10 facts
-It is an one of the most unique art installations that you will find in New York City or any other city.
-The history of the wall can be traced back over 30 years to a simple concrete slab just off of Bowery in the 80’s.
-There are different kinds of graffitti on Huston and Bowery Street, called Graffiti Mural Wal.
-The high demand to post and paint here has the mural changing season to season and sometimes month to month
-Most of the pictures that we took are the work from London-based artist Lakwena. She spent the last several days imparting the kaleidescopic mural onto the Bowery Wall. It reads, “Lift You Higher.”
-Graffiti art is the term most people associate with the movement of street art, however there are various other mediums applied within different forums in which the art is displayed
-Other mediums like wheat pasted poster art, pop art, street installation, and sculpture have become popular as well as the newer 21st century additions of video projection, yarn bombing, and Lock On sculpture.
-There are some social content graffitti and, by fusing social content with aesthetic presentation and decisive placement, artists create a unique display of art ranging to wide varieties of people.
-Street art is the unsanctioned visual display of art in public locations around cities.
-“Bowery” is an anglicization of the Dutch bouwerij, derived from an antiquated Dutch word for “farm,” as in the 17th century the area contained many large farms.
