Futura 2000: Exploring the Legend of Graffiti Art

Remember the Hennessy Cognac-bottle designed by NY artist KAWS? Following the success of their artist collaboration, Hennessy has teamed up with graffiti legend Futura 2000 to design their latest special collectors edition bottle! This video follows Futura around New York City as he talks about some important experiences in his childhood and discusses his graffiti background. Pretty nice footage and some interesting statements by one of the most influential graffiti artists from the US make this graffiti master interview worth watching. ...

Before I will write something about that interesting graffiti documentary called “Getting Up”, I would like congratulate the team of F.C. Internazionale Milano for their great football match and for that nice result. Thumbs up, guys! Getting Up (Yeah, I know its from 2008, but it’s still in fashion!) is not that standard graffiti documentary which only describes the history of the worldwide graffiti movement, but it makes several famous writers and major players from the United States like Daze, Cope2, Ket, Futura and Noxer come to word - They more or less discuss their fight for fame. ...

Beyond doubt, Futura 2000 ranks among my favorite graffiti-artists. His old style made him famous - his new style is clear and modern. Born in 1955, Futura started to paint illegally on New York’s subway in the early seventies. He earned a lot of fame and exhibited together with other popular artists like Keith Haring in the eighties. ...

After my photos and the interview, I found a further impression from Futura 2000’s “Odyssey Two” exhibition in Berlin today! Famous graffiti photographer Ruedi One documented the development of some of the artworks, which were shown at the Futura show. The video, which was created thereby, showcases Futura in a classical, beautiful black-and-white shot sequence. ...

As you could read some days ago, graffiti legend Futura 2000 was in Berlin for his recent exhibition Odyssey Two. During the opening, the New York-based iconic artists took some time to answer questions regarding his current work, past exhibition experiences, and so on…Those of you, who respect Futura for his artworks in the same way I do, should take a look at this insightful interview! Via hypebeast.com.

As I told you, graffiti legend Futura 2000 started his new exhibition “Odyssey Two” yesterday in Berlin! I had some time and visited the graffiti show in the former 95 Gallery at 9pm. At that time, about 40 or 50 people, including famous graffiti artist Part One, partied the opening with drinks and music for free. While I took two or three drinks too, I surveied Futura’s very interesting, modern graffiti artworks and marker sketches and of course photographed them. ...

I have great info for all writers, graffiti artists and spray paint lovers out there! Today, the new exhibition “Odyssey Two” by famous graffiti legend Futura 2000 will open: “Odyssey Two is the upcoming exhibition by Futura and produced in conjunction with new art organization Artorial. It runs throughout Art Forum Berlin and brings together 20 years of the urban art pioneer’s work. Significant new pieces will be on display, alongside key works such as the original iconic Pointman canvas and a collection of early Pointman sketches. ...