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Open Walls Baltimore - Jetsonorama, Arizona
Chip Thomas, aka Jetsonorama is a physician/photographer who has lived and worked on the Navajo Nation in Arizona for 25 years. Since 2009,he’s wheatpasted his portraits, vintage and recent, of his...
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More Open Walls Baltimore
OWB is winding down and I’m way behind in editing and posting photos. So here are flix of finished walls. The project will officially finish this weekend. For the Grand Finale, my good friend John...
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Stikman Story
I love happening upon art in out of the way places and Stikman is not only a master of the unexpected. but has been at it longer than just about anybody. His recent show at Pandemic Gallery in...
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John Ahearn Casting at Open Walls Baltimore
Baltimore got a dose of vintage street art over Memorial Day as John Ahearn cast two people as part of OWB’s finale. John and I have been friends since the 80’s when he lived, worked and installed...
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A Great Day for Graff in Bushwick
The French crew, 123Klan, celebrated their 20th anniversary with an international graffiti jam in Bushwick. Organized secretly by Scien as a surprise for Klor, writers flew in from Paris, Germany,...
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Remembering Stay High 149 - Voice of the Ghetto
Among graffiti writers, Wayne Roberts aka Stay High 149 was a pioneer of pioneers. His distinctive, enduring tag is recognized worldwide and will live on but sadly he is no longer with us. His family...
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Welling Court III a Winner!
The weather gods smiled this weekend as 60+ international and local artists converged on the cozy Queens community of Welling Court under bright and breezy skies. Organized by Ad Hoc’s Alison and...
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HELLO AIKO!!
In mid-June, Aiko spent a solid three weeks hand cutting stencils in preparation for tackling the famous Houston Bowery wall. This wall has become the premier street art exhibition spot since Keith...
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CASE’s Kodak Moment: R.I.P. Film
In July photorealist Andreas von Chrzanowski aka CASE of Germany’s Ma’claim Crew traveled to Rochester, NY to participate in Ian Wilson’s Wall Therapy. After painting a huge, beautiful mural on a wall...
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Nudes n’ Prudes in Rochester and Atlanta
This summer I was privileged to photograph two of the most respected street artists in the world at work: Faith47 from South Africa at Wall Therapy in Rochester and Hyuro from Argentina via Valencia...
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2012 Bloop: International Proactive Art Festival in Ibiza
Sorry for the late post but I’ve been on a whirlwind street art festival circuit this summer and am just catching up on blogging. First in mid-July was Bloop Festival, in Ibiza, a spectacularly...
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Wall \Therapy - Rochester 2012: Walls Near the Market
Wall\Therapy is the brain child of Ian Wilson, a Rochester, NY doctor who became a fan of street art while growing up in Brooklyn. In addition to bringing international artists to Rochester to paint...
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Wall\Therapy - Rochester 2012-Walls Around Town
Rochester’s Public Market was the central location for Wall Therapy 2012 however artists painted major murals all over town. A couple of walls came under more than the usual scrutiny from the...
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More Living Walls Atlanta, Part 2
Apologies for being slow posting these photos. I’m leaving for a month in South Africa tomorrow so better late than never. This article was posted by Martha Cooper 6 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 12...
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Living Walls, The City Speaks Atlanta Part 1
Living Walls Conference was possibly the most ambitious street art festival, in mission and scope that I’ve ever attended. In addition to 20+ murals being painted, events included panels, film...
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I ART JOBURG - a month in South Africa #1
As usual, I’m slow to post so apologies for old news. South Africa was full of surprises. From our artist-decorated rooms in Jo-Burg’s 12 Decades Hotel to graffiti pieces on trains to flocks of...
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Trainspotting in JoBurg and Cape Town
Although penalties for painting on South African trains can be harsh, there is a thriving graf scene in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The bright yellow metro line cars provide a colorful background for...
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Pixel Pancho and 2501 Narrowly Escape Annhilation by Sandy
Italian artists Pixel Pancho and 2501 were forced to take a break from Articulate Baltimore because of the hurricane so they accompanied me to NYC. Today they walked to Times Square from 103rd Street...
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How & Nosm’s Houston Street Tribute to Tony Goldman
Identical twins How & Nosm, were born in Spain, raised in Germany and permanently moved to NYC in 1999. After joining the legendary TATS CRU in the Bronx, they honed their spray painting skills...
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Articulate Baltimore Wraps Up Despite Sandy
Stefan Hauswald and Jesse James, curators of Articulate Baltimore, weren’t planning on a hurricane when they invited artists to paint in October. Luckily Sandy only interrupted the action and...
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MoMA Profits from Faux Subway Graffiti
The most surprising card I received this year was from Jetsonorama, a doctor/photographer/artist who lives and works on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. He sent me a beautifully produced foil...
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HAPPY 2013!
My 2013 New Year’s resolution was to buy an iphone, learn how to take photos with it and use Instagram. Coming soon… Meanwhile best wished for a happy, healthy, creative, productive and exciting year!...
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marthacoopergram I Am
People are always asking me how graffiti has changed over the years but a better question, for me at least, is how photography has changed. My dad had a camera store in Baltimore and gave me my first...
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Stikman’s Ten Year Tribal/Insect/Primordial Cycle
While driving to Baltimore for New Year’s with a friend I was lucky to be able to stop off in Philly and catch the end of Stikman’s show at Stupid Easy Gallery. Stikman himself gave me a tour of the...
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Double Trouble - Twins in the City
How & Nosm have a big show opening on February 1 at Jonathan Levine’s Pop-Up Gallery at 557 West 23rd Street in Chelsea. The show is called Late Confessions and the centerpiece is a fabulous three...
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R.I.P. Ed Koch - 1924-2013
Ed Koch enjoyed many successes during his 3 years as NYC’s mayor but, luckily, eradicating graffiti wasn’t one of them. This article was posted by Martha Cooper 2 months, 3 days, 11 hours, 54 minutes...
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Freights n’ Ravens
Yesterday I went to the Ravens Super Bowl celebration. The football stadium is a short distance from Sowebo, the neighborhood I’ve been documenting since 2006. So I just walked over and joined...
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City Glyphs - Robert Janz at Work
“Variations on ancestral glyphic art, echoes of our origins : active meditations on transience, exercises on emptiness” - Robert Janz At 80, Robert Janz has been around longer than most of us but I...
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Liu Bolin Disappears at 5 Pointz - 5 Pointz May Disappear Too - Meeting Tonight
Chinese Artist Liu Bolin aka The Invisible Man had himself painted into an intricate graffiti mural at 5 Pointz yesterday. After touring a few graffiti sites, Liu selected a rich jungle scene by...
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Street Artists Spruce up Street Vendors’ Stable in Baltimore
My documentation of Baltimore traditions merged with my interest in street art last month as Gaia, LNY, Mata Ruda, Nanook and Sorta brought their skills and supplies to one of the last of the A-rabber...
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