Tripl/Furious: Repainting Subway Art
- Jan 17, 2025
- Mar 01, 2025
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About the Exhibition
Urban Spree Galerie presents "Repainting Subway Art", a homage exhibition to the NYC pioneers of the contemporary graffiti movement and an artistic tour de force conducted by the Dutch graffiti artist Tripl / Furious.
The Opening of the show will be on Friday, January 17th, 2025 from 18:00 to 22:00, together with the book signing event.
First published in 1984 by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant, the book "Subway Art" is considered the bible of old school graffiti & became a huge source of inspiration and mentoring for a whole generation of European graffiti writers in the 80s and beyond. Subway Art has also contributed to the legitimization of graffiti as an art form and influenced the development of street art.
Tripl has been recreating/repainting each page of the original edition of the book with his name Tripl and different aliases (such as Furious) but in the style of the originals over a 10-year period on Dutch and European trains. He not only recreated the graffiti on trains, down to the smallest detail, but also re-enacted as well the photographs of the original book.
The project details are incredible. The responses have been absolutely amazing. This art project, once the subject of whispers and gossip, immediately attained legendary status upon its completion and public unveiling.
June 10th – August 27th 2023 @ MU Hybrid Artspace , Eindhoven (NL)
Feb 3th – May 27th 2024 @ Leicester Museum (UK)
June 6th - November 2nd 2024 @ Colab Gallery, Weil am Rhein (DE)
Tripl/Furious is a prolific graffiti writer from the Netherlands, known for his conceptual graffiti that are best experienced on Instagram. He has gained a large following for his creative use of social media and his unique style that blends traditional graffiti techniques with optical illusions. Tripl/Furious's work is focused mainly on train graffiti, and he is considered one of the most active graffiti writers in the Netherlands. His use of vibrant colors and bold lines make his work stand out on the train lines.
Jasper van Es
