80 Graffiti Artist New York
Basquiat and haring keith haring.
80 graffiti artist new york. Originating in the new york city subway and spreading beyond it graffiti is among the most common forms of vandalism committed today. The 80s map joins maps that use the new york public library s street view application which in turn uses the library s deep collection of vintage public. The bowery in noho 30 years ago. Michael jerome stewart may 9 1958 brooklyn new york september 15 1983 manhattan new york was an african american man who received recognition after his death following an arrest by new york city transit police for writing graffiti in soft tip marker or using aerosol can on a new york city subway wall at the first avenue station.
I think most writers can agree on at least 40 of the writers. Images courtesy of andré from sweden. Witten built a reputation as a master at spray painting extravagant graffiti pieces on freight and subway trains called train bombing in the neighbourhoods where he now teaches his 6 year old. Emphasizing the duality of social and psychological currents basquiat emerged as one of the most innovative art figures of the 80s new york.
How fab 5 freddy basquiat and other icons of the hip hop scene shaped new york s 1980s counterculture and graffiti went from illegal art to collector object. Art crimes front page. Bbus129 by dondi on a new york city subway car 1984. Graffiti in new york city has had a substantial role in the rise of property crimes at the local national and international scale.
The 50 greatest nyc graffiti artists. Friend of basquiat and just as prominent graffiti figure from the 80s is definitely keith haring. This is particularly tough on writers in the 80s and 90s. Perhaps the most radical transformation witnessed by the 1980s scene was the spectacular rise of graffiti art epitomized by the subway drawings of keith haring.
Heavily tagged new york city subway car in 1973. Its authors paul and kenny cavalieri are two brothers from the bronx who began taking photos of subway trains in 1983 during the heyday of new york city s graffiti art era.