Painting The Town

Hunts Point Graffiti Artists Reach for Respect

By Ashlee Fairey

 

A strong September sun beat down on the tar roof of 940 Garrison Avenue. Drops of diligence dripped down the faces of TATS CRU on Sept. 15 as they painted graffiti murals on approved wall space above The Point, a Hunts Point community arts center in the south Bronx.

Wilfredo “Bio” Feliciano, a founding member of TATS CRU, bent down to highlight his black and purple lettering: It read “Bio Nicer,” crediting the two spray-can artists working on the piece. In between the text stood Conad the Barbarian in black paint, wisps of hair veiling his hardened face.

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COPE2 SHOW ROBBERY

Skalitzers Art Theft

The recent show at Skalitzers by Cope2 was a great success, capturing the attention of a broad audience in Berlin, as the first in a series of shows demonstrating the significance on the tag. We’re apparently not the only ones who share this view, as on Friday night, a group of thieves broke into the gallery on Skalitzer Str and took off with the greater part of the works from the Cope2 show.

A group of four men were spotted with the works on the U-bahn between Kottbusser Tor and Hermanplatz, and according to a conversation they had with a witness, are believed to have targeted the gallery specifically for the works by Cope2. Berlin police are currently on the hunt for the tags.

Of all the works on display for the exhibition, only 4 remain and will be featured at the upcoming Stroke01 art fair in Munich from October 29-31.

The gallery is determined to retrieve the missing works and is offering a reward, no questions asked, for their return. If anyone has any further information, please contact kelly@skalitzers.com.