New mural by David Choe on the iconic Houston Bowery Graffiti Wall, New york 2017

David Choe has just finished painting on the iconic Houston Bowery Graffiti Wall at the corner of Bowery & Houston St. in Manhattan’s Lower East Side/Chinatown area.

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe (born April 21, 1976) is an American figure painter, muralist, graffiti artist and graphic novelist of Korean descent. His figure paintings are characterized by a raw, frenetic tone that he has termed “dirty style.”In the graffiti world, he is identified with the bucktoothed whale he has been spray-painting on the streets since he was in his teens.

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

Choe’s has provided the cover art for Jay-Z and Linkin Park’s multi-platinum album Collision Course, and created artwork to decorate the sets of Juno and The Glass House. He has also comsissioned work for Mark Zuckerberg, FaceBook CEO.

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

Check out the wildly imaginative detail in the finished mural below …

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

and the final mural that now graces the Bowery Wall …

David Choe, Houston Bowery Street Art Wall, New York 2017. Photo credit @just_a_spectator

Other artists that have painted the famous wall include PichiAvo, RETNA, Kenny Scharf, Barry McGee, Shepard Fairey, AIKO, Os Gemeos, JR, Keith Haring, CRASH, Faile, How & NOSM, REVOK/POSE, Swoon, Maya Hayak, and Ron English.

Photo credit @just_a_spectator

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