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A moniker (also known as a streak, tag, or hobo art) are a type of graffiti done on the side of a freight car on freight trains. They date back to the late 1800s. [1] Monikers are usually produced with a solid paint stick, industrial crayon, or a lumber crayon.
Rolling Like Thunder, a documentary about freight train graffiti, directed by Roger Gastman, produced by Sacha Jenkins, Tim Conlon, and Mass Appeal, 2021 [21] Wall Writers: Graffiti in Its Innocence , a documentary film about 60s and 70s-era graffiti, narrated by John Waters , Director / Executive Producer, 2015 [ 22 ]
The MTA has not used the Montauk Cutoff since its freight operations ended and the replacement of its diesel fleet—between 1989 [13] [17] and the late 1990s. [ 2 ] : 1 [ 14 ] Since then, the right-of-way has been overgrown and has seen graffiti , trespassers, homeless camps , and guerrilla gardening . [ 3 ]
By 1976 Caine 1 was considered king of the 7 line by other New York graffiti artists. [6] Although most of his paintings were executed solo, Caine 1 was a member of The Knight Hawks graffiti crew. [7] In 1976 Glowaski planned and executed, what was regarded as, the first whole train in graffiti history.
RISK (born Kelly Graval), also known as RISKY, is a Los Angeles–based graffiti writer and contemporary artist often credited as a founder of the West Coast graffiti scene. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the 1980s, he was one of the first graffiti writers in Southern California to paint freight trains, and he pioneered writing on "heavens", or freeway overpasses.
In 1971, Diaz was first introduced to the burgeoning graffiti culture by his older cousin Gilberto "SIETE" Diaz when he was just 12 years old. [4] His cousin lived in Washington Heights, which was a locus of graffiti production at the time, and taught Diaz about the traditional style of writing graffiti: combining a moniker, or nickname, with a number. [6]
A form of graffiti that deliberately flouts graffiti norms; also called ignorant style or hipster style. [2] all city To mark surfaces with graffiti throughout the entirety of a given city, usually with aerosol paint, and to be widely recognized for these efforts. [3] [4] autorack Type of freight rail car that is tall, long, low, and flat. back ...
In July 2006, the pieces titled "Aeroplane 1" (1983) and "A-U-T-O-matic",(1985), along with other paintings from their permanent collection were displayed in the Brooklyn Museum of Art in a featured exhibit titled "Graffiti."