{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"Geometrical Graffiti: Graphic Surgery","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-09-28T15:24:20Z","description":"The Dutch urban art duo Graphic Surgery was really busy in the last months and created several interesting, abstract, city-influenced graffiti in abandoned areas by using tape and spray-paint.","html":"\u003cp\u003eTape, spray-paint and abandoned walls, that’s what the Amsterdam-based urban art duo \u003cstrong\u003eGraphic Surgery\u003c/strong\u003e needs to create these fantastic, architectural-inspired, geometrical graffiti artworks. In the last month they were really busy, travelling through Europe and painting new things.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI got in touch with their rather interesting wall-paintings some month ago and wanted to get more info about the artists, because I haven’t heard something about them before. Fortunately, Graffuturism did that nice interview with Graphic Surgery earlier this year, which gave me some insights into the thought of \u003cstrong\u003eErris Huigens\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eGysbert Zijlstra\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalls are one of many surfaces we love to apply our work to. Our work is strongly influenced by city elements. The city is mostly built up out of walls, so it is simply a perfect surface to apply it to. One could say our work belongs to walls. We actually started painting on walls because we lacked a certain amount of studio space, wanted to work big and love to paint in public space/ the streets. (\u003ca href=\"http://graffuturism.com/2010/04/06/graphic-surgery-interview/\"\u003eGraphic Surgery\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the way, when Graphic Surgery is not out and about to spray-paint some new abandoned murals, they work as \u003cstrong\u003eEHGZ\u003c/strong\u003e in a design studio\u0026hellip;For more info about Graphic Surgery visit \u003ca href=\"http://ehgz.nl/about\"\u003etheir website\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/graphicsurgery/\"\u003etheir photo-stream\u003c/a\u003e on Flickr!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1736\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1736\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1736\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_956eb466fbb92bb9.avif 480w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_73e5fc491562c43b.avif 960w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_f1b2d667a9101d4f.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_1b34571eb0d4bef4.webp 480w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_8e91d8acfce9dfc4.webp 960w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_1a455acbdd31c79b.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_733d2053d2766b30.jpg\" srcset=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_135fdac5a0d7874d.jpg 480w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_4b101a445a74edfa.jpg 960w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery_hu_733d2053d2766b30.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"graphic surgery mural art\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003egraphic surgery mural art\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1736\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1736\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1736\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_1351b3f71bde3d31.avif 480w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_7d660928d17d966b.avif 960w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_b1fd3cf85d7bac22.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_5697b647e2b4d475.webp 480w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_1cf6d06eeaf20e3.webp 960w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_29b11f8f78393be9.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_e4899c0c43f95b1.jpg\" srcset=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_84b73c2241474d62.jpg 480w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_6cd101a89b15ad0e.jpg 960w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti_hu_e4899c0c43f95b1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"graphic surgery graffiti\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003egraphic surgery graffiti\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1736\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1736\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1736\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_3e407393df9d33bb.avif 480w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_a9c321dcc5ee1582.avif 960w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_9af3aa8db7038e4c.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_2b8b757455c81805.webp 480w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_d7a7b3e055f35c46.webp 960w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_755d3a18a96f821e.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_3983dbb16921e453.jpg\" srcset=\"/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_345f852c09401cf.jpg 480w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_5e06280bad7713f7.jpg 960w, /geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural_hu_3983dbb16921e453.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"graphic surgery mural\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003egraphic surgery mural\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nTape, spray-paint and abandoned walls, that’s what the Amsterdam-based urban art duo **Graphic Surgery** needs to create these fantastic, architectural-inspired, geometrical graffiti artworks. In the last month they were really busy, travelling through Europe and painting new things.\n\nI got in touch with their rather interesting wall-paintings some month ago and wanted to get more info about the artists, because I haven’t heard something about them before. Fortunately, Graffuturism did that nice interview with Graphic Surgery earlier this year, which gave me some insights into the thought of **Erris Huigens** and **Gysbert Zijlstra**.\n\n\u003e Walls are one of many surfaces we love to apply our work to. Our work is strongly influenced by city elements. The city is mostly built up out of walls, so it is simply a perfect surface to apply it to. One could say our work belongs to walls. We actually started painting on walls because we lacked a certain amount of studio space, wanted to work big and love to paint in public space/ the streets. ([Graphic Surgery](http://graffuturism.com/2010/04/06/graphic-surgery-interview/))\n\nBy the way, when Graphic Surgery is not out and about to spray-paint some new abandoned murals, they work as **EHGZ** in a design studio...For more info about Graphic Surgery visit [their website](http://ehgz.nl/about) or [their photo-stream](http://www.flickr.com/photos/graphicsurgery/) on Flickr!\n\n![graphic surgery mural art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery.jpg\u003e)\n\ngraphic surgery mural art ![graphic surgery graffiti](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-graffiti.jpg\u003e)\n\ngraphic surgery graffiti ![graphic surgery mural](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/graphic-surgery-mural.jpg\u003e)\n\ngraphic surgery mural ","tags":["Mural Art","Tape Art","Abstract Art","Graphic Surgery","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Geometrical Graffiti: Graphic Surgery","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/geometrical-graffiti-graphic-surgery/"}