New York graffiti isn’t what it used to be when there were hundreds if not thousands of active writers painting the trains and streets. Luckily there are still a few die hards that keep the streets interesting. Here are a few in the Bronx.

Received this from Inti from Chile recently.

During CityLeaks Festival, a large wall at Vogelsanger Straße became home to one of Chilean street artist INTI‘s enigmatic ninja figures. Seemingly inviting and holding us off alike, the bright fellow with its totemic masks, skull necklace and maize cobs unites all kinds of motives and elements from Chilean indigenous cultures. No matter what ideas it will provoke in the passerby, one will always feel the powerfully radiant warmth emanating from INTI’s beautiful wall that promises to heat up Cologne on cold days to come. See INTI in action and learn more about his art and the origin of its influences.

INTI, Cityleaks Cologne 2011 from CityLeaks on Vimeo.

I received this video from Wesr recently. Glad to see the man rocking.

WESR from WesrFigueroa on Vimeo.

A few images from Detroit…

How&Nosm - The Brazil Diaries is a journey through the Perre twins’ art explorations in Brazil. As European graffiti artists and muralists residing in New York City, How&Nosm have painted in more than 60 countries.  The Brazil Diaries explores the walls painted with a limited color palette of mainly white, red & black.  How&Nosm create striking murals laced with social commentary, intricate patterns, stark line work and stylized forms.  Below are a few spreads from their new book:

Nearly a third or more of Detroit seems to be vacant and abandoned from mansions to warehouses to factories and huge buildings, its as if the inhabitants just disappeared. The decay is visible everywhere even on people’s faces. I was fortunate to tour around Detroit a bit and see the ruin that exists largely due to the automobile industry that failed to modernize to meet working class America’s needs and instead choose to seek out cheap labor abroad. Gas guzzlers and profit versus people and new fuel technology.

Here are photos of some of the abandoned sites I witnessed and some of the writers that are up. It’s a paradise for writers where you can write almost anywhere but a hell for the poor people there with no employment or opportunities. 

Named for Europe’s most notorious train crew, Monsters Of Art, celebrates 20 years of train havoc between the pages of monster edition of ON THE RUN. With over 200 pages that detail MOAS’s history and unique crew concept, along with classic tales from the train yard, including great escapes, writer beef, legendary busts, extreme graffiti feats, trains, trains and more trains. Below is a sneak peak at layouts:

Hi Everyone

just wanted to remind you the Help graffiti pioneer RIFF 170 get a home campaign is still in effect.  There are 11 days left.  PLease take a look at the link below and donate any amount to aid his cause:

Lady Pink’s exhibition, Evolution, is an exhibition not to be missed. Here are a few images from the opening night.

Recently the UK’s Ben Eine, well known for painting store gates (or shutters as they’re known in England) around the world made a trip to New York as his last stop of a small national tour that included Texas and California.  Ben’s been painting gates with letters around the world for some time now and I first encountered them on Fairfax in Los Angeles while driving around town. Having met him briefly during the MoCA exhibition and exchanging numbers I was pleasantly surprised when he reached out to me (as I had suggested) to help secure some painting locations in town to further his alphabet project. So with that email I assembled a small group of volunteers to help give a few neighborhoods a face lift and some free art. I was glad to see the graffiti work ethic alive and thriving in a writer from my generation. We might be getting older but neither Ben nor the rest of us are falling off any time soon.

Here are a few examples of the work he contributed to the city.

Come out to the opening reception of Lady Pink Evolution at Woodward Gallery in L.E.S.

What can be said about RHED? His work on the streets is great and Madrid is lucky to have him creeping around. We are all glad that this TFP crew member is still active. Enjoy…