PODCAST #073 – Graffiti Writer BATES from COPENHAGEN [ENGLISH]

This LOVEGRAFFITI Podcast Episode continues in English with graffiti writer BATES from COPENHAGEN. BATES has been spraying since 1984 and was one of the leading figures within graffiti subgenre stylewriting early on. Coming from the second graffiti generation in Copenhagen, he still represents and combines the traditional New York sense of style – with an emphasis on the logical course of the letters, the dynamic and swinging rhythms of strokes and arrows – with a Danish and European sense of technology and sharp lines, graphic momentum and almost flawless handling of the spraycan. For almost 40 years, BATES has been one of the most important and influential graffiti artists worldwide! In this conversation we go on a short trip to the planet STYLE, talk about influences, the transience of graffiti and his connection to Germany, where he painted a lot of trains, walls and made a strong impression in the early and mid-nineties. Many will have noticed that BATES often spraypaints outlines and sketches on walls and trains that weren’t out of his pen. In this Podcast Episode 073 you can find out why he is doing this over and over again, and how the Graffiti Exchange project came about back then! We suggest to take a look at our website http://ilovegraffiti.de while listening, we uploaded a podcast photo gallery with BATES pieces from then and now!