80s new york subway graffiti. Its authors paul and kenny cavalieri are two brothers from the bronx who began. Having a top 50 list with no explanations just doesnt work so ive carved the subway movement into sections and tried to work that waytags style throwies etc. Transit police officer john kostick found stewart scrawling rqs on the wall and had him arrested.
More nyc subway graffiti 19831989 is an ode to that period. On september 15 1983 artist michael stewart was arrested for spraying graffiti at the first avenue station on the l trains brooklyn bound platform. Starting out as a writer on subway cars in the early 70s futura made a break and a comeback later in the decade allowing his art to flourish in the coming years.
May 13 2016 explore qiu001s board 80s nyc subway graffiti on pinterest. He called the job a suicide mission for decades authorities treated subway graffiti like it was a sanitation issue. The trains were covered with graffiti and being a passenger alone late at anthony burgess rides the new york subway retronaut.
One of the walking graffiti legends of the 80s is absolutely futura2000. The streets of manhattan were known as dark and dangerous. Stewart allegedly said hey man you got me.
Mid 1970s new york subway graffiti history video put together by rudy. The new york city subway system only added to the citys darkness. The subway was known as filthy noisy dangerous and tagged with graffiti.
Crime was at its peak. Trying to gure out how. See more ideas about nyc subway nyc subway.
New york city during the 1970 1980s was not the same city we know today. Yet even gunn was intimidated by the state of new yorks subways. In the 1980s the new york city subway was a gritty center for gangs and crime.
New york city subways from the 70s and 80s full of graffiti part 22.