1980s Graffiti Tag

Charlie ahearn image of fab 5 freddy in front of one of his paintings 1980.

1980s graffiti tag. The real story of the graffiti 1980 studio the real story of the graffiti 1980 studio ornate and elaborate name based graffiti began appearing in earnest on nyc subways around 1970. In the 1970s and 1980s subway trains from brooklyn to the bronx were covered in millions of graffiti tags. Bands such as black flag and crass and their followers widely stenciled their names and logos while many punk night clubs squats and hangouts are famous for their graffiti. Heavily used during the hey day of the new york city subway graffiti era during the early 1970s to late 1980s it has a nostalgic status. Featured is the photograph of banksy s angel a tribute mural piece he did in the memory of graffiti writer ozone who was tragically killed by a moving train. May 29 2020 explore fredo924 s board 1970 s and 1980 s graffiti followed by 247 people on pinterest. The streets are strewn with refuse there are layered graffiti tags peeling decrepit walls and manipulative advertisements for crap everywhere you look.

In the late 1980s the upside down martini glass that was the tag for punk band missing foundation was the most ubiquitous graffito in lower manhattan according to whom. Jenny holzer famous for her feminist postmodern truisms designed this shirt and lady pink wore it around nyc. As aerosol and marker writing proliferated it spurred extremely polarized reactions. Back then it wasn t uncommon to see say brooklyn s grandmaster flowers s flowers dice tag thrown up in black marker around new york. Starting in mid 2008 the brand introduced a generation of paint can design with an irremovable cap system that sprays a rectangular coverage instead of the circular coverage preferred by writers. This is lady pink one of the only female graffiti artists active in the 80s. The nyc subway was the beating heart of the graffiti movement and it gave rise to some.

Graffiti writers who admire angels tag their names with floating halos make tribute pieces with their faces or write tags with the dates of their birth and death. Its authors paul and kenny cavalieri are two brothers from the bronx who began taking photos of subway trains in 1983 during the heyday of new york city s graffiti art era.