Graffiti
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Sort Desciption: Naturally, graffiti art migrated to other cities, especially New York City. Some of the first. artists to be acknowledged were Cornbread and Cool Earl, ...
Content Inside: Graffiti By Allen Merta Eastern Iowa Division, MCoR / NMRA Brief History Graffiti has been around for centuries in many different forms. Cavemen placed some graffiti on large stones and in caves on the walls. Political activists used graffiti to make statements. Gangs use graffiti as a way to mark their territory and communicate. Several authors providing a history of graffiti all seem to agree that the modern artwork known as graffiti originated in Philadelphia during the mid – 1960s. Later in that same decade, writers began to be recognized individually as writing became more prevalent. Naturally, graffiti art migrated to other cities, especially New York City. Some of the first artists to be acknowledged were Cornbread and Cool Earl, both of whom wrote all over the city. Once Cornbread emerged in New York City, other writers followed in the Washington Heights area of New York City. TAKI 183 became one of the pioneers of writings on the subway. TAKI, whose real name is Demetrius and who lived on 183 rd Street, was a messenger who used the subway frequently. Because of his accessibility to the subway, he began his career by doing “motion tags.” The New York Times did an article about TAKI and his work because of his unusual tags, name and number. Although he wasn’t the first writer, he was the first to be identified as part of this new subculture. Friendly Freddie kicked off the writing trend as the graffiti movement migrated to Brooklyn. This is significant because it started an inter-borough competition.- everybody could see everybody else’s work on moving trains. The writers tried to outdo each other. Writing began to consist of “tags” and the goal was to have as many as possible traveling around the city. These writers would ride the trains attempting to tag as many cars as possible. Conversely, tagging trains in train yards and railroad lay-up yards is referred to as “Bombing.” It is a faster place to work with less cha ...
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