Posts Tagged ‘street art’
Kenny Scharf : When Worlds Collide (2020)
December 24th, 2021 by Mr. C
———————————————————————————————————– This movie was an inspiring look into the life & art world of Kenny Scharf! We’ve always enjoyed the murals painted by him when we randomly stumbled across them while combing the streets of the dirty NYC. His art seemed to bring all his painted subjects to life even the inanimate ones! I had […]
Tags: documentary, graffiti, kenny scharf, street art, when worlds collide
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burn baby burn! graff in Paterson & Hackensack
February 29th, 2020 by Mr. C
———————————————————————————————————- It’s been a minute since I’ve been to both of these locations in Hackensack & Paterson to soak in the latest burners from Jersey & NYC’s finest. Hell, as I look at our last updates from these graff meccas, I haven’t been to either since 2016. Whaaat!? As I do a little moonwalk and […]
Tags: burners, graffiti, hackensack, murals, new jersey, paterson graffiti, street art, wildstyle
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Beyond The Streets NYC 2019
September 13th, 2019 by chocko
A museum of all things related to graffiti and street art is a must-see exhibition in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at 25 Kent Ave. BEYOND THE STREETS takes over two floors of a massive building and features the art of 150+ artists including Lady Pink, Futura 2000, TATS CRU, Swoon, Invader, Shepard Fairey and Ron English. There […]
Tags: beyond the streets, brooklyn, graffiti, museum, new york city, nyc, street art
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Puerto Rico Street Art + Graffiti
July 15th, 2017 by chocko
On a recent trip to Puerto Rico, Chocko roamed the streets for the vibrant graffiti and street art scene armed with his dusty camera. The first 3 photos of the bunch were taken in Hato Rey which is the financial district of San Juan, the capital and largest city in Puerto Rico. Beware of the […]
Tags: art, graffiti, hato rey, murals, puerto rico, san juan, santurce, street art
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Texasmania – Chocko Lays the Smackdown on Austin and Dallas
March 31st, 2017 by chocko
Wrestlemania weekend is upon us once again, so look for Chocko in the stands munching on a bowl of Booty-O’s and a turnbuckle on the side, cheering on all the fist flying and off the top rope action which should be kicking like Bruce Lee’s Chinese Connection. Here’s a quick look back at last year’s […]
Tags: austin, dallas, graffiti, record stores, street art, texas, wrestlemania
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Paterson graffiti – Respect my name – Please no more Buff!!
July 22nd, 2016 by Mr. C
(Respect my name – no more buff!!) —————————————————————————————————————– School 15 in Paterson, NJ has been a holy place for graffiti where the 3 tiered playground and its concrete walls have been a canvas for beautiful aerosol art for New Jersey’s best urban street artists. In January 2016, I took a stroll to School 15 to […]
Tags: new jersey, paterson, paterson graffiti, street art
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Bolt-Ups and Brooklyn Ups
June 7th, 2016 by chocko
K-NOR is a Brooklyn based artist and who’s absolutely killing it on the streets with creepy images of drippy skulls and skeletons oozing in brighter than day colors. A couple of months ago K-NOR collaborated on some bolt-ups with another Brooklyn artist CB23 and Staten Island’s Robots Will Kill. The bolt-ups were placed in different […]
Tags: art, bolt-ups, CB23, graffiti, K-NOR, new york city, nyc street art, Robots Will Kill, street art, wheat paste
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Shepard Fairey Invades New Jersey
October 8th, 2015 by chocko
The Planet Chocko crew followed the progress of the 147 foot wide Shepard Fairey mural, “Natural Springs” located at Monmouth and 13th Streets in Jersey City, New Jersey. Just a quick note on Shepard if you don’t know who he is…his roots are in the skateboarding and punk scene and in the late 1980’s, he […]
Tags: art, graffiti, Jacob Lewis Gallery, jersey city, Natural Springs, new jersey, On Our Hands, shepard fairey, street art
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Demolition Exhibition #GVM004
July 4th, 2015 by chocko
Here are some photos from the interior of Demolition Exhibition located at the former Pep Boys at 410 Marin Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07302. 100 Artists/30,000 Square Feet of Graffiti inside and outside of a huge building. You gotta see it to believe it…last chance to dance is July 4 open to the public from […]
Tags: Demolition Exhibition, graffiti, Green Villain, GVM004, jersey city, new jersey, street art
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A Look Back at NOLA 2014 and Wrestlemania 30
March 27th, 2015 by chocko
It’s almost that time of year again for pro-wrestling biggest event of the year, Wrestlemania which will take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California in a couple days. Last year, around this time Chocko and the some members of the crew traveled to the beautiful city of New Orleans, Louisiana for Wrestlemania XXX. […]
Tags: bourbon street, chocko, euclid records, graffiti, louisiana music factory, new orleans, nola, prytania theater, record stores, skully'z recordz, street art, wrestlemania, wrestling, wwe
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An Interview with Dasic Fernandez
September 3rd, 2014 by chocko
I was wandering the Bushwick Collective in Brooklyn recently with Ariela of the blog Vegan In The Big Apple and Joey Teacups. While checking out some of the street art in the neighborhood and taking photos, we came across the Chilean born artist, Danic Fernandez who just finished an amazing mural that will hopefully be […]
Tags: artist, bushwick collective, dasic fernandez, graffiti, interview, street art
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Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art 2
September 3rd, 2014 by chocko
All the photos below were taken recently in the neighborhood of Bushwick in Brooklyn, NYC. Some of the photos were taken near Morgan Ave. and around Troutman Street and Saint Nicholas Ave, a one of a kind outdoor gallery also known as The Bushwick Collective. It’s so simple to get to via subway…take the L […]
Tags: brooklyn, buff monster, chocko, graffiti, jerkface, new york city, nyc, street art
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