Amazing Graffiti in Miami
BRASKY’S street team grabbed their SLRs and hit the ghetto(s). We greatly underestimated what we were about to uncover…
I have been in Miami for 2 years now, and I still feel like I’ve encountered only fraction of the bizarre/interesting/sexy/creative places waiting to be discovered. And while I have been critical of this town for its routine showcase of gaudy, vanity-oriented glitz, the art scene is one of the nation’s best, with entire districts characterized by glamorous artistic and architectural themes.
In particular, the graffiti here has continually dazzled me. A random drive through the north side of town is guaranteed to reveal graffiti-slathered concrete. And I’m not talking about gang graffiti – I’m talking about mural-variety, elite urban spray paintings. This past weekend the inspiration struck to go on a tour and snap some photographs of some favorites. We also hoped to find some new stuff. So I grabbed my camera and friend-of-the-Braskies, Dezerae Pla, and hit the streets.
Footnote: Miami has some notoriously rough neighborhoods, the worst of which we ventured into to grab some of these photographs. A cop even rolled up to us to advise that we “get the hell out of here”, offering some alarming details of the proximity of crack-related hellholes. Apparently graffiti gawkers are frequent targets of armed robbery, so… let’s just say we hope you enjoy.
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 Note: This building is at least 100 ft. tall. |
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 This is the iconic mural on the indie record store Sweat Records |
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We also wanted to share with you a couple of our favorite pieces of non-graffiti urban art in Miami.
 Figure this out… |
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