Il freakatoni del treni

"Il Freakatoni del treni" is a work by Shlomo Faber. The Work has been realized after a long travel through Italy. On the way to the train yard he drew portraits of the last passengers in the train. Out of his memory he drew the portraits on an italian train. "Gli Freakatoni del treni" means "the freaks of the train" in italian slang. This work is a series of painted trains by Shlomo Faber realized on italian double deck trains running in the Veneto region. Veneto region is well know for his richness in cultural events such as Venice Biennale.

Carnevale Concettuale - Turismo Vandalismo

Inspired by the Carnival of Viareggio the artist group "M & MME Dubois" did an intervention on an italian old commuter train, commonly known as "Metropolitano". This work has been carried out during the days of 2020 edition of "Carnivale di Viareggio". The artist group used self made "Coriandoli" made out of various colorfull papers including a text about graffiti by the italian art critic Claudio Musso. The artists group "M & MME Dubois" is originally from the Grand Est Region in France - better known as the international risk area of France during Corona Crisis.

​"BEYOND" - ​Milan, 2017

​"BEYOND" is a work by Biancoshock done in Milan 2017.

"The ladder has been positioned on the surrounding wall of a historic train yard (Milano Grecco Pirelli).
​After 14 years I returned to the place where all began. Looking at this wall I visualized what allowed me to climb over that wall without fear of the consequences, without wondering whether it was right or wrong, if it was art or just adrenaline." found via streetsy.com

Background - DB Traffic Red, White & Grey

prisoner - via

tomorrow arabian halloween monster mermaid falling - The Stupidity of Graffiti Marketing - via


filling & outline - via

FreightTrainWorks - exhibition in Dresden/DE

The exhibtion FreightTrainWorks introduces artistic positions which realized abstract, figurative and conceptual creations on surfaces of freight trains. An Introduction into the history of freight painting imparts knowledge and explains important terms.

FreightTrainWorks shows photos, original sketches, publications , texts and videos which document and communicate the producing of artists.

With texts by J. Besser (DE), Alessandra Ioalé (IT), R. Kaltenhäuser (DE), P. Rivasi (IT) and E. Vogel (DE)

participating artists Aris (IT), BWNC (EU), Collettivo FX (IT), Druce Boxcar (RU), JIEM (FR), The Funky Diabetic (US), Weichenschleicher(DE), Wipe Out (FR), Zelle Asphaltkultur (DE)

Opening 14.7.2017 – Friday, 6 p.m.
opening times: Friday – Saturday, 3.pm. – 7 p.m.

SPECIALS? guided tours through the exhibition (bilingual) – fee per capita 5€
Saturday 15.07.2017, start 4 p.m.
Friday 28.07.2017, start Start 4 p.m.
Tuesday 8.08.2017, start 4 p.m.

“New Train Romantics – Hobo culture and Interrailer” by J.Besser
presentation during closing event on 11.08.2017 – Friday, 7 p.m.

You can follow on Facebook the #FreightTrainworksGlossary

3rd of May - Posting Day

#legaltrain - a facebook group started to promote legal trains in Germany. They use the hashtag #legaltrain even for non permissioned works

A door in a Hamburg S-train sealed by an articial wall made out of stones. via urbanshit "Homme De Lettres" Via graffiti-art-on-trains

Some may remember the series of bombs. Yet another one seen in Belgium. via graffiti-art-on-trains


Some followers of this blog may remember the posting of "голубой вагон" - a song for kids from CCCP. Via graffiti-art-on-trains i found this blue wholecar which seems to fit perfectly.

"cool" - via graffiti-art-on-trains

abstract writing piece - via graffiti-art-on-trains

2 exploded pieces via graffiti-art-on-trains & via bakpan 69

381 crew - via bakpan 69

a kids car - via bakpan 69

"Bon vivant" - via geespotting

tribute to palestine - via overkill187

"give me back my hand" - via notguiltymag

about Shlomo fAber

"It seems somebody spoke to the press about some of the works shown at Conceptual Vandalism exhibition. The interviewer (Johann Voigt) calls him A. - but the headline speaks of Shlomo Faber - really confusing . The subtitle shows some connection to Conceptual Vandalism. Really funny play with names and words - the text is only in German available - maybe i try to translate the text later - could be interesting for the international scientists. The "Conceptual Vandalism" show about non-writing works on trains took place in 2012 at motorenhalle/Dresden - more Infos about the exhibition you can find here." via urban script continues

All of the lines

A new soundtrack by Veli&Amos called "All of the lines".Veli&Amos made Videos such as "Me and myself" and "Stylewars2" The straight lines on trains remind me on an earlier work of Daniel Tagnoe.

color splash

JUST PAINT™ - MOSES & TAPS™ x THE GRIFTERS check stills of pictures here

Wir stehen bereit – Rahmenprogramm Punkt 1

(german on)
Wir hatten bereits die Ausstellung "Wir stehen bereit - Zelle Asphaltkultur" angekündigt. Nach anfänglichen Anlaufschwierigkeiten läuft die Show nun "rund" und es gibt auch ein Rahmenprogramm. Wer also eine Kuratorenführung erleben will , sei herzlich eingeladen. Hier die Kurzinfos und ein Link zum Event

Rahmenprogramm Punkt 1: Kuratorenführung, Vortrag, 2 Hour Party

Samstag, den 14. Juni ab 22h: Kuratorenfühung und Vortrag, danach 2 Hour Party bis 01:50h.

Um 02:05h fährt der Nachtbus NE2 von Haltestelle Zollverein nach Essen Hauptbahnhof.
(german off)

pictures speak louder then words

"fun & profit" - via graffiti art on trains Belgium the earlier mentioned legal whole train in rome - via allcity blog "free boris" - the guerilla advertiser of the grifters has been arrested in France. Now there is a wave of support for his Freedom to continue his crazieness in the streets of Europe. Higher Resolution of the picture here. via mishmash german abstraction via hannovera "single eye monster" on tram - photo by Rubae via raphael Copyright? I like creative commons ! via hannovera again

"Ferkeltaxe" is back

Decades ago some farmers used trains in the countryside to transport even pigs. That's why the name "Scheinetaxi" or "Ferkeltaxe" came up . These terms mean "a Taxi for pigs". Now some painters gave a german countryside train this meaning back. You can see the train rolling in a german news paper blog .

New Mexican Trainism

While the mexican muralism is one of the most interesting movements in the Art world ( especially Siqueiros who used a spray gun), the mexcian train scene seems to be underdeveloped. Team Destructo from mexico city shows the opposite. Political E-to-Es and full color panels on Mexico city metros ... via all city blog

italian trains

"Their food may be good but ... don't buy trains from italy" via flickr ( thanx Danilo ) "clean italian trains" by Shlomo Faber via urbanscript