Traditional graffiti culture, spray paint techniques, and tools. Artist profiles, train writing, removal art, graffiti documentaries, and the history of marker and spray can expression in European graffiti scenes.
Graffiti culture through tools and technique—spray paint mastery, can control, and the traditions of European train writing and tagging. Discover artist profiles, technical skill development, and the underground graffiti scene.
This collection documents traditional graffiti practice, abstract styles, and the culture surrounding train writing, removal art, and legal walls. Explore how graffiti writers develop technical skill, the social dimensions of the scene, and documentaries that capture this crucial street art tradition.
Bathroom Graffiti - Art or Pastime?
In my opinion, you could identify a good bar or event location by its bathrooms. Not that I need to have a clean toilet - what I need are some dirty tags, sketches or slogans on the walls! And I think, that Mark Ferem thinks the same…
Mark is the author of the first “Bathroom Graffiti” book, which presents on about 190 pages personal expressions inspired by privacy.
*If you’ve ever used a public restroom, chances are you’ve read some bathroom graffiti, or at least noticed it. Often bawdy, funny and smart, sometimes illegible, it is a ubiquitous means of expression found across the world.
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Urban Art Photographers Update
Today I updated one of my most successful articles: Top Urban Art Photographers!
With Ian Cox, MJay, Ozkar and Norman Behrendt, four more great urban art photographers were added to the list, which contains the creme de la creme of urban art photography.
For me, the work of these photographers is very important. They fight against the incredible transitoriness of graffiti and street art and also document urban atmosphere in their own styles. It is really interesting and impressing to see the different interpretations of urban art photography!
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Graffiti Fine-Art: Futura 2000
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.
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Graffiti meets Cars: “Wash Me” Book
At the beginning of the year, I wrote an article about the creative celebration of Mini’s 50th birthday. The car-manufacturer invited ten well-known artists, including urban artists like Seak One, Tika and Smash137 to repaint some of their cars.
Some days ago, I received a package from BMW Switzerland (the owner of Mini) with some of the corresponding “Wash Me” books in it!
For that reason, I will give away three of these books to you today! All you have to do is to twitter a link to this article up to and including January 22nd, 8pm. Please, don’t forget to mention me (@berlinpiraten), otherwise I’m not able to find out who participates and who not… Tomorrow evening I will randomly decide three of you who will get the books for free.
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Major Graffiti Project: MadC’s 700 Wall
In the last days, graffiti artist MadC started planning and sketching for her upcoming massive graffiti project called “700 Wall”.
Her intention is to break her own record and paint her biggest and most elaborate concept wall ever. For that reason, she will work on a gigantic 639m² wall. Just herself, without help.
MadC is internationally known for her detailed concept walls and a rough style. She will use 100 liters primer, 140 liters exterior paint and 1392 spray-cans for her new “Stylemachine” graffiti concept.
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The Art of Graffiti Removal
I never understood the thinking of house owners, caretakers or inhabitants, who like gray walls and always paint over graffities, tags and other paintings with gray paint. For this reason, I also can’t understand, why they don’t use the same color in which their house was painted before!?
Because of that, a large number of houses look like rag rugs - A shade of gray here, another there, it’s all right as long as the wall is gray and not colorful or even artistical.
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Art Monument 2010 - Most Spectacular Urban Art Event?
This year, a spectacular urban art event will take place in Berlin: “Art Monument 2010”!
For many years, a unique architectural building, a 46 meters high tower called “Bierpinsel”, has been asleep in the center of Berlin. Its paint fades and until yet the tower was only used by students, who studied the futuristic architecture of the 1970th.
Between April 1st and May 15th, four famous street artist will repaint the monument! One of the most spectacular open-air galleries of Europe will be created.
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Urban Car Art by Mini
Last year, the car-manufacturer Mini celebrated its 50th birthday with a great art event. In addition to the controversial discussed, but inspiring KRink vs. Mini action, ten other well-known artists, including urban artists like Seak One, Tika and Smash137, created their custom-styled Minis.
Ten very different car-styles were created by the very different artist, whose single similarity was, that they never painted a car before. For that reason, they used a lot of different techniques to customize their Minis: cleaning, sluicing, omitting, spraying, scratching and painting were only a few.
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New Graffiti Tool: CMYK Spray-Can
Have you already heard something about the refillable color dial CMYK spray-can? It’s a brand-new spray can, which makes it possible to mix colors while spraying!
Refillable CMYK Spray-Can The concept of that brilliant invention, which won the 2009 Red Dot Award for Green design, was developed by designers Kim Youngsuk & Kim Woosik from South Korea. The spray can contains of 4 colour cartridges for the CMYK colors which can be refilled many times over and two dials for hue and brightness, what should help the painter achieve the exact color required.
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Girl Power - Graffiti Movie
Yeah, do you know, that there will be a new documentary movie about women in the graffiti world? No? I will tell you some facts about it:
“Girl Power” is the name of that new graffiti film, which shows impressions and emotions from around the world. The film crew traveled with 20 graffiti girls to over ten cities, like Berlin, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Budapest, Moscow, and so on.
For some weeks, the first teaser for the documentary movie, which will be released in 2011, is online! It presents some parts of the Berlin trip.
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