POSTGRAFFISM

The development of graffiti and street art has taken a turn to a new art form and branch of it that includes influences of skateboard imagery, comics and typography. Most of the young artists creating this work are disciples of Ron English. So, in some ways English inspired this brand new art movement known as Postgraffism
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SEVER'S Mural "The Death of Street Art"

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DEATH OF STREET ART?

A new mural in Hamtramck claims street art has gone mainstream, and it's causing enough controversy to show public opinion on graffiti remains divided.

 

The maker of the provocative piece is SEVER, an Atlanta-based graffiti artist who has a day job as a professional muralist. He's one of a cadre "writers" participating in the Detroit Beautification Project, which brought in graffiti artists from around the world to paint murals all over town. 

 

But while SEVER's loaded, tongue-in-cheek "Death of Street Art" piece at Joseph Campau and Goodson St. -- featuring a coffin labeled "Street Art" carried by cartoon-like characters riffing on notable artists -- received accolades from graffiti fans, it rubbed several local residents the wrong way.

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