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November 30, 2006
Rayguns Wheat-Pastes at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: M83 - "Unrecorded"
Kicks on our feet: Vans Camoflage Slip-Ons
Posted by icorsa at 01:47 AM
November 29, 2006
We're Back from the Thanksgiving Break
The Global Graphica massive is back in the hizzy. We took some time out to celebrate the American Thanksgiving holiday and to max and relax in New York City with friends from Tokyo. Now that we're rested ... onward with the graphica!
Posted by icorsa at 01:31 AM
November 22, 2006
German Shepherd by Faile, NYC
Snarling-German shepherd wheat-paste by street artist extraordinaire Faile at 11 Spring St. in Nolita, downtown, New York City. Love it.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Public Image Limited - "Bad Life"
Kicks on our feet: Vans Camoflage Slip-Ons
Posted by icorsa at 03:48 AM
Context: German Shepherd by Faile, NYC
Contextual view of the Faile snarling-German shepherd wheat-paste at 11 Spring St. in Nolita, New York City.
Ivan Corsa Photo
German Shepherd by Faile, NYC
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Public Image Limited - "Bad Life"
Kicks on our feet: Vans Camoflage Slip-Ons
Posted by icorsa at 03:34 AM
Detail: German Shepherd by Faile, NYC
Detail of a wheat-paste of a snarling German shepherd by Faile at 11 Spring St. in downtown New York City. This one has been there for a while and has been partially covered and worn away by the elements.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Public Image Limited - "Bad Life"
Kicks on our feet: Vans Camoflage Slip-Ons
Posted by icorsa at 02:59 AM
November 21, 2006
#5 WK Interact "Writers" at 11 Spring St., NYC
Classic view of the corner of the building at 11 Spring Street and the latest work of artist WK Interact in downtown Manhattan, NYC.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Horace Andy - "Skylarking"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 03:58 AM
#4 WK Interact "Writers" at 11 Spring St., NYC
And here's the close-up view of the WK Interact piece on the right side.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Horace Andy - "Skylarking"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 03:56 AM
#3 WK Interact "Writers" at 11 Spring St., NYC
Here's the close-up view of the WK Interact piece on the left side of the corner at the 11 Spring Street building in Nolita, NYC.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Horace Andy - "Skylarking"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 03:53 AM
#2 WK Interact "Writers" at 11 Spring St., NYC
From another angle, looking northward up Elizabeth Street.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Horace Andy - "Skylarking"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 03:51 AM
#1 WK Interact "Writers" at 11 Spring St., NYC
Fresh ups of those black-and-white, life-sized graf-writer wheat-pastes by WK Interact at 11 Spring Street in Nolita, New York City. Classic stuff. Part of the massive wave of new work put up at 11 Spring St. by various New York street artists this past week.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Horace Andy - "Skylarking"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 03:45 AM
November 17, 2006
Bear Stencil on 2nd Ave., East Village, NYC
Lovin' this stencil we found on 2nd Avenue in the East Village in New York City. When we saw this piece, we thought it looked like the work of U.K.-based Banksy, but on closer inspection it looks more like the work of seminal stencil artist Blek Le Rat. But could it easily be the work of another artist and likely is; the piece is signed at the bottom, but the moniker is illegible. (If any Global Graphica readers can identify the work, please drop us a line.)
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lindstrom - "I Feel Space"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 11:16 PM
Detail: Bear Stencil on 2nd Ave., East Village
Detail of stencil we found on 2nd Avenue in the East Village in New York City. The work looks like it could be that of Blek Le Rat.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lindstrom - "I Feel Space"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 11:15 PM
Context: Bear Stencil on 2nd Ave., East Village
Here's a wider contextual shot of the bear-heart stencil on 2nd Avenue in downtown New York City. The piece reminds of the work of Blek Le Rat (and it could be by the artist).
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lindstrom - "I Feel Space"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-
Posted by icorsa at 11:14 PM
November 16, 2006
Video: Massive Attack of Street Art at 11 Spring St. Building in New York City
Here's a another, longer video clip showing the massive attack of fresh new street art at 11 Spring St. in Nolita, new York City. This video shows the full breadth of the new work on along Elizabeth Street side of the building and the around the entrance on Spring Street. The work shown include pieces by Faile, Bast, WK Interact, The London Police, Flower Guy, Above, Fake, Cheeky and many more. This clip shows the state of the building onthe evening of Wednesday November 15, 2006.
Posted by icorsa at 11:04 PM
November 14, 2006
Video: Cheeky Signs Piece + Panorama of 11 Spring St., NYC
Here's a clip showing "Cheeky" and crew sign a fresh piece at the building at 11 Spring St. (a.k.a. the "candle building") in Nolita, New York City. The new piece was put up on Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2006) evening a couple of days after several of downtown New York's most active street artists put up a ton of new work on the building. The video shows the breadth of these artists fresh work on the Elizabeth St. side of the buidling.
(Video footage by Supercore via YouTube)
Posted by icorsa at 11:37 PM
No. 4: Street Art All-Stars Stage Massive Attack at 11 Spring Street, NYC
And in this image is another part of the strip of street art works (including pieces by Faile, Bast, and Cheeky) that stretch along the Elizabeth Street side of the building at 11 Spring Street in downtown Manhattan, New York City. The work by Faile is epic in scale, cut along the building arches.
BACKGROUND
At some time this past weekend, several of the best-known and most active street artists in downtown New York City put up fresh work, some of it in the form of massive wheat-paste-ups, on the building at 11 Spring Street in the Nolita neighbrhood of downtown Manhattan. Among the works are pieces by WK Interact, Faile, Bast and Cheeky. Within the past two weeks new work by Flower Guy, Swoon, Above and The London Police has also gone up on the structure.
The building has been empty and seemingly uninhabited for years despite changes of ownership in recent years. For many years, each window of the tenement-style structure had a light in the form of a fake candle, hence the informal name "candle building." Eleven Spring St. has been a bit of mystery until recently when the property was purchased for residential use. What appeared to be early renovation work began last week.
Some fear that the redevelopment of the building for actual habitation might spell the end of street art at the site. Over the years, 11 Spring has become a landmark of street art and a canvas and mecca for artists and lovers of street art. This massive attack of new work on the building almost seems like a way of saying "street art is here to stay no mattter what the future of the building."
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lady Sovereign - "Random"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:28 AM
No. 3: Street Art All-Stars Stage Massive Attack at 11 Spring Street, NYC
The picture above shows another part of the strip of street art works (including pieces by Faile, Bast, and Cheeky) that stretch along the Elizabeth Street side of the building at 11 Spring Street, in Nolita, NYC.
BACKGROUND
At some time this past weekend, several of the best-known and most active street artists in downtown New York City put up fresh work, some of it in the form of massive wheat-paste-ups, on the building at 11 Spring Street in the Nolita neighbrhood of downtown Manhattan. Among the works are pieces by WK Interact, Faile, Bast and Cheeky. Within the past two weeks new work by Flower Guy, Swoon, Above and The London Police has also gone up on the structure.
The building has been empty and seemingly uninhabited for years despite changes of ownership in recent years. For many years, each window of the tenement-style structure had a light in the form of a fake candle, hence the informal name "candle building." Eleven Spring St. has been a bit of mystery until recently when the property was purchased for residential use. What appeared to be early renovation work began last week.
Some fear that the redevelopment of the building for actual habitation might spell the end of street art at the site. Over the years, 11 Spring has become a landmark of street art and a canvas and mecca for artists and lovers of street art. This massive attack of new work on the building almost seems like a way of saying "street art is here to stay no mattter what the future of the building."
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lady Sovereign - "Random"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:18 AM
No. 2: Street Art All-Stars Stage Massive Attack at 11 Spring Street, NYC
The picture above shows the northern end of the epic new work by Faile that stretches along the Elizabeth Street side of the building at 11 Spring Street, in Nolita, NYC.
BACKGROUND
At some time this past weekend, several of the best-known and most active street artists in downtown New York City put up fresh work, some of it in the form of massive wheat-paste-ups, on the building at 11 Spring Street in the Nolita neighbrhood of downtown Manhattan. Among the works are pieces by WK Interact, Faile, Bast and Cheeky. Within the past two weeks new work by Flower Guy, Swoon, Above and The London Police has also gone up on the structure.
The building has been empty and seemingly uninhabited for years despite changes of ownership in recent years. For many years, each window of the tenement-style structure had a light in the form of a fake candle, hence the informal name "candle building." Eleven Spring St. has been a bit of mystery until recently when the property was purchased for residential use. What appeared to be early renovation work began last week.
Some fear that the redevelopment of the building for actual habitation might spell the end of street art at the site. Over the years, 11 Spring has become a landmark of street art and a canvas and mecca for artists and lovers of street art. This massive attack of new work on the building almost seems like a way of saying "street art is here to stay no mattter what the future of the building."
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lady Sovereign - "Random"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:12 AM
No. 1: Street Art All-Stars Stage Massive Attack at 11 Spring Street, NYC
At some time this past weekend, several of the best-known and most active street artists in downtown New York City put up fresh work, some of it in the form of massive wheat-paste-ups, on the building at 11 Spring Street in the Nolita neighbrhood of downtown Manhattan. Among the works are pieces by WK Interact, Faile, Bast and Cheeky. Within the past two weeks new work by Flower Guy, Swoon, Above and The London Police has also gone up on the structure.
The building has been empty and seemingly uninhabited for years despite changes of ownership in recent years. For many years, each window of the tenement-style structure had a light in the form of a fake candle, hence the informal name "candle building." Eleven Spring St. has been a bit of mystery until recently when the property was purchased for residential use. What appeared to be early renovation work began last week.
Some fear that the redevelopment of the building for actual habitation might spell the end of street art at the site. Over the years, 11 Spring has become a landmark of street art and a canvas and mecca for artists and lovers of street art. This massive attack of new work on the building almost seems like a way of saying "street art is here to stay no mattter what the future of the building."
The picture above shows the northeast corner of the building at Spring and Elizabeth streets, where you can see the life-size black-and-white works depicting graf-writers by WK Interact.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lady Sovereign - "Random"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:09 AM
November 12, 2006
Context: "17" in the East Village
Here's a slightly wider contextual view showing the "17" tag next to the entrance of a tenement-style apartment building on East 4th Street in Manhattan's East Village.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Boss on the Boat"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 09:58 PM
Detail: "17" in the East Village
Detail of the "17" tag on East 4th Street, NYC.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Boss on the Boat"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 09:53 PM
"17" in the East Village
Some graf by "17" on East 4th Street in the East Village of New York City.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Tosca - "Boss on the Boat"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 09:49 PM
November 08, 2006
Widescreen: Graf-Mural by Daze at Club Lit, East Village
A wider-angle view of the Daze piece in front of Lit, the East Village, New York bar and club.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Decemberists - "Los Angeles, I'm Yours"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 11:49 PM
Detail 2: Graf-Mural by Daze at Club Lit, East Village
And this shot is a detail that shows "Lit," the name of the East Village bar and club in front of which the Daze graf-mural is painted.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Decemberists - "Los Angeles, I'm Yours"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 11:47 PM
Detail 1: Graf-Mural by Daze at Club Lit, East Village
Here's a detail of Daze's signature.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Decemberists - "Los Angeles, I'm Yours"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 11:44 PM
Graf-Mural by Daze at Club Lit, East Village, NYC
Here's an excellent example of some graf-artist mural work by Daze. This piece is on the roller-shade that covers the front of Lit, a bar and club in the East Village, New York City.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: The Decemberists - "Los Angeles, I'm Yours"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 11:41 PM
November 06, 2006
Photo #5: Eastward - Fresh Piece by The London Police, NYC
One more view of the new piece by the London Police in New York City, this one from an angle looking east.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Deep Dish - "Money for Nothing"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:12 AM
Photo #4: Detail - Fresh Piece by The London Police, NYC
This detail shot shows the "feet" of the London Police piece recently put up at 11 Spring Street in downtown Manhattan. Notice the "TLP" signature.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Deep Dish - "Money for Nothing"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:09 AM
Photo #3: Context - Fresh Piece by The London Police, NYC
The wider street-context view of the new work by the London Police at 11 Spring Street in Nolita, downtown New York City.
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Deep Dish - "Money for Nothing"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:06 AM
Photo #2: Detail - Fresh Piece by The London Police, NYC
Here's a detail of the smiley-face head on the new street art piece by the London Police in New York City.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Deep Dish - "Money for Nothing"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:02 AM
Photo #1: Fresh Piece by The London Police, NYC
Whoop, whoop! That's da sound of ... the London Police hitting the building at 11 Spring Street in Nolita, near SoHo in downtown New York City. This fresh work is massive and went up a few days ago.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Deep Dish - "Money for Nothing"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 12:48 AM
November 03, 2006
Widescreen: BNE Sticker on Tag-Bombed Door, Chinatown, NYC
Here's the wider, contextual view of the tag-bombed Chinatown door upon which a couple of notorious BNE stickers have appeared.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lindstrom - "I Feel Space"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 03:33 AM
BNE Sticker on Tag-Bombed Door, Chinatown, NYC
Here's one of the many BNE stickers placed around downtown Manhattan. This was found on tag-bombed door on Chrystie Street in Chinatown. BNE was recently spotted in news stories about a stepped-up graf crackdown in San Francisco.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Lindstrom - "I Feel Space"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 03:23 AM
November 02, 2006
Video: ABC News Story on "BNE"
Last month we posted on the crackdown by San Francisco authorities on graf and sticker-bombers, especially one: "BNE." The story was picked up by other news media, including ABC News, which put together this somewhat amusing and earnest report on "BNE" and the crackdown.
Posted by icorsa at 01:54 AM
Video: Barcelona Street Art Images
Alexa Jones spent a couple of weeks in Barcelona this past summer and began documenting street art around the Catalan capital. She put the images together in this video clip. Good stuff from arguably the most important city for street art in all of Europe.
Posted by icorsa at 01:38 AM
November 01, 2006
Angle View: Avalon Chrystie "Girl Photo" Paste-Up
And here's a view at an angle looking eastward down Houston Street and the new-ish Avalon Chrystie Place apartments/condos development in downtown New York City.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 02:21 AM
Widescreen View: Avalon Chrystie "Girl Photo" Paste-Up
Here's a shot with more context.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 02:18 AM
Main: Avalon Chrystie "Girl Photo" Paste-Up
Wider view of the arty-photo paste-up we found along the Houston Street side of the new apartments/condos complex Avalon Chrystie Place in downtown Manhattan.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 02:16 AM
Avalon Chrystie "Girl Photo" Paste-Up
Found this arty-photo paste-up along the Houston Street side of the new apartments/condos complex Avalon Chrystie Place in downtown Manhattan. Nice to see some expression on the newly minted mega-condo development.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 02:12 AM
Detail: Sky Graf Nolita
Detail of sweet piece of graf on apartment building in chic Nolita, in donwotwn Manhattan, NYC.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre - "Next Episode"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:25 AM
Widescreen View: Sky Graf Nolita
Contextual view of a graf piece on the side of a tenement-style building in the trendy Nolita neighborhood of downtown New York City.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre - "Next Episode"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:22 AM
Sky Graf Nolita
Sweet little piece on the side of a building in the uber-fashionable Nolita neighborhood of lower Manhattan.
Ivan Corsa Photo
Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
On the iPod: Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre - "Next Episode"
Kicks on our feet: Puma Double-Lace "R-System" RS100 sneakers
Posted by icorsa at 01:17 AM
