Street The legendary “Zepyhr” talks with Jodi Mitchell
Andrew Witten, known as Zephyr, is an artist, lecturer, author, the Zephyr of Suzanne Vega’s song, “Zephyr and I” and now an avid cyclist and father. As a tagger and the head of a famous street art collective, the Rolling Thunder Writers, he was a key component in graffiti artists making the jump from NY City subway cars to galleries such as NY’s FUN gallery and 51X and a show in Japan with fellow artists Futura 2000, Dondi White, Fab Five Freddy and Dominque Philbert; to collectors and commercial work. He, along with his fellow artists, invented styles and standards that prevail today.
His work was featured in the documentary “Style Wars” and Charlie Ahearn tapped him to create the title sequence for his landmark film, “Wild Style” in which Zephyr also appeared. He is a serious artist who continues to be a central figure in the street art scene. When did you start creating art? Like probably 99% of all kids throughout the history of the
“Art is art
whether it’s in
a gallery or in the streets ”
