Broken Fingaz, often shortened to BFC (Broken Fingaz Crew), started in Haifa in the early 2000s as a group of teenage friends painting walls around the city. Its best-known members work under the names Unga, Deso, Tant and Kip.
Their style is instantly recognisable: bold outlines, bright and often clashing colors, a mix of vintage comics, psychedelic poster art, tattoo flash and Middle Eastern motifs. Skulls, lovers, snakes and strange hybrid creatures appear again and again, often with a dark sense of humor. The crew also works in print, illustration, animation and installation.
From Haifa their work spread across Israel and then abroad, with murals, exhibitions and projects in many cities in Europe, Asia and the Americas. They helped put Israeli street art on the international map, and their success showed younger artists that you could start on a Haifa wall and end up in galleries around the world.
In Haifa itself, keep your eyes open in Downtown, near the port and in the old neighborhoods on the slopes. Works change over time, which is why a local guide who follows the scene makes such a difference.
Our Haifa Graffiti tour visits the neighborhoods where BFC started and explains the city behind the art.
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