From the seemingly simple to the indecipherably intricate, tags continue to flood NYC’s public spaces. While graffiti-hunting across the city, we’ve spotted them everywhere—from metal utility boxes and gates to subway stations and brick walls.
The vertical tag featured above was styled by the prolific and controversy-ridden writer Adek BTM. Several more images of tags captured in NYC follow:
Bronx graffiti pioneer AJ 161 aka Adam 12
Also by Bronx graffiti pioneer AJ 161 aka Adam 12
Delude, Wild Boy West and more
The itinerant duo Menace Two and Resa Piece aka MenaceResa
Lanes, Jersey and more
Shie, Staino, Fat Jay, House, Sickid and more
Goog One
Dactil and more
2esae
Photo credits: 1, 4, 5, 7 & 8 Lois Stavsky; 2, 3, 6, 9 & 10 Giulia Shine
In this twelfth post in our new series, PUSHING IT FORWARD — featuring ILLicit creatives claiming space on NYC streets — we’re back to Manhattan. Pictured above on a West Side shutter are Katsu, EM1 and Neckface Several more images of unsanctioned Manhattan markings follow:
Ansotto
Volvo and Reboe, LNE
West Coast writer Jazman and Optimo NYC, along with a political statement/question
Ansotto and Goog
Homesick and Wild Boy West
Wombat, Aneko, ZigZag, Saxon, Suckybat and more
Nilo
Note: A limited edition of the Pushing It Forward collective’s first zine — edited by Lois Stavsky and designed by Lord K2 — was recently released. Several copies are available at Village Works in NYC and at So Books in Tokyo, Japan.
Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective
In this fifth post of our new series, PUSHING IT FORWARD — featuring ILLicit creatives claiming space on NYC streets — our focus now is on those bombs and throws that have surfaced in Manhattan. The image above features the markings of Spray RBV and Goog, along with dozens of tags. Several more images recently captured on the streets of Manhattan — from Chinatown to Inwood — follow:
Fat Jay
Bat, Cope2, Poke, Ollin Crew, Say No Sleep & more on the Bowery Wall
Acet
Riot
House TOS and Rom89
Mae and Dip
Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective
Note: We return to the borough of Queens in our next PUSHING IT FORWARD post
