Graffiti Art Magazine #52 | October – November 2020
Street Art, like a phoenix
EDITORIAL #52 | October-November 2020
Will Street Art be different in the world of tomorrow? Sketching out an answer requires delving into its roots and fundamentals. Street Art adapts, evolves, disappears, transforms, innovates… Some would speak of creative destruction.
To find out more, we met the pioneers of New York graffiti and opened the archives of the Berlin Wall. Knowing the places and the actors was not enough… In our quest, we wanted to understand the role of collectives in the transmission and development of Street Art. We set out to discover its local conjugations by visiting Tokyo, but also by talking with artists based in the four corners of the planet: Futura 2000 and Cope2 (United States), Rero (France-Brazil), Spyk (Belgium) , Lisa King (Australia). Without detour, we also addressed the thorny question of the place of money in Street Art.
Street Art is regenerating as evidenced by the recent performance of Toulouse artist James Colomina under the Pont Marie in Paris, and the first edition of Grimaud Art Urbain, a festival that reconciles Street Art and the old stones of a listed Provençal village. . Wouldn't Street Art simply live its life and its permanent rebirth? Social and political struggles and aesthetic canons evolve over time. Street Art is ephemeral… Street Art disappears then is reborn… Long live Street Art!
Today, a newcomer to the world of GraffitiART, Spray Bud, shares our adventure. Let's build the Spray Bud World together and share the Spray Bud Adventures! www.spray-bud.com
Street Art rising like a phoenix
EDITORIAL #52 | October-November 2020
Will Street Art be any different in the world of tomorrow? To answer that question, we had to go back to its roots and origins. Street Art is adapting, evolving, vanishing, transforming, innovating… Some could speak of creative destruction.
To investigate this topic, we met New York graffiti pioneers and dug into the archives of the Berlin Wall. But individuals and places were not enough… In our quest, we wanted to understand the role of crews in the spread and growth of Street Art. We traveled to Tokyo to discover its local scene and talked with artists all over the world: Futura 2000 and Cope2 (United States), Rero (France-Brazil), Spyk (Belgium), Lisa King (Australia). We also bluntly asked the thorny question of the role of money in Street Art.
Street Art regenerates, as shown by the recent performance of the Toulouse-based artist James Colomina under the Pont Marie in Paris, or the first edition of Grimaud Art Urbain, a festival that brought Street Art to a historical Provençal village. But maybe it is just the natural process of a movement in permanent rebirth. Social and political battles as well as canons of beauty evolve over time. Street Art is ephemeral… It is wiped out and then rises from its ashes… Long live Street Art!
Today, a newcomer in the world of GraffitiART, Spray Bud, is joining us. Let's build a Spray Bud World together and share Spray Bud Adventures!www.spray-bud.com .