Banksy: Street-art in NYC

Its hard not to notice a giant rodent holding an umbrella and a brief case officiously with the words: Let them eat crack painted next to it on one side of a dilapidated building (pic taken from my phone). In the middle of all the sensory onslaught, lies an uncommissioned form of art, vying for eye-space. In New York, street-art is both ubiquitous and invisible, beautiful and painfully amateurish.

On doing some research, I quickly learned that the giant rodent was the work of Banksy and that New York has museums dedicated to street-art! In fact, www.streetsy.com will tell you about the 40+ other artists who all have their own distinct styles. The next time you walk around NYC, keep your third eye open for this evolving form of expression.