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BSA Images Of The Week: 11.10.24

BSA Images Of The Week: 11.10.24

Well, the world ended this week—again. Yet here we are, still standing, and so are you. It turns out Donald Trump has successfully rallied the resentment of those feeling abandoned by the system, and they now firmly believe he’s their champion. Meanwhile, disbelieving technocrats and exasperated suburbanites are left shaking their heads at the audacity of those who elected this populist strongman. Twice. With another election loss under their belts, will anyone soften their stance enough to find common ground? Probably not. In fact, if everything goes according to plan, they won’t. For some, the longer we keep fighting one another, the better.

Look, the pigeons in New York do not care about all of that noise. As long as those pizza crusts keep coming, bro.

Here’s our weekly conversation with the street, this week featuring: Nick Walker, City Kitty, IMK, JEMZ, STOMP, Yevgeniya Shevchuk, Mendoza, PAR, SNIPE, DZEL, OPTIMO NYC, Lorenzo Masnah, ZOOT, and Iván Argote.

Nick Walker (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nick Walker (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nick Walker (photo © Jaime Rojo)
IMK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JEMZ (photo © Jaime Rojo)
STOMP (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Come on, you know you wanna Stomp, all night…
City Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Yevgeniya Shevchuk is having androidinal dreams. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Yevgeniya Shevchuk (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Houston is in the house! Mendoza (photo © Jaime Rojo)
PAR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SNIPE (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DZEL (photo © Jaime Rojo)
OPTIMO (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Masnah is mashing up multiple iterations and references here. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ZOOT (photo © Jaime Rojo)
“Dang son, those New York pigeons are massive bro!” Iván Argote. “Dinosaur” (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Click HERE to learn more about Iván Argote’s “Dinosaur” which is currently on view at The High Line Park in NYC.

Iván Argote. “Dinosaur” (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Brooklyn, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 09.29.24

BSA Images Of The Week: 09.29.24

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

Street art duo Faile is reshaping the scene, “designing for a new world” in New York this week with their latest venture. Known for their early days of illegal street art in Brooklyn two decades ago, Faile now takes a bold step forward through their partnership with Herman Miller. The collaboration results are nothing short of innovative, distinctive, and wildly imaginative – the kind of creativity we’ve come to expect from these guys, who continue to make the path by walking. Patrick and Patrick have never shied away from taking risks in exploring new techniques of image combination and manipulation. Congratulations to them and their team for yet another remarkable leap!

New York never stops, even when hosting its most high-profile guests. Just this past Friday, a defiant Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN, practically declaring war on the world, while Mayor Eric Adams stood in court, pleading “Not guilty, your Honor,” to charges of bribery and wire fraud tied to alleged foreign donations for official favors. Meanwhile, former President Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelensky to discuss the ongoing war with Russia—and likely debated how much more US taxpayers should contribute instead of addressing pressing issues at home like housing for the homeless or universal Medicare for All.

Amid all this, the city’s pulse is changing with the season. The leaves are turning stunning shades of yellow, orange, and red, and the streets are alive with vibrant murals, graffiti, and street art—both legal and not. New York’s energy is palpable this week, and we’re thrilled to welcome visitors from around the world while showcasing the street works from sister cities like Brooklyn and Berlin.

And here we go boldly into the streets of New York and Berlin this week with new extramural stuff from: Queen Andrea, Modomatic, Millo, Dulk, Par, Caro Pepe, Devita, Never Satisfied, JT, Mondo Crew, Mr. Super A, and Carlos Alberto.

Millo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Millo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Modomatic (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Queen Andrea. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Caro Pepe. Urban Nation Museum Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Devita. Urban Nation Museum Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
PAR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DULK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DULK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JT (photo © Jaime Rojo)
JT (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Carlos Alberto (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Carlos Alberto (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Never Satisfied (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Never Satisfied (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mondo Crew (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mr. Super A – with some inspiration from Leon Keer perhaps? (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mr. Super A (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rainbow. Berlin. September 2024. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 06.09.24

BSA Images Of The Week: 06.09.24

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Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

When surveying the current crop of street art here and in other cities around the world, we wonder where the political will has gone – the one that seemed much more confrontational and conflicted in earlier years of the modern movement. The once fiery, in-your-face spirit seems to have mellowed and become pleasant and pleasing. One theory that pops up regularly when surmising why there is a lack of conviction in street messaging, even as wars break out and the wealth gap widens everywhere you look, is that there is no such thing as anonymity as there once was. Privacy has almost completely been allowed by the citizenry to be eroded.

With a default Digital ID following your every movement and transaction, the means for someone to triangulate a particular data point are so sophisticated that if you speak out or actually challenge the status quo, you will probably be traced. Hell, any Twitter storm can produce an army of motivated detective volunteers to doxx someone who has offended social media “norms,” and we use that term loosely.

Your 13-year-old nephew Lucas can easily unearth someone’s personal details without breaking a sweat, and he doesn’t even have a laptop. 20 years ago, a graffiti or street artist could assume some modicum of anonymity, but in practice, the current crop uses the streets as a marketing extension of their Instagram account, an expression of their online personas, studiously and clearly spraying @ tags and websites on their street pieces to make sure you can find them.

So if you are pissed off at the system, you probably think twice before you put it on the streets these days unless it is a screed sprayed with a fire extinguisher that is largely untraceable – or something like that. In the case of whoever sprayed “Rishi Sunak is a Rat-Faced C*nt” on a wall, you may even inspire a punk ditty.* For many right now, activism is not even the point.

Here is our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring David Puck, Shok1, Epic Uno, Par, Kitsune Jolene, Smug One, Trasher, V. Ballentine, Inker, P.T., King57, FUP One, and Cope Doz.

V. Ballentine (photo © Jaime Rojo)
V. Ballentine (photo © Jaime Rojo)
David Puck (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Epic Uno (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SHOK1. Hit The North Festival. Belfast, Northern Ireland. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dog with tags. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
INKER. AGAIN JACK. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Smug One. Hit The North Festival. Belfast, Northern Ireland. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Smug One. Hit The North Festival. Belfast, Northern Ireland. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Smug One. Hit The North Festival. Belfast, Northern Ireland. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
P.T. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
KING 57 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kitsune. Hit The North Festival. Belfast, Northern Ireland. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
PAR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Trasher (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unknown photographer. *This raw scrawled sentiment, appearing in a few places now as sort of campaign perhaps, could even inspire the punk-style anthem linked here. Or the other way around. See reference in essay above.
FUP ONE (photo © Jaime Rojo)
COPE DOS (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Williamsburg Bridge. Brooklyn, NY. June 2024. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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BSA Images Of The Week: 02.21.21

BSA Images Of The Week: 02.21.21

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. It’s been snowing and snowing and snowing this month in New York – providing perfect framing for graffiti and street art.

Here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Adrian Wilson, Beer, Claudia Ravaschiere, Dasu, Dos Wallnuts, Eron, Goog, Guild234, Hellbent, Magda Love, Michael Moss, No Sleep, Note, Par, Seo, Serve, Swoon, The Postman Art, and Treeze.

Guild234 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Guild234 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adrian Wilson (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dos Wallnuts (photo © Jaime Rojo)
GOOG (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dasu Treez (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Julia (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Magda Love (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Your Queer (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The Postman Art (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Par (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Beer (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Swoon with text by Patrick Dougher (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Swoon with text by Patrick Dougher (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hellbent (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Claudia Ravaschiere and Michael Moss (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Seo : Eron (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Serve (photo © Jaime Rojo)
No Sleep (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Note (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SKRO (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Manhattan. Winter 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 02.07.21

BSA Images Of The Week: 02.07.21

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. The first day of February brought New York a blizzard – a foot and a half of snow, complete with winds and drifts and buried cars. It drives everyone outside to experience the new world, especially kids, big and small.

I am a poem of blizzards
trapped in snow;
paralyzed in a city of
8 million snow-poems
digging out of
record wind-fuelled
drifts of snow;
trapped in the wintery
vice of its wintery
vice-like grip of treachery.


–Rupert The Red Nosed, “The Language of Snow”

And like kids, we too like to stomp through the snowy streets in big boots, looking for hidden missives and pieces of poems, delighted by the mysteries buried in this cold and windy town.

Here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Carl J. Gabriel, Chris RWK, Dare2, Eye Sticker, George Floyd, HOACS, Jeremy Novy, Par, Praxis VGZ, Roachi, Skewville, Sticky, Sule Cant Cook, Viler, and Zexor.

George Floyd #BLM (photo © Jaime Rojo)
No Justice No Peace #BLM (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Carl J. Gabriel (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jorit Agot on the left with Carl J. Gabriel on the right. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Skewville (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stiky (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stiky (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stiky (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jeremy Novy (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Zexor (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Viler (photo © Jaime Rojo)
PAR (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sule Cant Cook (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hoacs / Fours Crew (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Roachi / Fours Crew (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Collaboration between Chris RWK and Eye Sticker. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Praxis (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dare2 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Sunshine with mist. Brooklyn, NY. February 05, 2021. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 10.25.20

BSA Images Of The Week: 10.25.20

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. We have early voting on the streets of New York right now for the first time, the Lincoln Project put up a billboard in Times Square targeting Trumps daughter and son-in-law, The Strand bookstore is threatening to close, Pro-trump and pro-Proud Boys graffiti was sprayed over a “wall of lies” in Bushwick, and nationwide the Corona virus has hit us with a vengeance, but our schools reopening in New York are having relative success with keeping the Covid incidence low.

Some hard news seems to great us every day, yet New Yorkers don’t give up so easily. And by the way, banging bright and crispy fall weather we’ve been having, right?

Here is our weekly interview with the streets, this week including Adam Fujita, Crash Floor, Disgusting is Good, Drop Dead Grace, Eye Sticker, Labor Camp, Mad Vaillan, Par, Save Art Space, Server Up, Specter, Texas, and Vayne.

Five years ago Peter AKA Pet Bird left this world but his gentle, unflappable, witty being remains with us. @crashfloor @disgustingisgood and @gabrielspecter pay tribute to him with this new mural. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Five years ago Peter AKA Pet Bird. @crashfloor @disgustingisgood and @gabrielspecter pay tribute to him with this new mural. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Save Art Space (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Server Up. Billboard takeover. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist. Billboard takeover. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adam Fu (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Eye Sticker (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Vayne, Par, Bogus and friends… (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Texas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Drop Dead Grace for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Drop Dead Grace for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Drop Dead Grace for The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Granny The Buff (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mad Vaillan (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Labor Camp (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Fall 2020. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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