After a bitter battle between building owner Jerry Wolkoff and local graffiti artists, the local graffiti culture center 5Pointz was whitewashed out and prepped for demolition in November. The community promptly responded by tagging the fresh walls demonizing Wolkof for his decision to replace 5Pointz with two high rise luxury residences.
Former 5Pointz curator and graffiti artist Jonathan Cohen, also known as his graffiti handle Meres One, has moved on and found a new canvas to express his art. Clothing company rag & bone has invited Cohen to paint on the wall of its Nolita location for the month of December, an invitation he accepted last Saturday with a black-and-white reimagining of his “Bright Idea” mural.
rag & bone’s Nolita location is no stranger to local graffiti, and has regularly hosted graffiti art on its walls since 2010. The store hosts a new graffiti artist every month and runs an album of the works on its Pinterest page.
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