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 Street Art + Graffiti Photos + Videos + More: Daily Pix From New York City & the World
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August 15, 2007Video: The Line for the 11 Spring Street ExhibitionThis is a neat little clip that follows the line of people waiting to get into the landmark street art exhibition at 11 Spring Street in New York City back in December 2006. The line was literally around an entire city block of Nolita in downtown Manhattan. We presume the clip was put together by a Japanese person -- the soundtrack is a Japanese hip-hop tune. Very cool. June 21, 200711 Spring Street All-Stars, Circa Fall '06
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera June 15, 2007Billi Kid "Bang Bang" at 11 Spring Street, NYC - No. 2
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Billi Kid "Bang Bang" at 11 Spring Street, NYC - No. 1
More wheate-paste work from Billi Kid in dowtown NYC. Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera March 12, 2007"Next Level" Installation at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Human-Exploder at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Thundercut at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail - Thundercut at 11 Spring St., NYC
We freakin' love Thundercut. One of the cleverist, cheekiest, slyest New York street-art entities of them all. Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera March 07, 2007Turntables in Action at 11 Spring Street, NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera February 27, 2007Judith Supine Paste-Up No. 2 - 11 Spring Street, NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Judith Supine Paste-Up No. 1 - 11 Spring Street, NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera February 21, 2007"Obey" by Shepard Fairey at 11 Spring St., NYC - No. 1
Detail from the massive "Obey" ("Giant has a posse") Wheat-Paste Mural by Shephard Fairey at 11 Spring St., in Nolita New York City. Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera February 16, 2007Blek Le Rat "Beggar," 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Blek Le Rat "Beggar" Detail, 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera February 15, 200711 Spring Street Massive Photo Paste-Up
Large photo paste-up on the first floor, inside the building at 11 Spring Street in Nolita, New York City. This guy looks like a middle aged bad-ass mafioso type. This picture, like all the images of art work created and displayed inside the Building at 11 Spring Street, was taken during the two-day exhibition there in December 2006. Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 22, 2006No. 6: Crowds at Final Day of 11 Spring Street Exhibition, New York City
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera No. 5: Crowds at Final Day of 11 Spring Street Exhibition, New York City
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera No. 4: Crowds at Final Day of 11 Spring Street Exhibition, New York City
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera No. 3: Crowds at Final Day of 11 Spring Street Exhibition, New York City
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera No. 2: Crowds at Final Day of 11 Spring Street Exhibition, New York City
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera No. 1: Crowds at Final Day of 11 Spring Street Exhibition, New York City
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 21, 2006No. 5 "Fresh" Installation at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera No. 4 "Fresh" Installation at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera No. 3 "Fresh" Installation at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera No. 2 "Fresh" Installation at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera No. 1 "Fresh" Installation at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 19, 2006Widescreen: Superhero Jace at 11 Spring Street, NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Superhero Jace at 11 Spring Street, NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail: Superhero Jace at 11 Spring Street, NYC
Detail from awesome piece of work by Jace, an artist from Reunion Island. Jace's work is among the most easily identifiable and iconic anywhere. The artist flew into New York just to put up new work at 11 Spring Street as part of the exhibition to mark the building's last days as a landmark of ephemeral art. Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 18, 2006Messianic Photo Paste-Up at 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail: Messianic Photo Paste-Up at 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 15, 2006Creepy Face Paste-Up, 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Widescreen: Creepy Face Paste-Up, 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail: Creepy Face Paste-Up, 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 14, 2006Wide: "Blah Blah Blah" at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera "Blah Blah Blah" at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail: "Blah Blah Blah" at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera The End of Street Art at 11 Spring St., SoHo, NYCThe New York Times has run a story about the final days of street art at the 11 Srping Street building in downtown New York City. During the past four weeks or so the new owners of the building, who will turn the building into a condos, have allowed artists to legally put up art work on the inside of the building, as well as the outside, in an effort to stage one last exhibition this weekend before construction crews start their work. Much of the art on the interior will be concealed behind drywall after this weekend. The building is open to the public Dec. 15 - 17, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. (Tip of the hat to Jess E. for the tip.) December 13, 2006Detail: "Grand Closing" 3 by Skew, 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera "Grand Closing" 2 by Skew, 11 Spring St., NYC
Installation by Skew at 11 Spring Street in SoHo / Nolita, New York City. Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera "Grand Closing" 1 by Skew, 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera
December 12, 2006Detail 4: "Faile Girl" by Faile, 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail 3: "Faile Girl" by Faile, 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail 2: "Faile Girl" by Faile, 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail 1: "Faile Girl" by Faile, 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera "Faile Girl" by Faile, 11 Spring St.
A Japanese manga-inspired part of an epic wheat-paste work by artist collective Faile at 11 Spring St. building in downtown New York City. Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera "Brooklyn Sicilian" by Faile, 11 Spring St.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 11, 2006Detail: Sheep at 11 Spring Street, NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Sheep at 11 Spring Street, NYC
Sheep wheat-paste pieces at 11 Spring Street, New York City. Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail: Siamese Skeletons II, 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Siamese Skeletons II, 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 08, 2006Widescreen: "Big Mike" Paste-Up, 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Detail: "Big Mike" Paste-Up, 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera "Big Mike" Paste-Up, 11 Spring St., NYC
The Japanese characters read dai maiku, which tranlsates as "Big Mike." Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 04, 2006Cheeky Monster at 11 Spring St., New York City
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Assortment of Paste-Ups at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Wrestler Masks Wheat-Pastes at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera December 01, 2006Conjoined Skeletons Wheat-Pastes at 11 Spring St., NYC
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera June 20, 200611 Spring Street Tag, New York
New-ish tag near 11 Spring Street, in Nolita, New York City. Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Nikon Coolpix 3200 digital camera June 02, 2006Context Shot - Bäst Werewolf Paste-up, NYC
For some context, here's the wider view of the Bäst werewolf paste-up. Here you can see a stretch of the Elizabeth Street wall of 11 Spring, which is always covered with lots of street art, graf and installations. Ivan Corsa Photo Detail 2 - Bäst Werewolf Paste-up, NYC
Another detail shot of the Bäst werewolf poster. This one shows the artist's distinct moniker rendered at the top. Ivan Corsa Photo February 02, 2006Detail 1 - Bäst Werewolf Paste-up, NYC
Here's a detail of a message at the foot of the Bäst werewolf wheat-pasted poster. It reads "la polizia non basta," which we believe is Italian and translates roughly as "the police are not enough." (Any readers out there who can confirm this or clarify? Drop us a line.) Ivan Corsa Photo November 08, 2005"Keep on Grass" at 11 Spring St., NYC #2
Here's another example of wood-cut work at the street art gallery that is 11 Spring Street in Nolita, New York City. The sign's message can be interpreted in more than one way, obviously. However, there's also a degree of irony at play here if the declaration is taken literally, that is, in its inverted twist of the traditional sense of not walking on or stopping on a verdant lawn. The irony lies in the fact that there is scarcely any grass to keep off of (or "on") along almost any given downtown block, including Spring St. The real tongue-in-cheek irony is that play on words and the imperative reference to "ingesting" a certain "herb." Ivan Corsa Photo "Keep on Grass" at 11 Spring St., NYC #1
Here's close-up shop of the "Keep on Grass" wood-cut. We found this work at the street art gallery that is 11 Spring Street in Nolita, New York City. The sign's message can be interpreted in more than one way, obviously. However, there's also a degree of irony at play here if the declaration is taken literally, that is, in its inverted twist of the traditional sense of not walking on or stopping on a verdant lawn. The irony lies in the fact that there is scarcely any grass to keep off of (or "on") along almost any given downtown block, including Spring St. The real tongue-in-cheek irony is that play on words and the imperative reference to "ingesting" a certain "herb." Ivan Corsa Photo August 14, 2005Fame Game 3
This is an awesome piece of work: The words "FAME GAME" spelled out with a wood frame and affixed to the side of that cynosure of downtown Manhattan street art, the building at 11 Spring Street, in Nolita. This work is on the Elizabeth Street side of the building. The unoccupied 19th-century apartment house was, until recently, undergoing interior renovations by its owner, NY Post scion Lachlan Murdoch. The transformation of the building into a piece of large, luxury residential real estate for Murdoch all but guaranteed that the end was near for 11 Spring's place as a venue for street artists. But Murdoch recently shocked the media world by announcing his resignation as publisher of his father's, Rupert's, newspaper. He also announced that he would move to Australia. The renovation work came to a sudden halt at 11 Spring, so for now expect it to remain a home for street-smart visual culture. See more shots of Fame Game below. Ivan Corsa Photo Fame Game 2
Another shot of "FAME GAME" at 11 Spring Street, in Nolita, NYC. Ivan Corsa Photo Fame Game 1
One more shot of "FAME GAME" at 11 Spring Street (on Elizabeth Street) in downtown Manhattan. Ivan Corsa Photo May 05, 2005Black and White Lips Galore
It's hard to go wrong by employing repetition. As an aesthetic principle, showing the same image, or a slight variation of an image, in multiples and in an evenly distributed fashion, equally weighted in a grid-like pattern, is a visually compelling technique. Such patterns engage the eyes and draw the viewer in. This picture shows a group of black-and-white images of lips on wheat-pasted paper sheets on a wall. The building is on that famous downtown block that is a shrine to street art and graf, the stretch of buildings between Elizabeth and Bowery streets in Nolita. Ivan Corsa Photo |
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What is Street Art?
Many people know street art when they see it. But what it is and what it isn't sometimes is unclear and often debatable at best. A definition of street art may be helpful. According to the Wikipedia's entry on the subject as of July 11, 2008, Street Art is defined as follows: Street art is any art developed in public spaces — that is, "in the streets" — though the term usually refers to art of an illicit nature, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations. Typically, the term Street Art or the more specific Post-Graffiti is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art. Contact Send your picture submissions and inquiries to Global Graphica at streetartnyc@gmail.com 落書き写真 Credits |
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