Continuing our documentation of ILLicit Creatives claiming space on the streets of NYC, this post focuses on the unsanctioned markings that have surfaced on open spaces in Brooklyn. Featured above is Qzar, Son, Flash, Dink and more. Several additional images captured these past few weeks in a range of Brooklyn neighborhoods follow:
Ecal, Abys, Zerz, and Flash
EXR and Werds aka Optimo NYC
Keans and Notice
Post and photos by the Pushing It Forward Collective
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As we continue our monthly posts of illicit graffiti, we are back to the streets of Queens. Pictured above are: Wevs429, Dase, Oldeath, Angr and South LNE. What follows are several more images of unsanctioned graffiti captured in Queens public spaces:
Tocer and Anso LNE
Kitty and Degrupo
Kempe and Cros
Mer
Gour
Loom
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The birthplace of global graffiti, the Bronx remains a treasure trove of all kinds of markings, many unsanctioned. Featured above are Ammo, Vase, Jio, Griz and Uno. Several more images — captured on our recent hunting sprees — follow:
Sokem, Tower and Jaque rappel graffiti– above tag by Stu AOB
MTNW, Eaks, Quez, Ammo & more — as captured through a miniscule opening
Sko AVL, Ireek, Misk AVL and Ceek AVL
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The entire borough of Manhattan is a mecca of intriguing unsanctioned art. Featured above are the prolific Dzel AIDS, Exr, Hopes and Shie in East Harlem. Several more images of illicit markings captured these past few weeks on the streets of Manhattan follow:
Zoot KYS
Riot AVL
Jet
Ansotto and Schmeng
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Continuing our documentation of ILLicit Creatives claiming space on the streets of NYC, this post focuses on the markings that have surfaced on open spaces in Brooklyn. Featured above is the masterly EXR. Several more images captured in the past few weeks in varied Brooklyn neighborhoods follow:
Another view of EXR, along with Flash and Dink
Muk, Toke, Wild Boy West and more to be identified
Angr, Gour and Mile
Glare and Avert
Dink
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We are back to Queens for this long overdue “PUSHING IT FORWARD” post featuring some of our favorite illicit urban interventions. Featured above are: the itinerant Imar, Angr LNE, Zoot KYS and Gour. Several more images of Queens-based markings follow:
BRS and Kider
Des
Muk 907
Spider
Mer
Mile
Photos by the “PUSHING IT FORWARD” Collective
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We returned last week to revisit the treasure trove of graffiti in an a Illescas, Spain abandoned lot that we’d discovered by chance last year. In addition to discovering some pieces that weren’t visible to us then, we came upon some newer pieces, including the one featured above. Several more follow:
Pichação and more
Color amidst the ruins
Marian and more
Burning in Illescas
Oca Rubinho, Raek and more
Photos by Sara C. Mozeson and Lois Stavsky
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Back with our documentation of ILLicit Creatives claiming space on the streets of NYC, this post focuses on the fourth in our series of Queens markings. Pictured above is Ecal — followed by several more images of unsanctioned graffiti captured in Queens public spaces.
The ubiquitous Quasar aka Qzar
Lucy and the prolific MQ
Zoot, KYS
Zerz, OTL and Panic, SB
York and Eve, GI
Angr, LNE
Note: Pushing It Forward, a limited edition zine featuring artworks fashioned by “illicit creatives,” — edited by Lois Stavsky and designed by Lord K2 — is now available at So Books in Tokyo, Japan.
Photos: Lois Stavsky
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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.
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In this twelfth post in our new series, PUSHING IT FORWARD — featuring ILLicit creatives claiming space on NYC streets — we’re back to the Bronx. Pictured above is Avert — hunted down in Hunts Point. Several more images of Bronx markings follow:
The ubiquitous Cope2
Riot
Aster — whose tag seems to keep on surfacing!
And a treasure trove of markings on a freight spotted along the tracks in Mott Haven
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