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A few months after the mural’s painting, one of the artists behind the 2001 “Oz” work — Roger Gastman, who as a curator and author has become a prominent figure in American graffiti ...
Graffiti, he said, gave him a voice and helped with his own self-image. What do Banksy's pictures mean? The meaning of art is up to the interpretation of the viewer, but like many artists Banksy ...
New Orleans City Council members have raised the penalty for tagging buildings, in hopes of curbing graffiti across the city.
Art World Graffiti Artist RAMS Leaves His Mark on the Peak of an Abandoned 44-Story Skyscraper. The artist had to rappel down the upper levels of the building to leave his mark.
In most public parks, graffiti artists are chased away, and their work covered up as fast as possible. In Cambridge, officials are taking a very different tack.
KAWS, the pseudonym of the American artist Brian Donnelly, is best known for his distorted cartoon characters and embracing of popular culture, even being compared to Andy Warhol. Now, a lesser ...
For over a decade, a weathered building off Chartres Street in East Downtown Houston served as a vibrant, living canvas known as Graffiti Park.Co-cre ...
The graffiti artist RETNA has claimed that his former landlord, and Heritage Auctions, illegally seized his property and sold it for profit.
But before visitors even enter the art fair, they will cross a large public square sprayed with white and magenta paint — an artwork by Katharina Grosse. The German artist is known for using spray ...
If art is self-expression then graffiti more than fits the bill, despite the hoards of unimaginative oiks spraying their 'tags' on buses persuading the public otherwise. As for Banksy himself, his ...
Here, his gelatin silver prints of graffiti art, many of them hand colored, literally reframe the imagery as institutional art. Documentation of Gordon Matta-Clark’s “Graffiti Truck” (1973 ...