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The Berlin Wall with graffiti art on the West Berlin side and the "Death Strip" on the East [1] The Berlin Wall was constructed in 1961 to separate West Berlin and East Berlin during the Cold War. All the differences between the countries made it a perfect place for people to express their opinions, especially on their preferences and dislikes.
Following the success of the publication, which was reputed to be one of the most widely read graffiti publications ever, Same Same was released in 2014. [5] In 2019 Moses and Taps collaborated with the photographer Edward Nightingale to produce Memento Mori on the occasion of the Rose Béton Biennale. [ 6 ]
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1UP (One United Power) is a graffiti crew from Berlin, Kreuzberg. [1] They have been active since 2003. [2]1UP have been described as "one of the most well-known graffiti crews in the world" [3] and are known for their bombing (large amount of tags put up in one night), rooftop paintings, and full train paintings.
Graffiti with text so stylized as to be difficult to read, often with interlocking, three-dimensional type. [8] Window Down window-down (...) Graffiti that has been painted below the window borders, almost always covering the whole surface in its length. The term is commonly used as a prefix with whole car, although other variations are ...
Graffiti has played an important role within the street art scene in the Middle East and North Africa , especially following the events of the Arab Spring of 2011 or the Sudanese Revolution of 2018/19. [42] Graffiti is a tool of expression in the context of conflict in the region, allowing people to raise their voices politically and socially.
In a 2014 interview, the artist explained how the location and characters give meaning to the painting: "In this painting, there's one German and one Russian, and the Berlin Wall is about the same thing but in reverse: here [in the painting], there's total love, while the Berlin Wall separates two worlds – it was a perfect fit."
Reverse graffiti for the Pirate Party in Bayreuth, Germany. Reverse graffiti [note 1] is a method of creating temporary or semi-permanent images on walls or other surfaces by removing dirt from a surface. It can also be done by simply removing dirt with the fingertip from windows or other dirty surfaces, such as writing "wash me" on a dirty ...