Seen Subway Graffiti
Graffiti goes underground though gunn was able to end nearly 20 years of rampant subway graffiti on train cars he wasn t able to protect the entire subway system especially considering that his clean up coincided with the rising popularity of graffiti art.
Seen subway graffiti. The best graffiti and street art we ve seen in la we ve been scouring los angeles to find the best graffiti and street art around here s what we ve found by stephanie morino and jakob n. A notorious birthday clown graffiti artist ballon bombed a local subway train on tuesday prompting the anti graffiti task force to open an investigation. He is one of the best known graffiti artists in the world and has been referred to as the godfather of graffiti although he did not pioneer the movement. Brooklyn bridge city hall subway.
The smirky dude in the foreground reading a biography of marcel marceau was absolutely not the culprit. See more ideas about seen graffiti graffiti graffiti art. The lockdown especially when the m t a. Richard richie mirando known as seen ua born 1961 is an american graffiti artist.
Characterized by bright block letters and cartoonish depictions of human figures the artist s paintings and tattoos are influenced by comic books and television shows. Jun 2 2019 explore jay d s board seen graffiti on pinterest. Seen brings comic book heroes to life richard richie mirando was born in 1961 in the bronx. In 1981 seen exhibited alongside andy warhol keith haring and basquiat in the exhibition new york new wave.
Growing up in new york city he picked graffiti as his game of choice and began spray painting subway trains in 1973 when he was only twelve years old. The artform was becoming mainstream and its emboldened artists were unstoppable. Announced reduced hours echoed subway graffiti s heyday some 40 years ago when artists took advantage of snowstorms that left dozens of unattended. As he became more and more active in the city he was also becoming more and more skilled.
Seen first started to paint on the new york city subway system in the early 70 s and with his crew known as united artists ua quickly gained the reputation for painting cars with members such as duster sin and his brother mad.