51 Graffiti New York 80 S

Residents fled the city in record numbers government mismanagement caused near bankruptcy of the city and the introduction of crack cocaine unleashed an unprecedented wave of drug addiction and violence.

Graffiti new york 80 s. The 25 greatest amsterdam graffiti writers. Cope2 cope2 stan153 bates denmark persue quik revolt hurst tdm kd tnb in the bronx next page. Its authors paul and kenny cavalieri are two brothers from the bronx who began. Images courtesy of andré from sweden. This is lady pink one of the only female graffiti artists active in the 80s. Before carrie bradshaw and hannah horvath new york was host to the 1980s. Curated by diego cortez it placed works by futura 2000 and a still up and coming.

Jenny holzer famous for her feminist postmodern truisms designed this shirt and lady pink wore it around nyc. Angel ortiz recently served 41 days of a 50 day sentence in the rikers island jail system after being busted for spraying his tag la roc on a billboard in march of last year. And trust us it wasn t all that pretty. Someone needs to re release this tee. It is important to note that during the 80 s new york underwent a huge clean up from graffiti and it was declared graffiti free in 1989. The 1980s greatly tested new york city s strength. This is particularly tough on writers in the 80s and 90s.

A lot of street artists moved on to the outskirts or into the galleries. New york subway graffiti in the 70 s and 80 s part2 duration. But graffiti s first major step into the fine art world came with the landmark show new york new wave which opened at moma ps1 in february 1981. A new book of photography from the platform 2. Graffiti new york 80 s graffiti new york 80 s at the galerie jérôme de noirmont in paris from may 27 to july 20 2011 will present a collection of works by the pioneers of this art movement that. Our new ecommerce store fusing content and commerce.