girl" Stencil on West Broadway, Soho
Here's the detail of the sharply rendered, circular stencil portrait that we found on a lamp-post base along West Broadway (between Houston and Prince streets) in Soho yesterday evening.
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Posted by icorsa at 02:02 AM
General Shot: NYC "Girl" Stencil on West Broadway, Soho
Here's an amazingly crisp stencil portrait we found on a lamp-post base along West Broadway (between Houston and Prince streets) in Soho yesterday evening.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 02:02 AM
Context: NYC "Girl" Stencil on West Broadway, Soho
For a sense of context, here's the wide shot of the stencilled lamp-post base along West Broadway (between Houston and Prince streets) in Soho. The image is circular and a black-paint portait of a girl's face.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 02:01 AM
February 23, 2006
Washington, DC: Graf Alley in Adams Morgan - No. 1
We were out of town visiting Washington, DC last weekend and snapped this series of images in the Adams Morgan district of the Amercian capital. Washington is a famously clean, well-groomed and orderly city (or, at least, it is in most of the city, that is, in those areas where the well-heeled work, live and play). While in Adams Morgan, the only graf we saw was hidden in narrow back alleys. Most of it was aesthetically insginificant, but some, like the throw-ups we found in this alley off 18th Street, across from the Caribou Coffee, was really good, first-rate stuff.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 11:48 PM
Washington, DC: Graf Alley in Adams Morgan - No. 2
More graf in Adams Morgan, in Washington, DC.
Background Note
We were out of town visiting Washington, DC last weekend and snapped this series of images in the Adams Morgan district of the Amercian capital. Washington is a famously clean, well-groomed and orderly city (or, at least, it is in most of the city, that is, in those areas where the well-heeled work, live and play). While in Adams Morgan, the only graf we saw was hidden in narrow back alleys. Most of it was aesthetically insginificant, but some, like the throw-ups we found in this alley off 18th Street, across from the Caribou Coffee, was really good, first-rate stuff.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 11:47 PM
Washington, DC: Graf Alley in Adams Morgan - No. 3
Here's another shot of the graf in the alley off 18th Street in Adams Morgan.
Background Note
We were out of town visiting Washington, DC last weekend and snapped this series of images in the Adams Morgan district of the Amercian capital. Washington is a famously clean, well-groomed and orderly city (or, at least, it is in most of the city, that is, in those areas where the well-heeled work, live and play). While in Adams Morgan, the only graf we saw was hidden in narrow back alleys. Most of it was aesthetically insginificant, but some, like the throw-ups we found in this alley off 18th Street, across from the Caribou Coffee, was really good, first-rate stuff.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 11:47 PM
Washington, DC: Graf Alley in Adams Morgan - No. 4
More graf in the alley across from Caribou Coffee on 18th Street in Washington, DC.
Background Note
We were out of town visiting Washington, DC last weekend and snapped this series of images in the Adams Morgan district of the Amercian capital. Washington is a famously clean, well-groomed and orderly city (or, at least, it is in most of the city, that is, in those areas where the well-heeled work, live and play). While in Adams Morgan, the only graf we saw was hidden in narrow back alleys. Most of it was aesthetically insginificant, but some, like the throw-ups we found in this alley off 18th Street, across from the Caribou Coffee, was really good, first-rate stuff.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 11:46 PM
Washington, DC: Graf Alley in Adams Morgan - No. 5
Here's the same graf shot from another angle.
Background Note
We were out of town visiting Washington, DC last weekend and snapped this series of images in the Adams Morgan district of the Amercian capital. Washington is a famously clean, well-groomed and orderly city (or, at least, it is in most of the city, that is, in those areas where the well-heeled work, live and play). While in Adams Morgan, the only graf we saw was hidden in narrow back alleys. Most of it was aesthetically insginificant, but some, like the throw-ups we found in this alley off 18th Street, across from the Caribou Coffee, was really good, first-rate stuff.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 11:45 PM
Washington, DC: Graf Alley in Adams Morgan - No. 6
The view looking out toward 18th Street from the alley that runs past Caribou Coffee in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of the American capital.
Background Note
We were out of town visiting Washington, DC last weekend and snapped this series of images in the Adams Morgan district of the Amercian capital. Washington is a famously clean, well-groomed and orderly city (or, at least, it is in most of the city, that is, in those areas where the well-heeled work, live and play). While in Adams Morgan, the only graf we saw was hidden in narrow back alleys. Most of it was aesthetically insginificant, but some, like the throw-ups we found in this alley off 18th Street, across from the Caribou Coffee, was really good, first-rate stuff.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 11:44 PM
February 15, 2006
Uptown Graf Truck No. 3
Here's a view of the side of the truck.
Background Note
Graf is pretty rare on the posh and anodyne Upper East Side of Manhattan, a district that is home to some of the most expensive real estate in the America, if not the world. (That is, it's pretty rare below East 96th Street and Spanish Harlem. ) But one way graf appears in famed U.E.S. nabes like Yorkville and Carnegie Hill is when "bombed" delivery trucks arrive. Here's one in the process of unloading produce at a local deli.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 12:03 AM
Uptown Graf Truck No. 2
Here's another shot of the truck's rear sliding door closed.
Background Note
Graf is pretty rare on the posh and anodyne Upper East Side of Manhattan, a district that is home to some of the most expensive real estate in the America, if not the world. (That is, it's pretty rare below East 96th Street and Spanish Harlem. ) But one way graf appears in famed U.E.S. nabes like Yorkville and Carnegie Hill is when "bombed" delivery trucks arrive. Here's one in the process of unloading produce at a local deli.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 12:02 AM
Uptown Graf Truck No. 1
Graf is pretty rare on the posh and anodyne Upper East Side of Manhattan, a district that is home to some of the most expensive real estate in the America, if not the world. (That is, it's pretty rare below East 96th Street and Spanish Harlem. ) But one way graf appears in famed U.E.S. nabes like Yorkville and Carnegie Hill is when "bombed" delivery trucks arrive. Here's one in the process of unloading produce at a local deli.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 12:00 AM
February 14, 2006
NYC Winter Wonderland 2
Sledders are out in force on Cedar Hill in Central Park, New York City, after a massive blizzard dropped approximately 28 inches of snow.
Background Note
A record one-day snowfall in New York City this past weekend turned Central Park into a winter wonderland, replete with sledders and skiiers. Look in one direction and you could think you were standing in the middle of a remote mountain ski resort. Look in the opposite direction and you see the famous high-rise luxury apartments and condos of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Beautiful.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 11:28 PM
NYC Winter Wonderland 1
A record one-day snowfall in New York City this past weekend turned Central Park into a winter wonderland, replete with sledders and skiiers. Look in one direction and you could think you were standing in the middle of a remote mountain ski resort. Look in the opposite direction and you see the famous high-rise luxury apartments and condos of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Beautiful.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 11:23 PM
February 12, 2006
"Teflon Don" Gotti Paste-up by Bast - No. 1
Here's a close-up of an awesome color paste-up by the artist Bast (or Bäst) in Chinatown, New York City. The subject of this wheat-paste work is John Gotti, the late, convicted NYC crime boss who was dubbed the "Teflon Don" by the media. This black-and-white version of this artwork appears in Nolita, a few blocks to the north of C-town and Little Italy, where Gotti managed his business out of a storefront "social club."
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 10:57 PM
"Teflon Don" Gotti Paste-up by Bast - No. 2 Context
Here's the wider shot of the "Teflon Don" Gotti wheat-paste by the street artist Bast in Chinatown, NYC.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 10:56 PM
"Teflon Don" Gotti Paste-up by Bast - No. 3 Detail
The artist's signature moniker, Bast," is detailed here in the same font he uses in all his work and with the "a" in Bast rendered with an umlaut.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 10:55 PM
"Teflon Don" Gotti Paste-up by Bast - No. 4 Detail
We love details like this "TEFLON" tag and the New York Yankees logo in the lower-right corner of this Chinatown street artwork by Bast. The poster is a portrait of John Gotti.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 10:52 PM
February 02, 2006
"Shapes" in East Village, NYC - #1 Detail
Here's the detail shot of "Shapes." Not your average East Village-graf, "Shapes" is a stencil-like splatter-work of red paint and sans-serif letters in all-caps. While the artistry and style is neither "wild" nor "hip-hop" by the standard of traditional techniques, this is a highly distinctive and original tag. Even though it's small, you can't miss it on East 9th Street between 2nd and 3rd avenues, a stretch of gentrified and expensive downtown Manhattan real-estate with practically zero graf but least a half-down Japanese restaurants.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 01:50 AM
"Shapes" in East Village, NYC - #2 Context
And here's the wider, context shot of "Shapes."
Background Note
Not your average East Village-graf, "Shapes" is a stencil-like splatter-work of red paint and sans-serif letters in all-caps. While the artistry and style is neither "wild" nor "hip-hop" by the standard of traditional techniques, this is a highly distinctive and original tag. Even though it's small, you can't miss it on East 9th Street between 2nd and 3rd avenues, a stretch of gentrified and expensive downtown Manhattan real-estate with practically zero graf but least a half-down Japanese restaurants.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Posted by icorsa at 01:49 AM
