RARE Old School Graffiti Posters Launch

The announced launched of rare limited edition graffiti street art posters from the eighties by CRASH, QUIK, BLAST and NOC167 just launched on December 4th at 10 pm.

Collectors can purchase the posters on http://www.thegraffiticollection.com

Watch me handing over one of the posters to the artist QUIK himself.

Graffiti Artists Blade, Quik, Dondi Sell At Sotheby

Last december 1st modern art auction at Sotheby's Amsterdam saw a sale of New York Graffiti Paintings from the eighties by BLADE, QUIK and DONDI WHITE.
Prices varied from €9.000 to €15.000.













Dondi White, Save The Worker, 1984 sold €12.500

REVEALED: Limited Edition Graffiti History Posters

Here it is: the Sneak Preview of the four Limited Edition Graffiti Posters.

They were printed back in 1988 by Offset Printing Company “De Grafische Haarlem” in The Netherlands.

The original masterworks are part of a famous big Dutch New York Graffiti Collection and have been part of some of the big graffiti museum shows during the eighties and nineties (like Museum Boymans van Beuningen The Netherlands, Museum Louisiana Denmark, Museum Ludwig Germany, Groninger Museum The Netherlands, etc.).

As such they mark a significant moment in the development of the artists and of the graffiti movement as a whole, as in the eighties the graffiti writers started to evolve their work from the subway into the artworld.

The involved collector has documented this period and the development of the artists and their individual styles in these four posters that give a highly detailed representation of the original artworks.

Collectors can pre-registrate for launch date on a Priority Notification List on http://www.thegraffiticollection.com .

December Graffiti Street Art Auctions

December shows 2 major Graffiti Street Art auctions.

The rise in popularity of old school New York Graffiti Art is seen in the growing number of auctions in the big auction houses Artcurial, Paris and Sotheby's Amsterdam.

Building on the success of the Artcurial auction last February 2008 - with record prices for works of Crash, Futura 2000, Blade, Quik, Dondi White a.o. - the following auctions will take place in December:

Sotheby's Amsterdam will do a thematic Graffiti Art auction within it's Contemporary Art Auction of December 3rd featuring historical works from graffiti artists Crash, Blade, Quik and Dondi.












Blade, Untitled 1984.
Estimated price €12.000-15.000

Artcurial Paris has a big Graffiti Art only auction on December 15th in Paris featuring New York- and French Graffiti Artists.














Crash, Lush Daggers 1990.
Estimated Price €30.000-40.000



















Jef Aérosol, Sittin' Kid 2006.
Estimated Price: €3.500-4.000


For a free graffiti history course: http://www.historyofgraffitiart.com

Sneak Preview Of 'Lost' Rare Graffiti Posters

Four 'Lost' Unique Vintage Graffiti Posters are revealed at http://thegraffiticollection.com/posterblog last Friday November 14th.

The Limited Edition Posters by Crash, Quik, NOC167 and Bill Blast were printed in 1988 under contracts with the graffiti artists.

The original masterworks are part of a famous big Dutch New York Graffiti Collection and have been part of some of the big graffiti museum shows during the eighties and nineties (like Museum Boymans van Beuningen The Netherlands, Museum Louisiana Denmark, Museum Ludwig Germany, Groninger Museum The Netherlands, etc.).

As such they mark a significant moment in the development of the artists and of the graffiti movement as a whole, as in the eighties the graffiti writers started to evolve their work from the subway into the artworld.

The involved collector has documented this period and the development of the artists and their individual styles in these four posters that give a highly detailed representation of the original artworks.

The posters will be launched officially soon and collectors can pre-registrate on a Priority Notification List on http://www.thegraffiticollection.com/hoga-priority.html .

Exclusive History Of Graffiti Art Interview QUIK

Here's the coverage with the long chat I had with Lin QUIK Felton during my visit to him last september.

Starting off with coffee and some sweets and a nice chat, we decidec that it would be nice to make it a short video-taped chat. It turned out to be 45 minutes of interesting coverage.

No slick directed movie, but just a spontaneous talk.

Here it is.
(oh, and by the way - that's me on the left)



The complete interview is available on http://www.historyofgraffitiart.com/big-lin-quik-felton-interview.html

BLADE QUIK CRASH JON SHARP Graffiti Art Show Paris & Nice

A multiple Graffiti Art Show with works from Quik, Blade, Crash, Jon, Sharp on display.

Dates: November 19th Gismond, Paris; November 20th Galerie Helenbeck, Paris; November 25th Galerie Helenbeck, Nice.

Graffiti Artist Charles "KOOR" Hargrove New Exposition Roermond, The Netherlands To Open November 16th 2008

"KOOR" (born Charles Hargrove, 1963 in the Bronx New York) is his artist name as a turn around of "ROOK" which means tower in the chessplay.
The choice for his graffiti name is determined by his love for architectural elements, which he applies in his graffiti art works often.

KOOR is inspired by new science and technology. He calls his work "Futuristic Symbolism". The robot appeared many times in his older work.

His first show he did at the age of 16. It was the big Fashion Moda show of 1980.

Together with his friend Rammellzee and other artists like QUIK, DONDI WHITE, CRASH and FUTURA he stood at the basis of the New York Graffiti Street Art Movement.

DZD Gallery in Roermond, The Netherlands opens a show with new works under the title "Work In Progress" on November 16th.

Unique 'Lost' Old School Graffiti Posters To Be Revealed Soon

Twenty years ago 4 of the most famous graffiti artists - John 'CRASH' Matos, QUIK, NOC167 and BILL BLAST - allowed for a ONE TIME limited edition print of 4 of their absolute historical masterworks from the eighties. By that time only 2.500 reproductions per masterwork were made and now few of them are left.

Today, at the 40th anniversary of New York Graffiti Street Art, The Graffiti Collection announces the re-release of these remaining high quality Old School Graffiti Art Posters to you.

One of the posters is a reproduction of a famous early 1983 work by John 'Crash' Matos called Reflections.

The Graffiti Collection has opened a Notification List for those who want to be updated on the release of these posters. Find it at http://www.thegraffiticollection.com/ .

Paris Graffiti Street Art Auction at Art Curial

Pursuing on the first French Graffiti Art Sale from last 18th February 2008 - with total sales of €481.000 - Paris auction house Art Curial currently prepares for a new Graffiti Street Art session to take place on 15th December 2008.

Several important collections are already announced with works by New York Graffiti Artists Futura 2000, John Crash Matos, Dondi White, Rammellzee, etc.

The sale builds on the success of last February where e.g. John Crash Matos painting "Call Card" sold a record price of €43.400 and Blades' masterwork "Beyond The Wall" did a ravishing €37.200.















It is expected that the auction will see a new success for Graffiti Art.

To learn more about the history of graffiti art, get a free Graffiti Art History Book at www.historyofgraffitiart.com

Graffiti Art History. From Subway To The Art World

The 1980's were the years of rediscovery of painting in modern art. As a reaction to the boring conceptual art movement of the 60's and 70's, paint flooded richly and spray cans bursted out expressing the intense desire for individuality. Artists were Gods, stars, dancing on clouds. Ego was no.1. Everything was possible.

The Graffiti Art Movement came into existence in the late 1960's, at the time of the famous Martin Luther King march. After his brute assassination in 1968, young kids started to bomb trains with their tags (autographs in trains).
After that the exteriors of trains offered new opportunities and soon the beautiful sprayed graffiti trains ran through New York City like propaganda trains for the new desire for identity and recognition as an artist.

Because graffiti was strictly forbidden from 1972 onwards, it now had to take place in the middle of the night. The graffiti artists had to work at a frenzied pace, since the trains had to be up and running before dawn. Therefore, graffiti artists started to make preparatory drawings (blackbooks gaffiti) of their designs and photographed the trains.
Because the exteriors of trains have large surfaces, the graffiti makers had to work more and more in collaboration with others. Talents who have their own special graffiti styles began to stand out. They are called King or Prince of Graffiti and have their own students, Toys, to help them. The movement was like a medieval system in itself.
Only the third generation graffiti makers brought forth real artists, when by 1980 artists like Blade, Quik, Crash, Dondi, Futura 2000, Seen, NOC167 and Rammellzee started to paint on canvas. This facilitated them to work in the peace of their own studios.

The former Kings of Graffiti became very successful with large and crowded exhibitions, mainly in European Museums and Galleries. Graffiti developed into a rich and diverse art movement with great social concerns, in which rap music, hip hop, break dance, fashion and skating formed a total art movement, all expressing the new identity and freedom of young colored people in the big cities.

The movement was of importance as a revolution against the establishment, as a worldwide fight for freedom of minorities. Graffiti is not a movement of vandals trying to make people's lives impossible. It is an outburst of creative culture that spread as a 'Gesamtkunstwerk' through the history of art. It is a statement for the right to be a free artist, accepted by the High Art World; a right to be a Graffiti Creator.
As such it was symbolic for the worldwide liberation movement of the 1980's in both arts and in politics.