San Francisco has a rich history of graffiti art, but over the last decade or so, due to gentrification, new tech businesses setting up shop in the city, and anti-graffiti enforcement by the city, nearly every thing has been buffed (cleaned up) save for the few legal murals. Places like Psycho City (Van Ness and 12th Street), Silver Terrace park, Crocker Amazon park, West Portal Muni tunnels are all long gone, only surviving in photos in private collections or online. …
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We mentioned “L’Avenir” opening at White Walls earlier this month. Here’s some of the work, along with opening night photos. Definitely an exhibit worth checking out. It’ll be open through January 4th. Images via Graffuturism …
L’Avenir (the future), curated by Poesia, is an exhibition opening at White Walls Gallery tomorrow, December 14th, 7pm-11pm. The artists involved read like stars in alignment: Augustine Kofie (US), Borondo (Spain), Chazme (Poland), Clemens Behr (Germany), Doze Green (US), Duncan Jago (UK), Part2ism (UK), Poesia (US), Robert Proch (Poland), Sainer (Poland) and Vesod (Spain). Their work has been referred to as “graffuturism,” a term coined by Poesia. In a recent interview with Vandablog, Poesia defined it as “artist with a graffiti background who evolved …
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