Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, January 30, 2013,
In :
News
Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt,
here with graffiti he'd like to deem artwork, says he doesn't believe
people who do street art are criminals. Source: The Sunday Times
FREMANTLE Council is set to defy a police warning that its new
graffiti-friendly policy will make the port city a haven for criminal
activity.
The Sunday Times can reveal WA Police wrote to Fremantle Mayor Brad
Pet...
Circle Circle dot dot describes itself as community based
theater. It kicks off its second season tonight by focusing on a
community of artists often relegated to the fringes. Go behind the
scenes for the evolution of "Street Art Prophets" (running November 29
through December ...
Man One and Vyal -- two of L.A.'s most respected graffiti artists -- got a slap in the face yesterday in exchange for beautifying a tagged-up brick wall downtown.
Last week, with the permission of Sun Buster Inc., a sunglasses shop at Winston and Los Angeles Street, the OG writers spent two days collaborating on a piece that ran down the side of the Sun Buster building. According to Vyal, the business owner sa...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, July 23, 2012,
In :
News
British Transport Police arrested four men as part of a crackdown on alleged graffiti artists before the Olympics. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
When Adidas wanted to create a mural to illustrate the launch of its new football boot last year, it turned to "professional graffiti artist" Darren Cullen for help. Cullen, 38, runs a firm providing spraycan artwork and branding to major international companies, and says he has never painted illegally on a wall or train.
Posted by Tag One on Monday, May 21, 2012,
In :
News
By ALISTAIR CHARLTON: Graffiti artist David Choe, 35, grew up rough on the streets of Los Angeles, had some run-ins with the law and spent some time in jail, but on 18 May he will make at least $200m (£126m).
Seven years ago Choe was approached by Sean Parker, then president of one-year-old Facebook, to paint some graffiti art in the company's offices.
In return for his work Choe was offered either cash or shares in the new company and, despite thinking that Facebook was "ridiculous and pointl...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, May 8, 2012,
In :
News
Back in late January, Inhabitat.com reported that 5 Pointz, the graffiti mecca in Long Island City, may be facing demolition by as soon as next year. Until now, owner Jerry Wolkoff had allowed the massive studio building to be used as a canvas by some of the best and most iconic artists of the genre.
The top of the building is rimmed by the names of legendary graffiti artists who have since passed away. But now,Wolkoff believes that rather than preserving the iconic artistic site, what the cit...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, May 8, 2012,
In :
News
Google’s daily doodle pays tribute Friday to Berks County native, famed New York City subway graffiti artist Keith Haring who was born in Reading on May 4, 1958 He grew up in Kutztown and moved to New York City in 1978. He died of complications from AIDS at age 31 on Feb. 16, 1990.(www.google.com / May 3, 2012)
A GRAFFITI artist has vowed never to stop despite being caught by police and hauled before the courts.
Jordan Rose was caught writing his tag name “Jenga” on lampposts and a junction box in Meyrick Park Cresent and Charminster Road in Bournemouth – and told police he was ashamed of what he’d done when arrested.
The 19-year-old was given a year-long conditional discharge but said he will carry on writing graffiti as he loves it and wants ...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, March 21, 2012,
In :
News
Over two decades, San Bernardino Police Sgt. Dwight Waldo has drawn a bead on taggers — chasing them through alleys, recovering weapons from their hangouts and memorizing thousands of markings. What some viewed as petty vandalism became something more to him.
By Sam Quinones, Los Angeles Times
March 18, 2012, 4:39 p.m.
Reporting from San Bernardino—
The flood channel near Interstate 10 has been scarred by hundreds of graffiti tags and, like a wound that never heals, treated countless times w...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 23, 2012,
In :
News
By KATHIANNE BONIELLO
As a rookie cop in Washington Heights, Steven Weinberg patrolled the streets at night, responding to domestic-violence calls and drug crimes, learning the ropes of the NYPD.
It was the mid-1990s, the height of Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s war on quality-of-life crimes, when squeegee men and graffiti vandals were viewed as symbols of the city’s decline.
But Weinberg never bought into that philosophy. To the young cop, graffiti was not a public nuisance; it was art.
Artists say the plan will not only destroy an important hip-hop landmark but the community of Long Island City. Photograph: Karen McVeigh for the Guardian
A group of rappers in puffy jackets and hoodies are being filmed jumping around in unison against a brick canvas of eye-popping red and yellow street art: a giant, leering Jim Carrey as Firemaster Bill winks out at them.
A short distance away, two men admire a portrait of Jam Master Jay – the Run-DMC deejay who was ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, December 27, 2011,
In :
News
70k Masterpiece stolen from London Hotel discovered on ebay
A man has been committed to trial accused of stealing a work by the highly regarded street artist Banksy. The work was taken from the wall of a four star hotel, located in Victoria central London, on February 9 and April 4, 2011. Leon Lawrence, 31, was caught 'red handed' while trying to sell the masterpiece in a reserve auction starting at £17,000 on eBay. He is thought to have removed the work from a back wall of the Hesperia Hote...
Posted by Tag One on Saturday, December 3, 2011,
In :
News
After being mugged and having all his equipment stolen, a Cape Town artist approached police officers for help, only to be arrested and forced to spend a night in the police station holding cells.
Mak1one, who is well-known and respected internationally for his graffiti style, said after completing a commercial job he was dropping a friend off at his home in Athlone at about 1am on Thursday last week when a group of men held a knife to his throat and stripped him of his bag, phone, camera, ske...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 21, 2011,
In :
News
Yo, this year's batch of Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveauwas uncorked just after midnight, and it's got a bangin' new label that's sure to resonate with the wine's urban demographic! By French law, Beaujolais Nouveau—a young red wine made from the Gamay grape and bottled at the end of harvest—may not be released before the third Thursday in November. So the company does a big publicity stunt every year, uncorking the first bottle at the stroke of midnight, and designing a different labe...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 15, 2011,
In :
News
Ivan Salinas paints over his artwork in Valley Village after Barbara Black was fined by the city for an illegal mural. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times / April 6, 2011)
From the aging homages to Chicano history on the Eastside to Shepard Fairey's towering "Peace Goddess" watching over downtown, Los Angeles has earned a reputation as the street mural capital of the world.
But for nearly a decade, much of this artwork has been done illicitly.
City ordinances make it illegal to create murals on the vast... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, October 26, 2011,
In :
News
"It's about living in the moment and loving life" - Kaves
NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a bold new pairing for Beaujolais. French wine producer Georges Duboeuf has collaborated with renowned Brooklyn artist Michael McLeer, a.k.a. Kaves, to create Nouveau Expression, a celebration of creativity, self expression and enjoying the moment, to coincide with Duboeuf's release of the 2011 Beaujolais Nouveau.
A multi-talented artist specializing in graffiti, tattoo, music and film, Kaves ...
Shepard Fairey's latest work has not been well received in Denmark. Last weekend, a group of angry thugs called Fairey "Obama illuminati" and then proceeded to beat up him and a friend after the opening of his exhibition in Copenhagen, leaving the world famous graffiti artist with a black eye and a bruised rib. Fairey refused to report the assault to the police--"The only thing I could see coming out of it was further media commentary like 'street artist whiner...
Today, the Daily News, in typical anti-street art fashion, published a story declaring a "crackdown on train graffiti vandals paying off, thanks to team of ex-cops." They patriotically applaud the dedicated NYC Transit Eagle Team for fending off the "old-school graffiti vandals" (who they believe can open the door to "bad guys intending to do much worse"). But one of these old-school graffiti vandals told us the whole thing is a bunch of baloney.
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 29, 2011,
In :
News
The Diadema municipality administration took an alternative route in its efforts to prevent drug abuse. The medium for broadcasting their message could be anything from walls to lampposts or manholes, and the language is art.
The campaign is based on urban interventions developed by Paz Comunicação Estratégica in a partnership with Tota, a well-known local graffiti artist that has also been involved with a number of other social initiatives in the area, such as free graffiti workshops and c...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 29, 2011,
In :
News
Haring and Ortiz in the '80s, via Angel Ortiz
Following a stint on Rikers Island after tagging up the East Village, graffiti artist Angel "LA II" Ortiz says he's coming clean. According to The Local the decision comes after spending more than a month at Rikers Island, where his cellmates were Bloods and Latin Kings. That's right, the 44-year-old who collaborated with Keith Haring back in the day, says he's been scared straight! He told the site, “I’m hanging up the gloves. No more spray p...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 29, 2011,
In :
News
Call it art or call it vandalism ... either way someone has to pay to get his artwork taked down immediatley. French graffiti artist, KIDULT, sprays his name with paint from a fire extinguisher across the storefronts of some pretty well know brands. Most recently he hit the Supreme store in New York City.
Back in Febuary he also sprayed the storefronts of agnès b., Colette, YSL, and JC/DC while he was in Paris. The fact that he chooses such prominant stores makes us wonder if he's doing it fo...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, June 6, 2011,
In :
News
Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:55 am
By Brendan Joel Kelley, Scott Christiansen and Dean Potter | 1 comment
MENO was arrested early Tuesday morning. It was a long investigation for APD, and although Officer Scott Lofthouse is a gang investigator, he knew MENO was a graffiti artist, not a gangbanger.
MENO's art has enhanced downtown as much as any of the fucking flowers and ice sculptures have. MENO's stickers, stencils and pieces are part of Anchorage's culture-part of a culture that exists in...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, June 6, 2011,
In :
News
5Pointz Aerosol Art Center in Long Island City has been considered a mecca for graffiti artists, hip-hop performers and aficionados for more than 10 years. Yet as the urban art center battles for its existence, some graffiti artists wonder where the big-name celebrities are to defend the haven against developers eager to transform the property into an apartment complex.
Curated by veteran graffiti artist Meres One (Jonathan Cohen), 5 Pointz encompasses 200,000 square feet of industrial space b...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, April 28, 2011,
In :
News
Gabel, Pearl
The Brooklyn Museum should rethink of its hot new exhibits headed this way.
Now showing at Los Angeles' Geffen Contemporary museum: "the first major U.S. museum survey of graffiti and street art," an exhibition that reverently displays "installations by 50 of the most dynamic artists from the graffiti and street art community."
Translation: They're having wine and cheese parties surrounded by framed images of urban blight. They're giving the destruction of other people's property a ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, April 11, 2011,
In :
News
British singer Joss Stone is battling to save an iconic U.S. graffiti mecca after the owner announced plans to demolish it.
Street artists from all over the world have travelled to the 5 Pointz building in Long Island City, New York to spray-paint colourful images on the former factory's walls.
The property has become a well-known landmark, and Stone shot the promofor her 2007 single Tell Me 'Bout It there.
Please check out this link and sign the petition to save 5 Pointz... This is where I did ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, April 11, 2011,
In :
News
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Attorney's office is trying a new legal maneuver to try to stamp out graffiti - it's charging 10 graffiti writers with violating unfair competition laws because they're selling works on the strength of reputations built on vandalism.
Assistant City Attorney Anne Tremblay says these graffiti writers - all associated with the MTA tagging crew - have an unfair advantage over legitimate artists because they gained notoriety through crime.
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, March 9, 2011,
In :
News
(Tien Mao/Gothamist)
It could truly be the end for the iconic 5 Pointz graffiti mecca in Long Island City: the graffiti-caked artist space may soon be bulldozed and resurrected as high-rises, restaurants and retail stores.
The building's owner, developer Jerry Wolkoff, told the News that he met recently with city planning officials to discuss replacing it with two high-rise residential towers and up to 1,300 rental units. He also said his plans include a mix of shops and restaurants, a...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, March 9, 2011,
In :
News
It is one of the great mysteries of the art and pop culture world: Who is Bansky? The British graffiti artist has never been photographed, until now, possibly.
A man believed to be Banksy was caught working on a piece of art in Santa Monica, California that is believed to have been done by him.
Wearing a pulled-down green cap, the man climbed a ladder to the top of the old container on the side of a highway in Santa Monica on which was written, "This Looks A Bit Like An Elephant."
Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 14, 2011,
In :
News
A GRAFFITI artist armed with
five knives went on a 28-hour rampage across New York city, fatally
stabbing his stepfather, ex-girlfriend and her mother, killing a
pedestrian and wounding four other people before being arrested in Times
Square.
Maksim
Gelman, 23, was armed with a bloodied kitchen knife when he was taken
into custody on Saturday morning after an all-night hunt from Brooklyn
into Manhattan.
"It's so horrendous and bizarre. We have no reason to know why... Continue reading ...
LG are funking up their new flagship phone the LG Optimus Black
by giving it a graffiti makeover. Special editions of the phone will
feature drawings by Keith Haring on the back of the cases.
Keith is a graffiti artist who did stick men, animals and weird
surreal landscapes on the walls of New York before his death in 1990
from AiDs. His art grew a cult following and it's bee...
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...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 31, 2011,
In :
News
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,
In :
News
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.
Related Image
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,
In :
News
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,
In :
News
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,
In :
News
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 Thursday, January 13, 2011,
In :
News
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...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 6, 2011,
In :
News
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, December 23, 2010,
In :
News
Swizz Beatz is an artist now, and plans to earn the respect of his peers with his talents. "When they see my paintings, Shepard Fairey can saySwizz has been down for a while," Swizzy said. "[Graffiti artist] StayHigh 149, who is a legend, he can tell you that Swizz, he's one of us, in a way...I want to be accepted, not because I am Swizz Beatz, but because I am Kasseem Dean, the artist." [XXL]
DJ Whoo Kid revealed that he prefers interviewing Hollywood stars over rappers because they "wild out...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 22, 2010,
In :
News
The family of a 23-year-old graffiti artist found hanged last year in his cell at Camps Hill prison were preparing today for an inquest into his death, which begins on Monday.
Tom Collister, from London, was found hanging in his cell on the morning of February 7 2009.
He had been jailed for 30 months in October 2008 for criminal damage and graffiti.
Mr Collister was initially remanded along with his co-defendants in local jail HMP Wandsworth, where he was visited regularly and supported by his ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 22, 2010,
In :
News
Photo by Lincoln Anderson
Slain graffiti artist Christopher Jusko, whose tag was “Upski,” “bombed” the F train stop at 14th St. and Sixth Ave., blanketing the fluorescent light fixtures by the platform’s edge with his “Upski” stickers.
East Village graffiti artist J**** P********* was deemed unfit to stand trial last Wednesday on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of a fellow graffiti tagger after they argued over a woman last month.
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 22, 2010,
In :
News
A GRAFFITI vandal who cheated death while tagging a railway power substation caused thousands of dollars damage and shut down the Gold Coast train line for a day.
But a potentially lethal shock of up to 22,000 volts has left the man, 22, with injuries so severe that police are in no rush to press charges.
He remains at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital with third-degree burns to 40 per cent of his body after a midnight mission to ``bomb'' Coomera station last month went catastrophically wrong...
When a graffiti artist tags MTA property, it's generally cleaned or painted over in a somewhat timely matter. However, when a graffiti artist uses a sidewalk outside of a Dunkin' Donuts in Coney Island to diss MTA Chairman Jay Walder, it becomes a "priority job." The MTA has dispatched a crew to clean a spray-painted message reading, "LAYOFF WALDER! REHIRE WORKERS!" from two stretches of sidewalk on 86th Street, Avenue U and West 13th Street. NYC ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, October 18, 2010,
In :
News
Public Defender joined a police blitz of the problem at North
Melbourne railway station, with 150 spray paint cans seized over two
days.
More than 1100 people have been charged for graffiti offences statewide since get-tough laws were introduced two years ago.
Transit
police spokesman Sgt Mick Ferwerda said while the most prolific vandals
were young, older men were often involved in causing large-scale
damage.
Four people were caught carrying graffiti implements in just a few hours when Pu...
Banksy
created a custom opening sequence for "The Simpsons" featuring some of
his iconic imagery, including his frequent use of rats for statements on
urban decay and renewal.
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, October 3, 2010,
In :
News
WESTWOOD — The borough will equip its train station with surveillance cameras as a result of several recent acts of vandalism there, officials say.
Borough Administrator Robert Hoffmann said this week that the cameras will be installed within the next week.
The Borough Council will pay $5,959.25 to mount three cameras outside of the station, while the borough Heritage Society will cover the cost of additional cameras inside the building, Hoffmann said.
Much
more than a cinematic time capsule of New York City in the outlaw days
of the early 1980s, the 1983 documentary "Style Wars" was a work of art
that reflected the vivid nature of its subject: the streetwise graffiti
artists who, for a few years, turned the city's subway cars into mobile
canvases of spray-painted invention.
It's a tradition: heads of state exchange gifts when visiting each
other. So on his recent trip to the USA, Prime Minister Cameron has
given President Obama a piece of graffiti art by British graffiti artist
Ben Eine. In fact it was a swap: in return, Mr. Cameron was given a
litho by the American Ed Ruscha.
What a rise in fame and status for graffiti. It used to be called defacing public property. Then the elusive Banksy b...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, July 22, 2010,
In :
News
DENVER -- The hiss of spray paint cans echo in a
southwest Denver neighborhood as three young men decorate a cinder
block wall. This is not an act of vandalism, but rather a mural intended
to prevent tagging."It's looking good so far," said 20-year-old Ratha Sok, a graffiti artist.Sok
understands the lure of a blank urban wall to taggers because not so
long ago, he was part of the problem. Lacking the money to buy art
supplies and canvases, he started tagging at 15 years-old.
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, July 20, 2010,
In :
News
By: Sudbury Northern Life Staff
Two
men walking on Lasalle Boulevard were stopped by Greater Sudbury Police
Services on July 11.
After further police investigation, it was
found that one of the men was breaching his curfew. The 18-year-old in
question had been released on bail in June after a number of mischief
and graffiti related incidents.
A search revealed he had large
marker on him, however Greater Sudbury Police Services (GSPS) did not
have sufficient grounds to proceed with any ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Sunday, July 11, 2010,
In :
News
New York-based graffiti artist turned fashion
designer Claw Money has teamed
up with Vans to do a
line of shoes and accessories for their girl’s line.
The shoes (a high-top and low-top pair), socks and tank tops just hit
stores and surprisingly aren't scrawled with the '80s-inspired
graffiti and bright colors the artist uses in her own collection, but
rather dark, animal-print pieces informed by Southern California’s
sun-bleached surfers and thriving punk scene....
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, June 30, 2010,
In :
News
Nicole O'Reilly The Hamilton Spectator (Jun 28, 2010)
Graffiti is a crime that has
been and will be prosecuted.
That's the message being spread by police, the city and community
leaders as part of an anti-graffiti strategy aimed at deterring and
catching people who commit graffiti vandal...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, May 19, 2010,
In :
News
Jason Willcox became fascinated with railway freight train graffiti
as a young boy.
The Daily Gleaner/Ray Bourgeois
Jason Willcox, 24. Heís a local graffiti writer. He designed the
East Side Board Supply sign on its building. Heís the designer of the
giant wave thatís painted on the ìpipeî at the skateboard park as seen
in this picture. Heís also done work on the floor of the NickyZeeís bar.
He suppor...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, May 18, 2010,
In :
News
LA Photographer Cleared of Criminal Charges
LA photographer Jonas Lara had his day in court today. The criminal
charges against him were dropped and the judge issued a court order for
the release of his camera equipment, which had been held as evidence
since his arrest on February 2, 2010.
Lara was fighting a charge of aiding and abetting two graffiti
artists whose work he was documenting when the three men were arrested
in South Central Los Angeles. (More on the case here.)
Posted by Tag One on Monday, May 3, 2010,
In :
News
Urban Artist Banksy, and apparent rival King Robbo, a founding father
of London’s graffiti scene have been accused of colluding in PR stunt to
boost each other’s profile, by manufacturing an apparent feud.
And, if today’s report in The Guardian is anything to go by, the PR
st...
A
group of artists and hackers have crafted a gadget that lets a
paralyzed graffiti artist continue making art using only his eyes. And
it costs about as much as an iPod shuffle.
Zach Lieberman of the
Graffiti Research Lab started working on the EyeWriter with one man in
mind: Los Angeles-based graffiti artist Tony Quan. In 2003,...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, March 22, 2010,
In :
News
DALLAS — A former graffiti tagger will join renowned artist and illustrator Lamberto Alvarez at the first District 1 Graffiti Wipeout Conference from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at Hector P. Garcia Middle School Cafeteria, 700 E. Eighth St. in North Oak Cliff.
“The juxtaposition of guests is meant to highlight the event’s
message of encouraging youth to redirect their creative energy from
illegal vandalism to valid artistic expression,” said Councilmember Delia D. Jasso.
...
An I-76
interstate sign was doctored on the Web to include Ryu from "Street
Fighter" and Hoboken.
Hoboken Now spotted an item related to the mile square city that was
worth sharing. A digital graffiti artist has contributed quite creatively to the blogosphere news
today in altering this I-76 interstate sign in
Philadelphia so that it includes the image of Ryu from "Street
Fighter" executing a fireball command combo as well as t...
Posted by Tag One on Friday, March 12, 2010,
In :
News
It's a central principle of most
justice systems that 'the punishment should fit the crime' - but you
probably shouldn't follow the example of one Mexican official, who
punished a teenage graffiti artist by spray painting his buttocks.
Graffiti: Watch out, young man, you
could end up with a painted bottom
The mayor of
San Juan del Rio in Queretaro state, central Mexico, says he has fired
the official for spray-painting the buttocks of a teenage boy as
punishment fo...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, March 1, 2010,
In :
News
Last year, Artnet Magazine’s Charlie Finchpredicted that the High Line
would lead to rising rents, sounding the death knell for the Chelsea
gallery scene. While this has not yet happened, the well-liked aerial
greenway is arguably having an antiseptic effect on the arts
neighborhood, with Exhibit A being the recent destruction of a storied
graffiti mural on West 23rd Street, in keeping with a city program to
spiff up the buildings around the successful park. The prominent
"REVS/COST" mura... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, March 1, 2010,
In :
News
By MATTHEW NEWTON
In March 2009, graffiti artist HERT was arrested in Pittsburgh on 69 misdemeanors and four felony counts of criminal mischief.
For the last several months, I’ve been working on an article about
the increasing number of graffiti prosecutions in recent years. In the
past, graffiti artists arrested for tags, pieces, and throw-ups were,
moreover, fined and sentenced to court-ordered community service. But
in recent years, astronomical restitution and prison time h...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, February 16, 2010,
In :
News
COMMERCE, Calif. (CNS) --
A 22-year-old man was locked up today after scratching graffiti on a
glass door of a Commerce building where about 100 law enforcement
officers were attending a class.
J***** V****** of East Los Angeles was booked on suspicion of
felony vandalism and jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail, according to
sheriff's Lt. Mark Richards of the East Los Angeles Station.
The crime at the Commerce Aquatic Center in the 2500 block of Commerce
Way occurred about 4:30 p.m. Friday, D...
It’s official: D******* B******
aka Utah, is finally a free woman, after sitting down for a 6 month bid
on Rikers followed by an additional sixer in Boston. Debt to society
now served and free to admit that she is indeed the infamous daredevil
that has adorned the world’s trains and walls over the last 10 years,
the 27 year old student and artist is ready to take on the internetz
with ...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, February 3, 2010,
In :
News
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010 3:00PM - 7:30 pm
January 26,
2010 - "Hip Hop 4 Haiti" brainchild Queen YoNasda, granddaughter of the
Nation of Islam's Minister Louis Farrakhan along with (32) other cities
will host hip hop fundraiser concerts nationwide for victims of the
January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Activist and Concert Coordinator,
Beautiful SeeAsia and Jessica "Jayda" Jacques (of Haitian descent),
star of NAACP's 2010 Image Award nominated documentary "Brick City",
founder of New... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, February 3, 2010,
In :
News
Graffiti vandals stop smiling — you’ll soon be on candid camera.
Fed up with hooligans destroying residential and business property
with graffiti, the city will be installing new technology likely next
month to help catch them in the act.
Bylaw boss Bill Bruce said the cameras, installed at graffiti
trouble spots throughout the city, will be able to detect who is
committing the crime through high resolution photos and aid
investigations.
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, February 3, 2010,
In :
News
Back in October, Fox News host and habitual shit-stirrer, Sean Hannity took L.A. graffiti artist Saber to task (video here) over artwork created as part of Organizing for America’s “Health Care Reform Video Challenge.” In a video titled “Saber Speaks,”
the L.A. graffiti writer used the American flag as a visual focal point
— painting over it in brief time-lapse footage set to the beat of a
hospital heart-rate monitor. (The monitor eventually flatlines, much
like the current ...
Posted by Tag One on Thursday, January 21, 2010,
In :
News
GRAFFITI is about to be blasted out of Parramatta with council’s new graffiti removal unit.
The truck uses environmentally-friendly sodium bicarbonate to blast
graffiti off buildings and walls as quickly as possible after council
has been notified of the vandalism.
Parramatta Council bought the graffiti-blaster after councillors
John Chedid and Michael McDermott campaigned for a better solution to
the city’s growing problem.
Lord Mayor Paul Garrard said graffiti vandalism was cos...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, January 18, 2010,
In :
News
PARRAMATTA Council has stepped up its battle against vandals by
arming its Graffiti Crime Removal Unit with a new quick response
vehicle and soda blaster equipment.
Lord Mayor Paul Garrard said graffiti vandalism had become a
significant concern costing our community money and resources that
could be better used on important projects.
“We are determined to keep our city clean and attractive and the
removal unit is equipped to keep Parramatta graffiti-free,” he said.
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 17, 2009,
In :
News
(AP)
–
3 days ago
LOS ANGELES — A 74-year-old man said to be the oldest graffiti
vandal ever captured in Los Angeles County was arrested Friday,
authorities said. Deputies spotted the septuagenarian John Scott
putting stickers on a stairwell at a downtown Metro Center subway
station. The black-and-orange bumper stickers ask, "Who is John Scott?"
and have been seen stuck on buses in Baldwin Hills and areas on the
Westside of the city.
Stickers used in such a way are referred to
as "slap t...
Rising to prominence in the street art scene throughout the early aughts and now bustling inside the mainstream with shoe deals and bewildered news reports, the California artist known as Neckface is
a fascinating subject. For one, much of his art was and remains illegal
via the defacing of billboards and buildings with “Neckface”
spray-painted in a signature, Satan-evoking scrawl.
Young offenders will be taught how to spray graffiti behind bars as part of a £300,000 arts project.
In
a move attacked as "state-sponsored vandalism", leading graffiti artist
Elph is to teach his skills to inmates in Polmont Young Offenders
Institution.
The project is part of the Scottish Arts Council Inspiring Change scheme to take music, drama and visual arts into prisons.
The SAC are set to confirm the £300,000 funding this week.
Posted by Tag One on Monday, November 2, 2009,
In :
News
WHEN high-profile international graphic artist Jason Williams' plans
for a legal graffiti competition in Melbourne failed this month, he
resorted to plan B.
Williams told other graffiti artists on his
Twitter page after finance for his ''Clash of the Titans'' contest
failed: ''F--- this shit. I'm going to paint as much as I can and then
get the f--- out of Dodge.''
The Californian then turned criminal
to hit eight known targets in 13 days from October 13 that included a
rail bridge, a train car...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, September 21, 2009,
In :
News
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities deployed
more than 1,000 additional police officers to reinforce security at the
capital's 175 subway stations on Saturday, a day after a shooting
inside a station left two people dead and eight injured at the height
of evening rush hour.
Dash Snow, a promising young New York artist, died Monday night at Lafayette House, a hotel in Lower Manhattan. He was 27 and lived in Manhattan. His death was confirmed by his grandmother, the art collector and philanthropist Christophe de Menil, who said that Mr. Snow had died of a drug overdose.
Mr. Snow gained prominence after being featured in an arti...
Graffiti
artist or malicious property destroyer? Boston authorities simply say
“criminal,” and the talented Frank Shepard Fairey got two years
probation today for a graffiti case from 2000 in Brighton and two
charges this year in Back Bay.
Prosecutors, in return for a guilty plea on the three charges, dropped 11 other defacing property cases against him.
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."
