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The purpose of this tutorial is to show how to create a vector graphics topological map of a single rapid transit, tram, railway, waterway, road or long footpath, etc, route. Topological maps are straight-line diagrams or schematics that display not only the routes, but also other information such as stations and travel zones (as in the case of ...
The title is a reference to the New York City Subway, where much of the city's graffiti was painted during the late 20th century, on the sides of subway cars.. This was done without permission of the transit authority and considered as vandalism in the time the two were taking pictures of the art on passing trains.
A seven-step process was devised to create a "systematic selection process which would, nevertheless, provide flexibility". [5] After meetings of the arts committee, the art panel held meetings with the MBTA and architect, and chose a method for artist selection (open or limited competition, invitation, or purchase).
Many New York City Subway stations are decorated with colorful ceramic plaques and tile mosaics. Of these, many take the form of signs, identifying the station's location. Much of this ceramic work was in place when the subway system originally opened on October 27, 1904. Newer work continues to be installed each year, much of it cheerful and ...
Life Underground (2001) is a permanent public artwork created by American sculptor Tom Otterness for the New York City Subway's 14th Street/Eighth Avenue station, which serves the A, C, E , and L trains.
Carlos Rodriguez, better known as Mare139, is a New York-based artist born in 1965 in Spanish Harlem, New York City.He was best known as the subway graffiti writer Mare 139, and has since adapted the graffiti lettering styles to metal sculpture in the fine art context, and is recognized as a media artist for his creation of graffiti-art-related websites.
By 1976, Lee was creating huge murals of graffiti art across the subway system. As a subway graffiti artist, Lee almost exclusively painted whole cars, all together about 125 cars. He was the major contributor to one of the first-ever whole-trains, along with DOC, MONO and SLAVE, the core members of The Fabulous Five crew, which also included ...
Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art. [2] Street art has evolved from the early forms of defiant graffiti into a more commercial form of art, as one of the main differences now lies with the messaging ...