Artwork Description
Bronx Icon 25' Archival Print by Cope2- Fernando Carlo Limited Edition on 290gsm Moab Entrada Fine Art Paper Pop Graffiti Street Artist Modern Artwork.
2025 Signed & Numbered Print Limited Edition of 60 Artwork Size 14x12 Archival Pigment Fine Art
Bronx Icon 25 by Cope2: A Vivid Pulse of New York's Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork
Cope2, born Fernando Carlo in the Bronx, New York, delivers a chromatic explosion of energy and history in his 2025 limited edition archival pigment print, Bronx Icon 25. Created on 290gsm Moab Entrada fine art paper, this 14x12 inch piece captures the grit, rhythm, and raw personality of one of graffiti's most influential figures. Signed and numbered in a run of 60, the edition reflects not only Cope2's status in the graffiti world but his seamless transition into the fine art arena while maintaining the authenticity of his roots.
The Visual Vocabulary of Cope2
Cope2’s style is known for its distinctive bubble letters, layered color fields, and relentless tagging language, but Bronx Icon 25 goes beyond the expected. It offers a controlled chaos where abstract compositions collide with wildstyle lettering. Against a background drenched in neon greens, electric pinks, punchy blues, and metallic silvers, his intricate handstyle bursts forward with sharp lines and rapid gesture. The print carries his iconic throw-ups, nested inside overlapping marks that allude to subway panels and street corners from decades past. What makes this work sing is its ability to move fluently between unfiltered aggression and orchestrated balance, an approach Cope2 has perfected over his forty-year evolution from the streets to global galleries.
A Pioneer’s Mark on Paper
Bronx Icon 25 stands not only as an artwork but as a document of urban resilience. The pigment print format lends the work deep color saturation and lasting archival quality, which amplifies Cope2’s street-born intensity in a new context. Each mark echoes the walls of 1980s New York, when graffiti was criminalized but flourished as a visual language of youth, identity, and survival. In this edition, the splatters, drips, and scratches become purposeful. His use of Moab Entrada paper offers a textured surface that complements the layered ink techniques, giving the viewer a tactile connection to the street.
Legacy in the Evolution of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork
Fernando Carlo’s contributions are foundational. Few artists can claim the same impact on the graffiti scene both as a cultural innovator and as a globally exhibited artist. Bronx Icon 25 bridges raw aerosol sensibility with the elevated finish of modern art printmaking. This piece is a collision of borough-born tradition and global contemporary relevance. It reflects a time when graffiti was more than expression—it was presence, defiance, and community. Cope2’s mark remains permanent, and Bronx Icon 25 is a living reminder of that mark’s origin, growth, and undying pulse.
