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Berlin Kidz is an artists collective from Kreuzberg, Berlin participating in graffiti, train surfing, and parkour.They are considered one of the most influential graffiti crews in Berlin known both for their trademark graffiti lettering and the pichação inspired style of their artwork.
Fujita blends Eastern techniques (anime, partitioned screens, ukiyo-e), and elements (geishas, warriors, demons), with Western, urban imagery (Latino graffiti, U.S. pop culture imagery) in a way that is stunning and vibrant, yet harmonious. [3] His works embody the cultural and class contradictions that are an integral part of urban Los Angeles ...
Commissioned murals typical of Barry McGee's earlier work and graffiti in the LACMA parking garage (now torn down) Barry McGee has exhibited, both solo and group, in galleries internationally. McGee was a central figure in the graffiti art scene in San Francisco from the late 1980s and into the 1990s. [9]
In 1982 the New York graffiti writer Midg produced the Caine 1 Free for Eternity top-to-bottom whole car, an image of which was later used as an epitaph in the book Subway Art. [23] [24] In 2010 the memorial was reimagined using a Shakespearean quote and painted as a mural as part of the Subway Art History Project. [25]
JR was born in Paris in 1983. His mother was originally from Tunisia. [12]A mural from JR's "Unframed" installation at Ellis Island Hospital. JR began his career as a teenage graffiti artist who was by his own admission not interested in changing the world, but in making his mark on public space and society.
Tags are one of the primary forms of modern graffiti, along with throw ups and pieces.The act of writing a tag is known as tagging.Tags are often thought of as the simplest form of graffiti art, prioritising legibility and flow, [1] and are the form that most artists start with. [2]
Eric Haze was born in 1961 in New York City to progressive parents of the Upper West Side. [1] [2] Haze was drawn to art through his father's friend's pop art collection and meeting Elaine de Kooning who gave Haze oil paints while she painted a portrait of Haze and his sister in 1971.
Although it was first thought of as a degradation of public space, Birdy is now a symbol for the city, which explains why the graffiti remain untouched by the graffiti removal services. [1] Since 2000, Birdy Kids have participated in several events promoting street art in other cities, including Paris and Barcelona. [3] [4]