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Art Vs. Transit: The Photography Of Henry Chalfant

Spray Daily — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 07:59:22 +0000

A documentary short on the history of graffiti featured in the Bronx Museum of the Arts exhibit “Henry Chalfant: Art vs. Transit, 1977-1987.” Writers interviewed in the video are: Crash, Dez, Daze, Futura, Kel 139, Noc 167, part One, Revolt, Sharp, T-Kid 170.

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The Rise of Graffiti Writing – From New York To Europe (7/10) British Pioneers | 1982 – 1986

Spray Daily — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:08:40 +0000

In 1983, the graffiti wave flooded Britain. The foundations for the later fame of crews such as the CHROME ANGELZ are the writers of the first hour PRIDE or about 3D. In this episode, they talk about the influence of their style bible “Subway Art”, the beginnings of style writing in Bristol, and the impression that the first Futura2000 graffiti piece in Europe made on them. In ten episodes, the documentary series traces the rise of the graffiti movement: from New York in the 1970s to Amsterdam and Paris to Munich, from where the graffiti virus infected Europe from the 1980s onwards. In this episode, the British writers Pride and Robert “3D” Del Naja by Massive Attack pay homage and review the beginnings of the English graffiti scene.

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The Rise of Graffiti Writing – From New York To Europe (4/10) Amsterdam 1980 | 1980 – 1982

Spray Daily — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 11:36:10 +0000

Early 80s: New York sprayers such as Dondi, Futura2000 and Crash and Daze make their first exhibitions in Amsterdam, where there is already a graffiti scene. There we meet Mickey, who tells us about the beginnings of writing culture in Amsterdam. In ten episodes, the documentary series traces the rise of the graffiti movement: from New York in the 1970s to Amsterdam and Paris to Munich, from where the graffiti virus infected Europe from the 1980s onwards. The next episode is from 20.11. on ARTE Creative.

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The Rise of Graffiti Writing – From New York To Europe (3/10) From Downtown NY To Europe | 1980 – 1981

Spray Daily — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 11:35:50 +0000

NYC in the 1980s: Graffiti starts. Keith Haring, Basquiat, and Co. adopt the codes of the sprayers – and carry this art from the street to the galleries. At the same time The Clash and FUTURA2000 record a song that should have far-reaching consequences for the graffiti movement in Europe: The first piece is made in London. Fute tells how it happened. In ten episodes, the documentary series traces the rise of the graffiti movement: from New York in the 1970s to Amsterdam and Paris to Munich, from where the graffiti virus infected Europe from the 1980s onwards.

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The Rise of Graffiti Writing – From New York To Europe (1/10)

Spray Daily — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:49:49 +0000

Bronx, 1973: Here’s a new subculture that was soon to spread like wildfire across New York:
graffiti. In the first episode we meet the TATS CRU and Writer of the first hour like Lee and Futura2000 and Skeme. The three pioneers talk about the beginnings of style writing and the influence of the film “Wild Style!” on her artistic work. In ten episodes, the documentary series traces the rise of the graffiti movement: from New York in the 1970s to Amsterdam and Paris to Munich, where the graffiti virus infected Europe from the 1980s onwards.

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Graffiti Machine – Tribute to New York

Spray Daily — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 09:06:23 +0000

http://vimeo.com/115748398

While Urban-art enjoys a worldwide success, the idea is to focus on the tag, brutal, primitive, the most rejected and misunderstood discipline of graffiti. Practical of insiders, few know how to decode, to enjoy. DrColors presents “Graffiti Machine” for the first time in the exhibition “A Nous York” (Lille, October 2014 / January 2015). Created from recycled materials (wood, skateboard wheels, DIY meters), it reproduces a selection of famous New York tags such as False, Guns, Pear and Taki 183. An accumulation, until saturation. Pure Tag, without artifice. Signature. The essence of Graffiti. This artistic experience try to reproduce the mechanical movement, the repetition, the compulsive gesture of the tagger.

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City as Canvas at Museum Of The City Of New York

Spray Daily — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:27:40 +0000

Last week the Museum Of The City Of New York open the exhibition City As A Canvas: Graffiti Art from the Martin Wong collection, a documentation of the New York graffiti movement in the 80’s. The exhibition includes over 150 works on canvas, paper and photo documentation. Martin Wong donated his collection to the Museum of the City of New York in 1994, five years before his death from AIDS-related complications. The exhibition includes artists like Dondi, Lady Pink, Blade, Lee Quiñones, Zephyr, Futura 2000 and Keith Haring. The exhibition last until the 24th of August 2014.

If you can’t visit the exhibition The New York Times wrote a review: “The closest you get to graffiti’s living spirit here is in the artists’ black, hardcover sketchbooks. In them you see the writers Blade, Daze, Crash, Sharp and others developing their signature styles and practicing their graphic skills. There’s more freshness and joyful discovery in these books than almost any of the show’s finished works.” Ken Johnson, New York Times.
There is also a great preview of the exhibition available at StreetArtNews.net.

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Spraymasters trailer

Spray Daily — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 20:38:54 +0000

http://vimeo.com/83854312

Four ex-graffiti writers talk about their early years as renegades decorating New York subways with stolen paint, while eluding arrest and putting their lives at risk. Now successful artists in their forties, they describe graffiti’s global reach and its embrace by advertising and fashion. Contains extensive never-before-seen footage of graffiti trains.

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Lenny Mcgurr a FUTURA tale – Short documentary

Spray Daily — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:58:29 +0000

From April 16 to 19 (2013) Futura (NYC, USA), one of the fathers of graffiti in the 70s, intervened an iconic wall located on Insurgentes Avenue, one of the longest avenues in the world. This wall is now part of the circuit of the ALL CITY CANVAS 2012 Festival, which spans through downtown Mexico City.
At the age of 15, Futura was already obsessed with his visual identity. Motivated by the dream of becoming a famous artist, he created Futura 2000, based on a reference out of a Kubrik movie and a year that seemed so distant, he couldn’t understand how he would still be alive by then.
As a self-taught artist, Futura’s education began on Brodway’s line 1 of the New York City subway, working his way up as one of urban art’s most innovative artists. His solo show at the Fun Gallery in 1982 established him as one of contemporary art’s most happening artist at the time, on the same level as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, becoming a pioneer of the artistic movement of the 80s. He came to be known as “The Wateau of the Spraycan” and was even compared to Kandinsky.
He held art exhibits in the US and Europe for more than a decade before making commercial collaborations in the 90s that brought graffiti to the masses and inspired new generations of urban artists. Worshiped by artists like Swoon and Neate, Futura’s work is considered to be extremely influential, uniting contemporary pop art with street graffiti. Futura introduced urban art to society, which is now at its peak.
We’d like to add that ACCGS would not have been possible without the support of Hennessy Very Special and the government institutions such as the Government of the Federal District, the Ministry of Public Security, the Authority of the Public Space and the Graffiti Unit.

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Outside In: The Story of Art In The Streets

Spray Daily — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:51:08 +0000

http://vimeo.com/36179600
Outside In: The Story of Art In The Streets is a 30 minutes long documentary about the exhibition with the same name that tock place at MOCA last year. The movie is produced by Patrick Simpson and fetures some of the top names from the street art/graffiti scene, including names like: Fab 5 Freddy, Lee Quiñones, Saber, Revok, Futura 2000, Swoon, Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, JR, Craig R. Stecyk III, Chaz Bojórquez, Mister Cartoon och Retna.

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