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 Street Art + Graffiti Photos, Images, Pictures, Video + More: From New York City & the World
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November 21, 2007Time Magazine's "Art of the Street" Photo Essay
It was published a while ago, but it's still worth checking Time Magazine's "Art of the Street" photo essay online. With photos by the artist WK Interact, the this street art feature is good albeit limited overview of current ephemeral art. November 07, 2007WK Interact in Nolita - 4
© Ivan Corsa Photo - Street Art Photos Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera WK Interact in Nolita - 3
© Ivan Corsa Photo - Street Art Photos Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera WK Interact in Nolita - 2
© Ivan Corsa Photo - Street Art Photos Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera WK Interact in Nolita - 1
© Ivan Corsa Photo - Street Art Photos Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera September 19, 2007Video: WK Interact at Work in Nolita, NYCGreat clip of artist WK Interact in action putting up his work outside the Eleven vintage clothing shop in Nolita, New York City. June 20, 2007Grand Street Scream, Soho - No. 5
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Grand Street Scream, Soho - No. 4
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera June 19, 2007Grand Street Scream, Soho - No. 3
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Grand Street Scream, Soho - No. 2
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera Grand Street Scream, Soho - No. 1
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera June 08, 2007The Story of "The Splasher"
Since late autumn 2006, around the time of the final, great explosion of street art at 11 Spring St. in Nolita, in downtown New York City, we started to notice that a lot of work by some well-known street artists was suddenly being defaced with splashes of paint. Works by Swoon, Shepard Fairey, Faile and many others were attacked with bright colors of paint that appeared to have been intentionally splashed on to the work. The paint never covered the pieces completely -- the underlying art was always identifiable. The mysterious person(s) defacing the art was dubbed "The Splasher." The atttacks continued through the winter and spring months that followed. Only recently have we noticed that "The Splasher" has slowed down.
New York Magazine chronicles and investigates the mystery in
a recent article. The irony of the Splasher's attacks is that they amount to a form of vandalism upon vandalism itself. Most street art is destruction of property in the eyes of the law. The paint splashes can also, as some have pointed out, be construed as an act of art in and of itself, as a crude, shocking commentary upon the street art it targets.
Ivan Corsa Photo Photo gear: Canon PowerShot SD 630 ELPH digital camera July 12, 2005Boombox Dude by WK Interact 02
Ivan Corsa Photo Boombox Dude by WK Interact 01
Here's another awesome -- and new -- piece of wheat-paste artwork by New York City artist WK Interact. This work depicts a black-and-white life-sized dude with a classic old-school boombox (a.k.a., ghettoblaster). This artwork is next to the 2nd Avenue Subway entrance at Allen and Houston streets in the Lower East Side. WK Interact's studio and shop is on nearby Stanton Street in a diverse and creative neighborhood that is rapidly giving way to the development of luxury condos and apartments, as well as expensive restaurants and hotels. Ivan Corsa Photo June 10, 2005WK Interact - Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 08
Ivan Corsa Photo WK Interact - Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 07
This is yet another in series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups at the corner of Chrystie and Rivington streets in the Lower East Side. The ups are by well-known New York City artist WK Interact, whose studio and shop are on Stanton Street near Ludlow, in the heart of what is now the ultra-hot real estate market for apartments and condos in the LES. Ivan Corsa Photo WK Interact - Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-pastes 06
Note the downward double-arm movement of the graff writer depicted in this up, another in the recently upped series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups at the corner of Chrystie and Rivington streets in the Lower East Side. The ups are by well-known New York City artist WK Interact, whose studio and shop are on Stanton Street near Ludlow, in the heart of what is now the ultra-hot real estate market for apartments and condos in the LES. Ivan Corsa Photo WK Interact - Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 05
Ivan Corsa Photo WK Interact - Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 04
In this detail shot, the graf writer is on the one-knee stance. This is yet another in series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups at the corner of Chrystie and Rivington streets in the Lower East Side. The ups are by well-known New York City artist WK Interact, whose studio and shop are on Stanton Street near Ludlow, in the heart of what is now the ultra-hot real estate market for apartments and condos in the LES. Ivan Corsa Photo WK Interact - Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 03
One in a newly-upped series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups New York City artist WK Interact. Ivan Corsa Photo June 09, 2005WK Interact - Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 02
Ivan Corsa Photo WK Interact - Massive New Lower East Side, New York Wheat-Pastes 01
This series of life-size black-and-white wheat-paste ups of graf writers doing there thing went up along the side of a sign store at the corner of Chrystie and Rivington streets near the Bowery in the Lower East Side. The ups are by well-known New York City artist WK Interact, whose studio and shop are on Stanton Street near Ludlow, in the heart of what is now the ultra-hot real estate market for apartments and condos in the LES. WK Interact's work can be found throughout lower Manhattan. This work is one of this finest street works yet. Ivan Corsa Photo April 02, 2005Headache - Street Art by WK Interact, NYC
This is a classic piece of large-scale street art by New York artist WK Interact, whose work is drawn in high-contrast black-and-white images that convery power and motion. This image suggest the notion of headache as experienced by a necktie-wearing office slave. A masked wrestler is tearing violently at the head the office worker. This street art is on a large garage door on a weathered industrial building. But looks can be decieving. Across the street and down the block are million-dollar condos, duplex penthouse apartments and lofts. Ivan Corsa Photo March 27, 2005Triple Threat - NYC Street Art Mash-up
Here we've got the work of several street artists and writers, including that of a couple of the underground's brightest stars - Shepard Fairey and Swoon. Here's the breakdown: The black-and-white motorcycle cop paste-up holding the Andre the Giant icon is the work of Shephard Fairey (of Obey / Giant Has a Posse, Swindle Magazine, etc.). The wheat-paste paper cut-out of the man on the bicycle is by Brooklyn artist Swoon. Underneath are some wheate-paste cut outs and tags of several other artists and writers. Nice to all this work serendepitously aggregated in one location in downtown Manhattan. Ivan Corsa Photo |
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