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The Graffiti Movement

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    Graffiti Movement

  • Taki 183

    Taki 183

    AKI 183 was one of the most influential graffiti writers in its history. His "tag" was short for Demetaki, a Greek alternative for his birth-name Demetrius, and the number 183 came from his address on 183rd Street in Washington Heights. He worked as a foot messenger in New York City and would write his nickname around the streets of New York City for competitive tagging.
  • Julio 204

    Julio 204

    Julio 204,a localized tagger, mirror the tagging of Taki 183. He never rose to Taki's fame but is well known in graffiti history.
  • Donald Duck -F5F

    Donald Duck -F5F

    Hip Hop artist Fab Five Freddy's artistic tag to celebrate black culture in the 1970s.
  • Jean Michel Basquiat

    Jean Michel Basquiat

    Famous graffiti artist that first achieved notoriety as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti group who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s where the hip hop, post-punk and street art movements had coalesced.
  • Earth is Hell by Les Quinones

    Earth is Hell by Les Quinones

    Lee Quinones is considered the single most influential artist to emerge from the New York City subway art movement.
  • Year of the Dragon by Les Quinones

    Year of the Dragon by Les Quinones

    Socio political painting about Les Quinones feelings toward politics.
  • Basquiat 1981

    Basquiat 1981

    Jean Michel Basquiat's last mural before he died of an overdose of heroin.
  • Crimes by Zephry

    Crimes by Zephry

    Zephry, a famous graffiti artist, know for his tagging style and being a pioneer of neo-expressionism.
  • Angels by Les Quinones

    Angels by Les Quinones

  • Street Car

    Street Car

    Famous graffiti artist Dondi, the pioneer of many graffiti styles seen today.
  • Crack is Wack by Keith Hering

    Crack is Wack by Keith Hering

    Famous graffiti artist Keith Hering tags his disdain for the 1980s drug era. Ironically he died from a heroin overdose and AIDS.
  • Sneakers

    Sneakers

    123 Klan- French Graffiiti artist made up of a husband and wife duo, tag street culture.
  • 123 Klan

    123 Klan

    French Graffiti artists founded in the early 1990s whose work inspired by Neville Brody.
  • Tupac Memorial

    Tupac Memorial

    Rememberance mural painted by unknown artist after the 1996 death of Tupac Shakur.
  • Notorius BIG Memorial

    Notorius BIG Memorial

    Aerosol memorial painted after the 1997 murder of Notorius BIG.
  • FX Crew

    FX Crew

    Crimes Incorporated Crew tag over FX Crew.
  • Lady Pink

    Lady Pink

    Famous Graffiti artist Lady Pink mural after losing a loved one.
  • Ewok

    Ewok

    Ewok New York display, painted in 2014.
  • Ewok

    Ewok

    Ewok modern graffiti display in Singapore.