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In June 2010, the L.A. city attorney filed a civil lawsuit against 11 alleged members or alleged former members of the MTA crew. [7] The suit had asked for $5,000,000 in restitution from the 11 defendants and was seeking a first-of-its-kind injunction against a graffiti crew, an injunction modeled on those made for violent street gangs.
JA began painting graffiti in New York as a teenager, [2] and by 1985 was known for his work on the city's trains. [3] JA One took on his tag in 1986. [4] In response to the MTA's clamp down on train graffiti, initiated under the leadership of David L. Gunn, [5] JA One spearheaded the movement to take graffiti bombing onto the streets. [6]
Jason Wulf (known by the tag DG or DGOne [1]) was a Queens-based graffiti artist. He worked as a carpenter and sign painter. [2] Wulf started doing graffiti in 1985, making images of cartoons as well as tagging. [3] Later in his career, he began selling commercial graffiti through art galleries.
Brim Fuentes, is the founding member of graffiti crew TATS CRU, and was born in the South Bronx, New York City. Brim was fortunate enough to start writing graffiti in one of the most important periods of graffiti history. He began bombing and hitting New York City Subway trains, in the late 1970s, all the way through to the mid-1980s.
Bio has collaborated with many of the top graffiti artists in the world from past to present day. He has also lectured at M.I.T. and various universities in the United States. Bio was also part of the Smithsonian Institution ’s 35th annual Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. , where Tats Cru was chosen to represent New York City muralists ...
He became a member of TOP crew (The Odd Partners) in 1977. In 1978, Dondi formed his own crew, named CIA (Crazy Inside Artists), which included other prominent artists such as his good friend DURO. [ 5 ] : 18–19 For the next 20-odd years, Dondi became recognized as the stylistic standard, influencing generations of graffiti writers.
Kunle Martins is an American artist. He was born in 1980 in New York, where he currently lives and works. [1] In 1997, Martins founded IRAK, a graffiti crew that included Dash Snow, Dan Colen, Joey Semz and Ryan McGinley among others.