In December, Houston-born and worldwide recognized graffiti writer NEKST passed away. The prolific art-bomber left him mark in countless cities and eventually aligned with LA’s mighty MSK crew. After his death, NEKST tributes began popping on streets from Houston to New York City and beyond. And now he has been immortalized online by one of the most widely known practitioners in the graffiti/street art world, Banksy, who put the image above in GIF form on his website.
In the above mini documentary, MOCAtv takes a look at the late graffiti legend NEKST and the graffiti scene in Detroit. There's some footage of the big NEKST tribute going up on the side of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, which we've covered before, as well as remembrances from…
We've seen a lot of tributes for graffiti writers who have passed away, but never like this. Over the past few days, numerous artists have been descended upon Williamsburg to put up NEKST, a prolific graffiti artist who passed away in December of 2012. For three blocks, the name NEKST…
In what has to be one of the most unique tributes ever, a crew of almost two dozen graffiti artists paid respect to NEKST--a highly influential writer who passed away--by painting his name in their own unique styles, resulting in a blocks long collaboration in Brooklyn. We documented the aftermath,…
