Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 31, 2011,
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The NYPD has a Citywide Vandals Task Force which has led to 102 graffiti-related arrests so far this month in the 104th Precinct alone.
In a novel approach to keep graffiti in check, a trio of Queens lawmakers is offering $500 to any tipster who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandals.Taggers beware - now you've got a price on your head.
The City of Houston is mobilizing its efforts to eliminate graffiti — literally, with the help of a new "Graffiti Mobile," slated to be unveiled Thursday morning at Montie Beach Park.
The new set of wheels is part of a five-year agreement to remove graffiti that combines political forces, including Mayor Annise Parker, City Council Member Sue Lovell, City Council Member Ed Gonzalez, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia and the Greater East End Management Di...
NEW YORK — Fourteen teenagers on probation for graffiti offenses got to show off what they could do with their painting skills — legally.
The teens displayed their artwork Tuesday in an appropriate setting too — a Brooklyn courtroom. They were part of a program called Paint Straight that is designed to give graffiti artists an outlet for their creativity that does not involve defacing private property. Paint Straight is part of the New York City Department of Probation’s Brooklyn Fami...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 31, 2011,
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From left to right: Mister Batlow, Terry Eckersley and Mark Hill advertisement
THE relaunch of a dedicated centre for young people has been labelled a “huge success” after guests flocked to a special ceremony last week.
The Woking Ypod invited celebrities, youngsters and town dignitaries to its Chobham Road base on Thursday (January 20) to promote a range of new classes now on offer.
Music producer and songwriter Mark Hill - who was one half of chart duo Artful Dodger - performed exclusive tr...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 31, 2011,
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TWO men have handed themselves in after images of wanted vandals were published in the Sunday Mail.
Police had been investigating the vandalism of the lift at the Glandore tram overpass in August and had published "Wanted Posters" of two men who had been recorded on CCTV etching graffiti into the lift.
The pair had caught sight of the camera, looked directly at it and began pulling faces.
Police said a Redwood Park man, 30, and an Aberfoyle Park man, 24, handed themselves in to police after seei...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 31, 2011,
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SANTA CRUZ -- Two teens were arrested Wednesday for their alleged involvement in a tagging crew that caused widespread damage to businesses, a church and even a deputy's patrol car throughout the county, the Sheriff's Office announced today.
A****** R. J*****, 18, of Santa Cruz, and an unidentified 17-year-old, were arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism and the younger teen was also arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana for sale.
Deputies say the duo caused more than $15,000 in dama...
"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" character Carlton Banks.
NBC - Residents of Moss Bluff, Louisiana are seeing a rash of bizarre vandalism. A graffiti artist is tagging different phone junction boxes with an image of a cast member from the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
An ink-stenciled image of Carlton Banks, the character played by Alfonso Ribeiro in the 1990s sitcom, has been popping up on boxes belonging to different telephone ...
A graffiti artist visited Fernie last weekend to demonstrate his ideas of what public art should be.
The Calgary artist, David Brunning, or “TheKidBelo,” came to Fernie to teach a workshop called Graffiti – Public Art: Personal Space, at The Arts Sta...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 31, 2011,
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he true identity of the controversial British graffiti artist known only as Banksy was on the auction block at eBay and had bids nearing $1 million before the listing was removed. For now, Banksy's true name will remain a mystery to the very curious bidders with the deep pockets.
While copycat auctions from auctioneers with no selling history have began to pop up, the original auctioneer was a seller with an eBay history of positive ratings. He claimsto have discovered Banksy's true identity b...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 17, 2011,
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Graffit, a new restaurant in New York designed by Garret Singer Architecture and Design, showcases a unique interior that pays tribute to the chef and owner Jesús Núñez Rábano’s former life as a graffiti artist.
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Besides displaying artist-turned-chef’s culinary creations, Graffit has been designed in such a way as to pay homage to his former life as a graffiti artist in his native Madrid, Spain. The project is a collaborative effort between the owner, Garret Singer Architec...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 17, 2011,
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For weeks, it seemed like Tyler Valley had a good enough plan. Sticking mostly to back alleys and other pockets of urban anonymity in Great Falls, he went out into the night with clattering cans of spray paint in his duffle bag, leaving behind a piece of "art" on whatever spot of brick wall or gray concrete he could find.
He was sneaky, but the police proved sneakier in the end.
One late October night, a police officer stopped Valley and a friend in an alley downtown. Valley had paint on his h...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 17, 2011,
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The legendary graffiti artist Banksy, probably born in the the UK during the ‘70s, has been anonymous for his entire career. That anonymity has gained him even more attention; even though his works are arguably illegal (vandalizing public property), his pieces’ selling prices easily reach six figures. He might want to consider using some of that money to purchase his true identity, which is allegedly being sold on eBay by jaybuysthings, a man who claims to have uncovered it by tracing tax...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 17, 2011,
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Corbin Bleu wraps Shenae Grimes in a great big hug during filming scenes for Sugar in Venice Beach, Calif., on early Friday morning (January 14).
The 21-year-old actor stars as Sketch, a homeless graffiti artist.
Also starring Marshall Allman and William Peltz, Sugar is about a group of homeless kids as they try to survive on the streets of Hollywood seen through the eyes of a 20 year old named, Sugar (Grimes).
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 17, 2011,
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By Alan Wirzbicki
Shepard Fairey's iconic poster of Barack Obama was perhaps the most recognizable image of the 2008 presidential campaign, showing a resolute-looking Obama in red-white-and blue and emblazoned with the slogan "hope."
But the poster also sparked a lengthy legal battle, which finally ended yesterday in a settlement between Fairey and the Associated Press, owner of the image on which the poster was closely based.
Fairey had initially denied using the copyrighted 2006 AP photo as th...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 17, 2011,
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With the arrests last week of two of the area’s most notorious graffiti vandals, the 104th Precinct has solidified its status as the paint-stained perp-walk capital of the city. As of this week, there have been 74 graffiti-related collars in 2011 in the Patrol Borough Queens North precinct composed of Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village — by far the most in the Big Apple. The 104th recorded 174 such arrests all of last year, still second only to the 122nd Precinct in S... Continue reading ...
The name of the show “Polymetric” is taken from the term used by some writers to describe West African drumming. This term immediately alludes to the multiplicity of the music which it describes and it also serves as a fitting metaphor to exemplify the array of styles, personalities, and “non linear dynamic” that defines the RK design collective. As author John Miller Chernoff acknowledged in his book, “African Rhythm and African Sensibility” (1979), “You should attempt to h...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 13, 2011,
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A 20-year-old is facing 59 mischief charges for spray painting large murals of graffiti on rail cars and bridges across Winnipeg, as well as in Brandon and Selkirk, causing more than $100,000 damage.
The man is alleged to have tagged 37 rail cars in the Transcona Yards alone.
"That's a moving canvas for a lot of these individuals," said Const. Jason Michalyshen, a Winnipeg police spokesman.
Other affected sites include a bridge structure on St. Mary's Road and rail cars on Sterling Lyon Parkway....
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 13, 2011,
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By Alice Wyllie
In 21 February 2007, Sotheby's in London auctioned three works by graffiti artist Banksy. The pieces sold for over £170,000.
• A work by Banksy on the Israeli West Bank Barrier in Palestine. Banksy has become one of the most acclaimed urban artists.
The following day, the artist, who has managed to remain anonymous, despite his rising fame, updated his website with an image of a scene from an auction house showing art enthusiasts bidding on a painting bearing the legend "I ca...
Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania are together at last after New York-based graffiti artists Smart Crew unveiled their most recent masterpiece, a massive mural titled "Ivy League Vandals" that highlights the mascots and emblems of each school.
The artists at Smart Crew have been tagging together since 1997, but have never collaborated on a project thematically based on the prestigious alma maters of several members of the graffiti...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 13, 2011,
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Legal Graffiti Art
The other night, teams of graffiti artists fanned out across Baltimore in the middle of night and tagged hundreds of public spots. According to a Sun report, they hit City Hall, shopping malls, libraries, and even schools. Besides spray cans, rags, and flashlights, the perpetrators had one other thing—permission.
It might seem odd, or even unprecedented, that the city and surrounding counties would sign off on such a massive conceptual art project involving so much public property, but I gue...
A charity poster designed by graffiti artist Banksy could raise as much as £80,000 when it is sold at auction next week.
The original artwork was designed for Greenpeace's Save Or Delete campaign and was intended to highlight the problem of deforestation.
It features characters from Walt Disney's TheJungle Book film put on to an image of a devastated forest but was never used because of copyright issues.
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 13, 2011,
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The makers of the popular Graffiti Spray Can 2 app have released Graffiti Wallpapers HD, a free collection of backgrounds optimized for the iPhone, iPod and iPad.
Graffiti Wallpapers HD is a free app that features original artwork, photographs of graffiti walls and brand new images by New York artist Phetus and other Elite Gudz artists. It is the only free graffiti wallpaper app on iTunes. This app also promises regular updates with new artwork from famous graffiti artists.
Via http://freshpaintnyc.blogspot.com "Heal thy self, before you judge the world". I have heard these same SLANDERING and FALSE remarks from Pat Dilillo, the founder of the Phun Phactory, who by the way, applied to OWN AND TRADEMARK my husbands name long BEFORE I did, for his own self profit.
My husband was NEVER the co founder of the Phun Phactory. Pat Dilillo and an asian gentlemen named Adriano started the Phun Phactory. My husband was the Vice President of the Phun Phactory for one year 19... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 6, 2011,
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Davie, FL—The Deerfield Beach man who got behind the wheel of his friend’s SUV and ran over a well-known Davie graffiti artist five months ago turned himself in to authorities Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. Police charged the suspect, identified as 32-year-old Reynaldo Rodriguez, with one felony count of vehicular homicide in connection with Jonathan “Ynot” Corso’s death, as reported by the Sun Sentinel.
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 6, 2011,
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Yuma police have arrested a suspected graffiti vandal accused of causing over $10,000 worth of damage.
J**** M****** B*******, 18, of Yuma, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Yuma County jail on suspicion of criminal damage, burglary, criminal trespass and assisting a criminal street gang.
According to Officer Leanne Worthen, a spokeswoman for the Yuma Police Department, an investigation into B******* revealed that between June and December 2010, several offenses of criminal damage in t... Continue reading ...
On Broadcast Lane, tucked behind Cabbagetown’s shops and studios, a cop walks his beat.
Among the trash bins in the alleyway, Constable Scott Mills points to graffiti-covered brick, drips of neon paint on the concrete curbs below. But he’s not lamenting the delinquency of the larger-than-life letters and motifs as you might expect. He knows each one’s maker by name: This one is a Bubz original. That one is Phade’s. He points to them like a proud father.These are his surrogate kids – ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 6, 2011,
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Graffiti TV
20-year strong streetwear brand Tribal Gear recently commissioned longtime friend and legendary Los Angeles graffiti artist Risk to paint their San Diego headquarters ... and of course, they filmed it.
In this clip, which the clothing brand published a couple weeks ago, Risk paints two walls in multi-colors in a time-lapse video. Check it out.
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 6, 2011,
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Charged
On canvas and plywood and selling upward of $450 a piece, the art of K*** B*********, aka SLOW, is currently on display at The Tap Room in Pacific Beach. For him, graffiti channeled his angst away from depression and self mutilation into an illegal, colorful defacement of property.
The 23-year-old Coronado native was released on July 22 after serving one year in San Diego's George Bailey Detention Facility and paying $87,000 for damages and cleanup costs.
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 6, 2011,
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Street Art
By Ali Naafiz
MALE, December 27 (HNS) – She never drew graffiti “like it should be done” before and never tried to draw graffiti. Huveida ‘Huvey’ Ghalib and her family participated in the graffiti drawing competition organised by Society for Women and Against Drugs (SWAD) at Tsunami Monument area just to have fun and strengthen family ties.
The 10-member ‘family team’ participated in the graffiti drawing competition organised to create awareness about AIDS not expecting to win. Th... Continue reading ...
"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" character Carlton Banks.
Shepard Fairey's iconic poster of Barack Obama was perhaps the most recognizable image of the 2008 presidential campaign, showing a resolute-looking Obama in red-white-and blue and emblazoned with the slogan "hope."
