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5 Pointz Graffiti Museum

aly — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:03:21 +0000

Jonathan Cohen (Meres One) has taken a 5-story, dilapidated factory building in Long Island City, NY and is converting it into a Graffiti Museum called 5 Pointz. All works on the outside of the building are curated by Cohen, and he plans to raise funds to create a non-profit organization to give lessons at “The Institute of Higher Burnin’.”

Breaker Box Camo

beth — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:18:59 +0000

The ‘early 00’s version of disguising a breaker box was to stick a giant plastic rock shape over it. These late 00’s look new and fresh, at least in Playa Vista, California, thanks to the creativity of Joshua Callaghan. If you stand on the right place it actually IS like it’s not there, instead of some giant plastic tumor rising up outta the ground…

via urbanprankster.com

Sticky art in NOLA

aly — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:33:36 +0000

The only thing better than good graffiti is good weathered graffiti like this pasted graphic in New Orleans. Question is whether this art is old or if it’s just the humidity…

Kulture Klash in Charleston

aly — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:23:12 +0000

Similar to the SparkCon concept in Raleigh, this event in Charleston looks like it, too, combines the fringe scenes of art to redefine creative culture. This was created by local artist Scott Debus, Gustavo Serrano of B’Zar, Olivia Pool of ART Magazine, and Ambergre Sloan of Charleston’s Most Unique. Very inspirational. Check out the video. It’s so cross-pollenatin’ … Thanks to graffiti artist Bart Cusick for the heads up.

Kulture Klash