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Graffiti artists.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Diego Cortez No Wave Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8120
Abstract Approximately 135 pieces complied by Diego Cortez comprising of material related to both his 1981 No Wave show at PS1 and many of the personalities involved in the artistic and musical scenes of the period, including Jimmy DeSana, James Chance, Anya Phillips, Fab 5 Freddy, Bob Gruen, Robert Gordon, Glenn O'Brien, Legs O'Neil, Ray Johnson, Debbie Harry, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, among others. The collection also contains concert flyers, photographs, and exhibition materials, including early...
Dates: 1972 - 1981

Graffiti exhibition photo collection

 Collection — Manuscript box 89 - Folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113881597]
Identifier: 8140
Abstract

Collection of 13 photographs from the early presentation of graffiti in New York art galleries.

Dates: Early 1980s

Iz the Wiz's 1982 blackbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924066579537]
Identifier: 8059
Scope and content Clothbound black sketchbook once owned by Iz the Wiz, full of artwork by him and his contemporaries, including 25 full-page artworks. Artists represented include Wasp 1, Billy 167, Dynomite 149, Clyde, Zephyr (Gold), Iz the Wiz, and new wave artists Doc, Midge, 2Cute, and Abi. The tag pages also include Crash, Daze, Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara), and Cavster. The sketchbook was exhibited at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, in the 2009 exhibition Born in the Streets...
Dates: 1982-1984.

Joe Austin graffiti and street art collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8159
Content Description The collection features books, zines, videos, and recorded interviews covering the graffiti and street art movement, including nearly 600 zine issues across 345 zine titles, 156 books, 41 early graffiti VHS/DVD "magazines" (6 DVD and 35 VHS tapes) from the early 90s, and approximately 52 audio tapes preserving interviews with ca 40 writers collected between 1991 and 1996 (44 cassette tapes and 8 micro cassettes). Writers interviewed include Futura, Iz the Wiz, Phase 2, Vulcan, SEEN, and...
Dates: 1984 - 2006

Quik's 1984 blackbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924066579545]
Identifier: 8058
Scope and content Bound black sketchbook once owned by Quik. The covers and all pages were drawn on, signed, and inscribed by leading New York subway graffiti artists of the 1970s and 1980s, at the point when they were making the transition to the New York and European gallery scene. Artists represented include Blade, Tracy 168, Dondi, Futura 2000, Daze, Crash, Seen, Iz the Wiz (Mike Martin), Shy 147, Ramm-ell-zee, Haze, Min, Zephyr, Dr. Revolt, Trike, Boe, Kid 56, LA 2, Sach, Rich, Chi 163, Aeron, Duro, and...
Dates: 1984-1985.

Tame One papers

 Collection
Identifier: 8167
Content Description Approximately 13 cubic feet of papers documenting the creative output of Tame One, American Hip Hop recording artist and graffiti writer from New Jersey. The collection includes composition lyric notebooks, business records in the form of tour itineraries, contracts and agreements with record labels and related materials, art work, posters, magazines and news clippings documenting his career, event and show flyers, associated VIP show and backstage passes, scrapbook and photo albums, along...
Dates: 1980 - 2022