BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAY
With ten fresh new murals, Coney Art Walls 2017 has made its official debut for summer. Starting this past weekend with the Mermaid Parade in full swing with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein as Queen and King and aquatic beauties in shimmering costumes wending their way through the pavement paradise by the sea.
The new Crash wall welcomes you to summer 2017 at Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Today we bring you the class of 2017; all ten new walls at Coney plus a re-freshed one by sculptor and Street Art pioneer John Ahearn.Mr. Ahearn re-casted fresh sculptures of his Boy in the Beach With Divers piece which he debuted at last year’s edition of Coney Art Walls. With fresh paint and fresh bodies the piece looks even more stunning this year.
Another updated blast from the past, Lee Quinones brings back a mural he first completed on a handball court back when he was hitting trains on the MTA 38 years ago. The center word “Graffiti” reminds us where this scene sprang from.
Lee Quinones in action at Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lee Quinoes. “Graffiti 20/20”. “If The Battle Chooses You. Choose What You Battle With” reads the caption on top of the mural. Lee recreates an updated version of his original “Graffiti 1979” mural painted on a handball court on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, which he updated as “1990” and climbed down it in the opening of “Wild Style”, directed by Charlie Ahearn. Bringing the graffiti explosion back for a third time, you see he’s already planned ahead three years. This is one of the new walls for Coney Art Walls 2017. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Lee Quinones. Coney Art Walls 2017. Lee shows us a photo of the original mural that was featured in the book “Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in NYC” by Craig Castleman published in 1982 by MIT Press. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris Stain. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris Stain’s mural for Coney Art Walls 2017 integrates a photo taken by Martha Cooper. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A side view of John Ahearn’s casted sculptures mounted on his wall at Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
John Ahearn. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
John Ahearn before his work. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ad from Skewville tightens the line. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Skewville. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ganzeer. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ganzeer. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Marie Roberts seeks shelter from the sun as she works on her mural for Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Marie Roberts. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jim Drain and his team at Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jim Drain. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Alexis Diaz does fine line work on his creature for Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Alexis Diaz. Work in Progress. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shantell Martin. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mark Bode. Coney Art Walls 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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