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  2. Graffiti in New York City - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, graffiti art on LUL trains generated some interest in the media and arts, leading to several art galleries putting on exhibitions of some of the art work (on canvass) of a few LUL writers as well as TV documentaries on London hip-hop culture like the BBC's Bad Meaning Good, which included a section featuring interviews with ...

  3. Toxic (graffiti artist) - Wikipedia

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    They joined Rammellzee's graffiti crew Tag Master Killers, which also consisted of Delta2. [3] Each member designed their own style for arming letters based on Rammellzee's theory of Gothic Futurism, which describes graffiti as the weaponization of letters in a battle to reclaim language from a "diseased culture" of social control. [4]

  4. Graffiti in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A heavily tagged subway car in New York City in 1973. By the mid-1970s, most standards had been set in graffiti writing and culture. The heaviest "bombing" in U.S. history took place in this period, partially because of the economic restraints on New York City, which limited its ability to combat this art form with graffiti removal programs or transit maintenance.

  5. This month, he has a show in a high-end Silicon Valley art gallery. “It started out very simply — painting graffiti in the alleys around town,” the now 39-year-old said recently in his paint ...

  6. Column: Vandalism or street art? What the graffiti-tagged ...

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    The colorful graffiti that adorns an abandoned skyscraper in downtown L.A. is, depending on who you ask, petty vandalism that plagues the city or vibrant street art that enriches.

  7. Wildstyle - Wikipedia

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    The letters in wildstyle graffiti are often highly exaggerated with curves and overlapping, intertwined, and interlocking letters. [1] Arrows are very common in wildstyle graffiti, [1] and are used to suggest the flow within the artwork. [6] Wildstyle pieces often use large amounts of vibrant colours. [7]

  8. Piece (graffiti) - Wikipedia

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    Many people unfamiliar with graffiti forms can find it difficult to distinguish the letters in more elaborate pieces. [2] While straight-letters are pieces with clear letters that prioritise legibility, wildstyle pieces have extremely exaggerated letters forms with multiple extensions and add-ons, and are often illegible to many people.

  9. Graffiti - Wikipedia

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    However, graffiti is to some people a form of art, but to some a form of vandalism. [30] And many graffitists choose to protect their identities and remain anonymous to hinder prosecution. With the commercialization of graffiti (and hip hop in general), in most cases, even with legally painted "graffiti" art, graffitists tend to choose ...