Sunday, 16 June 2019

Going For Nearly 20 Years,

they have still never revealed their true identities to the public,



the Broken Fingaz crew is made up for four talented artists, who go by the names Unga, Tant, Deso and Kip, the above mural covering the side of a building in downtown Haifa, their hometown in northern Israel, all photographs © Broken Fingaz

it depicts an imaginary railway inspired by a forgotten train network known as the Hejaz Railway, that once connected the entire Middle East,

but was destroyed 70 years ago in the midst of war and political unrest,  

they’re one of Israel’s only existing graffiti collectives and think of themselves as “gypsies” of graffiti art as they travel the world in search of inspiration while building an international career, their work has appeared everywhere Tel Aviv to the streets of Birmingham to music videos for U2,

when U2 approached the crew to animate their music video, Bono told the Art Newspaper that “we didn’t give them much of a brief; we kind of, dare we say it, got out of their way.”

their most spontaneous work, which they call a “bombing”, is frequently destroyed, or “buffed”, by conservative authorities, 

but they also take on commercial projects from restaurant murals to album covers to make ends meet,

above a video of their work,

I found this rather neat, a quick outline of the subject,

and it is soon made into a piece of street art,

and here is the video of how it was done, just remember Broken Fingaz, You can discover their work on their website and if you like what you see you can even own one of their prints.


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