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author: Jan Brennenstuhl
categories:
- Street Art
cover:
  alt: '15 Years Street Art: Specter Interview'
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  src: https://www.urbanartcore.com/street-art-specter-interview/specter-street-artwork.jpg
  width: 1880
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date: '2010-08-18T14:31:44Z'
description: Specter is an well-known street artist around the world. His different interventions in public space as well as his politically statements are fantastic artworks. Recently he gave an interesting interview!
tags:
- Interview
- Specter
title: '15 Years Street Art: Specter Interview'
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/street-art-specter-interview/
---

# 15 Years Street Art: Specter Interview

Brooklyn-based urban artist **Specter** has been doing street art for over fifteen years now. Nevertheless his different art projects like shopping cart sculptures, gentrification billboards, cardboard gates, brickwork paintings and others are still up-to-date and every time very special and unique interventions in the public space. His concepts and ideas range from politically installations to beautiful paste-ups, stencil artworks and paintings.

Because of his recent [exhibition at Pure Evil Gallery](/specter-london-pure-evil/) in London, my friend RJ *“thought it would be the perfect time to ask Specter a few questions.”* And so he did...

**RJ**: Why do you work outside, and how does your street art connect to your gallery art?

**Specter**: *I work outside because it is all I know and love. I was introduced to art through graffiti and have been working on the streets for over fifteen years. It is my strongest passion and I take it very seriously. [...]*

**More Interviews:**
Wanna know who those street artists are? Make sure to read our other [street artist interviews](/street-artist-interviews/) about their intentions and influences, or:

Read the full interview with [Specter](http://www.specterart.com/) on [vandalog.com](http://blog.vandalog.com/2010/08/speaking-with-specter/)! It's worth it.