Graffiti Art Magazine #50 | June – July 2020
Street Art Is Beautiful!
EDITORIAL #50 | June-July 2020
Together, we will get through the crisis... We are all eager to find normality in our workshops, our galleries, our festivals, our creations... The recent tumults have created new impulses of solidarity and creativity.
And if we could have avoided this, many works seem premonitory a posteriori. Like Cassandres, many artists have shouted at each other without their messages being understood. We will explore the signals we have been ignoring.
The roots of Street Art lie in activism and protest, in the Underground and demonstration, in community spirit and Hip Hop and Punk cultures. A return to the connections between Music and Street Art was necessary. Our adventures also lead us to rediscover Paris, capital of Street Art, from its catacombs to its monumental walls and Wynwood with its rainbow of colors. Two destinations where Street Art takes on different modes of expression, but the DNAs are more convergent than some people think. The universes proposed by the 1UP Crew, the “colorist surveyors” JonOne and HoxxoH, the intimate Sainer and Henrik Uldalen and the realist Odeith give all the diversity and their letters of nobility to Contemporary Urban Art.
Since mid-May 2020, you can find Graffiti Art and our archives since the origin on our Graffiti Art Magazine application, available on AppStore and Google Play.
We dedicate this issue to all the victims of the Coronavirus and to all those whose sacrifice has allowed and allows us to get through the crisis. THANKS.
Street Art Is Beautiful!
EDITORIAL #50 | June-July 2020
Together, we will get through this crisis… We are all eager to get back to normality in our workshops, our galleries, our festivals, our creations…
The recent tumults have created new impulses of solidarity and creativity. And if we had been able to avoid this, many of the works seem premonitory a posteriori. Like Cassandra, many artists have been shouting themselves hoarse without their messages being understood. We will explore the signals that we have ignored.
The roots of street art lie in activism and protest, in the underground and demonstration, in community spirit and hip-hop and punk cultures. A return to the connections between music and street art was necessary. Our adventures also lead us to rediscover Paris, capital of street art, from its catacombs to its monumental walls, and Wynwood with its rainbow of colours. Two destinations where street art takes on different modes of expression, but the DNAs are more convergent than some might think. The universes proposed by the 1UP Crew, the “colourist surveyors” JonOne and HoxxoH, the intimists Sainer and Henrik Uldalen and the realist Odeith give all the diversity and their nobleness to urban contemporary art.
From mid-May 2020, you can find Graffiti Art and our archives dating back to the origin on our Graffiti Art Magazine app available on AppStore and Google Play.
We dedicate this issue to all the victims of the coronavirus and to all those whose sacrifice have allowed us and allow us to get through this crisis. Thank you.