Tuesday, November 25, 2008

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

Monday, November 24, 2008

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 .

Saturday, November 15, 2008

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

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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.

Monday, November 10, 2008

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/ .