A street art project by Alexandre Orion named “Art less poluttion“. The artist don’t use paint or anything, he’s just cleaning the polution dirt on the walls.
Thanks to his art and its strong visual effect, the artist helps people to become aware of the huge pollution that we breath in big cities.
Original street art mix! This artwork was taken in New York, East Village. Found on the Flickr of Nick Grayar
Gouzou is the name of a street art character created by Jace.
Here’s a selection of those crazy characters that you can find all over the world by watching the streets.
Gouzou style!
Do you want more Gouzou???
Today is a special day : The Jace Day!
Jace is a famous street artist. You can find is work all over the world. He’s the creator the Gouzou characters. For the Fatcap Graffiti Blog readers, here’s a biography of him and some pictures of his faboulous artwork.
JACE lives on
There are currently 4 books detailing Jace’s paintings and street installations, the first of which was printed in 1999. Since then Gouzou has become a real icon of
However, Gouzou can sometimes be rather mischievous and disobedient and his father Jace needs to be very strict, and at times he will enclose Gozou in a gallery for several weeks. But Gouzou will quickly finds his way back to freedom. But perhaps the irrepressible nature of Gouzou really just symbolises Jace’s own sense of adventure; “nothing can stop me; neither the fines, nor the jail, nor the mountain or the seas, nor the future of street art when the fashion ends…” So the spirit of Gouzou lives on.
Street art and graffiti by Jace
Here’s brand new pictures that I took in Paris. The subway line number 3 is free!
The first selection of the week end : enjoy! Stay tuned for more graffiti on parisian subways…
An other biography from the legendary site : At 149 Street
Martha Cooper is a photojournalist specializing in art and anthropology. She is among the handful of photographers who methodically documented subway graffiti during the 1970s and 1980s. Her body of work is the most extensive and significant of its kind.
Cooper’s hands-on approach to documenting the culture set her appart from other photographers. The majority of photographers focused specifically on documenting the paintings, isolating them from their environment. Cooper’s approach was to photograph the paintings within their full context. She spent several years photographing elevated subway lines from empty lots the rooftops of buildings in a crime ridden South Bronx. She captured New York City’s state of urban decay; providing a fuller visual understanding of the artwork and the times.
Cooper gained the confidence of some of the most respected artists in the community, such as DONDI, DURO, LADY PINK and others. This confidence afforded her opportunities to document the execution of many subway paintings. Assuming great risk Cooper accompanied writers to train yards and lay-ups capturing many significant moments in aerosol art history.
The landmark book Subway Art published in 1984 which Cooper co-authored with Henry Chalfant is frequently credited as the catalyst and foundation for aerosol art movements worldwide. In 1994 she co-authored R.I.P.: Memorial Wall Art with Joseph Sciorra. Her photos, covering a wide variety of topics in addition to graffiti have appeared in countless publications throughout the world including National Geographic. Recently she has contributed to Seattle Experience Music Project’ s History of Hip Hop. Her work has been displayed at the Museum of the City of New York and The Whitney.
here’s an Interview with Martha Cooper Conducted by @149st February 21, 2001.
Let’s roll with graffiti on trucks. Street art and graffiti are traveling all over the country just for your eye pleasure.
Painted trucks :
Two painted bus by Eon75, and two graffiti on trucks by Unknown (?), and Joose
Today you’ll meet Phlegm, a graffiti and street artist from UK. He wrote a text about him for The Fatcap Blog. We discovered his artwork with one of his graffiti paint …on on a plane! Here’s Phlegm!
I’m twenty eight and I’m based in Sheffield uk. I’m primarily a cartoonist and illustrator who has an addiction to self publishing and underground art. All of my comic work is with black Indian ink and a dip pen. I only use colour when I’m screen printing or painting walls (or planes.)
I have a strange relation to graffiti, having a style that’s grown entirely from my self published comics rather than letter styles. My comic comes out every four months or so and i work endlessly on them, and have done for the past four years. I started out as a cartoonist but the graffiti side of things has really taken over the past three years. I think it’s because my style has been so effected by what i draw for the comic it’s stopped almost all outside influences. I love to get run down urban spaces and factories and play with the space. It’s such an immediate way to get your picture on the wall. A painting in the street becomes part of the cities architecture, influenced by what’s around it rather than being some awkward canvass in an art gallery.
x phlegm x
Hey people, here’s an autobiography by Peeta for the Fatcap Worldwide graffiti Blog : Peeta is one of the master of 3D style, a pure graffiti artist from Italy. Let’s go…
I use to write Peeta since 1993. I’ve started to paint in a little town between Venice and Padova (Italy) by my self, without any reference. As i grew up, I’ve started to move in Padova and Venice, I met many other graffiti writers, they gave me insight, and my style during the years evolves quikly from a kind of organic style to 3D style. Since 2000 i am a member of the EAD crew from Padova, this crew was born in 1991, it’s a crew with breakers, writers and music. Since 1999, I’ve started to travel around Europe, and I’ve been invited in many shows exibitions and mostly to graffiti jams and meetings, like the Meeting of Styles and many others. Since 2003 I am a member of the FX crew from New York City, this is a really oldschool crew since the 80’s.
During the last years I’ve been travelling to all aorund Europe, US, Mexico, Colombia, and from 2006 i am a member of the RWK crew from New York. In the last eight years I’ve been painting on canvas selling them in my websites to people from all over the world, in the same time I developed some sculptures. Sculpting and painting, but also the photography are, in my opinion, disciplines who helps each other. Everytime I make a sculpture i recieve a lot of knowledge about 3D space and shapes, that’s help me to paint in a better way. And while I’m painting I develop new ideas for new sculptures. It’s a kind of circle.
Recently I’m doing industrial design too, wich is stimulating me new fresh ideas. I’m also doing new sculptures made by several materials and industrial technologies. It’s my way to combine Graffiti and design, to keep evolving Graffiti.
Another selection of beautiful graffiti on ugly subways and trains… Graffiti make subways feel better! Strictly whole-cars. Enjoy.
Funny effect on this artwork. Thank’s to the light effect, we feel like the kid is red-handed! The guilty face! Street art by Double-P
A retired NYPD vandal squad cop is about to publish a book about graffiti. The book will also be about being a vandal squad cop, so this should be an interesting read.
The most exiting thing is not only this publication but the fact that a NY vandal squad cop must possess one of the best photo collections of the graffiti history. Many cops appreciate graffiti and take pictures for their job but also for their pleasure. Rumors says that a graffiti legend is working on this project with the retired cop. PowerHouse Books is the publisher of the vandal squad graffiti book.
More Info on graffnews.com
Here’s a graffiti artist from San Francisco, EON75. enjoy the talent !
Eon75, born Max Ehrman in Naples Florida, was first slapped in the face by this obsessive art form called graffiti in 96 when he was going to school in Gainesville Florida. There is a mile long wall of fame there called the 34th street wall and one weekend Daim and Kane7 (seemso) passed through and did a memorial wall. Having never seen this level of skill before it blew him away would could be accomplished with spray paint, he immediately went to the wall the next day and painted his first piece under the name “Quad”. That is when the addiction started.
After finishing school Eon75 went to Berlin Germany for three years to pursue and finish his masters in Architecture. Berlin was a huge influence on his graffiti career, there he traveled all throughout Europe and painted in many cities and walls throughout western Europe. Here he was exposed to styles and techniques he had never seen before. This really opened him up to the possibilities of the medium. Eon75 now travels back to Europe every summer with the Meeting of Styles and paints in Germany,Belgium and Holland with friends for a couple of weeks.
Now living in San Francisco Eon is a freelance designer and artist. He has his hand into a little bit of everything including, product,toy,clothing design and of course art. His current focus is canvas and gallery shows but of course anybody that wants to get down on a wall he is for it anytime. Currently he is showing in several galleries throughout San Francisco and Socal as well. He is also apart of The Energy Show which is an international Graffiti art show that travels around the world.
You can find more of his work at the below websites.
BLVD Gallery is proud to present new works from NYC Graffiti Legend GHOST AKA Cousin Frank, a pioneering influence for many graffiti artists around the world. Having started writing in the golden age of the 1970’s, Ghost has first hand knowledge of the many adventures and accomplishments of the NYC subway graffiti movement. The original style, vibrant color combinations, and strong sense of satire of his graffiti has managed to ease the transition naturally to his more gallery oriented pursuits.
Ghost has spent many years dedicated to the formation (or deformation) of the standard English alphabet creating limitless possibilities for him to subvert the language in his unique style. He has managed to create work that bears the unmistakable mark of an accomplished draughtsman without it being either overbearing or overwrought. The humor that permeates Ghosts’ work comes from the underground comics tradition from his youth, more Zapp! Comix than Marvel. Ghosts’ improvisational approach to graffiti, he never planned ahead what his work would be like, gives his current series of paintings a lightness and spontaneity that has the feeling of an inside joke between old friends.
Ghost has shown his work in galleries across the globe and has become a major part of the visual aesthetic of companies like respected streetwear brand Stussy. There is also a documentary in production chronicling the many contributions Ghost has made to the global graffiti movement. This show will be the second time that BLVD Gallery has been privileged to work with Ghost whose amazing mural in the “Claimin’ Space” exhibition was a highlight for many at the 2007 Bumbershoot arts festival.
I told you that my grand mother is graffiti artist… No joke 
An other legendary graffiti artist from the purest NYC graffiti site : At 149 ST
PHASE2 - Pioneer of Graffiti history
Often referred to as a father of style PHASE2 is considered by many to be one of the most significant painters of the aerosol art movement. In the early 1970s PHASE2 was a key figure, helping to pioneer the creation and reinterpretation of new letter forms. Many present day aerosol paintings across the globe are clearly derivative of integrations and embellishments created by PHASE.
He was president of the prestigious INDs crew as well as the Bronx chapter of the Ex-Vandals. He was a major force in creating a visual look for Hip Hop. He was one of Hip Hop’s first major underground graphic designers. He designed promotional flyers and posters for early hip hop’s top acts such as Kool Herc and Grand Master Flash.
He is the founder IGT TIMES, the first magazine dedicated to Aerosol art. He is also the author of Style from the Underground a perspective on the evolution aerosol art’s development.
A project by the graffiti artist DAIM, using a system of multi-camera set and a motion-tracking software, which allows him to paint in a bigger space without actually ‘harm’ any walls with spray cans. More information : Daim official site.
Cope2, a graffiti living legend.
Fernando Carlo aka Cope2 is a well renowned New York graffiti artist hailing from Queensbridge. Known worldwide for his Wildstyle pieces and bubble lettering, he fell in love with the art form in the early ‘80s.
It was the beginnings of an illustrious career that has seen Cope2 form a crew called “Kids Destroy”, which was later changed to “Kings Destroy” as he was the self proclaimed King of the notorious New York 4 Line.
Here’s an interview of this Legendary graffiti artist Cope 2.
What are some of the best memories you have of writing?
Cope2: The New York Subways! The early ‘80s, just watching your pieces go by, those are my best memories. It doesn’t get better than that, you know. The ‘Glory Days’ is what I call it.
Does the way you started out, doing graffiti on trains, compared to what you do now?
Cope2: Not at all, it’s history; it’s something that you’ll never live again. There’s no way you could do that now. You can paint trains now, but it’s not going to run through the city, it’s something that’ll never be captured again, especially in New York. Maybe in other countries – like I was in Rome and I saw the subway system bombed over there. That shit was crazy, I was trippin’ off that shit, I was like “I gotta come back here and get busy!”
What do you think of newer styles of writing?
Cope2: It’s cool man, it’s amazing! I see all these new styles of writing all around the world - it’s too much - I can’t understand it sometimes (laughs)! It’s crazy how graffiti has evolved. I’m like the second generation of New York writers, before me you’ve got the first generation, old school writers like RIFF170, TRACY168, PHASE2. To see it evolve from that: STAYHIGH149 to motherfuckers like, DAIM, CAN2 and SWET in Europe and MODE2, all these dope writers from Europe, it’s amazing man, it’s just fucking crazy! I don’t understand it sometimes. It’s really an amazing art form, graffiti!
What about characters?
Cope2: Well, I’m not in to characters much. I mean I used to do them back in the early ‘80s on the subways, and characters are important especially if you’re doing a wall, but not even. You can do a burner, and it can all just be about letters and style, but if a dude is down for doing characters, it’ll hook up the wall, flava up the wall, or the train. Characters are important sometimes, especially if you do some dope b-boy characters, like my man, SERVE; and this kid AROE from England does some nice characters; CAN2 has his own style of dope characters. Characters are important especially if you want to add flava to a burner.
What are the differences between bombing and legal walls? Do you think there is a fundamental difference? Are legal walls ‘getting up’?
Cope2: The difference is that bombing is illegal; it’s the ‘real’ way of doing things. Graffiti was always illegal and I still bomb illegally. I can’t as much as I used to, I’m older now; you get into beef with the law, and I can’t really afford that, but I guess people have just got to do what’s best for them. I do everything; I paint canvases, and I still paint subway trains, I’m versatile. I do walls, I do legal walls, I go bombing, illegal and trackspots, I don’t care, I do it all. Legal walls are if you just want to paint somewhere without hassle, you can ask the owner, and you know, just get busy!
What do you think of graffiti being co-opted by the corporate world?
Cope2: I think it’s cool man. In reality, you know, the world turns and if an artist is going to get paid a lot to do some artwork for a company, you’re going to take it. I don’t care who you are. If you’re not going to take it you’re an idiot! Times are hard and at the end of the day you got to pay bills, and you got to put food on the table. You got to make your money, man. When you’re young it’s cool to be wiling out, bombing everything, but when you’re my age and nearly 40 years old already, you can’t be doing that too much. I live off graffiti, it might not be good for other people; there are other graffiti artists in New York that have good jobs, their own companies; I live off this, this is my living. So if a corporate company wants to hit me off for my artwork it’s all good, and now especially I have a manager, it’s only right. I’m going to make my money.
Do you think it lessens the power of graffiti?
Cope2: No, not really because, where I was a hardcore, legendary bomber of New York, now I’m more into making money. However, there are kids younger than me who I speak to, who are doing what I was doing, so everyday there is a newborn, hardcore graffiti bomber. A lot of these hardcore writers, they’re always like, “damn, I hope some day I can come out with a sneaker, or do some canvases and sell some paintings”. The way I see it, you’ve got to make money, man. That’s what it boils down to. Who cares if they say, “you’re selling out”. You’ve got to make your money, man, live your life, and do what’s best for you.
Is graffiti art?
Cope2: To me it’s the best style of art because it goes in so many directions. Graffiti goes from hardcore, illegal to legal, to corporate, to subways. Of course it’s art. You can call it what you want, ‘vandalism’, etc… it comes in all shapes and forms. That’s how it is.
What do you think about graffiti in the fine art world, for example galleries, museums, etc?
Cope2: I think it’s cool, you know, like I said, I’m into canvases, SEEN is into canvases, a lot of writers: DAZE, you’ve got BANKSY - he’s not a graffiti artist, he’s more of a street artist, but you know he’s making his money – and OBEY, but again these guys are more ‘street art guys’. You’ve got graffiti artists like, SHARP, T-KID and SEEN doing canvases, and making a living off of it. I think it’s cool. They should open a museum for graffiti artists. Why not? Have some of the old dinosaur graffiti artists from back in the days. I think that would be dope to have. Because graffiti comes in all shapes and forms, combining all different concepts, at the same time you have an artist doing a show at a gallery, you have a kid down the block bombing buildings, bombing trains. That’s why to me it’s the best art form. Not only because I do it, but because it’s not just one art that only stays on canvas, or only stays on trains. It’s versatile, it’s everywhere, look at it, you’ve got it on Adidas, and probably down the block you have it on the side of a building. That shows you how powerful and amazing graffiti art is.
What do you see as the distinction between the artist, Banksy, and yourself?
Cope2: I don’t know, man, I’m more of the ‘real deal’… I represent graffiti art - trains and bombing. Banksy’s not really a graffiti artist. To me he’s just a street artist. Everyone is different though, which is cool, because it balances things out. He has his audience of fans, and I have my audience of fans; some people like his stuff, and some people like mine, and maybe some people like both of our styles. Maybe we do a show together, it would be amazing! Graffiti art, original graffiti art, by one of the best at graffiti art, and one of the best at stencil art, or street art, whatever the fuck you want to call it!
What do you think about using stencils in graffiti?
Cope2: To me using a stencil, it’s not that real, but I’m not going to knock it. I mean I could go around putting up COPE stencils, and adding a little mouse to it or something. What’s amazing is the amount of money Banksy makes off of it. You’ve got to give it to him, he’s making his, and I’ve got to make mine, but I still keep it pure and real. If you see my sneakers you see the real graffiti, GRAFFITI KINGZ, you see the COPE throw-ups. KILLER DOGZ. KINGZ DESTROY.
What do you think about the Internet in relation to graffiti? What about magazines, zines, etc.? Is the internet part of getting up?
Cope2: I remember 10-15 years ago there used to be graffiti magazines everywhere, now there’s only a handful from certain countries because of the Internet. You take a flik of a piece today, and put it on the internet, already the whole world knows, the whole world has seen it. Today a lot of writers use the Internet for the purpose of getting up. I think that’s kind of a short cut to fame. Some kids don’t pay their dues, they’ll do a burner or a throw-up and put it on the Internet, everyone sees it - they heard of the kid already, but if you look into the background of the writer, he didn’t do anything, he didn’t pay his dues, he hasn’t been around. So it’s kind of like a quick, short cut to fame, but you know that’s what it is and you’ve just got to go with the flow.
If you could go back in time knowing what you know now, and use all the time, effort and dedication that made you so famous in graffiti for a different purpose, would you and if so for what?
Cope2: I always wanted to be a boxer because as a kid, growing up in the South Bronx, in the projects, I was always getting into fights. I took up boxing for a while, but then I had a kid at a young age so I had to start working, and not only that, but getting high and drinking beer, hanging out with the wrong crowd, I stopped going to the gym, but, I love boxing. I actually got Mike Tyson tattooed on my arm - he’s one of my idols. I’ve been watching Tyson since, like, ’85. You know, just watching him fight, he was explosive. I love boxing as a sport - it’s my favourite. If I hadn’t been a graffiti artist, I would have loved being a boxer, a world champion though. You know, pure blood line, you don’t get no purer than me. I’m not trying to be egotistic or anything, but you know, I’m the purest. I come from the Bronx, and that’s what it is. I ain’t none of these fake phoney Joes or nothing, I’m the real deal!
from : British Hip Hop official site by Demian Smith (www.Paintandbeatz.com / www.frissongallery.co.uk)
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