Graffiti has a long history dating back to WWII when a ship inspector documented his work with his initials. In the late 1960s, Darryl McCray became the first documented "tagger" by tagging the Jackson 5's airplane. The art form grew in popularity in the 1970s with writers painting freight trains that traveled across the country. Different styles developed over time, including bubble letters and broadway style, as well as street art in the late 20th century. With increased regulation, digital techniques and new media emerged to continue the graffiti tradition. Famous street artist Shepard Fairey popularized graffiti-inspired street campaigns in the 1980s.

1. GRAFFITI

2. HISTORY
during WWII, james j. kilroy, a ship inspector,
documents his work with a yellow crayon “jj
kilroy.”
in the late 1960’s darryl mccray from philly
became the first “tagger” on record. he was
the first writer ever to tag an airplane, the
jackson 5’s airplane.
in july 1971 the new york times interviewed
TAKI183 and as a result, everyone became a
graffiti writer.

3. TRAVEL
in late 1974 and early 1975 “throw ups”
became a standard sight on the trains.
this established the foundation of NYC
interbrough competition.
to avoid throw up removal, writers painted
freight trains resulting attention across
country.

4. STYLE
writers discovered that caps from other
aerosol products could provide a larger
width of spray.
bubble letters and broadway style
were the earliest forms of actual pieces
and therefore the foundation of many
styles.

5. STREET ART
turn of the century became a new genre
of graffiti art. taggers takes it to the
next level creating their brand on the
streets.
some artists’ tags pushes the idea
of graffiti as contributing to the
community, to make someone smile.

6. DIGITAL
as the price of spray paint increased
in the late 90s, graffiti artists prevail
with new techniques.
there are websites deciated to making
your own graffiti fonts without the
skills of spray painting.
graffiti research lab (G.R.L.) created
a way to graffiti entire buildings out
in public using a laser pen and a
projector.
various artists are using LEDs for night
time graffiti on their own products or
tagging them on street signs.

7. INFLUENCE
a street art campaign based on a design by
shepard fairey created in 1986 in charleston,
south carolina.
distributed by the skater community, the
andre stickers began showing up in nearly
every major city worldwide.
fairey has cynically turned graffiti culture
into a self-promoting ad campaign, turning
street art into a cheap hustle that is no
different from corporate advertising.

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