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Mode 2 is what some may refer to as All City. Actually, scratch that - All World. He learned his craft alongside some of the mainstays of the UK hip-hop scene in Central London in the 1980’s and has witnessed the evolution of the art form, from a word of mouth movement to a multi-billion dollar industry. As a member of the renowned graffiti crew, The Chrome Angelz, Mode 2 was one of the first wave of British writers to make an impact on the public consciousness and really introduce this exciting new style of art to the masses. He has painted all over the planet, and having spent the late 80’s and early 90’s in mainland Europe, he has since returned to the UK and continues to produce his own work and crusade for the cause of bringing graffiti to a wider audience.

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Over the course of a career that has variously infuriated anti-graffiti task force officers and enthralled Japanese street couture collectors — meaning winning props from hip-hop superstars Kanye West and Pharrell Williams — the pop artist KAWS has carved a unique niche for himself. The soft-spoken 34-year-old Jersey City native, born Brian Donnelly, created a new business model that bridges the high-low culture divide in ways that would have made steam come out of Andy Warhol’s ears.

By parlaying vandalism into a brand identity as a purveyor of mass-produced collectible toys, KAWS became a bona fide subculture celebrity with a recognizable presence in street fashion.

But now, KAWS is at a career turning point. In spite of his renown in subcultural circles (which galleristas and museum directors have historically snobbed), he is now being mentioned in the same breath as pop art luminaries, such as Takashi Murakami, Keith Haring and Jeff Koons. And while KAWS has proven himself perfectly capable of trafficking his own pop offerings — on skateboard decks, stickers, T-shirts and sneakers — KAWS has infiltrated the rarefied world of institutional art after being held at arm’s distance from it for much of his career. Pretty fly for a graf guy.

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If your are more down with the abstract side of graffiti, the interview with Dais from Copenhagen might be interessting for you.

After all these nonsense interviews of the last times with 3rd class writers or boring oldschool legends here is an interview that is definitely worth reading. An interview with Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver, the maker of Stylewars.
Beside all the reading there are a lot of pictures to be seen. Check it out.

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Here is a little video interview with New York City oldschool legend Blade. Nothing new is being said and no subway pictures are shown. So if you await this, save your time.

Check out the little video interview with Earsnot of Irak crew from NYC.

earsnot from THE FEAR on Vimeo.

Read the Mr. Dheo interview on fatcap.com. He’s from Portugal and is really skilled in what he’s doing.

Read the Stay High 149 Interview on ThankYouNYC.com. Nothing special, but worth a visit.

Here is another interview with Martha Cooper for all of you who aren’t sick of reading the same stuff the 100th time.

Another interview, this time with graffiti artist Skam on Formatmag.