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The pieced-up subway station on Dean Street near Franklin Street in Brooklyn, New York, which serves the Franklin Street shuttle, in 1993. (Credit: Phillip Davies/Newsday RM via Getty Images).
Graffiti began appearing around New York City with the words "Bird Lives" [1] but after that, it took about a decade and a half for graffiti to become noticeable in NYC. So, around 1970 or 1971, TAKI 183 and Tracy 168 started to gain notoriety for their frequent vandalism. [ 2 ]
Sane & Smith are particularly notable for painting on the top level of New York's Brooklyn Bridge, after which they were sued by the City of New York for $3 million, the biggest lawsuit to date against graffiti writers. [2] The work covered both sides of the Manhattan tower of the bridge, and was visible for miles. [3]
"Above Ground" the new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, showcases graffiti, that was once confined to the streets, now globally recognized. From the streets to art galleries: New NYC ...
He is well-known for his letter designs and is referred to as a legend in the Brooklyn graffiti scene. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was part of the Brooklyn based graffiti crew Beyond Your Imagination (BYI), which was active from the mid-1980s to the late 1980s and included membership by TRIM, ATCO, TRECH, CHINO, TRACK aka TE KAY, SCOTCH 79 aka KEO, SAST and ...
Born in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, Dondi was the youngest of five children. He was of African American and Italian American descent. He was nicknamed "Dondi" after the famous comic strip by the same name. [4] He attended a Catholic school during his sophomore year. By 1975, the East New York region became unstable with racial ...
A 2006 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum displayed graffiti as an art form that began in New York's outer boroughs and reached great heights in the early 1980s with the work of Crash, Lee, Daze, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It displayed 22 works by New York graffitists, including Crash, Daze, and Lady Pink.
The Splasher is the name given to one or more street artists operating in New York City starting in late 2006 and continuing until June 2007. The Splasher was a serial vandal who splattered other works of street art with paint, thus earning the title of "Splasher." The Splasher also left manifestos pasted alongside their graffiti. [1]