Graffiti and tattoos seem like total opposities. One is ephemeral, lasting only until it’s painted over by the city or other writers, the other is forever, or at least unless you decide to rip the ink ...

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Known as the self-declared King of Style despite losing an arm and a leg in a childhood accident, early graffiti writer KASE 2 passed away two weekends ago, adding another famous name to the roster of ...

A new paradigm for Panofsky's theories of iconographical analysis -- Graffiti art in an iconographic framework -- Graffiti art in a classificatory framework -- Developing the faceted classification ...

On this date in 1958, the world was introduced to one of the most innovative stylists in graffiti history, Harlem born Jeff Brown, better known across the culture as KASE 2 or CASE 2. A true pioneer ...

For over four decades, Bronx-born artist Julius Cavero—better known as Tkid170—has been a defining force in the graffiti movement. Emerging from the early days of New York’s subway art scene, Tkid170 ...