Grottylotty
"I Work."
ARTIST ................ Attributed to EWOK; tagged by contributor DECK WGF
LOCATION .......... Myrtle Ave. @ Nostrand Ave., NW corner (Universal ................................Spring Co.)
.........................................Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NYC
DATE: ....................Undetermined--probably ca. 2000
WORK TYPE ....... Mural; Graffiti
MATERIALS......... Spray paint and house paint; wide-tipped marker.
SUBJECT HEADINGS: Bedford-Stuyvesant; Murals; Street Art; Graffiti Art; Graffiti Kings; Cartoons--Commentary; Humor--Images; Characters--Graffiti Art; Mouths; Laughter; Assistance; Working Class; Unemployed; Work Ethic; Aggression
..................REFERENCES (Non-postable terms used as TAGS): Bed Stuy; Public Assistance, Welfare, Hostility
CATEGORIES: STREET ART; GRAFFITI ART; BODEGA/ STOREFRONT MURALS
NOTES: This mural, attributed by one source to Brooklyn graffiti artist Ewok, satirizes welfare, work, and blue-collar anger. Ironically, it appears over the entrance to the now-shuttered Universal Spring Co. It accompanies a neighboring 9-11 Mural (see next record) also tagged by Deck WGF, and the Universal Spring cartoon logo. The tag YNO- with crown may (or may not) be a tribute to Graffiti King YNOT.
"I Work."
ARTIST ................ Attributed to EWOK; tagged by contributor DECK WGF
LOCATION .......... Myrtle Ave. @ Nostrand Ave., NW corner (Universal ................................Spring Co.)
.........................................Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NYC
DATE: ....................Undetermined--probably ca. 2000
WORK TYPE ....... Mural; Graffiti
MATERIALS......... Spray paint and house paint; wide-tipped marker.
SUBJECT HEADINGS: Bedford-Stuyvesant; Murals; Street Art; Graffiti Art; Graffiti Kings; Cartoons--Commentary; Humor--Images; Characters--Graffiti Art; Mouths; Laughter; Assistance; Working Class; Unemployed; Work Ethic; Aggression
..................REFERENCES (Non-postable terms used as TAGS): Bed Stuy; Public Assistance, Welfare, Hostility
CATEGORIES: STREET ART; GRAFFITI ART; BODEGA/ STOREFRONT MURALS
NOTES: This mural, attributed by one source to Brooklyn graffiti artist Ewok, satirizes welfare, work, and blue-collar anger. Ironically, it appears over the entrance to the now-shuttered Universal Spring Co. It accompanies a neighboring 9-11 Mural (see next record) also tagged by Deck WGF, and the Universal Spring cartoon logo. The tag YNO- with crown may (or may not) be a tribute to Graffiti King YNOT.