“I don't want to be famous. I want to be infamous. Graffiti should be about infamy, not fame, it's about not wanting to be out in the public eye.You should see graffiti, you shouldn’t know what's behind it. It should be mysterious. It should inspire mystery, you know what I'm saying, intrigue and I create something in my mind about who that person is. Subconsciously I create a character. I started looking at graffiti in the tunnels. I'm like, what crazy mother fuckers would go in the tunnels, risk their lives to put their name up.” - Geshu
Geshu, pronounced ‘guess who,’ is a graffiti and fine artist from the Upper West Side. His stickers and tags were some of the first that introduced me to graffiti. Geshu has some of the craziest, smoothest, and most complex handstyles in the game. He recently released a 300 page blacked out book called ‘RYB’ consisting of hundreds of hand styles and drawings. It contains some of the most insane styles I’ve seen. Geshu has been diving into his fine art and drawings more as of recent which are equally as intricate and meticulously drawn. We had two separate photo sessions filled with more conversation and storytelling than actual photography. As an OG New Yorker he has stories and experience to span multiple lifetimes. To protect his identity this is the most I can write.