#5pointznyc

[sohnupink]

As seen on @inkmaster a rare look at @5pointzcreates with a nice joint by @toofly_nyc & a nice “ESCE IBM” perm tag by ya boi @spazecraft which I did while painting the same wall with @javid_jah probably the summer before. SOULute to the editors of the tv show who captured this angle in a less then 2 second spot. #5pointznyc #handstyles #graffiti #nycgraffiti #spazecraft https://www.instagram.com/p/CUIdbf8JGmp/?utm_medium=tumblr

[beardedchildcreative]

.. 5 P O I N T Z . . Glad that my cousin took me to 5Pointz back in 2013 before it was demolished in 2014 and made for building complex. Such an amazing place to visit and seeing all that artwork was soemthing out of this world. . . . B E A L P H A . . #5Pointz #NYC5Pointz #5PointzNYC #nycstreetart #newyorksunset #newyorksunset #skylinesunset #newyorkskylinesunset #artcanneverdie #EmpireStateSunset #empirestatebuilding #CanadianPhotographer #CanadianArtist #brooklynqueens #buildingarchitecture #lgv30photography #buildinglookup #groundeyeview #foggyday #Rainyday #NewYorkFog #newyorkrain #americancopperbuildings #TopOfTheRock #chryslerbuilding #newyorkliebe . . . . . . @newyorkermag @newyorkcity @earthfocus @timessquarenyc @newyork_instagram @visualambassadors @ourplanetdaily @nature.geography @nytimestravel @instagram @passionpassport @street_art_ny @newyork_instagram @newyorkarea @newyorkerphoto @americancopperbuildings @newyorkcity@canoncanada @canonusa @empirestatebldg @newyorkcityskyline @newyorkliebe (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPQUvZlFX2E/?utm_medium=tumblr

[trascapades]

🎨⚖💰 #ArtIsAWeapon #5Pointz Happy for these artists! Reposted from @artnet - In a stunning legal decision, a judge just upheld a $6.75 million victory for the street artists whose works were destroyed at the 5Pointz #graffiti mecca.⠀ In a sweeping 32-page decision eviscerating the legal arguments of a disgruntled Queens real estate developer, a US Appeals Court affirmed the rights and monetary damages awarded to a group of graffiti artists whose works were destroyed without warning or consent in 2013. The artists sued the developer, Gerald Wolkoff, in 2013 for violating their rights after he whitewashed their work at the famous 5Pointz graffiti art mecca in New York to make way for condos. A jury ruled in favor of the artists in November 2017, but it was up to a judge to determine the extent of the damages. In February 2018, Brooklyn Supreme Court judge Frederick Block awarded the artists a total $6.75 million in a landmark decision. The sum included $150,000—the maximum legal penalty—for each of the 45 destroyed works at the center of the case. Find the full story on Artnet News—link in profile!⠀ ⠀ Shown here: 5Pointz in January 2013. Photo courtesy of Ezmosis via Wikimedia Commons. #ArtnetNews #5PointzNYC #graffiti #aerosoleartists #PublicArt #GraffitiArt #gentrification #ArtAndLaw #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackGirlArtGeeks🤓 (at 5 Pointz, Queens, NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/B84ZvG7glcx/?igshid=9z89lzpl6125

[cortesnyclivestream]

🎧#Cortesnyclivestream PODCAST #ep89 #5pointz wt @meresone. . . ✍🏽⚡️#ArtLife -This is a special episode with Graffiti Master Meres One. . . . We take a long drive and have a conversation with Meres about our memories and thoughts about the mecca of graffiti that was #5pointznyc . ‼️Now Available on #itunes #stitcher and #spotify ✅subscribe rate &review . #podcast #latinopodcast #latinpodcast #artpodcast #pocpodcast #nygraffiti #artconversation #artistsoninstagram #podcasters #newepisode #comeback #meresone #cortesnyc #graffitiart #graffitinyc #newyorkstreetart #streetartnewyork https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Rv2b6JiID/?igshid=1vivn2a2vbftp

[oson1ce-blog]

#ImageRoulette #oson1ce ---- Search Term: "5 Pointz" ✊️ RIP Last time I was at the pointz they were buffed. I'm glad #ImageRoulette pulled a photo that brings good memories to some. ✌️#5pointznyc

[vitofun]

One of the only things remaining from #5Pointz - the license plate. My brother bought their car and we are in the early stages of brainstorming a project with it. Hopefully we will get @MeresOne involved #FivePointz #5PointzNYC #5PointzForever

[marcellouslovelace]

Marcellous Lovelace The Traveling Nomad at #5pointznyc #loveny www.marcellouslovelace.com #marcellouslovelace #hueart Know Hip-Hop is my love ...

[awslimak]

"Function-less art is simply tolerated vandalism."

I read that sentence once on the back of an LP by "Type O Negative."  I never really gave those words much thought until, many years later, I had seen the after affects of the "whitewashing" of the famous "5 Pointz" site.  Is graffiti "function-less art?"  Does it serve no purpose?  Is it vandalism to be removed with ladders and white paint in the middle of the night under police protection?  If something means so much to a group of people that you have you sneak in during the dead of night with an escort of armed police men to protect you, then I think the message is loud and clear.  5 Points was important to lots of people from all around the world.  5 points was not function-less art.

I visited 5 points 2 weeks to it's "whitewashing" and saw artists of all types coming together to leave their own unique mark on the site.  I saw people with pads and paper sketching the block and building.  Older guys with 4x9 field cameras, another with a time lapse setup hoping to catch the sunset as it faded over the site across the river to the west.  When you have so much creativity going on at one place, it's hard to imagine what was going through the minds of Jerry Wolkoff and his associates when they decided that they had had enough, and decided to end it all in the middle of that fateful night.

There was something special at 5 points.  It's gone now.  Sure, you can still see the building.  It's still there.  You can even see hints of it's former glory peeking out behind the drab panels of 'white" that now cover the facade of the building which sort of mock the passer by with sort of a "damn! look what you missed" sort of feeling.

5 points will live on, but only in photos and stories.  To quote another phrase from the back of another album I saw once... "Moving on is a simple thing.  What it leaves behind is hard."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Pointz https://www.flickr.com/photos/aslimak/sets/72157637249823614

#5pointz #graffiti #NYC #streetart #urbanart