5Pointz Aerosol Art Center - Mecca of Graffiti Art
The 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center lovingly called The Institute of Higher Burnin'
is an outdoor art gallery in Long Island City, Queens, New York, where graffiti
artists from all over the World come and paint on the outer walls of a large
(19,000 sq. metre - 2200,000 sq. foot, five storey high, old warehouse complex.
In 1993 one, Pat DiLillo, came up with a brilliant idea of providing
dedicated walls to the aerosol artists so as to discourage graffiti vandalism.
Soon its walls became very popular and in 2002 Jonathan Cohen, a graffiti artist
under the signature of "Meres One " starting overseeing the work and became the
curator of this open air out door gallery.
The name 5Pointz signifies convergence of five boroughs of New York, namely;
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. Its reputation is now
world wide and besides artists from USA, artists from many countries have
painted on its walls.
Unfortunately the owner of the property now wants to demolish this Graffiti
Mecca (New
York Times). However many art lovers have joined hands to oppose his move.
Its curator wants to convert the complex into a graffiti museum and to also
house a school for aspiring aerosol artists.
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Image from Wikimedia Commons is by Vinniebar
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Some more fantastic collection of graffiti can be seen along the two side of the building using
Google Street View. The building can also
be seen in Google Earth 3-D view by enabling the 3-D layer.
View location in
Google Earth /
Google Street View
Main source of info and more info: Official
Page of 5 Pointz / Wikipedia
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