Sunday, December 19, 2010

the resurrection of graffiti observer

from 1999 to 2005 a monthly e-zine called "graffiti observer" ran on a website developed to feature the street art photography of bob edelson - www.sohobooks.net . one month's article  - "miami art massacre" about a district in miami that had fabulous graf that got whitewashed....went viral, and it made the home of the "observer" one of the most popular graf sites on the web. that was almost 10 years ago. yet,  just the other day, l saw the article on www.citynoise.org with the statistic that over 35,000 had viewed the article on their website. that, together with a recent burst of articles about graffiti, graffiti artists, and many new exhibitions of  graffiti, l decided it was a good time to create a blog pertaining to this and other forms of  art.btw, the unedited version of "miami art massacre" still exists in the archives of the site that originated it. NOW should l say l saw it coming - the growing popularity of street art.YES. my book "new american street art" was published 1999, when many said it was a passe art form, but the book took off, around the world, and many more graf books followed. in my travels through europe in recent years, l saw the streets filled with street art. there is no doubt it is at its popularity height, throughout the world. in my next blog l will discuss a specific aspect...street art photography.

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