Old and New Street Art—A Strategy—Seattle and Brooklyn

Street art from November, 2013 in Seattle and January of 2019 in NYC. Old and new.

Street Art from BsAs and NYC for Early June

Sights from a decade and a half ago in Buenos Aires, specifically the Caballito area, before returning to Manhattan in 2019.

Street Art from Rome, Williamsburg BK

by wlancehunt in Brooklyn, Poster, Rome, sign, stencil, sticker, Street Art

This fortnightly, we have a sampling of street art from Rome, and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In the old city of Rome, Centro Storico, stickers, signs and posters are most of the street art. By that I mean, not Roman buildings and sculptures, nor the outdoor displays of Renaissance glory. I’m talking contemporary art, mostly by just people showing off or having a good time, with a dose of commerce and humor tossed in. Billy-burg, Brooklyn is a hipster ghetto and so lousy with folks showing off with all sorts of things, many with serious social and political commentary built right in. Today’s image is a toe-dip in that ocean, a tease.

Neon sign above shop door: Suck my disney
Suck my disney

Tucked away is a sign commanding you to do something a tad off color, if possible. Fun #sign, in #Rome#streetart

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Fortnightly Round-Up of Street Art

Presenting art found on the walls, streets, curbs, lampposts and other public spaces around the world

A number of years back, I was in London and saw a Thai restaurant sign that I had to snag: “Phat Phuc.” Then I kept seeing other signs that struck me as something I needed to collect. On that same trip, the idea that other people could enjoy these signs as well as the cool and provocative public art I kept stumbling across gelled. Especially the stuff that’s not commissioned by some government or even business, the art by people showing off. At home, I found photos moldering in my iPhoto (back then) app and have since found that every place has its own sort of street art aesthetic. New York and Tel Aviv have loads of graffiti, but it’s almost completely absent in other cities, where it tends to be replaced by stickers. The message still gets out, only in smaller format and more easily removed media.

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