..here’s the premier concrete canvas in long island city, 5pointz
..from wikipedia..
5 Pointz: The Insitute of Higher Burnin’ is an industrial building in Long Island City, Queens, where graffiti has been allowed.John Roleke of About.com writes: “5 Pointz is a living collage of graffiti art covering a converted warehouse full of artist studios”. 5 Pointz is known worldwide, and taggers or graffiti artists from all over the world have come there paint graffiti. 5 Pointz has been the subject of articles in newspapers such as The Christian Science Monitor, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune.
As The Christian Science Monitor puts it: “The Gatekeeper of New York’s ‘graffiti mecca’ is Meres who decides who paints – and how long it stays.” Jonathan Cohen, or “Meres,” has been in charge of the 5 Pointz graffiti museum since 2002.
It is suggested to e-mail Cohen to get his permission before painting at 5 Pointz. If he is not familiar with an artist, Cohen will ask for a sample of their work; if it is a mural, he will ask for a layout as well.
The name “5 Pointz” represents the five boroughs of New York City. One of the first graffiti there was a portrait of Jam Master J, an important member of the early hip hop musical style.
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29 replies on “5pointz pano”
amazing!!! you are living as in a cartoon … i donno if i could bear… thsi permanet stimulation of colors !! :-)))
WOWOWOWOW!!!! that is soooo cool, i would love to have a mural of that on my wall… great shot!!!
Nice colors. Fantastic.
Very colourful walls takes a great photo well done !
What a fantastic place to visit – again and again since it is always changing!
A very cool place and a great idea. Some of the urban graffiti artists are extremely talented, and with everything in life, there is always room for new blood pulsing through old veins.
An excellent photograph and accompanying text, a brilliant post which informed and entertained
By all accounts, this photo beats my version of San Francisco graffiti. I would love to go there and take shots of my own! Love how you presented this!
Fantastic!!! Would love to see this in person. So vibrant and fun and creative!!!
Impressive image of urban art.
Wow. Wonderful colors.
Fastastic wide, I love the mix of all these graffiti. A place to visit as soon!
Fabulous place and fabulous shot! Amazing place and new to me… I was uninformed!
WOW Amazing place. Would like to visit it someday.
Wow, what a colorful place to live… cool
Would be nice to visit too… 🙂
If more places like this were offered in our inner cities around the country, Rian, I think we’d be better off for it. Graffiti has always been art to me!
Wow, that’s some cool place, really interesting.. also the wide angle works very well!
Wow that is really cool. The panorama is a great choice for this scene, since it captures so much. Good job.
Great pic Rian and interesting story. I’ve never heard of this before. Nice!
Very interesting info in this post. Love your capture and how much of it you were able to get into the frame. It’s definitely something you don’t see everyday.
Wow…learned something this morning. Great idea…has there been an artist which has benefited from this outlet?
Beautiful vibrant colors, the crop works well.
WOW! Never seen before! The cars in the corner add more questioning again this place.
Stunning, this site. it’s like a comic book. It’s a very nice subject.
The pano is really good!
SwissCharles
i really like your composition choices here – especially the contrast between the wild paint and the simple lines on the road. i think i would have been overwhelemed here but you did well.
The vivid colors offer a very stimulating contrast with the dull sky. Well done!
artist who benefited from 5pointz? great question! hmm.. none that i know of.. (or googled even) lol..
Wow! would love to see this is person 🙂
Crazy awesome detail and colors!
While in NYC once I purchased a photoraph from a photographer at an art fair near NYU. I just thought it was an old warehouse which had been taken over by taggers. Your history on the place brings a whole new meaning to the photograph. Excellent shot. I will have to go there for a visit one day.