Graffiti Artists
Art isn't static, so neither is where it is displayed. Though Banksy and Keith Haring may be the names that first come to mind when imagining graffiti, the movement was and is still rooted in being of and for the public and their spaces. Emerging in the late 1960s, Graffiti was born out of the blank concrete walls of Philadelphia and New York. Those who tagged with their mobile and easily obtained medium of 'the spray can' followed in the footsteps of pioneers, Cornbread and Taki 183 to densely fill the walls of cities and grab their own small share of glory. But when such art aggressively demands your attention, graffiti becomes a political target. One that by the mid-70s needed 'cleaning up'. This would be detrimental to the emerging artists like Daze and Seen who used the subway carts on metro lines in New York to transport their work across the city and be seen by as many people as possible. Such movement means that graffiti was (and is) impossible to contain and is now cemented in the spirit of the big city. This isn't confined to North America with the likes of Dondi White being the first graffiti artist to show in Europe, across the Atlantic street art tours can be found in Berlin, London, Paris, Dublin & Brussels. By the 80s different graffiti styles started to emerge. The spikey, almost Baroque-like 'wild style' developed by Tracy 163, became synonymous with graffiti as a movement. This style still influences street artists today along with echoes of White's merging of writing and pop-culture imagery. As you delve into our selection of works, let Tracy 163's words ring in your ears, that graffiti is not just a tag or a style to be developed, it is the “way we lived." Keep an eye out on your next commute…
Yann Merran
Je dépense donc je suis
Yann Merran
Photography - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$62
Bows
Bonus Dream style
Bows
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
$226
UTN
Painter's little helper (blue)
UTN
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$283 $213
Frida Kahlo wears blue Basquiat crown
UTN
Painting - 45 x 32 cm Painting - 17.7 x 12.6 inch
$283 $213
Queen Elisabeth with golden Basquiat crown
UTN
Painting - 45 x 32 cm Painting - 17.7 x 12.6 inch
Sold
M. Koeur
Bisco Smith
One for All, All for One
Bisco Smith
Painting - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$2,827
Zenoy
AlexZ
Lokiss
Willy B
Florkey
Jeune fille foulard Louis Florkey
Florkey
Painting - 71 x 71 x 3 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1.2 inch
$1,696
T-KID 170 (Cavero Julius)
Cool Sigar
T-KID 170 (Cavero Julius)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$2,827
Style Lesson
T-KID 170 (Cavero Julius)
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch
$1,018
70 Roc
T-KID 170 (Cavero Julius)
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch
$1,018
Street funk
T-KID 170 (Cavero Julius)
Painting - 81 x 57 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,590
Love - The Can Man
T-KID 170 (Cavero Julius)
Painting - 81 x 57 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,590
Having a blast
T-KID 170 (Cavero Julius)
Painting - 76 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$5,089
TNB (The Nasty Boys)
T-KID 170 (Cavero Julius)
Painting - 81 x 171 x 1 cm Painting - 31.9 x 67.3 x 0.4 inch
$7,125
Tetiana Ocheredko
The playful power of water
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,800 $1,440
Night in Ctockholm
Tetiana Ocheredko
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 18.9 x 0 inch
$300 $240
Dream on a winter night
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,800
The playful power of water
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,800
We will be able to rebuild
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
The shadow of the past
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,200