Q&A With Alan Ket: Art, Censorship and Murder
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. When you created the mural, did you foresee such an uproar? A. Not at all. I did think it would create discussion but I never imagined the police becoming involved. Q. What was your initial reaction to the taking down of the mural? A. I was angry at the police for [...]
NYPD Paints Over Inwood Mural Calling Cops “Murderers” | NBC New York
Two NYPD officers painted over a mural in Inwood of the word “Murderers,” decorated with coffins and tombstones, in which one of the coffins was labeled “NYPD,” authorities said Wednesday. The owner of New Edition Cleaners, on Broadway, where the mural was painted, said she gave the graffiti artist, Alan Ket, permission to paint there, [...]
Cops Paint Over Inwood Mural That Depicts NYPD as ‘Murderers’ | DNAinfo
By Farran Powell and Carla Zanoni INWOOD — The NYPD dispatched cops with paintbrushes to cover up a controversial mural on the side of an Inwood business Tuesday, after approaching the owner with concerns about its message, DNAinfo.com New York has learned. A pair of plainclothes officers arrived at New Edition Cleaners at 4929 Broadway [...]
I LOVE MY HOOD: A Graffiti Stroll Through Washington Heights this Saturday
I LOVE MY HOOD: A Graffiti Stroll Through Washington Heights Art Tour ~ Saturday, June 16 | 2 & 3:30pm Join local artist Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez (FEEGZ) as he leads a tour through Washington Heights focusing on the works of DISTER and other prominent local street artists, examining public street art uptown in both [...]
Save the Date: An Homage to Piri Thomas @ El Museo February 18th
Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Join El Museo (1230 5th Ave) for a special presentation of SPEAK UP! in memory of Piri Thomas, author and poet who shed light on the struggles of nuestra gente with his book, Down These Mean Streets. Throughout his life, he soulfully delivered an array [...]
Uptown Artist – Marthalicia Matarrita
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. How has growing up Uptown influenced your art work? A. Growing up in Uptown Manhattan, has influenced my art, and it started with music. I remember being young and watching Video Music Box with Uncle Ralph McDaniels. Ralph McDaniels was a Hip-Hop pioneer that documented the NYC scene in the mid 1980′s. [...]
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Uptown’s Own Alan Ket Spearheads A Fundraising Campaign To Help Graffiti Artist Riff 170
The Story My name is Alan Ket and I am a supporter of art and artists. For many years I have worked with members of the graffiti community in creating public works, fighting legal cases, and helping to establish a market for art works by New York City artists and pioneers. In this capacity I [...]
Uptown Welcomes International Street Artist Ben Eine
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) I had the distinct pleasure and honor of attending the Uptown welcoming celebration for International Street Artist Ben Eine this past Monday. Even though Ben is reportedly the favorite artist of the wife of the current British Prime Minister and one of his works [...]
UC Exclusive: International Street Artist Ben Eine’s Uptown Campaign
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Ket As quiet as it’s kept, internationally renowned street artist Ben Eine has been Uptown for the past week working his particular brand of magic on our beloved Uptown streets. For those that don’t know, Ben Eine turned a dreary block in east London into an outdoor art gallery [...]
Dister x La Sala 78 x Sound of Art
Once again, La Sala 78 (111 Dyckman St) shows its support of local artists by allowing Mr. I Love my hood, Dister, to bless its wall with a mural. Brought to you by Uptown’s very own the Sound of Art (SOA), Dister and company broke night this weekend to bring forth some visual eye candy [...]
Uptown Artist – Ket
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. What are some of the things you love about living Uptown? A. Some of the things I love about Inwood – Inwood Park – Carrot Top – La Nueva España restaurant – The diversity of people – The Dominicans – 207 train yard – having two trains lines to choose [...]
THE HEIGHTS – EARLY HIP-HOP HOTBED
BY Led Black This is a rare audio recording of Grandmaster Flash & The 4 MC’s at the Audubon Ballroom on December 23rd, 1978. A short time after, Raheim joins the group and it becomes Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. This is a testament to the fact that way before Hip-Hop became a national [...]
ART IS NOT A CRIME…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) When I was a kid growing up in Washington Heights, NYC in the mid to late 80’s, Graffiti was all the rage. The first thing Graffiti writers would say to one another when they met for the first time was “what you write”. Graffiti, the artistic element of Hip-Hop, was truly [...]
UFO SIGHTING DEEP IN INWOOD HILL PARK
BY DeJesus UFO is one of New York City’s most elusive and prolific graffiti artists. His mark is quite simple, a flying saucer or a balloon-headed extraterrestrial riding in a flying saucer. UFO sightings are everywhere; delivery trucks, residential building stairwells, abandoned buildings…from Brooklyn to the Bronx…UFO can and will make a landing anywhere he [...]
I AM UPTOWN-INDIE 184
By: M.Tony Peralta Name: INDIE 184 What block you from? West 184th Street …btwn Wadsworth and Broadway…not to be confused with the 184 from The Bronx! But I mostly chilled on Wadsworth ave. Where are you originally from? I was born in Puerto Rico to Dominican parents but I have been raised in New York since [...]
THE FAITH OF GRAFFITI RE-ISSUED
Washington Heights, as a hotbed of early Hip-Hop culture, was first documented in The Faith of Graffiti by author Norman Mailer and photographer Jon Naar in 1974. Harper Collins is re-issuing the out-of-print classic with an additional 32 pages of photographs that did not appear in the original as well as an afterword by Jon Naar. This book is a must have for Uptown aficionados and Graffiti heads alike.
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