New York has always had a large artist community and a big part of this are the youths making extra money by performing in the Subway. Mayor Bill de Blasio recently decided that he wants the New York Police Commissioner William Bratton to make his next project to get rid
Year: 2014
Graffiti has always been apart of society, artists tag walls and buildings, but recently an artist named Casey Nocket has tagged National Parks across the United States. She documented her work on instragram but has taken them down after a lot of disapproval by viewers. She depends herself by saying
The race to find Banksy’s newest pieces of graffiti is on! The last panting was found on a Bristol street within hours of when it was done. Not only was it found, but the group removed it with a crowbar and put it in their own private art exhibit. They
After visiting restaurants such as The Boiling Crab (pictured above), and Woodstock’s Pizza, I am always amazed by the amount of graffiti on the walls, benches, and tables. Personally, I feel that the little messages and quotes written by people give the restaurants a sense of uniqueness and personality, as
Yarn bombing is a type of street art that uses knitted fibers to create colorful displays. A man only known as ‘Bryan’ and approximately 30 others knitted flower stems and pedals onto the stop signs in his Clairemont neighborhood. The project resulted in approximately 100 stop signs being turned into
In the picture above, Diego Velázquez’s 1650 portrait of Pope Innocent X is on the left while Francis Bacon’s “Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X” is on the right. Francis Bacon’s work entitled “Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X” is indicative of classic détournement. When placed
Zilla van den Born, a Dutch graphic design student, took a five week long vacation–at home. No one knew this, but her. Everyone else following her on Facebook thought she was in Southeast Asia. Born took several photos of herself and Photoshopped herself so it looked like she having the
In the last few years, Verve Energy Drink has been trying to make its way into the lives of high school and college students. People sell it and try to get other people to sell it, but the main problem with it is people are considering it a pyramid scheme.
It’s sad to think that school shootings aren’t exactly uncommon to hear about. Just last year was the Isla Vista shooting and Newtown elementary school. These events are broadcasted for all of America to see, but what is that really doing? Is it education the public? Or is it helping
Chip Southward, a painter at the CoRK art district, referred to himself to as “Keith Haring’s Ghost” while he painted utility boxes in the style of Keith Haring to “offer a critique of where Jacksonville stood on gay rights, race relations and gun violence.” Police arrested Southward and charged him