GraffitiBurg

Gulp.

This cracks me up.

A new take on Uncle Ben! I love this one.

Clowns. Are. Creepy. But this one’s kinda cool.

Look closely and you’ll see what this is.

I’m glad I grabbed this pic when I did. This collage graffiti of Billie Holiday has since been painted over. The image isn’t the exact same pic as the one used on The Essential Billie Holiday album cover, but it is similar.

I just find this particular week’s work fascinating and, well, just pretty darned trippy. Is it a hat? A pet? A spirit animal? All of the above?

I moved back to NYC recently from Southern California and Williamsburg, Brooklyn is my new neighborhood of choice. Among other plusses, the graffiti here is really amazing, so this blog is an ode to the street art I’m lucky enough to enjoy every day. Beats driving past rows of soulless, sanitized, shopping malls by a long stretch.

This first week’s piece is on the side of the building that houses Mollusk Surf Shop (yes, people really do surf in NYC!).