New King in Town: Deuce Seven

Winter is usually a quiet time for New York graffiti-- but Deuce Seven has been warming up the scene for the last month. Pieces have appeared all over LES, Williamsburg, and even up on Williamsburg Bridge. No clue where the artist is from-- although the earliest pictures on Flickr seem to indicate a Midwest extraction-- possibly Minneapolis?

Tons more pix on Flickr-- try the "Deuse Seven" variant spelling as well.

And speaking of New York streetart-- Neckface actually released a pair of Vans this week-- there's a huge billboard advertising them on Houston and Lafayette. Selling out has never looked so good! Sadly, no info yet on where you can pick these up.

Pictures above by Streetsy, Gammablog, and Luna Park.

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By Jake Dobkin in Arts & Entertainment on February 13, 2007 2:15 PM

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Sam

612 rep!!!

fyou

fuck all of those bitch ass haters! D7 will fight your bitch ass!

sparky

yes, he is from minneapolis. for a while, he was painting these amazing fish in the same style. early on, he would wheat-paste drawings of these sort of eskimo-stick people.
on the bus ride to work to do, i saw that he just hit up some stuff with straight-lettering which was also quite nice.
also, i have to state the obvious, but does anyone that hates grafitti really think their one-dimensional arguments on here would actually change someone's mind?

Shmurf

The shit is stupid ! If you want to be a graf artist get a legal spot and use that . Do it legally stop & fucking up public property !

Gwinny

If this dude painted on my bike, that would be the coolest bike EVER.

Asa

Artist may be from Memphis, note Mmphis in lower left of piece on right, 2d row.

His work blows to me, but my tastes in graf run trad.

Annoyed

If you hate Gothamist so much why are you still reading and commenting? You people are so weird.

I myself like the look. They remind me of Little Shop of Horror - with faces.

anonymass

As for hating on street art and "reporting more on NYC," NYC is home to some of the best artists in the world, and a lot of them are into street art. And it's good shit. I'm no artist, nor do I know anything about graffiti, but I can appreciate a bad ass piece of art that I look forward to passing my daily commute.

Then let him paint it on your car. Or your bike. Or in your living room if you own one.

nadarine

Yes, Deuce Seven is a Minneapolite- there was a 27 piece on the side of my apt building here (Mpls) that made my day every time I saw it. I'm a huge fan!

voxpopuli

Yo people. (j/k yaya)

I LOVE the peace signs he left ...

hah

Fundamentalist -- don't forget Shake Shack too.

your biggest fan

I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you

ed_Extinct

#29 pedestrain:

Schizophrenics and psychotics are two entirely different animals.

Schizophrenia is someone who has disorganiszed thoughts, delusions, social issues, hallucinations, trouble with cognition etc.

A psychotic is someone who has no conscience, and poor impulse control or manipulative behaviors.

Predators are typically referred to as psychotic. They use charm, manipulation, intimidation, and violence to control others and to satisfy their own selfish needs. Lacking in conscience and in feelings for others, they cold-bloodedly take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without the slightest sense of guilt or regret.[1]

1. Hare, Robert D, Psychopaths: New Trends in Research. The Harvard Mental Health Letter, September 1995

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pedestrian

These remind me of the schizophrenic guy who painted cats. I wonder if the guy is psychotic.

will

you need to ease the fuck up on the post button, dumbass.

now, why oh why has nobody made a "douche seven" joke?

mm

Stop celebrating thugs.

Fundamentalist

Gothamist should only be about pandas, Law & Order, Google Maps mashups, and graffiti.

yaya

Yo people.

Ya'll need to ease the fuck up on this guy and Gothamist for reporting street art.

First of all, I ride over the Wburg bridge every day and this is the best piece I've seen in over a year. Someone is obviously going to tag there, so get over it.

As for hating on street art and "reporting more on NYC," NYC is home to some of the best artists in the world, and a lot of them are into street art. And it's good shit. I'm no artist, nor do I know anything about graffiti, but I can appreciate a bad ass piece of art that I look forward to passing my daily commute.

Ya'll need to relax and quit taking your anger out on a comment blog.

what.