Tour The Brooklyn Neighborhood That's Become New York's New Street Art Mecca
The Bushwick Collective is just two years old, but it's already become a thriving scene for street artists. This lion was created by artist ND'A near Jefferson Street.
Thelife1 min readThe area, an outdoor art gallery, is now home to dozens of murals, some by well-known artists. Buff Monster, a street artist who is featured in the Banksy movie "Exit Through the Gift Shop," painted these ice cream characters.
The street artist known as Phlegm came to Bushwick all the way from London to paint this giraffe in his signature style.
Reka, a popular street artist from Australia, was in town most of November. He painted this psychedelic mantis before heading off to Art Basel Miami, and then Berlin.
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Polish-born Olek is known for her "yarn bombing," where she will cover an object completely in crochet. This old-school sled says, "The end is far."
A lot of the work in the area includes a tag thanking Ficalora for curating the space.
Pixel Pancho, an Italian artist, painted this robot on the side of a chicken slaughterhouse.
Dublin-born Solus visited Bushwick last summer, and painted this addition to the Collective.
This portrait of a cow's insides actually predates the electrical box on its face, as the building is becoming a bar. "It's one of the side effects of gentrification," Elzey said.
Muralist Joe Iurato's work pops off the wall: It looks like this boy himself spray-painted the message "Never let go" on the sidewalk.
Here, Biggie Smalls is painted next to a portrait of Joseph Ficalora's mother, who died of a brain tumor several years ago.
New York-based artist Zimad painted this bird-tiger hybrid. Birds, particularly pigeons, are a popular motif in the Bushwick Collective.
Meres, the former curator of Queens' 5Pointz, painted these disgruntled light bulbs.
Some people think Banksy ripped off the signature style of French street artist Blek le Rat, who contributed this piece to the collective.
Artists Nitros and Smith painted this deconstructed dog on another nearby wall.
Danielle Mastrion specializes in painting close-ups of faces.
Brooklyn-based street artist Never finished this giant cicada just as 5Pointz was being buffed last November. The whitewash behind the bug is a bit of a slap at the establishment for destroying the iconic Queens building.
Artist Case Ma'Claim painted these multi-colored hands, which fill an entire wall.
After James Gandolfini died, this tribute to the famed Sopranos actor went up in Bushwick.
Artists Shery-O and Misery worked together on this surreal piece. Collaborations in street art are fairly common.
Gardner Avenue was full of street art even before the Bushwick Collective was formed. The group Robots Will Kill used have the run of the street, and this is one of their murals..
Street artists Overunder used wheat paste while creating this mural.
A few companies around the Bushwick High Line, a raised portion of railroad track by Scott Avenue, let street artists work on their trucks.
Now see 5Pointz in its former glory
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