Near the art gallery PS 101 in New York there is a large outdoor grafetti gallery. Artists apply to paint a certain part of the building and the management approves their grants and they get about two weeks to put something up.
The gallery is set inside a courtyard between a few buildings. The art goes up 5 stories covering doorways, fire escapes, and every brick surface. There is even a loading dock that has been painted.
I think grafetti is a very underrated art form. I've watched similar legal grafetti be created in Venice Beach. It is incredible what some people can do with spray paint. Even though the medium is usually the same, spray paint on brick, it can take on so many forms.
Seeing so much grafetti in one place is very overwhelming. Each artist gets a space about 10 feet by 10 feet and they fill it all. Even though it was raining and cold when we visited, my friends and I spent about 45 minutes walking around.
I'm not sure it's exact location but any NYU hipster could tell you where to find it.
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