The following guest post is by photographer/arts educator Fawn Phillips aka Rachel Fawn Alban
A park in the largely residential neighborhood of Hackensack, NJ may sound like an unlikely destination for graffiti lovers, but Union Street Park is a gem. Curated by Darrius-Jabbar Sollas since 2007, its walls feature some of the best graff I have seen in some time. Pictured above are DC-based CRI and Bronx-based Kingbee. Some more photos of the graffiti art I photogrphed this past week follow:
Massachusetts-based Mike Helz
Veteran Bronx writer Nev and Bronx native Abe
UK-based Trans1
Veteran writers Jus One, Vase One and Mad2
Bronx-native Pase
Veteran Bronx writer Jew
Union Street Park is located at 97 Union Street, Hackensack NJ
Photos Fawn Phillips
POW! WOW!, an international art movement that celebrates culture, music and art in cities throughout the globe, recently returned to Washington DC’s NoMa neighborhood. While down in DC last week, I had the opportunity to check out several recent murals. Pictured above is by Brooklyn-based Mexican artist Ricardo Gonzalez aka It’s a Living. What follows are a few more images I captured:
Spanish artist Muro, segment of larger mural
DC-based Juan Pinada aka CRI
Hawaii-based Kaplan Bunce aka Kapache1
LA-based Mark Paul Deren aka Madsteez
DC-based Martin Swift, captured near completion
DC-based Mas Paz at work
DC-based Miss Che Love at work
Arlington-based KeyHan, one segment of huge mural
Among this year’s man sponsors were: the NoMa BID, neighborhood real estate developers Skanska and Folger-Pratt, Whole Foods and Montana Cans.
Photos by Lois Stavsky
Note: Hailed in a range of media from Wide Walls to the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.
