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March 31, 2006
Context: Nicole duFresne Shrine, Lower East Side - Image No. 3
Here's another view of the Nicole duFresne shrine at the southwest corner of Clinton and Rivington streets in downtown Manhattan.
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Posted by icorsa at 03:12 AM
Close-up: Nicole duFresne Shrine, Lower East Side - Image No. 2
Here's a close up of the shrine marking the site of Nicole duFresne's murder in the Lower East Side of Manhattan last year. A photo of the slain actress has been placed at the center of the shrine.
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Posted by icorsa at 03:08 AM
Nicole duFresne Shrine, Lower East Side - Image No. 1
It's been over a year since the murder of actress and playwright Nicole duFresne. Her tragic, killing happened in the early morning after-hours of January 27, 20005, in the Lower East Side of New York City. The murder was shocking to us in part because it took place just a few blocks away from the former Global Graphica HQ and in part because the area had become mostly a crime-free neighborhood in recent years, especially as the nabe went through rapid gentrification. In the days and weeks that followed, a shrine marking the location of her senseless death began to appear at the southwest corner of Rivington and Clinton streets. This series of images show the makeshift tribute of flowers, candles, messages, mementos and objects left by her friends, family and residents of the L.E.S. Note the pages from New York Post newspaper that have been posted on the wall at the left of the image -- the pages contain follow-up news articles reporting the police capture of Nicole's murderer. (See the New York Times Article about the murder of Nicole duFresne.)
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Posted by icorsa at 02:38 AM
March 30, 2006
Portrait Shot - Fresh Work From "Faro Inc." in SoHo, NYC
Finally, a portrait shot of the "Faro Inc." Mummy paste-up in SoHo, NYC. Note the ads for clothing brand Supreme in the background layer.
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Posted by icorsa at 01:38 AM
Detail 4:Head - Fresh Work From "Faro Inc." in SoHo, NYC
Detail shot of the "Faro Inc." mummy head.
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Posted by icorsa at 01:37 AM
Detail 3: Chest - Fresh Work From "Faro Inc." in SoHo, NYC
A close-up of the mysterious photo-realistic imagery on the chest of the cartoon-like mummy by "Faro Inc." in SoHo.
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Posted by icorsa at 01:35 AM
Detail 2: Hat - Fresh Work From "Faro Inc." in SoHo, NYC
Here's a detail shot of the hat. Note the silhouetted images of a rifle on the hat.
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Posted by icorsa at 01:33 AM
Detail 1: Sneakers - Fresh Work From "Faro Inc." in SoHo, NYC
Detail of the the high-top sneakers on the feet of one of "Faro Inc."'s mummy paste-ups in SoHo, NYC.
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Posted by icorsa at 01:30 AM
Fresh Work From "Faro Inc." in SoHo, NYC
The street artist (or group of artists?) who goes by the moniker "Faro Inc." has made a name for himself with a body of work that consists of wheat-pastes depicting his signature mummy character in various guises and permutations. Here's some fresh work on Prince St., between Broadway and Mercer St., in Soho. This mummy has a sort of B-boy-hipster look, with high-top kicks, trucker hat with a rifle sihlouetted on the front, headphones and a mysterious photo-real image on his chest. Detail shots of the street artwork follow.
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Posted by icorsa at 01:24 AM
March 29, 2006
"Blockhead" Street Art in the Lower East Side
In the same Orchard St. tenement stairwell as the "Star 78" graf shown below (or on the next page) is this illustrated character we've dubbed "Blockhead." Very cool. We would love to know who the artist behind this image is.
Posted by icorsa at 03:47 AM
"Star 78" Graf on the Lower East Side, NYC
Love this black-and-white "up" in the stairwell of an entrance to a tenement building on Orchard St. in the Lower East Side.
Posted by icorsa at 03:43 AM
March 24, 2006
Banksy on Melbourne's Disappearing Stencil Art
There is an interesting article today in U.K. newspaper the Guardian about the changing urban landscape of Melbourne, Australia, as the city tidied itself in preparation of the Commonwealth Games. The clean-up is a result of an initiative to remove graffiti and street art. The report, titled "The writing on the wall," was penned by the well-known British street artist "Banksy." According to the story, Melbourne's effort to paint over its rich tapestry of urban art is enforced by the city's new official zero-tolerance stance on anything that constitutes graffiti. This includes stencil art for which Australia's second city has become famous internationally among followers and creators of street art. (Props to Robin for the tip.)
Posted by icorsa at 11:01 PM
Wide Context Shot - "Jane" Tag on Postal Label
Here's a context shot of the "JANE" tag at Spring St. Station. Note that the adhesive postal label, upon which the tag is written, has been affixed to a an adspace on the uptown platform.
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Posted by icorsa at 11:58 AM
Context -"Jane" Tag on Postal Label, Soho
Here's the close-in contextual view of the tag.
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Posted by icorsa at 11:57 AM
"Jane" Tag on Postal Label, Soho
A clever bit of efficiency in stealth tagging is the practice of using markers to write the tag on a blank U.S. Postal Service adhesive label, then sticking the label to target surface/location. Above is a detail-shot of an example we recently spotted on the Uptown "C" Train platform at Spring St. subway station in Soho, in New York City. The tag, which we're reading as "JANE," is ordinary but effective.
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Posted by icorsa at 10:54 AM
March 17, 2006
NoHo Sky Graf 4 - "Grate"
This graf by "Grate" adds some unqiue, stylistic symetry to the tag by curling the first and last letters.
Background Note
There's lots of skyline and rooftop graf in that semi-real, un-neighborhood-like downtown Manhattan neighborhood known as NoHo (for "NOrth of HOuston St.," as opposed to SoHo and "SOuth of HOuston St."). Here's a good example. The nabe's chic decrepitude and broken-up cobblestone streets are a vermeer of authenticity behind which are some of the largest, most expensive and well-appointed lofts and condos in all of New York City. Thoroughly gentrified and spacious, NoHo is a tiny enclave (of mostly converted 19th-century industrial buildings) that has managed to retain several generations of graf and street art new and old, in spite of the moneyed shops, bars, restaurants and residents that call the area their home.
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Posted by icorsa at 12:29 AM
NoHo Sky Graf 3 - "On Time"
We're not sure how to decipher this tag in Noho, NYC. Our best guess is that it's either "On Time" or "One Time." In any case, we've never seen a tag resembling it anywhere else in lower Manhattan. The angular styling of the letters makes this one stand out from the rest.
Background Note
There's lots of skyline and rooftop graf in that semi-real, un-neighborhood-like downtown Manhattan neighborhood known as NoHo (for "NOrth of HOuston St.," as opposed to SoHo and "SOuth of HOuston St."). Here's a good example. The nabe's chic decrepitude and broken-up cobblestone streets are a vermeer of authenticity behind which are some of the largest, most expensive and well-appointed lofts and condos in all of New York City. Thoroughly gentrified and spacious, NoHo is a tiny enclave (of mostly converted 19th-century industrial buildings) that has managed to retain several generations of graf and street art new and old, in spite of the moneyed shops, bars, restaurants and residents that call the area their home.
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Posted by icorsa at 12:16 AM
March 15, 2006
NoHo Sky Graf 2 - "Fyter"
"Fyter" sky graf just east of Lafayette St., in NoHo, in downtown Manhattan, NYC. Love the spelling of the tag and the pink hue of Krylon.
Background Note
There's lots of skyline and rooftop graf in that semi-real, un-neighborhood-like downtown Manhattan neighborhood known as NoHo (for "NOrth of HOuston St.," as opposed to SoHo and "SOuth of HOuston St."). Here's a good example. The nabe's chic decrepitude and broken-up cobblestone streets are a vermeer of authenticity behind which are some of the largest, most expensive and well-appointed lofts and condos in all of New York City. Thoroughly gentrified and spacious, NoHo is a tiny enclave (of mostly converted 19th-century industrial buildings) that has managed to retain several generations of graf and street art new and old, in spite of the moneyed shops, bars, restaurants and residents that call the area their home.
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Posted by icorsa at 02:27 AM
NoHo Sky Graf No. 1
There's lots of skyline and rooftop graf in that semi-real, un-neighborhood-like downtown Manhattan neighborhood known as NoHo (for "NOrth of HOuston St.," as opposed to SoHo and "SOuth of HOuston St."). Here's a good example. The nabe's chic decrepitude and broken-up cobblestone streets are a vermeer of authenticity behind which are some of the largest, most expensive and well-appointed lofts and condos in all of New York City. Thoroughly gentrified and spacious, NoHo is a tiny enclave (of mostly converted 19th-century industrial buildings) that has managed to retain several generations of graf and street art new and old, in spite of the moneyed shops, bars, restaurants and residents that call the area their home.
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Posted by icorsa at 02:12 AM
March 11, 2006
"DaysFares" Graf by Pigs Crew, NYC
This popular graf spot in an abandoned downtown NYC lot has been heating up with new ups recently like "DaysFares" above. There a "Pigs Crew" tag embedded in the initial "D," but we haven't seen their tags before. This is a massive up, and this location at East 1st St. and 2nd Avenue, in the East Village, has the kind of space required for large scale graf and street art. The lot is on the corner of a block that was one of the last undeveloped stretches of Lower Manhattan and full of aerosol art and paste-ups. Now, several massive luxury condo buildings have sprung up on the block. It's only a matter of time before this spot is occupied by a new real estate development and huge tags like "DaysFares" are hidden behind brick and mortar.
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Posted by icorsa at 11:28 PM
Detail: "DaysFares" Graf by Pigs Crew, NYC
Here's the detail shot of the "DaysFares" tag by "Pigs Crew" at East 1st St. and 2nd Avenue, in the East Village, NYC.
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Posted by icorsa at 11:26 PM
March 10, 2006
NYC Street Art: Faro Inc. Paste-Up, Downtown Manhattan
Work by Faro Inc. dots the side streets of downtown New York City. The artist's wheat-paste work is easily identified by cartoonish illustrations of white-linen-wrapped mummies. It's fun, cheeky street art.
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Posted by icorsa at 04:13 AM
Detail - NYC Street Art: Faro Inc. Paste-Up, Downtown Manhattan
Detail of a fresh wheat-paste of cartoon-like mummy imagery by Faro Inc. in New York City.
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Posted by icorsa at 04:09 AM
March 04, 2006
Context - "No Parking" Monster Street Art, NYC
Here's wider, contextual shot of the monster head paste-up we discovered on a back alley sign in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Soho, New York City.
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Posted by icorsa at 02:27 AM
Detail - "No Parking" Monster Street Art, NYC
Here's a detail of the monster head art we found wheat-pasted on the the corner of a "No parking" sign in Soho, NYC.
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Posted by icorsa at 02:25 AM
Bombed "No Parking" Sign, Soho, NYC
In the Hudson Square area of downtown Manhattan, otherwise known as the far west end of Soho, we found this lightly bombed "No Parking" sign amid the high-end media offices, lofts and luxury condos. What really got our attention is the monster head art in the lower-left corner of the sign. C'est cool, non?
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Posted by icorsa at 02:15 AM
March 03, 2006
Wide: "Smack" - Downtown Truck Graf, NYC
The context shot of "Smack" on a truck in Chinatown, NYC.
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Posted by icorsa at 03:46 AM
Detail: "Smack" - Downtown Truck Graf, NYC
Here's the detail shot of "Smack" on a truck in Chinatown, New York City.
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Posted by icorsa at 03:43 AM
"Smack" - Downtown Truck Graf, NYC
Here's one of those ubiquitous New York City Chinatown trucks tagged with graf, in this case with "Smack."
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Posted by icorsa at 03:41 AM
March 02, 2006
"Hour Dr. Sex" Rooftop Graf in Chinatown, NYC - No. 1
Here's a closer, detail shot of the daring "Dr. Sex" graf atop a tall building on Canal St. in Chinatown, New York City. The tag is written out this time as "HOURDRSX," minus the "E." See next post for the wide, contextual shot.
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Posted by icorsa at 03:10 AM
"Hour Dr. Sex" Rooftop Graf in Chinatown, NYC - No. 2
"Dr. Sex" strikes again with this recent, daring tag atop a tall building along Canal Street in Chinatown, New York City. Note that the moniker is rendered here as "HOURDRSX," without the "E," but we've seen the tag elsewhere in downtown Manhattan as either "HOLLRDRSEX" or just "DRSEX." We love the juxtoposition of the tag and the Chinese billboard underneath it. Great stuff.
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Posted by icorsa at 03:09 AM
March 01, 2006
Wide-shot: "A. Charles" at Abetta Garage, East Village, NYC
"A. Charles" is a New York City graffiti artist whose work can be found all over the metro area, but mostly in lower Manahattan. The artist has produced graffiti artwork on commision, as in this example, a massive garage-door mural at the Abetta auto-repair shop on East 1st Street in the East Village.
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Posted by icorsa at 12:10 AM
"A. Charles" at Abetta Garage, East Village, NYC
Here's a closer-in shot of the Abetta graf-mural by NYC street artist "A. Charles."
Background Note
"A. Charles" is a New York City graffiti artist whose work can be found all over the metro area, but mostly in lower Manahattan. The artist has produced graffiti artwork on commision, as in this example, a massive garage-door mural at the Abetta auto-repair shop on East 1st Street in the East Village.
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Posted by icorsa at 12:09 AM
Detail: "A. Charles" at Abetta Garage, East Village, NYC
And here's a detail shot of the graf-mural by street artist "A. Charles" at the Abettta garage in the East Village, in New York City.
Background Note
"A. Charles" is a New York City graffiti artist whose work can be found all over the metro area, but mostly in lower Manahattan. The artist has produced graffiti artwork on commision, as in this example, a massive garage-door mural at the Abetta auto-repair shop on East 1st Street in the East Village.
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Posted by icorsa at 12:05 AM
