Public Graffiti Wall in Springfield: Painting with Tackz at the Flower Express Building
9 Comments »New Springfield if you want to get technical. Head North onMain Street over the railroad tracks and look on left for the Flower Express building. Via Kenski and Jacksonville.com.
Last Friday I spotted what I thought was the COJ Vandal Squad in Springfield. I discounted it until I got this email from SPAR:
JEA encourages SPAR Block Captains and residents to report locations of new graffiti to JSO and to organize paint-over projects. Contact SPAR for more information on ways to get involved.
They were on Orange Street photographing the different tags and street art. This stepped up response is no doubt due to the bombing of the JEA station at First and Main in Springfield (pictured above).
It’s not the first time this wall was tagged and won’t be the last. If you are out there bombing, be extra careful, there will be a lot more eyes out there.
Thanks to WERMS TWO for posting pictures of the show. You can see more CEAZE MSK out in the wild and here.
So not much is going on with the street art scene right now. There are quite a few throw-ups in Springfield from Snob and Oil but seems like everyone is still on Christmas break. Let’s dispense with the traditional “this isn’t art” conversation, it’s just a broad-based term to encompass all the photos you will see. I think I’m going to start throwing in buffs too. There is something intriguing to me about them.
Check out the most recent Jacksonville street art photoset here.
Check out the most recent Jacksonville street art photoset here.
Saturday, 6/7/08
8-11 PM
1253 McDuff Ave. So.
Jacksonville, FL
This show will feature Urbismus and Tommy Armageddon
Bogda Gallery. The Urbismus blog had this to say about the show
We have been approached by Bogda Gallery to show the URBISMUS art. While very flattering, we recognize the dilemma this presents. We are of the opinion that street art is just that: street art. However, by exhibiting this month, we hope to continue the project in any form it might take.
Urbismus
Check out Interview with new Jacksonville street art crew: Urbismus
Tommy Armageddon
Also don’t forget First Friday’s in Five Points today. Big birthday bash at Anomaly. DJ. Drinks. Word.
Jaxscene has posted issues 1-3 of The Hum zine on their Flickr account. There aren’t any dates on the covers or or pages, but looking through them I’d have to guess they are at least 4-5 years old. The pages of The Hum are a great window into the Jacksonville street art scene from that time. I saw a lot of familiar faces and some who don’t get up any more, at least not around here.
A few years ago a friend of mine gave me Issue #3. Looking back on it now I see a lot of similarities between when I am doing now with Urban Jacksonville and what The Hum was doing back then. It appears to have been a huge inspiration to me, even if it was subconcious.
