Bates 

Photo taken in Copenhagen, Denmark

Bates is probably the widest known Danish graffiti artist. He has been a figure in the Danish graffiti community for as long as I can remember, with his classic wild style pieces.

AoDs 

Photo taken in Aarhus, Denmark

AoD is a Danish graffiti crew, I remember them being very active in the late 90's, early 2000's, where especially Thek stood out as one of the members.
Back then they often worked with MoA and WHY.

Be nice 

Photo taken in Aarhus, Denmark

New work from Banksy 

London, England

Ok, so Banksy did a new mural. Depicting children pledging allegiance to a Tesco(supermarket) carrier bag.
On Wednesday March 5 2008, you could read in 'The London Paper' on page 4 'Family's art-felt thanks to Banksy' - the story about the family owning the pharmacy that the Mural was painted on, and the fact that the estimated value of their wall now could be as much as £ 300,000.
As you can see on the photo the children part of the painting has already been covered by plexiglass, to protect it.

Anti Graffiti Campaign 

Balham, London, England

Once again, while visiting London this Easter, I found this anti Graffiti campaign poster in Balham.
I especially like their choice of graphic style, using something that looks like a kid's drawing, with the writing on the side of the bag saying 'Graffiti Paint'. And this is what they use to get people to report graffiti, because you shouldn't rely on other to report it.

ITSO 

Photo taken in Copenhagen, Denmark

ITSO is a widely known Danish writer, known for his reverse writing style. ITSO has also used a list of other tags like KEGR and FEYS.
Over the years he has been affiliated with a long list of different Danish and foreign crews, like MoA, ViM, MSN and THE.
ITSO has always been doing a lot of solo action.

Book: Wall and Piece 

by Banksy

This is a really great book, stuffed with lots of Banksy work.
The works in the book ranges from outside graffiti to his canvas alterations and museum work.
Banksy tells stories about the background of a lot of his pieces, and stories about his ventures when doing the pieces.

Wall and Piece

by Banksy

Amazon Price: $15.61 (as of 07/26/2008)

MoAs 

Photo taken in Copenhagen, Denmark

MoAs piece by KEGR by Copenhagen Central Station.

MoA(Monsters of Art) is a notorious danish crew. They are one of the largest crew in the country, for a long time were the almost the only crew you would ever see on trains.
There has always been a lot of myths, legends and stories about MoA.
MoA often writes with crews like Swedish ViM, British TPG, Norwegian All and MSN from the Netherlands.
Some of the most known members are:
MINS
LES
TRICK
KEGR (now former member)

Photos: Pieces and Throw-ups 

Ølr

Mix

KP

Witso Piece

Napalm piece

SW / Birds Piece 

Photo taken in Copenhagen, Denmark

SW (Sky Walkers) and Birds Piece in a tunnel by Sortedams Søen in Copenhagen, Denmark.

SW is a danish graffiti crew that have been around for a long time, they were one of the first crews that really caught my eye.
Among the Members of SW is:
PEXS
KOKM

Birds is a younger graffiti crew, also danish, i think their bird trademark is great.
Among the Members of Birds is:
Kid Spacee (Cee)
DASM

ADLs 

Photo taken in Copenhagen, Denmark

ADLs Silver piece by Åsten. I love the multiple outlines.

ADLs is a danish Graffiti crew. They have members like:
STORM
ÅSTEN
ENUFF

Book: WK Interact 

EXTERIOR - INTERIOR ACT 2

This is a great book about WK Interact and his work, it has tons of great photo's. It shows how WK is doing his amazing works. Both from his art shows and his work on the streets.
Really worth it, if you like the work of WK.

WK Interact: Exterior - Interior Act 2

Amazon Price: $38.50 (as of 07/26/2008)

RöVR 

Photo taken at Dybbølsbro, Copenhagen

RöVR piece by MiX by the train tracks under the bridge by Dybbølsbro.

RöVR is a Danish graffiti crew.

Book: Graffiti Brasil 

This is one of my favorite graffiti books, the styles in it is very different from most of the things you would see anywhere else.
It features among a long list Os Gemeos, Onesto and Zezao.
And it has a whole chapter on the classic Brazilian tagging, known as Pichacao.

Graffiti Brasil (Street Graphics / Street Art)

by Lost Art, Caleb Neelon, Tristan Manco

Amazon Price: $15.30 (as of 07/26/2008)

Erosie 

Photo taken in Berlin, Germany

This is a classic Erosie sticker, depicting a bicycle. I found this one on a trip to Berlin.

Erosie is originally from Holland. After getting tired of more conventional graffiti, he started doing throw ups and stickers depicting bicycles, inspired by all the bike wrecks he saw around his city.

Photos: Tags 

John1

Moas Rav

BeA tag

ITSO tag

Raider tag

Did you remember to paint graffiti today? 

Photo taken in Copenhagen, Denmark

I love this sticker, it is a parody of a public service sticker/badge that said 'Did you remember to talk to your children today?'
'Har du husket at male graffiti idag?'
The writing is in Danish, but it says the same as the title 'Did your remember to paint graffiti today?'

Graffiti Links 

Rudeless

Great work, abstract, cool

Banksy

Need I say more?

Dais

Great danish artist

Wooster Collective

a celebration of street art.

EROSIE

One of my favorite artist.

L O O M I T

THE homepage of LOOMIT - Graffiti at the beginning of the 3rd millenium

WK INTERACT

The Official Site of WK INTERACT

KRINK

Krink products are the finest quality inks and markers.

D*face

D*Face

Welcome to The London Police

The London Police

COPE 2

COPE 2 - True Legend

Great / Bates

The site of two Danish writers

cmpSpin

The web site of a Danish graffiti duo

Toys Crew

Danish Graffiti Crew

Movie: Style Wars 

Classic graffiti movie, featuring Seen, as one of the artists still active on the graffiti scene, among many others of course.
The legendary 'CAP' is also in this movie, the guy who gave the name to 'capping' (meaning: destroying or painting over somebody else's graffiti).
This is a classic movie, which has played a great role in the early graffiti movement here in Denmark.
If you haven't watched it yet, do, it's worth it.

Style Wars

Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 07/26/2008)

André 

Photo taken in Copenhagen, Denmark

I love this classic little Monsieur A face, by André. Here he cleverly uses some sort of keyhole for the right eye, I think its brilliant. I found this in downtown Copenhagen.

André is French of origin, and started painting in the mid 80's in Paris. His character is called Monsieur A, and can be seen many places all over the world. (Source: Street Logos by Tristan Mango)

Street art 

One nation under CCT...

Space Invaders

Camera

Gentrify this!!!

Street art

Other great graffiti books 

I own a copy of all of these, and can strongly recommend them all.

Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents

by Nicholas Ganz

Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 07/26/2008)

Stencil Graffiti (Street Graphics / Street Art)

by Tristan Manco

Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/26/2008)

Street Logos

by Tristan Manco

Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/26/2008)

Cut It Out

by Banksy

Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)

Define: Crew 

• MoA : Monsters of Art
• FYS : Free Your Spirit
• AoD : Angels of Destruction
• SW : Sky Walkers
• FK : Fresh Kids
• ASS : AllStarS
• BEA

Define: Writer 

• KEGR
• SABE
• AWE
• TRICK
• BATES
• DAIS
• TELE

Tell me what you think 

Tell me what you think of graffiti, or of this lens, anything really.