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Posted by Tag One on Monday, August 29, 2011,
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 3D from Massive Attack's 80s mural in Bristol, 'Ain't No Great Crime'
Posted by Tag One on Monday, August 29, 2011,
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Photo by Clayton Patterson Kevin, left, and Troy Harris at Clayton Patterson’s gallery. By Lincoln Anderson The origins of rap and hip hop are firmly situated in the 1970s Bronx. But there’s another neighborhood that also lays claim to having written an important chapter in the story of what is today perhaps the planet’s dominant musical and cultural force: the Lower East Side. Unfortunately, the L.E.S. has never gotten its proper due for the part it played in this vibrant art form’s evol... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, July 26, 2011,
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Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 14, 2011,
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Fab 5 Freddy is a former graffiti artist, a cultural icon and a key
architect for bringing hip hop music to a mainstream audience.
Born Fred Brathwaite in 1959 in Bedford Stuyvesant, Fab 5 Freddy
began his journey as a young visual artist, executing graffiti pieces
throughout New York City. His 1980 homage to Andy Warhol, a subway car
covered in Campbell’s soup cans, is considered one of the all-time
classics of subway graffiti.
Fab began exhibiting his paintings on canvas in major ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, September 2, 2010,
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Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 30, 2010,
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After being dormant for almost a decade, the Phun Phactory, the city's
largest showcase for graffiti artists, opened in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
on Saturday. More than 60 artists, including some premiere aerosol
artists, filtered through the group's new permanent space on North 15th
Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg. The Phun Phactory, w... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 22, 2010,
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The thick Brooklyn accent resonates through the cell phone. Almost immediately, graffiti artist Mike “Mr. Kaves” McLeer begins illustrating a place only a few have known.
“It’s like being inducted into a secret society of juvenile
delinquents,” his raspy voice dictates. “You pay your dues and learn
before you ever set foot in a tunnel. It’s 10 and 11 year old kids
training each other how to be vandals and outlaws.”
It was the early 1980’s, when rap was in its ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, September 23, 2009,
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COST, REVS early 1990s COST, REVS early 1990s
Eric Felisbret may be better
known to some people as DEAL CIA, his tag from his graffiti writing
days. For the past ten years, he's been running the old school graffiti
site at 149St and now, after thirty years of documenting New York City's graffiti scene, he's put together Graffiti New York,
which features over 1,000 images. We spoke to Felisbret about his start
in graffiti writing, t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, September 2, 2009,
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Graffiti
is any sort of words or drawings, scribbled or painted on awall or
other surface… without permission. That's why most peopleconsider it
vandalism. But to others, including photographers HenryChalfant and
Martha Cooper, it's a form of art. A 1984 book featuringmore than 200
of their images of the graffiti on New York City subwaycars documented
this urban subculture. Now, a 25th anniversary editionof Subway Art is
out with additional photographs. Photographer Henry Chalfant
says he ... Continue reading ...
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