Mint&Serf: Between Language+Art’ is a comprehensive look at over twenty five years (1998-2024) of collaborative in-studio work and outdoor practice by the New York City-based artist duo, Mint&Serf also known as the MIRF. Rooted in graffiti and formal mark-making, the two artists continuously explore the effervescent spirit of vandalism as it relates to public and private spaces in the context of contemporary visual culture. As long-time practitioners who remain active in the graffiti scene to this day, they confront old image-making tropes and continue to rethink ideas embedded in the act of vandalism as it relates to social norms of the status quo. It is a vivid tale of two teenagers who met in the late and gritty 1990’s in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn over common passion and continued to explore beyond the five boroughs and collaborate into their forties. The monograph opens up with grainy images of vintage pre-9/11 New York City and weaves through over two decades of travel, debauchery, vandalizing, and collaborating with friends like Richie Shazam and notable brands like Coach and Red Bull. The limited edition publication features unreleased in-action photographs, their signature scribble drawings and therapy paintings, behind-the-scenes studio shots, MIRF ephemera, anecdotal narration, and photos of vintage New York City dating back to 1998 when the duo first met. The volume spans 468 pages across two languages, weaving together seven essays with photographs from more than thirty notable contributors and collaborators including: Richie Shazam, Peter Sutherland, late Christopher Johnson, Osvaldo Chance Jimenez, Julia Fox, Pablo Power, Cat Marnell, Michael Krim, Sacha Jenkins, and many others who have been part of their journey to the day.
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