Phers Interview
Exclusive Bombing Science interview with Phers ICR from Saint Louis. Click the link below to read the full interview...
Exclusive Bombing Science interview with Phers ICR from Saint Louis. Click the link below to read the full interview...
Let’s be straight, America really has no problem with graffiti—as long as they can make a buck off it. The style has been mimicked and milked in almost every market, from designer t-shirts to XBOX games and countless hip-hop album covers. Yet despite all this corporate love, the act of getting up, putting the paint on the walls is still punishable by jail time and large amounts of debt.
Old-timers remember the golden age of the art movement that actually moved. Read the full article on the New York magazine.
Interview with female graffiti artist Siloette who is currently based in San Francisco and is a of member the NG Crew. Read it on the Canned Goods website.
Found on the Art Crimes blog: "Meeting of Styles in Oakland last month was covered by KPFA community radio, who interviewed members of the TDK crew on graffiti art and its role in society and politics. You can listen to it in MP3."
Canned Goods serves up another interview with Ebee - a Thai graffiti artist and member of the THC and BNA Crews.
On March 24, 2007, Small and three others, all members of the Bloods street gang, beat Humberto Carol, 18, after they found Carol making graffiti in an area of Brownsville they considered to be part of the Bloods’ territory. Carol was not a gang member. Following the beating, while Carol lay in the sidewalk, Small shot him two times, killing him. Read more.
Interview with UK graffiti artist Rough, contributor to the Tate Modern 2008 Street Art exhibition and member of the ADS Crew.
Remember the Transcend crew and the abstract graffiti wave? You can now see Joker's portfolio online on Flickr.
City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. (NY), a staunch foe of graffiti activities, came out last week in support of a bill introduced by Assembly member Catherine Nolan which would allow prosecutors to charge repeat graffiti offenders with a felony, rather than a misdemeanor. Read full article.