Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Little Italy Renaissance Showcases Secret Walls Art Battle!

This weekend Little Italy Renaissance / The L.I.S.A. Project presented a a big mural event from SECRET WALLS on Mulberry St. (between Broome &  Canal St.)  The event featured two teams; Team Mishka led by Greg Mishka, Buff Monster, L'Amour Supreme and Jon Burgerman and Team Lowbrow led by Bishop203 with Meres, Epic and Seeone.   The artists could only use black spray paint, but after a while the pieces were so well done, you forgot there was in fact, no color.   (You can see the giant finished piece located directly under the famous 5-story Ron English green man.) 
The event was judged by artist Tristan Eaton (who recently completed the giant five story "Liberty" on Mulberry St.) and Jay Edlin (Terro161 aka J.SON), author of Street Art 365 (a classic must-have, historic graffiti, street art book by the way.)   Team Mishka (with the monsters) won, but really both were "winners," as they were well executed collaborative pieces completed within only 90 minutes.  Have a look at  the event as it unfolded....
Wait! Don't forget to go across the street to see Eaton's traffic stopping mural, then walk up the block to another gorgeous, colorful Audrey Hepburn.  Others involved with the murals / LISA Project on Mulberry include another by Meres and Spud, ASVP, Veng & ChrisRWK, Gilf! and ND'A.  
Tristan Eaton
Team Mishka gathers...
Meres (front) - better know as the Director of 5 Pointz and Team Lowbrow prepare...
SeeOne and Meres
Bishop203  - Team Lowbrow
Epic (let) and Seeone (right) - Team Lowbrow

Team Mishka (above/below) Greg Mishka, Jon Burgerman, Buff Monster and Lamour Supreme

More Bishop203
More Epic
Martha Cooper
Team Mishka
Meres saving 5 Pointz...
Team Lowbrow
Most of Team Mishka
Most of the finsihed Lowbrow peice....
Both groups merging...sort of...
View of both teams...
Close ups of Team Mishka...
Sponsors also included WIX (www.wix.com)and Vandalog (http://vandalog.com.)  To keep up on all the happenings visit thelisaproject.com.

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