An oasis of motley murals, graffiti art, paste-ups, stickers, tags and bombs. Freeman Alley has it all! The image pictured above was painted by Brooklyn-based artist and curator Miki Mu. Several more images captured on a recent visit follow:
SacSix, crkshnk, City Kitty, OH!, Drecks and more
Bronx-based artist and educator Lola Lovenotes
Brooklyn-based Ecuadorian artist Lasak
Mixed-media artist Drecks
Stealth Art and more
The enigmatic Crash 42170
Bronx-based graffiti and textile artist Mrs
17-year-old Soup 64
Freeman Alley is located at 12 Rivington Street, off the Bowery.
Photos: 1-8 Lois Stavsky; 9 Amelia Cleary
Few NYC street art spots are as reflective of our times as is Freeman’s Alley, located off Rivington Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. And in these challenging times, the nation’s precarious political state and its ongoing pandemic have been the major themes of the street art that has emerged there.
Pictured above is NYC-based artist SacSix‘s portrait of our vice president-elect, Kamala Harris — a representative of the change we so sorely need. Several more images captured this past Sunday follow:
NYC-based Raddington Falls‘ politically-conscious Lego-inspired characters
Crkshnk’s depicts former NYC mayor and current Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani as court jester
California-based Jeremy Novy laments the loss of “free hugs” in the time of Covid-19
NYC-based DeGrupo celebrates President-elect Joe Biden’s victory
NYC-based Eye Sticker — in this pre-election paste-up — asks us to vote out “Trumpkin Season”
Photo credits: 1, 2, 4-6 Ana Candelaria; 3 Lois Stavsky
As the the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact all of our lives, it has, also, begun to make a presence on NYC streets. Pictured above is the work of Jilly Ballistic — who emerged from the underground to address us — in collaboration with Adrian Wilson. Several more images sparked by the current pandemic follow:
The Act of Love, as seen in Soho
crkshnk pasted in Freemans Alley
Jason Naylor on the Lower East Side
Sara Erenthal on a repurposed drawer in Flatbush, Brooklyn
Photo credits: 1 & 4 Ana Candelaria; 2 & 3 Lois Stavsky 5 Sara Erenthal
