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Hanif Kureshi (12 October 1982 – 22 September 2024), also known by the graffiti name Daku, was an Indian artist, designer, and advertising professional.Kureshi was a pioneering figure in India's street art movement, helping to transform urban spaces into public canvases and bringing art out of the museums to the wider public in India.
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.
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]
Characters are "creatures or personas” that feature in graffiti works. [2] They may be taken from popular culture (especially cartoons and comic books) or created by the writer as a signature character. [3] Chararacters are found in almost all forms of graffiti, including ancient graffiti and the earliest forms of modern graffiti. [4]
Expand on existing graffiti related articles. Maintain and review existing graffiti related articles. Create new graffiti related articles. Identify all graffiti articles by placing this code at the top of the article's talk page: {{WikiProject Graffiti}}. Identify Graffiti Stubs by placing this code at the bottom of the article: {{Graffiti-stub}}
ZEPHYR, born Andrew Witten, is a graffiti artist, [1] lecturer and author from New York City.He began writing graffiti in 1975 using the name "Zephyr" in 1977. He is considered a graffiti "elder", who along with Futura 2000, Blade, PHASE 2, CASH, Lady Pink and TAKI 183 invented styles and standards which are still in use.
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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. One of the provisions sought would prevent Gheorghiu from using his graffiti name "Smear" in his art work.