BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAY
A quick recap of two big stories of the week in cold New York: Revok’s lawsuit against retailer H&M for using his work, done illegally, in an ad campaign was answered this week by a counter lawsuit from them. It set off a backlash among Street Artists on social media and elsewhere, garnering a large number of stories in media outlets large and small. Others have said everything we would have – except that whether this suit is withdrawn or not, there is still question whether the matter of illegally done artworks will be copyright protected in the future or not. We like how Juxtapoz has covered the topic HERE.
Secondly, Banksy has been in New York pulling our chain again, putting up new works in the city and announcing them on his social media, then putting them up without announcing them? Regardless, photographers and fans are racing to capture images. Who knows how long this visit lasts or what trick is up his sleeve next.
Here’s our weekly interview with the streets (and elsewhere), this week featuring Adam Fujita, Banksy, Don Rimx, Hox Hoh, K-Nor, Naomi Rag, Timothy Curtis, and Zehra Doğan
Top Image: Banksy? We’ll have to wait…(photo © Jaime Rojo)
Banksy. Detail. A tribute. A plea. A denunciation. A well used example of the artist’s platform to bring awareness of the plight of artists who dare to set themselves free with their art. Depicted here is Ms. Zehra Doğan an editor and journalist from Turkey. She is presently serving time in jail for painting Turkish flags on a painting showing destroyed buildings and posting the painting on Social Media. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Banksy. Free Zehra Doğan. NYC Houston/Bowery Wall. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Banksy (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Banksy (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Banksy. Detail.(photo © Jaime Rojo)
Banksy (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Naomi Rag. Red Rose in Spanish Harlem. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
“There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
It is a special one, it’s never seen the sun
It only comes out when the moon is on the run
And all the stars are gleaming
It’s growing in the street right up through the concrete
But soft and sweet and dreaming…” Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector
Naomi Rag. Hope for the Spring… (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Toy Ass…Toys are Not Us… (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Don Rimx (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HOX XOH (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fujita (photo © Jaime Rojo)
K-Nor (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Timothy Curtis (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Charles…Home Run… (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Manhattan, NYC. March 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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