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I met Caesar last year at Meeting of Styles– he did a really cool piece of a giant pigeon for the opening night gallery show. Running into him again he agreed to do an interview with me, and I got to see his crew, and a Detroit crew paint for a few hours. His reflections…

Llegué a la Ciudad de México hasta tres días, y ya siento un ritmo un poco diferente que otras ciudades lo que vivía. Por ejemplo, cruzar un calle es un grande cosa, con mucha peligrosa, y tengo que pagar mucha atención. Esos calles son grandes, planes, y occupados, con todos maneros de transportación. Pero, ellos…

Quake, hailing from San Francisco, and writing since 1986, painted a fantastic piece on 49th and Ashland. He offered some really helpful insight about graffiti writing as a kind of a “consciousness” that tells you something about and reflects the specific cities that it in. Writing as a kind of mirror on its environment. The…

If anyone is wondering what the image is behind the title of the blog it is the “Declaration of Immigration” mural, a Yollocalli production, on 18th Street in Pilsen, Chicago. It was painted during the summer of 2009 following an exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art, also in Pilsen. The mural was vandalized…

I made contact with FLASH before the Meeting of Styles festival, and he helpfully sent me a link to the ABC website (http://www.artisticbombingcrew.com/), which is a good resource to learn about the history of Chicago graffiti as well as live debates in the community now. FLASH’s commitment to supporting young artists as well as his…

I thought now would be a good time to clarify what on earth I am doing here. This blog is based on a dissertation (future book?) project that is titled “Transitional Art Transnational Murmurs: Public Art and Urban Community.” This title is likely to change. It is a little over the top. But the key…

Writing since 1992, HASTE hails from LA. He, as noted in an earlier post, makes a strong argument for graffiti to become more legible to a broader public, as well as highlighting the importance of graffiti socially, and its limits at the moment. I was grateful to learn about his perspectives and his sophisticated perspective…

I met DEMON at the Zhou B Gallery during the opening party. MCing, saying hi to everyone, and appearing in several places at once, was clearly very busy. Throughout the festival I saw him pop up at every wall to check on things, interested in making sure everyone was doing ok and that everything was…

Interview with PATHONE at Moustache Café in Logan Square, September 20th, 2011: I met PATH at MOS through NERD, who was his partner on an Akira production on 36th and Albany. I had the opportunity to watch PATH and NERD work together for a bit on Saturday and was impressed by the intense focus he…

I went back to 30th and Kedzie to look at the finished walls this Tuesday, and after a thoroughly Chicago bus ride, jam packed at noon, with tons of strollers, preaching elderly women, folks just trying to get by, I staggered off and ran to see the walls. On the Wall of Style, the kind…