Journal N°1
Today, Monday The 2nd of February.
Today I went to Brooklyn. I took the L train from 1st avenue to Bedford, and then walked three blocks to go to my friend’s apartment. The way to go there was nothing special: Brooklyn’ Bricks houses and thrift shops, nothing abnormal for a district like Williamsburg.
I spent the afternoon at my friend’s apartment. Nothing had caught my view yet. But on my way back to the subway, something struck me. I was doing the exact same way but in the opposite direction, meaning facing different walls. At the crossing of Bedford and 9N I saw this geometric Graffiti representing two great artists: Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Wharol. Behind this meaning there was a precise goal, meaning: Fight for Street Art, which is represented by the boxing gloves. This fight is a pacific fight led by the power of art.
What I love about this work of art is that, thanks to different geometrical square shapes, the artist created a very realistic and smooth drawing. The geometrical shapes and the drawing are perfectly blending together. I was also surprised by the fact that I could actually appreciate something so colorful.
I also think that if I was so astonished by this work of Art is because it put a little color in this snowy and grey day.
Seeing this graffiti also taught me because when I got home, I looked for more information about Basquiat and Wharol and saw that those two famous artist were collaborating even though their style were different. I also learnt that they were close friends.
I decided to describe this graffiti because it was an important moment of my day and also because those artists really enter the visual Culture theme.