Graffiti
Moniker (graffiti) - Wikipedia
Some moniker writers have tagged train cars extensively; one who tagged under the name Bozo Texino during the 1970s and ’80s estimated that in one year ("where I went overboard") he marked over 30,000 train cars. However, not all moniker writers (or "boxcar artists") are hoboes; Bozo Texino ...
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Read article →Medieval Ship Graffiti Research Papers - Academia.edu
This is followed by a discussion of runic orthography, with particular focus on graffiti and a study of the placement of graffiti in churches, comprising 50 pages in total. The following 102 pages contain the main study, focusing on who carved graffiti, the common (religious) themes and what this in…
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Read article →A Complete Guide to Spray Paint Caps for Graffiti | Graff Storm
The Grey Banana Cap is similar to the German Outline and produces skinny-medium sized lines. A popular cap for graffiti writers. ... The Blue Dot Soft Cap produces a soft, dusty style line. Great for fading and highly versatile for thin and wide lines. ... Along with skinny caps, fat caps are anothe…
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Read article →Medieval voices: recording England’s early church graffiti - Current Archaeology
These range from crude depictions of local fishing boats to elaborately carved trading vessels, complete with rigging, flags, and decorative bunting. Some are so detailed that we can identify specific ship types, such as the ‘cog’ located ...
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Read article →Kilroy Was Here (U.S. National Park Service)
Eventually, during the war, Kilroy became so popular that this graffiti could be found everywhere. On ship holds, bathrooms, bridges and painted on the shells of Air Force missiles. Its origins most likely come from a British cartoon and the name of an American shipyard inspector.
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Read article →Making Graffiti an Iranian Art: The Works of Tehran-based Street Artist Ghalamdar - Ajam Media Collective
Since 2012, Ajam Media Collective has produced a series of articles documenting visual art in Iran and the diaspora, covering art exhibitions in New York, independent street art in Tehran, and a municipality-led beautification program in Mashhad. For this piece, AjamMC Co-Editor-in-Chief Rustin Zark…
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Read article →Runic inscriptions in Hagia Sophia - Wikipedia
The first runic inscription was ... published by Elisabeth Svärdström in "Runorna i Hagia Sofia", Fornvännen 65 (1970), 247–49. The inscription is worn down so nowadays only -ftan, which is the Norse name Halfdan, is legible....
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Read article →Roman graffiti - Wikipedia
Most of the graffiti archaeologists ... and entrances. Due to the simple nature of the graffiti, many archaeologists were early to dismiss the importance of the wall writings as it concerned life in ancient Pompeii....
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Read article →The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal - Matt McCormick
McCormick’s sly, subversive, and seductive film deserves a wider audience. Matthew Higgs, Art Forum · Matt McCormick’s mock-doc The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal, narrated by fellow Portland artist Miranda July, is one of the finest shorts of any kind I’ve seen in a long time.
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Read article →Berlin Underground Still Inspires Street Artists
Opened in 1902, the Berlin Underground, also known as the U-Bahn is Germany’s most extensive network of its kind, serving a total of 170 stations and providing transport for over 400 million passengers across the East and the West side. Its ten operating lines and trademark yellow trains have become…
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Read article →History Lesson: Philadelphia (Not New York,) the Birthplace of Street Art – Streets Dept
While graffiti wasn’t really talked ... New York artists,) it did, in fact, start here, in the City of Brotherly Love, in 1967 when Cornbread began tagging his name across the city, building a name for himself, and igniting the now ...
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Read article →Writers Take to the Rails - BEYOND THE STREETS
The first markings to appear on boxcars were made by railroad workers themselves — coded messages written to one another in chalk and pencil containing specific cargo information, i.e. arrival and departure times, weights, dimensions.
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Read article →Cholo Writing – Latino Gang Graffiti in Los Angeles - Hitzerot Shop
This book is the perfect introduction into this independent namewriting phenomenon with its logo-like font and calligraphy of which some date back even to 1962. A foreword by legendary L.A. writer Dr.
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Read article →Pixação: What is Pixo? | Claudia Feitosa-Santana
PIXO is a Brazilian documentary (2009) directed by João Wainer and Roberto T. Oliveira: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skGyFowTzew And here an article written by Marcio Siwi for The Guardian about Pixação and Graffiti: If Brazil is “not for beginners”, as the composer Antonio Carlos Jobim once said,…
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Read article →Pichação - Wikipedia
Pichação, sometimes misspelled as pixação (Portuguese pronunciation: [piʃaˈsɐ̃w]), is the name given to a type of Brazilian graffiti. It consists of tagging done in a distinctive, cryptic style, mainly on walls and vacant buildings. Many pichadores (pichação painters) compete to paint ...
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Read article →Wildstyle Pioneer: How Phase 2 Shaped the Art of Graffiti
Phase 2, born Lonny Wood in 1958, is widely regarded as one of the most significant figures in the history of graffiti art, particularly known for his innovative approach to graffiti lettering in the 1970s. Emerging from the Bronx, Phase 2 helped redefine the art form, contributing to the developmen…
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