Urban expressions12/24/2022 ![]() The top photo was taken at Princeton University and clearly demonstrates a bias. At least I have a picture!Ĭoncrete is a truly tempting medium and a permanent foray into the world of graffiti. I wish I had taken it for myself-it was a fabulous example of art, politics, and graffiti coming together. This example lasted only a few days before disappearing. It all reflects the personality of the artist-playful or off-beat, forcefully political, or politely progressive.Įlsewhere in Chelsea, new types of graffiti take the form of three-dimensional elements affixed to sign posts. Some is monumental in scale, using building structure to define shape and position some is small and detailed, using hand-drawn, calligraphic letters to form the word “mustache” into the curly whisker on posters in the subway. Some graffiti uses materials at hand-messages in the concrete or “updated” street signs-while other artists create inspired graffiti in the form of dimensional elements affixed to sign posts. Recently seen: a curious Keith Haring-esque figure that expresses doubt, fear, and lonelinessĪll graffiti photos courtesy Calori & Vanden-Eynden Eventually, galleries picked up his work and he received commissions for murals around town and around the world. ![]() I remember seeing his simple chalk drawings on the black block-out paper that New York City Transit used in the poster niches along the subway platforms. ![]() Artists took to graffiti with relish, and Keith Haring was among the more prolific and well-known. Passengers developed an ability to tune out the visual scrawl, and when the cars were cleaned, attitudes improved. Artsy Soho of the ’80s was home to amazing creative expression. The visual anger caused riders to be anxious and edgy-the visual equivalent of fingernails on a chalk board. ![]() Subway cars were awash in individual tags layered one upon another, each larger and bolder than the tag beneath it. In the downtrodden ’70s and ’80s, New York saw an explosion of graffiti splattered across building walls and subway cars. ![]()
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