REVS
If you lived in NYC anytime during the early 1990’s you know REVS. Everywhere you went in the city you would see the infamous REVS wheat paste posters all over (usually with his partner in crime COST). Beyond the wheat paste posters REVS also painted giant tags 50 feet up on the sides of buildings and along highways. REVS created a new age of street art by taking his graffiti to the next level - a level that no one ever could have imagined. Continuing to expand as an artist and release the emotions we all hold inside, REVS went underground into the NYC Subway tunnels and began painting his diary. It seems that almost every tunnel has a page of the REVS story painted on its walls. These days REVS has taken his art even further and mostly legal by the way of sculpture. REVS has created hundreds of metal sculptures that he has (with permission, well mostly) bolted, welded and cemented all over the city. What makes REVS truly special, and the definition of a true artist, is that he doesn’t sell his work. REVS work has always been and is still free for the world to see - just walk around the city and there he is. The man himself said it best: “once money changes hands for art, it becomes a fraudulent activity.” - WELL SAID!
Read a rare interview with REVS in the NY Times.
See images of REVS work at saster.net and robotswillkill.com
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