This site and it’s blog are an experiment – something I needed to get off my chest. They might be taken down, or never updated again. I leave it to become whatever it grows into, or maybe it’ll stagnate and disappear.
Graffuturism is a word that surfaced from my subconscious recently while drawing a sketch, but it is a term that has fascinated me and remained on my mind since I picked up a spray can over twenty years ago. Today it attracts me again because I love that it is poetic, unique and without a dictionary definition, therefore suggesting something that really is unexplainable: I can show you when I see it, I can grasp the forms of it, but I leave it up to you to explain or define.
The Artist will always be beyond a Label. So I guess this is an attempt to define something, an aesthetic, a common string that some of us graffiti artists, painters, even photographers share. A collection of viewing something that is only a portrait of decades of progression and regression.
I hope you enjoy and contribute to the forming of an attempt to define Chaos through the eyes of a Graffiti Futurist like myself.
GF
49 comments
ANTISTATIK says:
Mar 2, 2010
Hey,
i’m ANTISTATIK from France.
Your site is very interesting, graffuturism is a very very good concept.
If you need for pictures , let me know.
congratulation
Antistatik
poesiatranscend says:
Mar 2, 2010
Thank you please feel free to contribute any new work or any news you need published. This is an idea to spread styles like yours and create a community for like minded Artists.
P
Jurne says:
Mar 7, 2010
Dope Site, I like your term Graffuturism a lot, and your open-ended definition (or lack thereof). Great content!
A fellow Back to the Future letter enthusiast,
Jurne
Lionel Tenz says:
Apr 20, 2010
it will be very interesting to see where this will go.
Mearo says:
Apr 22, 2010
hey!
i will say the same thing as my french schoolmate Antistatik!
very interesting concept
let’s work on it by lightworks paintings !
see ya soon for news!
Mearo /Ghetto Farceur
Bob P. says:
May 10, 2010
Great site! I caught a link from it on http://www.12ozprophet.com
I’m a big fan of the “graffuturism” styles and partake in them myself.
Check out some of my abstract pieces in the link above.
Kraser says:
Aug 19, 2010
Me ha encantado graffuturism, de verdad!
Saludos.
Kraser
Stylarosa.com says:
Sep 15, 2010
A concept extremely worthy of documentation! I came across the page from mrjago.com. This creative range is the definition of being free. Thanks for taking the time to make this site a reality… -Brian
Laura Thompson says:
Jul 6, 2011
I totally agree with Brian… Awesome and Inspiring!
Crazy EYES says:
Oct 12, 2010
The best documentation on nexl level graffiti !! thx to do that !!
simon PTC says:
Nov 2, 2010
One of the best sites I’ve seen for up to date cutting edge new wave graffiti. I love the abstract movement on the go and the step away finally from the new york standard of graffiti. I have loaved graff since the early 90s , so if you would like any of my images please let me know!!!!
Chad says:
Dec 17, 2010
Great site.
This is everything I love about graffiti. The limitless bounds and progression of style from a birth in typography.
Keep it going
Sam says:
Jan 5, 2011
Echoing all the good words said. The concept resonates (I think for many of us), and I very much appreciate the quality over quantity approach of your posts here.
TRASH says:
Feb 11, 2011
Hi
i discovered your blog a few weeks ago (i dont even remember how). I wanna say something good about your blog, but when i read all the posted comment up there, i think everything was already said. So i would just say THANK YOU for your sharp selection.
Like One says:
Feb 20, 2011
Love this site. It’s very refreshing to see what other people are doing to step outside of boundaries. Looking forward to the updates.
-Like / Chicago
reevoke says:
Feb 27, 2011
this site is inspirational !
keep up the great work
t.
BAM says:
Mar 7, 2011
Great flicks & entries. Keep the movement going!
Em says:
Mar 8, 2011
You always have seemed to amaze me so creative, smart, and addicting because over the years I have had the pleasure to see your work grow there are no word to describe it I agree its just a constant live, learn, enjoy, and never forget it type of feeling that art is just a part of us yearning to get out! Glad you did it now its time for you to do what you truly love. Congrats and best wishes!
Birdy says:
Mar 28, 2011
Best graffiti site. Glad I found it. Keep up the good work!
Alexandre Soulet Koniger says:
Nov 5, 2011
Thanks to this site, i discovered that some street artists are talented enough to be exhibited amoung the most famous modern and contemporary abstract painters. I think using the term graffitis to define such amazing pieces of art is pejorative. They are definitely the graphic paintings of the future. I only regret that sculpture has not yet found a distinguished role in this new artistic movement.ASK
fu says:
May 4, 2011
Dope site!
Dont stop!
Jim Keaton says:
May 16, 2011
Great posts. Its evolving.
Mare139 says:
May 24, 2011
Great works and commitment to the dialogue of contemporary graffiti inspired art. We need to continue to share these links and stories about us and our time. This is just the start of a huge transformation towards more mature and experimental works that go beyond the cartoons and vector graphics the culture is consumed by. Mare139 ROC- Return Our Culture 2011
Van Sant Daniël says:
Jun 9, 2011
this is a great site ,,,see a lot of fantastic artists her.
ceep going,,, our congrats http://www.GraffitiFund.tk
Daniël Van Sant CEO and Sven Aerts
andrewtcrum says:
Jun 24, 2011
Simply hands down on point progressive energetic flowings here. Much appreciated. Keep dropping the heat! this definitely rules big time and is a huge inspiration.
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Bware of Sparks says:
Aug 16, 2011
wow im really glad i found this website!…. ive been trying to find a place that shows more design within graffiti…. really interesting and unique!…. especially the fact that its not your typical same ol, over used graffiti styles!
PESA TNB says:
Aug 18, 2011
Great site for people who like to let the paint and letters flow with no cares in the world…Graffuturism!
*PESA*
Rae Martini says:
Sep 14, 2011
Superdope stuff, great site!
Rae Martini says:
Sep 14, 2011
First i would thank you for puttin up such a great site.
Our culture needs to places like this, and as writer from the last 80’s i must say that so many times our mission has been misunderstood or just ignored.
Your concept is a look forward but deeply rooted in our past, very cool.
How can i share some stuff with you?
Thank you so much, all the best, Rae.
tahe says:
Oct 15, 2011
Great works showing here very very inspiring .thank you so much to have done this website.
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Alexandre Brown Mitherhofer says:
Jun 13, 2012
I am from Brasil, your site is excellent.
I always visit it.
congratulations.
Brownone.
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LUNE82 says:
Nov 27, 2012
Great site ,i really like the term ”graffuturism” you invented, that’s like a natural evolution of graffiti abstraction , kind of a new wave of ”traditional” graffiti. Thanks for the good documentation of this forward graffiti ”trend” called graffuturism. The creation of the term is great as well as the site. Great stuff here.
I would like to contribute.
Peace .
Lune82
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Pesok LAC says:
Feb 28, 2013
came across this amazing website about a year ago. The “graffuturism” really captures the thing about abstract nature and this new wave of crazy graffiti styles of the contemporary times. I ,myself, along with my crew LAC, also partake in this crazy new trend of abstractive letter manipulation style. We :LAC, are a graffiti crew from Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), hoping to break apart from the traditional graffiti style and trying to create some crazy new stuffs. But with that being said, I still paint “traditional” wild style pieces from time to time.
And if possible, we would like to contribute our works to the site and it would mean a huge opportunity for us.
Pesok LAC
Michael JUNE22 Ziobrowski says:
Feb 28, 2013
Peace and blessings and thanks for providing such a great forum for amazing works. I too wanted to share with you my work and also invite you to come see what my friends and I have up at UCLA’s Kerkhoff Gallery until March 9th. please let me know if I can send you a press release. and thank you again, the movement is amazing and has some really good hearted people creating amazing art.
BLESS UP
– JUNE22
peep my latest: http://instagram.com/xistheweapon
Stefan says:
Jul 7, 2013
Ce que j’en pense ? That In my Artistic research, lost in my little town, I finally foud Graffutursim on my road. I feel lik home in this movement .
thanks for gatherind so many artist under a global spirit. I feel less alone. I’m far from a real professional work, but your guiding light makes a target !
Julie Ruols says:
Oct 9, 2013
Bravo Antistatik!
On s’est croisé à Berlin samedi 5/10/13… Très fort!
Comment souhaiterais-tu te promouvoir ?
…
La petite blonde qui t’a demandé ton prénom!
Moi, c’est Julie
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Le plaisir des yeux……
Peace
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Hyperactivity says:
Oct 3, 2014
As a former French graffiti artist that began in the late 90s, I converted to painting on canvas over the years and feel particularly close to the Graffuturism artistic trend. Contrary to what the “street art” movement and “post graffiti” may unfortunately suggest, I do not regard Graffuturism as an artistic current higher than the original graffiti movement or supposedly more intellectual but simply as a possible continuity…
Rachael Moore says:
Jan 5, 2017
Really interesting & informative blog! I’m working with David Gerena right now, a 1980s NYC graffiti artist, who’s creating works on canvas in Figurative Graffiti, and am catching up on where graffiti’s gone since the 80s (how it’s developed in different directions), and the context of the different styles.
byrd says:
Apr 12, 2017
Poesia, totally enjoy this site and the conversations it enables. I particularly like the longer articles and watching the words gather around this idea of graffuturism. Can you or anyone else point to other places (web wise, I’m not inclined to mobility) where this kind of talk is happening?
Im not going to locate my practice, it doesn’t matter. But check out my boy Atune__ on Insta and faze book he’s doing the hard yards and kicking goals.
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