That’s it, I had my first graffiti-for-dummy-master-class today, and thereby elevated my New York street cred. A tiny bit at least. I visited 5 Pointz, the outdoor art exhibit space in Queens. It is considered the first real graffiti Mecca in the world. I felt like I had just landed in a Technicolor paradise. You want colors, you want amazing pictures and feel like you belong in the ghetto, this is your spot. It’s free, it’s open 24/7 and it’s right across the street from MOMA PS 1, so in a day you can step from über contemporary to legit street art. This old warehouse started to be tagged in the ’90s and increased in popularity in the last decade. The name 5 Pointz means the five boroughs coming together as one. Meres (Jonathan Cohen), the curator of the center, gave me a little tour and was nice enough to hand me the bomb (as you can see at the end of the video I need a few more hours of practice).
http://blogs.canoe.ca/mjny/2010/08/page/2/
