Famous Graffiti Tag

The location was only accessible by water and as years passed it become the oldest piece of graffiti in london.

Famous graffiti tag. 10 most famous graffiti artists in the world. Political graffiti around the world anti iraqi war graffiti by street artist sony montana in cancun mexico 2007 wall in belgrade serbia with the slogan vote for filip filipović who was the communist candidate for the mayor of. George lee quiñones is a famous american street artist from manhattan graffiti pioneer and originator of the new york city subway graffiti movement best known as zoro movie character from the hip hop cult classic wild style. Graffiti writers who admire angels tag their names with floating halos make tribute pieces with their faces or write tags with the dates of their birth and death.

Quiñones started writing graffiti in the early 1970s and from the start he worked on groundbreaking projects. With the internet you have no excuses not to go see who did what and who were the main dudes and legends that made this whole graffiti thing possible. Street culture and graffiti are well known for being provocative appealing bold and uncompromising. Graffiti term angel is most commonly used when referring to a famous or highly respected graffiti artist who has passed away.

It was an illegal and sometimes dangerous activity. Blu is the pseudonym of an italian graffiti. He s painted more panels than most writers have had hot dinners. Almost as a response to the chaos young kids from the bronx and brooklyn began bombing subway cars and buildings with graffiti tags.

An interpretation of liberty leading the people on the. In 2009 however famous english graffiti artist banksy destroyed most of this graffiti by painting over it. The new york city subway graffiti. Over time all the works created by king robbo were removed from london s trains and walls by authorities except this one.

Famous graffiti in berlin by blu. One of the most notorious inter railers in the history of graffiti. The more famous of graffiti artists have their signature hand styles reflected in their tags. 3 know your general graffiti history.

Originally used by gangs to mark their territory in some urban area graffitis have now become a rich medium for unrestricted expression of ideas and statements. Fellow graffiti artists and enthusiasts of the scene grow familiar of these signature styles and upon first glance at a tag they already know who the artist is just by the style. The lion s den famous mural by lee quinones.