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EXPLORE #219 on December 15, 2011
Double Rainbow Tunnel in Toronto
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On Mr. Brainwash's art space. I guess they asked the homeless guy who was residing in front of the building to vacate. I haven't seen him in a few weeks now.
Funny and bizarre spray painting of some kind of creature on a wall in central area of Varna town, Bulgaria. is it art or vandalism ?
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"Anne M. Carson's poetry: 'Writing on the Wall' was inspired by her trip to Delphi in Greece whereby a tour guide introduced her to the Slave Wall made of limestone that was engraved with the names of l,000 former slaves who had been released from slavery 2,000 years earlier in Ancient Greece." ~Tomitheos
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fun fact: the popular term 'writing on the wall' widely used as a phrase in songs, literature and in language actually originates from the Bible where a supernatural omen appeared as writing on the wall foretelling the destruction of the Babylonian Empire.
Some of my favorite Durham graffiti on the corner of Trinity and Foster, heading into downtown. @bottlefingers #durm #durham #durhamnc #nc #northcarolina #raleigh #chapelhill #rdu #researchtriangle #researchtrianglepark #graffiti #graffitiart #graffitiisart #publicart #hope #change / on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/BIs2L5rBAPU/
A car painted in CASE 2's computer lettering style from 1978.
(Photo: Courtesy of Martinez Gallery)
1977
Street Stars Emerge
LEE
The blackout was the tipping point. It was a stepping-stone to graffiti becoming a worldwide phenomenon. That was a chapter that ended when people said to themselves they can jump right in and develop themselves as artists in a new context.
TRACY 168
We changed the whole world in ’77. After the blackout, they started using roll-down gates on stores because all the windows were busted from the looting. When the gates came down, they looked dark and weird, so we painted them to make them look beautiful. At the height of all the insanity, I went to a party where the governor and mayor were, and I actually sat down and had dinner with them. And they asked me, “Who are you?” I said, “Security.” Then the Secret Service came up and grabbed me.
Charlie Ahearn
The strongest memory I have is 1978, coming across all these handball courts north of the Brooklyn Bridge by Lee Quiñones [a.k.a. LEE]. They were exploding with color. They had a lot of control. They had a great deal of comic sensibility. I would ask the kids, “Who made these?” And they would look at me incredulously, like, “LEE, you stupid ass! LEE is the most famous artist in the world!”
Glenn O’Brien, author, art critic
There was a great moment around 1978 when all of these stars were emerging—LEE, Futura 2000, SAMO [Jean-Michel Basquiat’s graffiti pseudonym] and Keith [Haring], Lady Pink and Zephyr—and you would go out and see stuff that was really unique.
Charlie Ahearn
By the summer of 1980, competition had reached a fever pitch. You’d see a whole car by Futura, a whole car by SEEN, a whole car by LEE, a whole car by MITCH—they were just popping up on a daily basis. These were massive, huge pieces. You could watch a train emerging aboveground, and you might see three or four fresh whole cars done in the last couple of days.
BLADE
I wanted to make sure you could see a train from five blocks away and you could read it. COMET 1 and myself invented the blockbuster in 1980: very large, square words, but very legible. We painted over 5,000 trains each, over the span of those years.
Richard Goldstein
The mural that was done on the train after John Lennon was killed, a masterpiece that covered two whole cars—that was a real milestone to me.
Found on NewYorkMetro.com
Part of 'graffiti is art' wall
Netherlands by ?
This was the first real graffiti piece (around the corner where I grew up) I ever saw in my life. Always loved it. Sadly the wall was cut in two (as here) and later on taken away completely.
This graffiti is actually part of the Detroit Beautification Project in Detroit, MI. It is part of an effort to revitalize the area, and I find what they are doing to be really amazing. Graffiti IS art in my opinion. Yes, it's also vandalism...but at the end of the day vandalism or not, it is still art.