Kel 1st 1980

Futura 2000 made this subway car painting, Kel 1st, with spray paint, and you can just imagine him layering the colours on this moving canvas. It’s all about the process of getting up there and getting it done, right? The colours are laid down with such speed, they drip and run into each other. The surface of the subway car becomes a field for expression, a battleground for ideas. Look at how the blue paint kind of bleeds into the white background. This isn't about perfection; it's about energy. It's about making your mark in a raw, visceral way. Futura’s painting reminds me of Cy Twombly's scribbles, but with the added grit and urgency of the streets. It's like he's saying, "Art doesn't belong in a museum, it belongs here, now, in the middle of life." Art is an ongoing conversation, a constant push and pull between different voices and visions, and it's so great to find ambiguity in these images.