I guess Keith Haring was one of, or thee, first to create graffiti in a style other than traditional tags. Now, it seems commonplace and much of the alternative graffiti feels like illustrative painting. I was first introduced to Nicolas Kuszyk, in 2008, through his mural on Metropolitan Avenue, on the side of a bagel shop. His mural brightened up the street.
Living in the neighborhood, I later noticed his work was later in a local gallery and currently his work is showing in Cinders Gallery in a show titled, "Superconscious Futureitual". The illustrative quality of his work speaks for itself. He illustrates a world of robots in which the robots are metaphors for people.
When I looked more into who this artist is, I found that he is from Virginia. In one interview he said that industry talk is boring, alluding to the idea that maybe he does not like to discuss his work formally, as art is usually discussed in the art world. He also thinks that insurance companies and banks, and the people who run them, are stupid. He seems like a typical guy who likes to draw/paint a lot, comes to NYC because there's more action than from where he's from, settles in Williamsburg because it's "artsy", makes connections with the people around (such as the publishing connection that helped him to get his book published), and continues life.
http://www.rrobots.com
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