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Car crash at the Deitch Wall

September 2, 2010 @ 11:29 pm

The Art Collectors documented the exciting unveiling of the new Barry McGee (and company) tagged Deitch Wall on Houston Street in NYC. What was so exciting about it? Well, for one, an SUV crashed and flipped on its side just … Continue reading →

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The Deitch Wall gets tagged

August 30, 2010 @ 10:02 pm

Photo by Marina Galperina/ANIMALNY Remember that image of the wall full of tags that I posted previously? The artist behind that, Barry McGee, and a couple of his friends did that exact same mural on the Deitch wall where Shepard … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Infamy

August 9, 2010 @ 10:23 pm

It’s taken me a whole 5 years to finally sit down and watch this film about graffiti artists, but I’m so glad I did. The film, called Infamy, focuses around 6 prolific graffiti artists in the U.S. (CLAW, EARSNOT, ENEM, … Continue reading →

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Wall full of graffiti tags

June 28, 2010 @ 12:10 am

Click to enlarge Look at this crazy photo posted by Os Gemeos of a wall filled with red tags. The post is titled “BMgee”…can somebody fill me in to what this is or what it stands for? Thanks to Dusty … Continue reading →

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Martha Cooper talks about graffiti tags

June 14, 2010 @ 12:26 am

Name Tagging with Martha Cooper from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo. Mark Batty Publishers posted this nice interview with photographer Martha Cooper about her new book Name Tagging that documents the huge graffiti phenomenon of tagging on name tag stickers. Her book … Continue reading →

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Graffiti covered locker room at McCarren Pool

June 9, 2010 @ 5:37 am

Oh wow!! LTVSquad unearthed a graffiti history gem at the McCarren Pool in Brooklyn just before it was demolished and gone forever. These photos were taken from the McCarren Pool’s former locker room which was sealed up back in the … Continue reading →

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