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<a name='more'></a>On FaceBook today, I came across a link to a very interesting article on Kilo Sinstars's page that prompted this blog post. As a writer who took pride in benching and flicking all lines this debate/subject has fascinated me for some time. It was a constant debate among my peers back in the day. Who was better or more up or had more style... Big Seen or Lil' Seen. LOL The author captures the spirit of the time in a well written, well analyzed piece. He starts off by informing you this is his opinion and from his experiences and recollection... And while I have no disagreements or criticisms of his recounts, I wanted to add MY personal opinion and experience into the mix, not only as a validation of his conclusions but also to build upon it.<br />
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<a href="http://thegspotcolab.blog.com/2011/08/20/seen-v-s-seen-a-historical-comparison/" target="_blank">SEEN V.S SEEN a Historical comparison</a><br />
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I was there for the 2 Seen era... Megadriel's blog post was pretty spot on in my opinion. The only thing I would really add is that Seen TC5 made a couple of very big mistakes in his writing career, not actual mistakes, but mistakes that diminished the impact of his legacy in mainstream America and non 80's NYC writers. 1st he did not make himself known enough in Style Wars. There are thousands of people that have "seen" that movie, excuse the pun, and never knew he was in there even though he has quite a lot of screen time in it. 2nd... He did not use only one name. He used dozens of names and dozens of styles which made recognizing his brand far more difficult than Richie's brand. Lastly, he needed to do more top to bottoms and make more of his work cleaner. He had a lot of pieces that were heavy on style with crazy fills... But very often his execution was not up to par with the genius of his artistic vision. Had he not written Seen, this would not even be an issue... But when competing for a name with a perfectionist... It matters.<br />
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Seen UA had 3 distinct advantages over Seen TC5... 1st, he was THE star of Style Wars. 2nd, he was THE star of Subway Art. 3rd, the man almost NEVER executed a flawed piece. His work was sign painter meets graffiti writer EVERY TIME. He didn't have near the style of Seen TC5 (who was a style master) and he didn't destroy insides even close to Rupert, but he made up for it with beauty and volume and size. Richie made himself into a brand.<br />
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As an inside bomber and a style enthusiast I have to give the crown to Seen TC5... But in terms of impact I have to give it to Seen UA with his commercial style and how he built a mainstream brand. I did a piece with Cope2, Cav, Dero and Chase UA back in the early 90s and I got into a debate with Chase about Seen UA (who he was obviously biased toward) about how much style Richie had... And I think I described it perfectly... Richie was no style master but if I put a yardstick up to a Seen UA piece and they didn't match up I would question the yardstick before Richie's lines/letters. That is how perfect his execution was.<br />
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<a href="http://death149.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Death149 3BR SSB TDS OTB TOP</a>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-70464316157401679632012-01-22T14:24:00.000-05:002012-01-22T14:24:11.001-05:00The Clean Ups?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbDhwET4yQforWL5KtaH9VsJnDOfVRlLGrXbemV3Mwrj_AL2p3zwvPGk0kTBbqFgvhBOE1zaVYg7_iQBhVJqZ-Szg8C-WLOuShkjgSdgiq6IcmlNrE8EKcZs9iUuglfGIHxpourUeWI0/s1600/Deathos149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbDhwET4yQforWL5KtaH9VsJnDOfVRlLGrXbemV3Mwrj_AL2p3zwvPGk0kTBbqFgvhBOE1zaVYg7_iQBhVJqZ-Szg8C-WLOuShkjgSdgiq6IcmlNrE8EKcZs9iUuglfGIHxpourUeWI0/s1600/Deathos149.jpg" /></a></div><div style="background-color: black; color: #ffffcc;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">New york City- I don't exactly remember the year... But it was about 1985-6 or so. The first R68 (Graffiti-proof) train was being tested on the A line. I actually took a trip to the A line to scope out my new canvas... Cause I knew I had to be the first motherfucker to hit it. </span></div><a name='more'></a>After I saw it, I have to admit, I was intimidated. I also noticed that at least one cop was on board at all times. I even went to the A yard to try to hit it... Vandal squad was on H E A V Y patrol... No way in hell I was attempting to go in there. They did not even try to hide their presence, they made it known they were in the house and I for one was not going to be the asshole to test them (I was already wanted at the time).<br />
<center style="background-color: black; color: #ffffcc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><div align="left">One day about a week or two later I was cutting school and heading to the Lay-up (something I did regularly) to do some afternoon/pre-evening rush hour bombing. I walked to the Ocean Parkway station on the Q line to get my bomb on. I jumped the turnstile as the Token Booth Clerk blares "Pay your fare" over her speaker and went upstairs to the platform. Boy was I shocked to see no trains on the express tracks. Fuck, I cut school for nothing, risked getting nabbed for jumping the turnstile and everything... FOR NOTHING.</div><div align="left">I sat on the bench and figured what I would do. I guessed I would go back to school... But I would take the train back to Brighton rather than walk back. Boy was I glad I did, as I was waiting for the next train... Guess what pulled into the station on the express/lay-up track? That fucking R68 from the A line. And as usual... A Uniform cop in the front car. I dipped out of sight cause I did not want to get picked up for truancy. His supervisor was also on the train and I overheard part his orders to his underling. "Stay with this train, don't leave it for a minute. The press has been running around trying to get pictures of it with Graffiti on it to embarrass the MTA.". I watched as the higher ranking cop left and the younger cop fell asleep in the first car.</div><div align="left">I was fascinated... Here was my target... I was so close... I had all I needed to destroy this train... but I had no cover to do it. I knew I could jump on the tracks and hit the outsides but I would be out in the open for all to see. Normally there were 2-4 trains layed up next to each other so we could bomb during the days on this elevated lay-up without people in the surrounding buildings seeing us. This was not possible with only one train.</div><div align="left">After about an hour of fiending my prayers were answered. The yawning officer emerged from the train half asleep mumbling to himself how he needed some coffee and something to eat. I watched him get to street level and go in the restaurant downstairs. Rest assured... I wasted no time pulling out my BMT key and getting inside of that train. I hit E V E R Y CAR ON THE TRAIN!!! I hit the insides of the Conductors booth... I have never had so much fun bombing insides in my life. I was in heaven. I felt like IZ in Style Wars talking about catching a freshly buffed RR back in the days (Except I knew I did not have all the time in the world like he did). I had some ass kicking Ink and Rusto (Back in the day Rusto, not that shit they make now) and I did throw-ups on the insides of that motherfucker!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL I finished and hopped on the train to Brighton as I waited for the train to pull out for service. I was there when it pulled into Brighton and workers and Vandal squad descended upon the scene. VS was taking pictures to document the whole thing while I watched with glee. Then they okayed the clean-up crew to get to work. They had a lot more trouble cleaning that train than they anticipated. They did not get it all off before they put it back in service for the evening rush crowd.</div><div align="left">During the chaos... I heard that sleepy officer getting his ass reamed out with sandpaper condoms for leaving the train... LOLOLOLOLOLOL And make no doubt about it, Ocean Parkway was HOT AS HELL for months as they looked for me. I heard I made the most wanted list from the local toys who were constantly grilled to give me up. VS even came to my school but they could not prove I was Death. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Those bastards never did bust me. LOL And to this day I have the bragging rights to say I destroyed the first Graffiti Proof train.<br />
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<u>Deathos149 3BR OTB TOP</u></div></center>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-88421319647537252492012-01-21T21:37:00.000-05:002012-01-21T21:37:39.510-05:00Notch56 3D Blackbook # 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYySDPnhcwNwnO5Izi5Luecj3T4iMJ33E1l3OnaI6E9UC54oc3GUfg999R-d-qrWFi1W6yNVX9BMvAaXGkv_frGpScjaTIqeejflL9obJa7tWiDDOdN3y55PMKB5I-I9xfsTumObdu8A/s1600/notch+black+book+graff+graffiti+ink+pens+markers+monster+colors+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYySDPnhcwNwnO5Izi5Luecj3T4iMJ33E1l3OnaI6E9UC54oc3GUfg999R-d-qrWFi1W6yNVX9BMvAaXGkv_frGpScjaTIqeejflL9obJa7tWiDDOdN3y55PMKB5I-I9xfsTumObdu8A/s400/notch+black+book+graff+graffiti+ink+pens+markers+monster+colors+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a name='more'></a><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sJrf2RNP7jI" width="480"></iframe>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-80564744309952529272012-01-11T00:36:00.006-05:002012-02-03T13:08:56.255-05:00Sane182 R.I.P<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_a7QkevFJwe6XdUbxSgXq6fO6aFikah_4x9j4ZCicb9rPh6SlkQHgJryyCxXXOsKTnBT9mFuoiNzLEBfge7qu1WuJH-Thr3TeO0IylA_6BpFIzLuIGEm4xINNbtkQJjeLEsKFn0uyCQ/s1600/abarnard_behindschool_sane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_a7QkevFJwe6XdUbxSgXq6fO6aFikah_4x9j4ZCicb9rPh6SlkQHgJryyCxXXOsKTnBT9mFuoiNzLEBfge7qu1WuJH-Thr3TeO0IylA_6BpFIzLuIGEm4xINNbtkQJjeLEsKFn0uyCQ/s400/abarnard_behindschool_sane.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">He recalled playing freeze tag, using his imagination to transform bricks from abandoned buildings into toy cars, watching his sister sing into her hairbrush like it was a microphone.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">After his only son was killed by a stray bullet last summer, legendary TATS CRU artist Hector(Nicer) <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bleu+Nazario" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Bleu Nazario">Nazario</a> began reflecting on his own childhood.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">These memories of city life inspired the new art show "Like a Child at Play" opening today at The Aurora Gallery in <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Astoria+(New+York)" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Astoria (New York)">Astoria</a>.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"I wanted bring people back to that childhood innocence even if it's just for a quick second," Nazario, 44, said, as he spraypainted the finishing touches on a canvas of a doe-eyed boy riding a Big Wheel tricycle at his studio in <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Hunts+Point+(Bronx)" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Hunts Point (Bronx)">Hunts Point</a>, the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/The+Bronx" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="The Bronx">Bronx</a>, where he grew up.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">He thinks young people today are becoming increasingly introverted.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"The generation that came up behind us don't have that street play," Nazario lamented. "They've lost that atmosphere of coming together to enjoy themselves.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"When my son got murdered," he continued, "I couldn't help think that if he would have had that game play and the things I had growing up, things might be different."</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">His son, Bleu Nazario, was killed on July 11, 2010, at a barbecue at the Pelham Parkway Houses. A fight broke out, a dozen shots rang out, and the 22-year old died at the scene.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">No one has been arrested.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Nazario and TATS CRU graffiti artists gained fame for painting hundreds of murals throughout the city honoring the victims of street violence in the 1990s.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">He said shortly after his son was killed that he would not spraypaint a wall for Bleu.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">In the year since, Nazario turned to counseling and the support of family and friends to cope with his loss. His art, however, proved most therapeutic.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"I needed something to keep my mind busy, and painting was my therapy," he said. "If I didn't have that, who knows. I would have all the time in the world to have negative thoughts."</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">For Nazario, "Like a Child at Play" has become one way to honor the memory of his son.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"He was such a big part of my painting life. I used to bring him to [memorial] walls in a carriage," Nazario said.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"If I were to stop and fall into a deep depression, it would do him an injustice. I'm pretty sure this is what he wants me to do."</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Like a Child at Play" features 17 original pieces, drawing from Nazario's favorite childhood memories.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Pirate Fantasy" shows a grinning boy in a newspaper pirate hat, triumphantly holding a cardboard sword. "Sculsey" depicts two boys engrossed in the ertswhile popular street game.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Gallery owner <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Eli+Rios" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Eli Rios">Eli Rios</a> is hoping the show also inspires. There will be stations where children can play the old-school games.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"I wanted [the series] to be a playful reminder of what growing up in <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+York+City" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="New York City">New York City</a> was like in the '70s and '80s," Nazario said. "I want people to remember being a kid, having that kind of fun and all the values attached to it."</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Like a Child at Play" opens tonight, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., at The Aurora Gallery, 35-18 37th St., second floor, in Astoria, and runs through Saturday.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Admission is free. All the artwork is for sale.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">For more information, visit www.theauroragallery.com or call (347) 288-6870.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="mailto:tsamuels@nydailynews.com" style="background-color: black; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">tsamuels@nydailynews.com</a></span></div>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-47624843817065467872011-09-05T10:58:00.000-04:002011-09-05T10:58:29.823-04:00In Memory of Kase2 TFP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCBnnFnBRCROMYVkCjY1PPHtYTD1K_z2xafy90eF20uCGjguPCi2GxjcMw-x5NPwUXddxIFNbMVDP2rexWxTSJneU42SDGyQatfzYyG0jBitQXTVOcO5pyD63i-r0v3YF2pw3aj5FpcQ/s1600/k2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCBnnFnBRCROMYVkCjY1PPHtYTD1K_z2xafy90eF20uCGjguPCi2GxjcMw-x5NPwUXddxIFNbMVDP2rexWxTSJneU42SDGyQatfzYyG0jBitQXTVOcO5pyD63i-r0v3YF2pw3aj5FpcQ/s1600/k2.png" /></a></div><a name='more'></a><br />
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<div class="articleSpanImage" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; width: 600px;"><div class="credit" style="color: #909090; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.223em; margin-bottom: 3px; text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;">Todd Heisler/The New York Times</div></div><div class="caption" style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2727em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>CURATOR</strong> Jonathan Cohen is the primary guardian of 5Pointz Arts Center. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/08/28/nyregion/20110828POINTZss.html" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: none;">More Photos »</a></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><nyt_byline style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 15px;"></nyt_byline></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 1.467em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">THREE heavyset guys armed with aerosol canisters have their boombox tuned to a ribald talk-radio show as they transform a grungy section of wall in Long Island City, Queens, from a peeling mess to a psychedelic swirl of letters spelling out their names. The opposite of furtive, these tattooed artisans laugh as they brandish spraypaint cans for an audience of curious passers-by. Tagging may be illegal in New York, but not on this extraordinarily colorful industrial block beneath the shriek of the No. 7 subway line.</span></div><a name='more'></a></div><div class="articleInline runaroundLeft" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 15px !important; margin-top: -11px; width: 190px;"><h6 class="sectionHeader flushBottom" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2857em; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Multimedia</span></h6></div><div class="articleInline runaroundLeft firstArticleInline" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 15px !important; margin-top: 0px; width: 190px;"><div class="story" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="wideThumb" style="margin-bottom: 4px; width: 190px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/08/28/nyregion/20110828POINTZss.html?ref=nyregion" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" height="126" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/08/28/nyregion/20110828POINTZss-slide-438C/20110828POINTZss-slide-438C-thumbWide.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block;" width="190" /><span class="mediaOverlay slideshow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/icons/multimedia/photo_icon.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 4px 4px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.182em; margin-top: -20px; opacity: 0.8; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 3px;">Slide Show</span></a></div><h6 style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/08/28/nyregion/20110828POINTZss.html?ref=nyregion" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: none;">A Graffiti Mecca on Borrowed Time</a></h6></div></div><div class="articleInline runaroundLeft" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 15px !important; margin-top: 0px; width: 190px;"><div class="doubleRule" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/global/borders/doubleRule.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-top: 12px;"><div class="story" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px;"><h4 style="color: black; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.1429em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</h4></div></div></div><div class="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">Farther along the street, a transit-themed mural includes a tongue-in-cheek four-star rating credited to Councilman <a href="http://council.nyc.gov/d22/html/members/home.shtml" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="His Web site.">Peter F. Vallone Jr.</a>, one of the city’s most vocal critics of graffiti — or, as it is described by fans and practitioners, aerosol art. To them, this desolate site known as 5Pointz Arts Center is a mecca for graffiti artists, rappers and break-dancers from the five boroughs and beyond. Icons of the medium like Cope 2, Tats Cru and Tracy 168 have painted here, and musicians as diverse as Joss Stone and Jadakiss have shot videos using its garish walls as backdrop.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">“These walls to me are no different than a canvas in a museum,” said Jonathan Cohen, 38, an artist from Flushing. He is the primary guardian here, and the source of the billboard-size words painted on the main wall, “5Pointz: The Institute of Higher Burnin’.” That his piercing eyes are worried and his dark hair infiltrated with gray is directly linked to recent statements by the building’s owner that 5Pointz is living on borrowed time — destined to be replaced by two residential towers.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">Since 2001, Mr. Cohen, whose nom de graffiti is meresone, has performed the role of on-premises curator, peacemaker and, in his vision, museum director. Permission to use the outside of the dilapidated warehouse, at 45-46 Davis Street, as a canvas was granted by the owner, Jerry Wolkoff, who also rented out makeshift art studio space until 2009, when a fire escape collapsed and seriously injured a jewelry artist. After the accident, the interior studios were dismantled and Mr. Wolkoff paid a fine for safety infractions, but the graffiti, monitored by Mr. Cohen, was allowed to continue, gratis.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">Painters from France, Australia, Spain and elsewhere have been invited to make their mark on what some members of the urban arts frontier laud as an endangered landmark. The site is noted in foreign guidebooks as the hippest tourist attraction in Queens, an out-of-doors paean to street art. It is a headline attraction for Bike the Big Apple tours. But it lacks any mention on the local community board’s list of cultural destinations, unlike the Museum of Modern Art’s nearby PS1 outpost, which invited 5Pointz to perform at its summer arts series on Sunday, before Hurricane Irene forced a postponement. The taggers were to demonstrate their art on canvases, not on MoMA’s walls.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">At 5Pointz, a graffiti lovefest is celebrated daily in broad daylight and includes the prime display space up on the roof, where passing subway riders are treated to — or assaulted by — a striking portrait of the murdered rapper Notorious B.I.G. as interpreted by the New Zealand artist OD. Even the chairman of Community Board 2, Joe Conley, considers the mural “a magnificent example of creativity — it looks like a real painting.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">On the flip side, he dismisses the building it is painted on as “a blight.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">“People refer to it as ‘that graffiti building,’ not ‘that arts center,’ ” he said. “It by and large has a negative connotation.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">Mr. Conley and his board agree with the building’s hitherto arts-friendly owner and developer, Mr. Wolkoff, that the moldering complex is ripe for razing in the name of urban development. Mr. Wolkoff envisions two 30-story apartment towers, and pledges to include affordable loft space for working artists. He also promises a rear wall accessible to graffiti artists.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small;">“A rear wall? That won’t cut it,” objected Marie Flageul, an event planner who is part of a 10-person crew that acts as docents at 5Pointz. “It’s like David and Goliath. What the landlord doesn’t understand is that 5Pointz is a brand and an icon, and if he knocks it down it will be missed. 5Pointz is the United Nations of graffiti.”</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">What Mr. Wolkoff proposes is two million square feet of development in a spot that currently houses 200,000 square feet of deteriorating warehouse decorated by an ever-mutating collection (aerosol art is not forever) of 350 murals and tags applied by a revolving cast of about 1,000 artists each year. There is no chance, he said, that the new project will be christened “Graffiti Towers.” He’s not that sentimental.</span></div></div><div class="articleBody" style="margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">“There is an evolution going on in that part of Long Island City; the building is old, it doesn’t warrant repairs, and no matter what, it has to come down,” Mr. Wolkoff, 74, said in a telephone interview from Long Island, where he and his son own two business parks and are attempting to develop the decaying Pilgrim State psychiatric center site in Brentwood.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">“It’s time for me to put something else there,” he said of 5Pointz. “It’s a great location for young people and empty nesters who can’t afford Manhattan.” Mr. Wolkoff does not think the clatter of the No. 7 train will deter renters: “I can get you to 53rd and Fifth in 12 minutes!”</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">Supporters of this unlikely art temple are rallying to preserve it. An online petition called “Show Ur Love to 5Pointz” has accumulated more than 11,000 signatures and comments. The prevailing emotions: disbelief that the building will disappear and force graffiti artists back underground, and outrage that street art is again being censored.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">On a recent Saturday, as Mr. Cohen was busily assigning another dozen spray-painters to several available sections of wall and roof, an assortment of fans and curiosity-seekers stopped by, some to gawk, others to pay their respects.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">Jason Nickel, an art installer at PS1, brought his children, Lily, 12, and Jude, 8. “I heard the building might come down, and I was afraid the kids might not get to see it,” he said. “It’s a cultural landmark, actually.” Lily issued high praise. “It’s cool,” she said, twirling in front of a sinister mural by Christian Cortes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">Mr. Cortes, 38, abandoned his illegal spray-painting for a legal career in digital art in the mid-1990s, but after responding to an invitation from Mr. Cohen to visit 5Pointz and paint a wall, he found himself hooked again on creating graffiti tableaus.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">“I got inspired as an old man to see what some of the young kids were doing here, carrying the flag for something that seemed to be disappearing,” Mr. Cortes said. “In other parts of the world, graffiti is accepted as an art form: here we are painting among Dumpsters on scraps of a building that’s going to be demolished, but because it’s legal, it feels like heaven. This is as good as it gets in New York.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">Don and Itta Ross, both 82, were in from Great Neck to scope out PS1 and 5Pointz. They found the graffiti “interesting.” They also lamented the lack of public art in New York City.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;">“New York is very backward in that respect,” Mr. Ross, a designer, said. “As long as this place isn’t hurting anybody, why not leave it alone? It’s a form of public art.”</span></div></div>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-53942357328234230522011-08-04T19:46:00.002-04:002011-08-04T22:54:21.092-04:00History Of Graffiti Part 1 by Eric aka Deal CIA & Spar One TFP of At149st.com<center style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #ffdc8f;"><img height="300" src="http://streetlevelnine.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/img_0018.jpg" width="400" /></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b style="color: #ffdc8f;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b><center style="color: #ffdc8f;"><a href="http://www.at149st.com/">©1998 @149st Do not republish without permission. </a></center><a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">GROUND WORK 1966-71</span></b></u><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Graffiti was used primarily by political activists to make statements and street gangs to mark territory. It wasn't till the late 1960s that writing's current identity started to form.The history of the underground art movement known by many names, most commonly termed graffiti begins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the mid to late '60s and is rooted in bombing. The writers who are credited with the first conscious bombing effort are</span><b style="color: white;">CORNBREAD</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">COOL EARL</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">. They wrote their names all over the city gaining attention from the community and local press. It is unclear whether this concept made its way to New York City via deliberate efforts or if was a spontaneous occurrence.</span><br />
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<u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">PIONEERING 1971-74</span></b></u><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Shortly after CORNBREAD, the Washington Heights section of Manhattan was giving birth to writers. In 1971 The New York Times published an article on one of these writers. T</span><b style="color: white;">AKI 183 </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">was the alias of a kid from Washington Heights. TAKI was the nick name for his given name </span><b style="color: white;">Demetrius</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and 183 was the number of the street where he lived. He was employed as a foot messenger, so he was on the subway frequently and took advantage of it, doing motion tags. The appearance of this unusual name and numeral sparked public curiosity prompting the Times article. He was by no means the first writer or even the first king. He was however the first to be recognized outside the newly formed subculture. Most widely credited as being one of the first writers of significance is </span><b style="color: white;">JULIO 204. FRANK 207</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">JOE 136</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> were also early writers.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">On the streets of Brooklyn a movement was growing as well. Scores of writers were active. </span><b style="color: white;">FRIENDLY FREDDIE</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> was an early Brooklyn writer to gain fame. The subway system proved to be a line of communication and a unifying element for all these separate movements. People in all the five boroughs became aware of each others efforts. This established the foundation of interborough competition.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Writing started moving from the streets to the subways and quickly became competitive. At this point writing consisted of mostly tags and the goal was to have as many as possible. Writers would ride the trains hitting as many subway cars as possible. It wasn't long before writers discovered that in a train yard or lay up they could hit many more subway cars in much less time and with less chance of getting caught. The concept and method of bombing had been established.</span><br />
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<u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Tag Style</span></b></u><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">After a while there were so many people writing so much that writers needed a new way to gain fame. The first way was to make your tag unique. Many script and calligraphic styles were developed. Writers enhanced their tags with flourishes, stars and other designs. Some designs were strictly for visual appeal while others had meaning. For instance, crowns were used by writers who proclaimed themselves king. Probably the most famous tag in the culture's history was</span><b style="color: white;"> STAY HIGH 149</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">. He used a smoking joint as the cross bar for his "H" and a stick figure from the television series The Saint.</span><br />
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<u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Tag Scale</span></b></u><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The next development was scale. Writers started to render their tags in larger scale. The standard nozzle width of a spray paint can is narrow so these larger tags while drawing more attention than a standard tag, did not have much visual weight. Writers began to increase the thickness of the letters and would also outline them with an additional color. Writers discovered that caps from other aerosol products could provide a larger width of spray. This led to the development of the masterpiece. It is difficult to say who did the first masterpiece, but it is commonly credited to </span><b style="color: white;">SUPER KOOL 223</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> of the Bronx and WAP of Brooklyn. The thicker letters provided the opportunity to further enhance the name. Writers decorated the interior of the letters with what are termed "designs." First with simple polka dots, later with crosshatches, stars, checkerboards. Designs were limited only by an artist's imagination.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Writers eventually started to render these masterpieces the entire height of the subway car (A first also credited to </span><b style="color: white;">SUPER KOOL 223</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.). These masterpieces were termed top-to bottoms. The additions of color design and scale were dramatic advancements, but these works still strongly resembled the tags on which they were based. Some of the more accomplished writers of this time were</span><b style="color: white;"> HONDO 1, JAPAN 1, MOSES 147, SNAKE 131, LEE 163rd, STAR 3, PHASE 2, PRO-SOUL, TRACY 168, LIL HAWK, BARBARA 62, EVA 62, CAY 161, JUNIOR 161</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">and </span><b style="color: white;">STAY HIGH 149</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The competitive atmosphere led to the development of actual styles which would depart from the tag styled pieces. Broadway style was introduced by Philadelphia's </span><b style="color: white;">TOPCAT 126</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">. These letters would evolve in to block letters, leaning letters, and block busters.</span><b style="color: white;"> PHASE 2</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> later developed Softie letters , more commonly referred to as Bubble letters. Bubble letters and Broadway style were the earliest forms of actual pieces and therefore the foundation of many styles. Soon arrows, curls, connections and twists adorned letters. These additions became increasing complex and would become the basis for Mechanical or Wild style lettering.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The combination of PHASE's work and competition from other style masters like </span><b style="color: white;">RIFF 140</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">PEL</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> furthered the development.</span><b style="color: white;">RIFF</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> is noted as being an early catalyst in what is termed style wars. RIFF would take ideas from other writers and improve upon them and take them to another level. Writers like </span><b style="color: white;">FLINT 707</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">PISTOL</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> made major contributions in development of three dimensional lettering adding depth to the masterpiece, which became standards for generations to come.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">This early period of creativity did not go unrecognized. Hugo Martinez a sociology major at City College took notice of the legitimate artistic potential of this generation. Martinez went on to found United Graffiti Artists. UGA selected top subway artists from all around the city and presented their work in the formal context of an art gallery. UGA provided opportunities once inaccessible to these artists. The Razor Gallery was a successful effort of Mr. Martinez and the artists he represented. </span><b style="color: white;">PHASE 2, MICO, COCO 144, PISTOL, FLINT 707, BAMA, SNAKE,</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">and </span><b style="color: white;">STICH</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> have been represented by Martinez.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">A 1973 article in New York magazine by Richard Goldstein entitled "The Graffiti Hit Parade" was also early public recognition of the artistic potential of subway artists.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Around 1974 writers like </span><b style="color: white;">TRACY 168, CLIFF 159, BLADE ONE </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">created works with scenery, illustrations and cartoon characters surrounding the masterpieces. This formed the basis for the mural whole car. Earlier ground breaking whole cars were produced by writers like </span><b style="color: white;">AJ 161</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">SILVER TIPS</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
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<u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">THE PEAK 75-77</span></b></u><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">For the most part innovation in writing hit a plateau after 1974. All the standards had been set and a new school was about to reap the benefits of artistic foundations established by prior generations and a city in the midst of a fiscal crisis. New York City was broke and therefore the transit system was poorly maintained. This led to the heaviest bombing in history.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">At this time bombing and style began to further distinguish themselves. Whole cars became a standard practice rather than an event, and the definitive form of bombing became the throw up. The throw up is a piecing style derived from the bubble letter. Th e throw up is hastily rendered piece consisting of a simple outline and is barely filled in. Mostly two letter throw up names began appearing all over the system particularly on the INDs and BMTs. Crews like </span><b style="color: white;">POG, 3yb, BYB TC, TOP</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, made major contributions. Throw up kings included </span><b style="color: white;">TEE, IZ, DY 167, PI, IN, LE, TO, OI, FI</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> aka </span><b style="color: white;">VINNY, TI 149, CY, PEO</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">. Writers became very competetive. Races broke out to see who could do the most throw ups. Throw ups peaked from '75 thru '77 as did whole cars. Writers like </span><b style="color: white;">BUTCH, CASE, KINDO, BLADE, COMET, ALE 1, DOO2, JOHN 150, LEE, MONO, SLAVE, SLUG, DOC 109</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> plastered the IRTs with magnificent whole cars, following in the foot steps of giants like TRACY and CLIFF.</span><br />
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<u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">STYLE REVIVAL 1978-1981</span></b></u><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">A new wave of creativity bloomed in late 1977 with crews like</span><b style="color: white;">TDS, TMT, UA, MAFIA, TS5, CIA, RTW, TMB, TFP, TC5</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">and </span><b style="color: white;">TF5</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">. Style wars were once again peaking. It was also the last wave of bombing before the Transit Authority made the elimination of writing a priority. On Broadway, </span><b style="color: white;">CHAIN 3, KOOL 131, PADRE, NOC 167</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and PART 1 were expanding upon styles established by writers like PHASE 2, RIFF 140 and PEL. CHAIN later went to the 2 and 5 lines with the </span><b style="color: white;">TMT</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> crew. In style war tradition TMT's works were countered by </span><b style="color: white;">CIA</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><b style="color: white;">DONDI</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> came out with POSE against </span><b style="color: white;">CHAIN's DOSE</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
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<b style="color: white;">CASE 2, KEL 139, COMET, REPEL, COS 207, DURO, MIN, SHY 147, KADE 198, FED 2, REVOLT, RASTA, ZEPHYR, BOOTS 119, KIT 17, CRASH</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">DAZE</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> were also active writers of the time. </span><b style="color: white;">LEE, CAZ 2, IZ, SLAVE, REE, DONDI, BLADE</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">COMET </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">became very competitive in the whole car arena. </span><b style="color: white;">SEEN, MAD, PJ</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">DUST </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">dominated the 6 line with elaborate whole cars. </span><b style="color: white;">MITCH 77, BAN 2, BOO 2, PBODY, MAX 183,</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">KID 56</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> ruled the 4 line. </span><b style="color: white;">FUZZ ONE</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">was a major presence on all 7 IRTs. CIA, TB and TKA ensured that the BMTs were not deprived of style.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">In 1980 The real buff started up again pieces ran for shorter periods. Train yard fence repair was becoming more consistent. Writers slowly started to quit and consider other creative options. Many writers became distracted with thoughts about careers beyond painting subway cars. The established art world was once again becoming receptive to writing. There hadn't been much positive attention since the Razor Gallery in the early '70s. In 1979 LEE QUINONES and FAB 5 FREDDIE had an opening in Rome with the art dealer Claudio Bruni. Then in 1980 numerous writers flocked to places like ESSES studio, Stephan Eins' Fashion Moda and Patti Astor's Fun Gallery to expand their horizons. These and subsequent galleries would prove to be an important factors in expanding writing overseas. European art dealers became aware of the movement and were very receptive to the new art form. Shows featuring paintings by </span><b style="color: white;">DONDI, LEE, ZEPHYR, LADY PINK, DAZE, FUTURA 2000</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and others exposed the world to the once secret world of New York's youth.</span><br />
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<u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 1982-1985</span></b></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">During the early to mid 1980s the writing culture deteriorated dramatically due to several factors. Some related directly to the graffiti culture itself and others to the greater society in general. The crack cocaine epidemic was taking its toll on the inner city. Due to the drug trade powerful firearms were readily available. The climate on the street became increasingly tense. Laws restricting the sale of paint to minors and requiring merchants to place spray paint in locked cages made shoplifting more difficult. Legislation was in the works to make penalties for graffiti more severe.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The major change was the increase in the Metropolitan Transit Authority's anti-graffiti budget. Yards and layups were more closely guarded. Many favored painting areas became almost inaccessible. New more sophisticated fences were erected and were quickly repaired when damaged. Graffiti removal was stronger and more consistent than ever, making the life span of many paintings months if not days. This frustrated many writers causing them to quit.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Many others were not so easily discouraged, yet they were still affected. They perceived the new circumstances as a challenge, determined not to be defeated by the MTA. Due to the lack or resources they became extremely territorial and aggressive, claiming ownership to yards and layups. Claiming territory was nothing new in writing, but the difference at this time was that threats were enforced. If a writer went to layup unarmed he could almost be guaranteed to be beaten and robbed of his painting supplies.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">At this point physical strength and unity as in street gangs became a major part of the writing experience. The One Tunnel and the Ghost yard were the back drops many for legendary conflicts. In addition to the pressure from the MTA, cross out wars among writers broke out. The most famous war being CAP MPC vs the world. High profile writers during these years were: </span><b style="color: white;">SKEME, DEZ, TRAP, DELTA, SHARP, SEEN TC5, SHY 147, BOE, WEST, KAZE, SPADE 127, SAK, VULCAN, SHAME, BIO, MIN, DURO, KEL, T KID, MACK, NICER, BRIM, BG 183, KENN, CEM, FLIGHT, AIRBORN, RIZE, JON 156, KYLE 156</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
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<u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">THE DIE HARDS 1985-1989</span></b></u><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">On certain subway lines graffiti removal significantly decreased because the cars servicing those lines were headed for the scrap yards. This provided a last shot for writers.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The last big surge on the 2 and 5 lines came from writers like</span><b style="color: white;">WANE, WEN, DERO, WIPS, TKID, SENTO, CAVS, CLARK </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">and </span><b style="color: white;">M KAY </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">who hit the white 5s with burners. These burners many times were blemished by marker tags that soaked through the paint. A trend had developed that was a definite step back for writing. Due to a lack of paint and courage to stay in a lay up for prolonged periods of time, many writers were tagging with markers on the outside of subway cars. These tags were generally poor artistic efforts. The days when writers took pride in their hand style (signature) were long gone. If it wasn't for the afore mentioned writers and a few others, the artform in New York City could have officially been deemed dead.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">By mid '86 the MTA was gaining the upper hand. Many writers quit and the violence subsided. Most lines were completely free of writing. The Ds, Bs, LLs, Js, Ms were among the last of the lines with running pieces. </span><b style="color: white;">MAGOO, DOC TC5, DONDI, TRAK, DOME</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> and </span><b style="color: white;">DC</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> were all highly visible writers.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Security was high and the Transit Police's new vandal squad was in full force. What was left was a handful of diehards. </span><b style="color: white;">GHOST, SENTO, CAVS, KET, JA, VEN, REAS, SANE, SMITH</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">were prominent figures and would keep transit writing alive.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">To be continued.. part 2</span><br />
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NYC Transit’s Eagle Team focuses on railyards, allowing the NYPD to focus on stretches of elevated and underground track where trains are stored during off-peak hours. The successful effort has cut graffiti-removal costs. The tab was nearly $340,000 in 2007. The cost was nearly $140,000 last year.</div><a name='more'></a>Old-school graffiti vandals who spray-paint trains parked overnight have had less luck hitting their targets in recent years thanks to transit security and the NYPD.<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Between 2007 and last year, the number of stealth attacks in railyards and tunnels – the storage spots between rush hours – declined about 60%, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority statistics.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">The drop is partly attributable to the MTA’s formation of a new anti-graffiti team, largely comprised of former police officers, following a surge in the vandalism in 2006.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">NYC Transit division officials also cited a more coordinated effort with the NYPD in protecting the fleet with surveillance, patrols and other measures.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">NYC Transit’s Eagle Team focuses on railyards, allowing the NYPD to focus on stretches of elevated and underground track where trains are stored during off-peak hours.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">The successful effort has cut graffiti-removal costs. The tab was nearly $340,000 in 2007. The cost was nearly $140,000 last year.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">The significance of the reduced vandalism goes beyond dollars and cents, NYC Transit Security Director Vincent DiMarino said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">“When fighting graffiti and vandalism post 9/11, you’re not just fighting graffiti and vandalism,” DiMarino said. “The reality is if a bunch of kids who vandalize trains can breach security, bad guys intending to do much worse also can breach security.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/08/03/2011-08-03_crackdown_on_train_taggers_works.html" style="color: #ed1c24; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DN</a></div></div>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-13133461799677920182011-08-01T20:25:00.000-04:002011-08-01T20:25:02.008-04:00Ed Koch and Graffiti<img src="http://www.dailypress.com/media/photo/2009-02/44835488.JPG" /><br />
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border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">“It’s very vintage-style NYC graffiti," he said.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; 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text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brooklyn Tattoo</a>, which sits adjacent to the gallery.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">The exhibition features widely celebrated graffiti artists from that time – DANCE, REBEL, NEST, KEO, POET and SNATCH to name a few – many of whom began in Brooklyn, and whose work defined the style of 80s graffiti – an era which Suerte calls a “second renaissance.”</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Decades before graffiti became widely accepted and art-world legitimized, it was, primarily, deemed vandalism. In the 80s, New York City began cracking down on this “underground” graffiti (when it had been all about the artist getting into subway tunnels), and consequently graffiti began rising to the streets - to city handball courts and to rooftops.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">A native South Brooklyner, Suerte identifies with this era of graffiti art, and with the impact and significance of the artists in the show. Suerte, who is an artist himself, began writing graffiti in the early 80s at age 13.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">"[Writing graffiti was] a right of passage in this city, for creative and disenfranchised youth," he said.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Anthony Jehamy, who curated the show with Suerte, was also writing graffiti in the neighborhood as a teenager, and today still paints murals and curates graffiti shows.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"> ***</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Suerte grew up in the neighborhood, leaving to go to art school for illustration, and returning in 1991 to open the first Urban Folk Art in Bushwick. The artist collective focused on guerilla artwork and underground comics, but soon incorporated a silkscreen shop to solve funding problems for the collective.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">But as the silkscreen operation became increasingly commercialized, and the spirit of the artist collective overshadowed, Suerte closed Urban Folk Art.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">It was at this point that he was asked to apprentice as a tattoo artist in South Harlem, translating his education in illustration into another form of art.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">The shop moved to Boerum Hill in 2002 (in the <a href="http://carrollgardens.patch.com/listings/fried-guitars-inc" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fried Guitars</a> space on State Street), and when an opportunity to take over the business arose, Brooklyn Tattoo was born. Brooklyn Tattoo, co-owned by Willie Paredes, moved to western Atlantic Avenue, and finally to its current resting spot at 99 Smith Street.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">During these nearly ten years, Suerte continued making and showing art.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">“The whole time we were doing that [tattooing], I was putting on art shows in the neighborhood," he said.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">The art was shown in lounges, bars and cafes. In fact, the first “Usual Suspects” show a couple of years ago took place at the bar <a href="http://carrollgardens.patch.com/listings/the-last-exit-bar-and-lounge" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Last Exit</a> on Atlantic Avenue.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">When the storefront next door at 101 Smith St. became vacant, however, Suerte and Paredes snatched it up, opening Urban Folk Art Gallery in January.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">“[The] physical form of the collective became reborn," said Suerte.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Rather than continuing to show art in bars and cafes, we raised it up a bit,“ he laughed.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">***</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">The thirteen artists included in this show remain strong forces in the graffiti community, not only through the impact of their contributions during the time when their work was not recognized artistically by the art and commercial worlds, but also through their continued presence.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Most of the exhibited artists still paint graffiti and murals. Some still exhibit their work, or use their talents for commercial projects as well as for charitable work.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;">Urban Folk Art Gallery will hold an opening reception for “The Usual Suspects 2” on Friday, August 5th at 7 p.m.</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.429em; margin-bottom: 0.714em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The Usual Suspects 2” is on exhibition through August 29th</em>.</span></div></div></div>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-58621901999820587182011-07-22T21:25:00.000-04:002011-07-22T21:25:44.417-04:00Spraymasters: Old School Graffiti<img height="155" src="http://assets.hulu.com/shows/key_art_spraymasters.jpg" width="400" /><br />
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<h6 class="dateline" style="color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Published: April 29, 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">FROM 1972 to 1984, Steven Ogburn was one of the most prolific graffiti writers in New York, though commuters of the era were more likely to know him by his nom de guerre: Blade. Mr. Ogburn says he spray-painted the name — in a huge variety of inventive lettering styles — on more than 5,000 subway trains.</span></h6><div class="articleBody" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><nyt_text><nyt_correction_top></nyt_correction_top></nyt_text></div><div class="articleBody" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The feat earned him a title: King of Trains.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mr. Ogburn quit painting trains in 1984, however, shortly after returning from Amsterdam, where his work had been exhibited.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Graffiti had become trendy in the world of fine art, and a collector voiced concern after seeing a freshly painted Blade artwork on a subway train.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“He looks at me,” Mr. Ogburn, 54, recalled one recent afternoon. “He’s a very serious man. He said, ‘You cannot paint trains anymore. You are now a gallery artist, and you have to be respectful to your work and to the people who collect your work.’ ”</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mr. Ogburn continued: “That was his way of saying, ‘Grow up.’ ”</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The developing artist did just that, focusing his creative energy on canvas. He has shown his art all over the world. His work is included in “Art in the Streets,” an exhibition that opened last month at the <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/m/museum_of_contemporary_art/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="More articles about the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art">Museum of Contemporary Art</a> in Los Angeles and will travel to the <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/b/brooklyn_museum/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="More articles about Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a> next year.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mr. Ogburn recounted the story on a tour of his old haunts, which included the Co-op City apartment complex in the Bronx. His big white coupe, a 1972 <a class="meta-classifier" href="http://autos.nytimes.com/2005/Ford/Thunderbird/245/2801/265381/researchOverview.aspx?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="">Ford Thunderbird</a>, looked as if it had just fishtailed out of “The French Connection.” The car’s long hood and wide grille with four headlights are complemented by period details like whitewall tires and a partial vinyl roof with a landau bar on the rear roof pillars.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“If you get Martha Cooper’s ‘Hip Hop Files’ book,” he said, “you see me with a giant Afro, loading a roll of canvas into this car.”</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mr. Ogburn’s father bought the Thunderbird new in 1972, for $5,800, and passed it down to him a few years later. The car has been on the road since.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Minor upgrades can be seen here and there.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“I’ve put in the stereo systems that the young kids use where you can hear their car vibrating from across the intersection,” he said. “But I play <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/sly_and_the_family_stone/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="More articles about Sly and the Family Stone.">Sly and the Family Stone</a>. I play that on volume 25 and the whole car shakes.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“When I used to go paint trains, I listened to this music on my transistor radio,” he continued. “You would hear Nixon come over the radio at 2 or 3 in the morning and say we just invaded Saigon or something. And that was really frightening when you’re a teenager.”</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">His memories remain fresh. “<a class="meta-per" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/martin_luther_jr_king/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="More articles about Martin Luther King Jr..">Martin Luther King</a>, <a class="meta-per" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/malcolm_x/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="More articles about Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a>, Robert Kennedy, when all those people were murdered, I remember that,” he said.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">With funk playing on the stereo and his wife, Portia, sitting next to him, Mr. Ogburn cruised from Co-op City to Orchard Beach and then through a more suburban surrounding, near Fordham Road. He was wearing a black jacket, black pants and black shoes. A black ball cap covered his head, which, on an unseasonably warm day in March, was lightly beaded with sweat.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mr. Ogburn noted that the car had 238,000 miles on it; its 460-cubic-inch V-8 squealed quietly. “It has to be big to pull 5,000 pounds of metal,” he said. The mileage, he added, is 5 miles per gallon in the city and slightly higher on the highway.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Minutes later, he pulled up to the apartment he rented when he moved out on his own at 19 — when he married his first wife and moved to this area. He hadn’t been back in 30 years.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“I used to stand on the roof and watch the trains go by,” he said. The tracks are elevated in this part of the Bronx.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“When I would stand here, every train would have something on it,” he said.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“From ’70 to ’72, it was just scribble-scrabble stuff, but that was how it started,” he said. “When you got to 1975, you had tens of thousands of teenagers all running wild in the city.”</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It was a different New York City when Mr. Ogburn was active as Blade. The city was not so vigilant about keeping trains clean, so many of the paintings remained intact for years, he said. “When you painted trains in the 1970s, not only did they circulate but nobody crossed your trains out,” he said.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A train clattered by in the distance. He got back in the car and drove down the street to the neighborhood where he and Portia were born.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“This is Parkside Playground,” he said as he got out of the car. A full-court basketball game was in progress. A bench alongside the court offered a clear view of tracks two blocks up the street.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“You could be in the middle of a full-court game, running up and down, but when you heard the train coming, everybody stopped to see what pieces go by,” he said, referring to the rolling artworks. “Then you go back to whatever you were doing. It was the best time.”</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Graffiti writing happened where access was convenient — often on weekends, when trains were parked in the elevated neighborhood stations. When the police began guarding the stations, Mr. Ogburn and his cohorts, who called themselves the Crazy 5, climbed the beams that supported the elevated tracks with plastic bags of spray cans clenched in their teeth.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mr. Ogburn said he was never caught, though there were close calls. “You’re running through train yards being chased by police all the time.”</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Now it is art collectors who pursue Mr. Ogburn, especially Europeans.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“<a class="meta-per" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/paul_mccartney/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="More articles about Paul McCartney.">Paul McCartney</a> bought from the Guernsey’s Auction in the Puck building,” he said, referring to a notable New York auction of graffiti art in 2000. That led to an embarrassing encounter once, when Mr. Ogburn had his British musicians confused.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“I actually met <a class="meta-per" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/eric_clapton/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;" title="More articles about Eric Clapton.">Eric Clapton</a>, going to London about five years ago on a plane. I walked over humble as can be, saying, ‘Thank you, Mr. Clapton, for purchasing graffiti art.’ And he said, ‘I didn’t purchase your painting, mate. 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</ul><div class="article-description" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In Long Island City, Queens, there's a five-story, mostly empty warehouse where graffiti is legal. It’s called 5Pointz, and for years, the building's owner has allowed graffiti artists to spray paint most of the facade.</div></div><div class="article-description" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But as the artists at 5Pointz prepare to celebrate a 10th summer season, there’s renewed concern that the building might not be around for much longer. The owner recently proposed tearing it down to bring new high-rises and retail space to Long Island City. The potential closure of 5Pointz, and construction of a new development, would have implications for the graffiti artists, as well as a neighborhood in transition.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Many people catch their first glimpse of 5Pointz – named for the five boroughs of New York City – from the elevated No. 7 train, near the Court House Square station in Queens.<br />
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The 200,000-square foot building is covered in bright, colorful tags. Then there are the larger pieces. There’s a grinning Cheshire Cat and the hookah-smoking Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland. In another corner, there’s the scheming Joker from Batman, with the Caped Crusader’s symbol flashing above. There’s the Zombie wall, where the undead, with arms outstretched, seem to lurch right out of the concrete.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" height="413" src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/5pointz.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 7px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="620" /><br />
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Jonathan Cohen, better known as Meres, has been curating the space since 2002. His vision is to one day create a graffiti museum. On most days, he's out at 5Pointz explaining graffiti to people passing by.<br />
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“It is expression,” he said. “Every piece is somebody’s mood, and they’re telling you a story – the colors that they use, the flow of the lettering that they do, the theme of the background,” he said.<br />
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Many of the artists who've painted at 5Pointz say it's a safe and legal way to do their work — as opposed to the illegal and dangerous channels of tagging subway tunnels, bridges and other off-limits spaces.<br />
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Brad Smith, known as Bisco, painted the Zombie wall for hours with some fellow artists. He calls 5Pointz his oasis. “I’ve definitely been in trouble in my life with painting, you know? And this is like a nice place to just peacefully paint, and express your art,” he said.<br />
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Over the years, 5Pointz has become a global attraction. Artists from all over the world come to visit and to paint. Photographers and filmmakers use it for an urban backdrop — for everything from high-fashion magazine shoots, to underground and mainstream music videos and documentaries. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Artist Carlos Game (photo below, right) said 5Pointz brings income and exposure to Long Island City. He considers it an artists’ haven, and said his work is for the visitors.<br />
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Locals also stop by to admire the work. Tom Evans, who's lived in Long Island City for nearly 60 years, is one of them. He’s a fan of the space.<br />
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“Some of these kids are very talented,” he said. “I don’t get the stuff that’s the, the letters? But the other stuff is fantastic.”<br />
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He also understands why not everyone's a fan.<br />
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“Graffiti artists in general, if I find them I’d like to, you know, knee-cap them because you’re messing up somebody else’s property,” he said. “But this is done with permission.”<br />
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To get permission to create a piece at 5Pointz, artists submit a sample of their work to Meres. Under a long-standing agreement with the building’s owner, Gerry Wolkoff of G & M Realty, they can paint whatever they want -- as long as there's no pornography, explicit language or inflammatory politics.<br />
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After a certain amount of time – and depending on the amount of work that goes into a piece, the walls are erased. Game said it’s like a huge canvas.<br />
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“Somebody will come by, and they’ll like it, appreciate it, take pictures of it, and that’s it,” he said. “And then they’ll go over it. Then we do it all over again.”<br />
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For years, the building has evolved in this way with the artwork. So the recent news that 5Pointz might be torn down came as a bit of a shock to artists and admirers of the space.<br />
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In March, Wolkoff proposed razing the warehouse and constructing two residential towers, plus retail space. His son David said the development would include a gym, a pool, a billiards room and hopefully other amenities that the neighborhood is lacking, like a supermarket.<br />
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But the Wolkoffs are also mindful of the art on the walls.<br />
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“We appreciate the art that’s there,” David said. “But there’s a bigger issue – there’s the issue of what Long Island City needs, or what we believe Long Island City needs, which is an exciting area.”<br />
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Wolkoff said the development may also include loft space for artists, and possibly, a wall in the back so graffiti artists can continue to paint.<br />
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“We believe that we can create a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week area, like downtown Brooklyn,” David said. “An exciting, great area. And it just hasn’t happened here in Long Island City, as of yet.”<br />
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Even though it could take years for the project to be completed, the news has prompted a global outpouring of support for 5Pointz, including independent petitions to save it.<br />
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As for Meres, he said he has no ill-will toward the developer, and, like many of the artists, said he’s never taken for granted the opportunity they’ve been given to paint there. But he said he also understands the value of having a dedicated space for graffiti art.<br />
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“It just saddens me to think that the art might go, and the only place to kind of express legally and for free in New York might go,” he said.<br />
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Depending on the viewer, the space can be an inspiration, or an eyesore. Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr., who has crusaded against illegal graffiti citywide, said he has mixed feelings about places like 5Pointz.<br />
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“They’re a gray area,” he said. “One the one hand, it’s the one place you can actually look at some of these works and tags and say, ‘Hey, that looks like art, and that kid potentially has some talent,’ because it’s done with permission. But on the other hand, there’s the realization that that talent was most likely honed during the destruction of a lot of property owned by other people.”<br />
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It’s a stigma Meres often fights against. And he believes a safe, legal space like 5Pointz can help dispel some of the negativity against graffiti.<br />
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“It’s the fact that it started off being done on trains and, you know, bombing on the streets and everything that people automatically close their imagination and their doors to even wanting to understand what it is,” he said.<br />
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Graffiti is also constantly changing. It’s now garnering recognition among advertisers, and at major art galleries. And it’s no longer just an illegal, underground activity.<br />
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Eric Felisbret co-authored the book “Graffiti New York,” tracking the movement – in words and pictures — from its early days on the city’s subways to the contemporary scene. He said 5Pointz is unique because it acts as a bridge between the more formal “art world” and the street roots of graffiti.<br />
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“It’s an art form that evolved outdoors to be viewed outdoors,” Felisbret said. “Environment was always really important – a really important aspect of the art form, like sights, sounds, architecture, I mean even the weather, all added to the experience.”<br />
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But the condition of the building is a problem. It’s received dozens of violations from the city, many for maintenance issues, dating back to 1996. According to records from the New York City Department of Buildings, most of them have been resolved – save for a few administration issues – and that no new complaints have been filed in more than a year.<br />
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Joe Conley, chairman of the local community board, said any new development in Long Island City should include space for artists, like studios and display areas. But he said the warehouse is in pretty tough shape.<br />
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“I can’t see that the community would lose anything with that building,” he said. “It’s an outdated building, it’s from a bygone era, and it’s certainly not the efficient use of space.”<br />
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The artists at 5Pointz know Long Island City is prime for development. It's right under the No. 7 train, across the street from P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center and just a few blocks from the rapidly rising Long Island City waterfront.<br />
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Bisco Smith (photo above, left) the Zombie Wall artist, said he understands that progress is inevitable, especially in New York City. But he said he'd like to think 5Pointz can be turned into something other than condos, which are popping up all over the neighborhood.<br />
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“Why not make it something that continues to push the art forward? There’s money in that, you’ve just got to see the money in that,” he said. “I think this developer mindset in New York is killing New York.”<br />
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The artists at 5Pointz have always known their stay in Long Island City could be temporary — much like graffiti itself. For now, they're focused, as they are every season, with putting on their best show yet. They're bringing in international artists, DJs and musicians, and curating events to draw the local community in to see the art.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><img alt="Murals and tags cover most of 5Pointz - even the gates." src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4035_storyslide_image.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: move; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Murals and tags cover most of 5Pointz - even the gates." /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4039_storyslide_image.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img alt="Meres, the curator of 5Pointz, spray painted the Joker from Batman." src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4476_storyslide_image.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Meres, the curator of 5Pointz, spray painted the Joker from Batman." /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/side-of-wall_storyslide_image.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img alt="An homage to the tools of the trade." src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4487_storyslide_image.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="An homage to the tools of the trade." /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img alt="The menacing grim reaper guards one of the walls." src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4490_storyslide_image.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="The menacing grim reaper guards one of the walls." /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img alt="A view of the building as seen from Crane Street, Long Island City, Queens." src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4493_storyslide_image.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="A view of the building as seen from Crane Street, Long Island City, Queens." /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img alt="A view of the block-long building from Davis Street, Long Island City. " src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4500_storyslide_image.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="A view of the block-long building from Davis Street, Long Island City." /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img alt="Annmarie Fertoli" src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4518_storyslide_image.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="A corner of the walls, from Davis Street." /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img alt="A piece with the characters from Alice in Wonderland spans the length of one of the building's walls. " src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4573_storyslide_image.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="A piece with the characters from Alice in Wonderland spans the length of one of the building's walls." /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/IMG_4578_storyslide_image.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif;"><img src="http://media40.wnyc.net/media/photologue/photos/cache/5Pointz%20070_storyslide_image.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span></div></div>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-66307619741364266082011-04-28T14:52:00.000-04:002011-04-28T14:52:02.200-04:00Lee Quinones<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x-WjcoKZHuk" width="560"></iframe>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-31997191369436144582011-04-27T11:17:00.002-04:002011-04-27T11:17:56.418-04:00CRASH, FREEDOM & RISK: “Blurring the Lines” ~ Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City<h2 class="post-title" style="font-family: superclarendon-1, superclarendon-2, serif; font-size: 2.7em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 41px; text-transform: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.lataco.com/taco/wp-content/uploads/RISK-800.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #2ea313; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-33613" height="600" src="http://www.lataco.com/taco/wp-content/uploads/RISK-800-539x600.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: black;" title="RISK-800" width="539" /></a></span></h2><div class="post-entry" style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="font-size: 1.35em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; text-align: justify;"><strong>Opening Reception: April 30th 7-10pm ~ 8522 Washington Boulevard ~ Culver City</strong></div><div style="font-size: 1.35em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; text-align: justify;">On April 30, iconic graffiti writers CRASH, FREEDOM and RISK come together for a show curated by Roger Gastman at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. With CRASH and FREEDOM representing OG NYC, and RISK holding down the West Coast, this show will close out a crazy April for the world of graffiti in a big way.</div><div style="font-size: 1.35em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; text-align: justify;">FREEDOM hasn’t exhibited in a gallery in more than 20 years, he and CRASH will present new works in the downstairs area of the gallery. Upstairs will be RISK’s new works, called “Styles for Miles”, which are created on canvases constructed from vintage license plates.</div></div>XSNRG Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09430679315336993195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831246543750085231.post-73420111758562538212011-04-27T10:57:00.000-04:002011-04-27T10:57:44.646-04:00Graffiti Artist REVOK Arrested At LAX On Outstanding Warrant: Bail Set at $320,000<h2 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 30px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><div class="entry"><div style="color: #333333; display: block; line-height: 1.4em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><img alt="Revok" src="http://www.ballerstatus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/revok.jpg" style="cursor: move; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; display: block; line-height: 1.4em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Notorious Los Angeles graffiti artist, Revok, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday (April 21) on an outstanding warrant.</div><a name='more'></a><br />
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</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">According to the L.A. Times, the graff artist (real name: Jason Williams) was preparing to board a plane to Ireland when police took him into custody on Thursday morning.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The warrant had been issued for “failing to pay restitution to victims of previous vandalism crimes,” said the paper.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Revok is currently being held in the Los Angeles County Jail in lieu of $320,000 bail.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Authorities claim he is a member of the notorious graff crew, MSK (Mad Society Kings).</span></div><br />
<div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In 2009, Revok was placed on parole for a felony vandalism charge in Indio. That same year, he was arrested at least two other times. Once in Australia where he had been on a vandalism spree over the course of a few days, but was caught by authorities at the airport as he was trying to leave. Cops said they knew he was leaving the country, because of tweets he wrote on his Twitter account.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Revok was arrested again in late November 2009 for “illegally possessing vandalism tools,” specifically spray can tips. Due to his probation, Revok was prohibited from possessing any type of graffiti contraband. He was arrested at a graffiti event, where he was the guest of honor.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Police later searched his home, and found several hundred cans of spray paint, and a fake police badge, said Cpt. Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.<br />
Via: ballerstatus</div><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: red;">***Update:</span><a href="http://www.graffnews.com/2011/04/revok-graffiti-writer-sentenced-to-180-days-in-jail/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: red;">‘Revok’ graffiti writer sentenced to 180 days in jail</span></a> <span style="color: red;">***</span></h2><br />
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