Lady Pink, Swoon, BTM, TatsCru

1. Lady Pink (5pointz, Queens… 2006)
Lady Liberty is George Bush’s Whore

2. Lady Pink
(Sandra
Fabara)
Women Breeding
Soldiers
Mujeres Criando
Soldados
2004

3. First
Impressions
of….
Lady Pink
(Sandra
Fabara)
• Araceli: Cluttered! There’s clearly a lot of concepts in her work. And you
can really go deep into the work. There’s BOLD statements.
• Brianna: The work is vert dynamic but also confusing. There’s so much
stuff to focus on.
• Eric: This has to do with gender inequality and female-related stuff and
feminism.
• Sara: Lots of pink. In both of them. SHE LIKES PINK. THE COLOR PINK! PINK
PINK SWIRLY! It’s very fluid. It’s not “still.” Like a “Gif”
– Yotam: “animated images known as “jif” but most called it “gif”
• Lauren: There’s a lot of layers to her work...especially the second one. The
more you explore it the more you see.
• .
• .

4. First
Impressions
of….
Lady Pink
(Sandra
Fabara)
• Sums: She loves pink.
• Dom: She has a weird way of expressing what she thinks or feels. Her
work makes me think that it’s like INSIDE someone, there’s so much going
on in her pictures, like there’s so much going on in our heads at the same
time.
• Imani: The work is confusing and “abstract.” it’s not as clear as Banksy,
you need to think a bit deeper here.
• Nate: It’s trippy, things you would see in hallucinations. Especially the pinkish one,
everything is all over the place.
• Elly: Her work is very layered, there’s a lot going on….There’s so many
different components (kozak’s artsy suggestion: “A complex composition.”
• Sums: There’s a LOT of symbols and meanings….you need to break it
down a bit to know the meaning behind it.

5. Lady Pink
(Sandra
Fabara)
Women Breeding
Soldiers
Mujeres Criando
Soldados
2004

6. Installation
view
Women Breeding Soldiers Mujeres Criando Soldados
2004

7. Lady Pink (5pointz, Queens… 2006)
Lady Liberty is George Bush’s Whore

8. 5 POINTZ Tangent…

9. The Institute of Higher Burnin’

10. “Graffiti Mecca”

12. Owen
Dippie
(OD)
Notorious BIG
2010

13. So what is inside this building,
anyway?

14. So what is inside this building, anyway?

15. OG Art Historians!
CHAMPIONS OF EARTH AT 5 POINTZ! 2011!

16. LADY PINK STRIKES AGAIN!
“Green Mother
Earth”

17. 5Pointz gallery curator, Meres, planned to convert the five-story,
block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street
into a graffiti museum. He planned on seeking a 501(c)3 certification
for 5Pointz to confer tax-exempt status and allow tax-deductible
donations.
In addition, he planned to open a school for aspiring aerosol artists,
complete with a formalized curriculum that imparts lessons in
teamwork, art history, and entrepreneurship in addition to technique
AKA
Jonathan Cohen

18. The Towers

19. The Towers
David Wolkoff is the owner of the property
And after getting backing by local government,
He axquired a permit to demolish this massive
building to build these towers.
Also…there’s a $400,000,000
Price tag attached to these
two buildings…

20. The Towers will include…
>>The creation of 1,000 union jobs (200 of them permanent) in
connection with the razing and rebuilding of the 5Pointz site.
>>The increase of "art space" within the buildings from 2,000 to
12,000 square feet.
>>An inclusion of 10,000 square feet of external panels around
the complex that will be devoted to aerosol art. Johnathan Cohen,
the curator and founder of 5Pointz sometimes referred to as Meres
One, has allegedly been invited to both paint and curate the panels.
>>32,000 square feet of public space that will include a park.

21. And inside these new condos…
HA! Nah….

22. What is role(s) does the Creative
Class plays in gentrification?

23. a Judge Upholds the Massive
$6.75 Million in Damages
Awarded to Graffiti Artists
In February 2018, Judge Block awarded
$150,000 for each of the 45 works for a
total award of $6.75 million. Wolkoff had
permitted the artists to work at the graffiti
mecca for years, but says he always made
it clear that the building would eventually
be torn down to make way for a new
structure. In their suit against Wolkoff, the
artists alleged he violated their rights when
he whitewashed their work as part of
preparations to destroy the 5Pointz
building complex to make way for new
condos. Block’s decision was viewed as
a decisive victory for street artists.

24. Maybe someday we can have arts and housing without
displacing our city’s residents.….

25. BACK TO…
Lady Pink
(Sandra Fabara)
Lady Pink was born in in 1964 Ecuador,
but raised in NYC. In 1979 she started
writing graffiti and soon was well
known as the only female capable of
competing with the boys in the graffiti
subculture. Pink painted subway trains
from the years 1979-1985. She has
been featured in documentaries such
as "Wild Style,” and is often credited
as making significant contributions to
graffiti and hip-hop subculture.

26. From the late 1970s and 1980s

27. The Death of
Graffiti
1982
Oil on Canvas

28. The Death of
Graffiti
1982
Oil on Canvas

29. Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara)
While still in high school she was
already exhibiting paintings in art
galleries, and these days she is
represented by Woodward Gallery
on (Eldridge and Delancy) .
As a leading participant in the rise of
graffiti-based art, Lady Pink's
canvases have entered important art
collections such as those of the
Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan,
the Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del
Barrio and several international
museums too.

30. Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara)
When I first started, women were
still trying to prove themselves,
through the 70’s, that women
could do everything guys could
do. The feminist movement was
growing very strong and as a
teenager I think it affected me
without me realizing that I was a
young feminist. The more guys
said “you can’t do that”, the
more I had to prove them wrong.
I had to hold it up for all my
sisters who looked up to me to
be brave and courageous and to
prove that I could do what guys
could do. (Brooklyn Museum)

31. …..
"I chose the name Pink
because it's a feminine name
and it had to be known that I
was a girl, but also because of
the way the letters look."
When boys would go out to
do graffiti after school,
Fabara was not invited but
went anyway. "I picked up a
very tough street persona,
like a front, that had an
extremely big mouth," she
says. "I was a feminist
without ever having heard
the word.”
Source: Chicago

32. Brick Woman
2005
Giclee Print

33. What does she seem like
as a person?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_phSyiGAyjc
• Sums: She seems FEARLESS. And really kinds confident with her work. She shows
the world who she is in her art. Like how during that time a lot of women weren’t
treated the way they wanted to be treated. She shows that in her art.
• Eli: Open and honest. She’s honest about her past, doing drugs, painting
everywhere, etc.
• Elly: She’s really honest and shows what her intentions are…making a presence in
the artwork. And she was aware of all the negative effects happening during that
era too.
• Nate: She’s a badass. She’s so strong and confident in her words, and she knows
what she’s about.
• Freddie: I really like her, and her message. I think it’s cool that she’s been with
this since the startof street art.
• Levy: She’s way more mild in person, more relaxed. She came to our school to do
these murals and we did a lot of prep and she just stopped working with us. Like
she just gave up?
2:36- 4:50

34. What does she seem like
as a person?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_phSyiGAyjc
• Britt: She’s very blunt, not afraid to show how she feels.
• Miles: Confident. She knows that she’s made an impact on the art
world.
• Brianna: She’s really proud of the work she did as a teenager and
the work she continues to make.
• Celly: She’s not afraid to push boundaries.
• Wicka-Wicka: My first impression from meeting her was that she
was a bit rude. Her self confidence overpowered the room. But the
way she’s presented in this video is kind of how she is in real life.
She has good ideas, but she doesn’t listen to OTHERS ideas.
• Lauren: For someone this famous, it can get to your head. Maybe
that’s why she acts the way she does?
2:36- 4:50

35. Fairy, 2005
Location: 5Pointz
“We defend our artworks with our fists
and our crazy courage. When you have
guys that disrespect you you’re gonna
have to teach them a lesson, otherwise
they are going to keep walking all over
you. I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is out
there, it’s not easy. But it also reflects
what the art world in general is: 80%
white males. So you have to fight tooth
and nail, bitch and scream, be loud and be
large to get respect.” (Brooklyn Museum)
N10 Wall, 2011
Location: Williamsburg, North 10th
street

36. Lady Pink Mural At Welling Court, Lady of the Leaf
in Astoria Queens, 2011

37. Installation in Progress
at Welling Court, Lady of the Leaf
in Astoria Queens, 2011
Also in this image: Cycle and Free 5

38. Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara)
“It's difficult for a woman to be involved with Graffiti. There is an
attitude that women are too weak and also a liability, or the attitude
that they just can't do it. I was 15 at the time and I didn't want to hear
that. As a woman in Graffiti you might as well throw your reputation
in the dirt. Everyone thinks you sleep around with the guys . I
needed to hold my head up and prove that I could do it for other
women...”

39. Art Historical
references…
Lady Pink
The Venus and the Penis
1997
Spray paint on canvas
The Venus of Willendorf is one of the
earliest images of the body made by
humankind. It stands just over 4 ½
inches high and was carved about
25,000 years ago. It was discovered on
the banks of the Danube River, in
Austria, and it was most likely made
by hunter-gatherers who lived in the
area.

40. Art Historical
references…
Very little is known about its origin,
method of creation, or cultural
significance; however, it is one of
numerous Venus figurines or
representations of female figures
surviving from the Paleolithic
period.
Lady Pink
The Venus and the Penis
1997
Spray paint on canvas

41. Art Historical
references…
.
.
.
Lady Pink
The Venus and the
Penis
1997
Spray paint on
canvas

42. Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara)
Similar to M.C. Escher…

43. OTHER…Art Historical
references…

44. Art Historical
references…

45. Her
Website…
ladypinknyc.com

46. Lady Pink
Resist
2017
Wynwood Walls,
Miami

47. Final comments/questions on Lady Pink…
Breana: Her work is nice….I GUESS. But I don’t know. I just
don’t vibe with it. The message is cool (feminism or whatever)
but...the aesthetics are a bit much for me.
Wicka: Love dem colors. The work is nice. She really made a
bad impression on me last year though, so it makes me like
her artwork less (#conflict)
Lauren: I like her artwork. She’s not afraid to fit the “angry
feminist stereotype.”
JOV! Her artwork is nice, but it’s like “k! Whatever!” Her ideas
are a bit repetitive. From Miami to the Bronx, it’s all feminine
and “girly” it’s expected for her to do the same thing in every
artwork she has.
Daniel: I didn’t know MUCH about her and I still don’t, due to
falling asleep in class so often. But her message is brave, and
there’s a lot of people who don’t agree with it.
.
.

48. Final comments/questions on Lady Pink…
FREEDIE: I like her message, but I don’t like the aesthetic of
her work. It’s not very pretty, it’s not what it’s intended to be.
I don’t enjoy how it looks.
Nate: Agree with Freddie, The message is cool, but The work
is all over the place. In ”Women Breeding Soldiers” and
“Resist” there’s a lack of organization, it’s not put together
very well. The symbols she uses are put together poorly.
Levy: The aesthetics of her work are fine, but her message
isn’t very nuanced and it’s all very blunt and in your face.
Elly: I like the fact that it is straightforward. It’s cartoonish
and child-like, and the messages portrayed are always related
to feminism.
Sums: I’m not really into her aesthetics, but I really like the
meaning, it’s very in your face and different from other art
that I’ve seen. It’s not my cup of tea. More of a cup of Fruit
Punch.
Sandris: I like the aesthetic. Her being blunt goes with her
message, she gets across a fearless feminism. She’s not afraid
to stand up for what she believes in.

52. Swoon
Pioneer Works
Redhook, Brooklyn

53. Swoon
Gowanus, Brooklyn

54. Swoon
Fort Greene, Brooklyn

55. First Impressions…
• Miles: I really like it…it’s detailed and the linework
is FINE. This isn’t spray paint....it’s...a stencil?? It
blends into the environment.
• Brianna: It’s “concentrated” I don’t know what that
means tho. It fits with the environment/location.
– Breana: There’s a lot happening, maybe?
• Daniel: The one in Redhook was the most detailed.
The young man on the stoop looks like it’s chipping
away, maybe intentional??
• Sara: The people themselves remind me of a sketch,
pencil or charcoal.
• Eric: Eastern Religions – (miles too) like henna,
maybe?
• Jov! It’s a “her?!” It doesn’t seem like a “her” Maybe
I’m just a sexist. The way it plays out on the wall.
• Lauren: My first impression was the exact opposite,
just because of the way women were portrayed…
Wheat paste
Newsprint
Linoleum
Paper Cuts
Collage

56. First Impressions…
• Elly: The stoop one, it reminds me of cammophlage.
The others don’t seem like other artists we seen,
there’s a lack of color and it’s more neutral.
• Dom: there’s stuff decaying, it seems old but it’s
probably not. It blends into the building.
• Sums: it looks very intricate and detailed. They
remind me mandalas (flower-like intricate designs).
• Nate: I like her work. The characters are peaceful, I
like how they’re drawing. It has a cultural and
spiritual vibe to it.
• Rosandris: It’s not as obvious as Lady Pink, I’m not
sure if I like it.
– Elly: Compared to Lady Pink, you might not notice it if you
were to walk by it.
Wheat paste
Newsprint
Linoleum
Paper Cuts
Collage

57. Follow her on Insta… @swoonhq

58. Swoon is a NYC based artist who has caught the eye of the world
with her beautiful wheatpaste prints and cutout paper depictions of
everyday street scenes. Her life-size pieces, often of her friends,
family and neighbors, interact with their urban environment so well
it often seems the city streets would not be complete without them.
Switchback Sisters
2008

59. Swoon (Describe this artist as a PERSON)
Daniel: She knows what she wants…a busy place
to be in. She wants intensity.
Britt: She takes her artwork to heart. She has
passionate feelings about making an impact on
the spaces she puts her artwork in.Her art seems
realistic, drawing from actual pictures.
Lauren: She’s kinda like Diana Al-Hadid, very
down to earth, always trying to do something new
that comes to mind.
Moh: She’s aware of her surroundings and how
she interprets the work.
Miles: She wants to make x-rays of peoples’
experiences. She’s inspired by others’ stories.
JOV! Talking about her art, she wants people to
have a feeling when looking at it.
Araceli: she’s thoughtful! Very different from Lady

60. Swoon (Describe this artist as a PERSON)
Imani: She seems really humble, she
doesn’t follow “logic” too much. She’s
intuitive, and follows her gut instinct.
Dom: She’s ”in-tune” with her work, she
has a special connection with the things she
makes.
Elly: She’s unique, calm, and has a different
purpose for her work. She’s not just
interested in spreading her name. She tries
to invoke a FEELING in the viewer, getting
the community connected in a way.
Sums: She’s impacted by the people who
see her work. She’s not money based, but
people-based, her work is like a friendship
in a way? She values time/effort/meaning
in her work.

61. Swoon (1977- )
“When I first began to do street work, part of my impulse
had to do with those things that are meant to disappear
and the ability to just let things go. I use recycled newsprint
that I order in 90-pound rolls. It’s extremely thin and is one
of my favorite papers to use because of the way it decays.
It yellows. It cracks. It has this whole life cycle that I really
like.”
Linoleum!

62. Guerrero
2006

63. Family Feeding Pigeons
2006

64. Family Feeding Pigeons
(or what’s left of it)
2006

65. Swoon
“At first I was so
wound up about
being a woman in a
man's field that I
didn't want to talk
about it at all. I was
making art out on
the street, and no
one knew I was a
woman for at least a
year, maybe three.”
Buenos Aires, 2007

66. Family Feeding Pigeons (sculpture)
2006

67. Zahara
print on wood
2010

68. Linoleum cut for Zahara

69. Linoleum cuts for
Nee Nee in Braddock

70. Thalassa

71. Thalassa
Dom: The way she uses so many
“things” in her work, it’s a lot to
take in.
Imani: It’s beautiful. She creates
with her emotions, and it’s not
an easy explanation about the
significance of her work.
Freddie (#WhisperCrew): it’s
beautiful she captures the
beauty that she sees.
Sums: All those details, they look
like algea, or nature, or plants,
and the woman is like got this
hopeful emotion…

72. Thalassa
Miles: All the women in her
artwork are looking at
SOMETHING that’s not part of
the artwork.
Sara: There’s a crab that is
coming out of her chest?
There’s a LOT. I like it though.
Gayathri: It looks like
MOTHER NATURE, those
water things from the
bottom…and there’s some
snakey stuff on her head?
Eric: I’m getting an uplifting
vibe from this. Like an aquatic
place?
Yotam: Greek mythology,
Thalassa was the primeval
goddess of the sea.

73. Thalassa
installation at the New Orleans Museum of Art
“junk-sculpture, jellyfish goddess”

74. Swoon (1977- )
Swoon (American, b.1977) is a notable Street artist, who has
contributed to the STREET ART movement. She was born in New
London, CT, and raised in Daytona Beach, FL. The artist’s real name is
Caledonia Dance Curry. In 1997, Swoon moved to New York, where she
obtained a BA in Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.

75. “Street art had this kind of explosion recently. It’s
a healthy practice of a healthy city to have people
making things and putting them outside and
being a part of the visual creation of their
neighborhoods.”
2014 interview with NYTimes
“I always really struggled with how
to be who I was as an artist…My
relationship with image making is
that sometimes the only way to
move through something is to make
work on the subject.”

76. Swoon’s upbringing was complicated at times, as her mother dealt with
alcoholism and drug addiction. Despite her mom’s explanation that she
“just liked getting high” Swoon learned as an adult that this addiction
(and most addiction) stems from pain and unresolved trauma. Swoon
worked hard to help her mom. She states:
“Because this particular addict was my mother, I had the incentive to
[find] the human being behind the nightmare, of letting go of the
disgust and blame, and seeing an incredibly wounded person in need
of our support. This is much harder to do when the person is a
stranger on the street, or in the prison system.”
Swoon’s mother passed
away in 2013 from lung
cancer. Though her memory
continues to shape Swoon’s
political views on mental
health care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYIt_TZ8ry4

77. Swoon at the Brooklyn Museum…
2014

78. Swoon at the Brooklyn Museum…
2014Brooklyn-based artist
Swoon celebrates
everyday people and
explores social and
environmental issues
with her signature
paper portraits and
figurative
installations. She is
best known for her
large, intricately-cut
prints wheat pasted
to industrial buildings
in Brooklyn and
Manhattan.

79. Swoon at the Brooklyn Museum…
2014
For this exhibition,
Swoon creates a site-
specific installation in
our rotunda gallery,
transforming it into a
fantastic landscape
centering on a
monumental sculptural
tree with a constructed
environment at its
base, including sculpted
boats and rafts,
figurative prints and
drawings, and cut
paper foliage.

80. Swoon
Dawn and
Gemma
2014

81. Swoon
Nee Nee in
Braddock
2014
New Haven, CT.

82. Swoon
Nee Nee in
Braddock
2014

83. Zahara (various prints)
Mixed Media:
Wood, fabric,
Cardboard, paper

84. Zahara (various prints, various sites)

85. Miss Rockaway
Armada!
I lived briefly on a sailboat on the Amstel River in
the Netherlands, and something about that felt
very right. I saw the Viking ships in Norway and
wondered, “Why in all of the art museums I have
been to, have I not seen a form as beautiful, and
as imbued with force as this single wooden
ship?”
Slowly ideas of boats started to creep into my
work. There followed a few years of talking about
it, making little sketches and proposals until
finally, one day, in a kind of a meeting of the
minds with my friend Harrison (who I have
worked with on boats for four years now), the
plan to create the Miss Rockaway Armada
emerged.

86. Miss Rockaway Armada!
Mississippi River
2006-2007

87. Miss Rockaway Armada! Hudson River
2008

88. Miss Rockaway Armada!
2009
Slovenia  Venice

89. Why would an artist choose to
work across all these different
mediums?
Lauren: She’s constantly challenging herself and
growing. She “travels through her techniques.”
Mena: Ditto Lauren. She changes mediums so
much because she wants to explore and grow as
an artist.
Eric: There’s an advantage to using different
materials. She can change up past ideas in new
ways. New materials, new locations, etc.
NK: YES THEORY – look it up, bros. “Seek
discomfort.”
Miles: It’s difficult to make stuff and not
knowing what it’ll look like in the end!
Dem boats tho.

90. Why would an artist choose to
work across all these different
mediums?
Imani: She lets her emotions guide her…Like
different materials connect to different emotions.
Sums: She chooses different media to make her
work because art means a lot to her, and she
always follows her gut. She follows her instincts.
Elly: She likes to experiment a lot. She doesn’t
really care what others think. She just wants to
explore.
Nate: She likes to experiment…and she probably
has a lot of skills with different materials.
Rose: Her work is really detailed and using
different materials helps her create things.
.

91. Final thoughts on Swoon?
Side tumb crew:
JOV! The work is pretty and has meaning, but I
don’t see all the hype about it.
Corina: I like it, but It’s not my fave.
Thumb UPPERS
CeLLi: I’m being biased….she seems so sweet, and
her work is so like cute. I really like her and her art.
Everything.
Miles: I wish she made more stuff. It’s art, and it’s for
fun...but I wish she added more “meaning” to it.
Maybe more relatable work?
Gayathri: I like the content of what she uses. It
stands out to me from all the other artists.
Lauren: It’s all so inclusive. She shows women and
people of color as powerful.

92. Final thoughts on Swoon?
Dom: Side thumb. It’s nothing really exciting for me. She’s
not something I’m going to look at again. It doesn’t really
mesh with me. It’s the aesthetics, I don’t connect with it.
Freddie: I like how she experiments with a lot of styles,
between street art, fine art, and boats! It’s cool.
Elly: Side thumb: The work doesn’t stand out to you. If I
were to walk by it on the street I wouldn’t look at it. The
aesthetic has a lot going on in each image.
kozak freak out.
Imani: I DO vibe with the street art, and I DON’T like the
boats. All her emotions are in it. It’s beautiful.
Rose: Now that I know the meaning, I appreciate it more.
Sums: Overall as an artist I really like the meaning and
message behind the work. She does art to connect
people. Not just for money.

93. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_rEu50n8EDA

94. https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=_rEu50n8EDA
Miles: Is he in jail???
NK: It looks photoshopped….
Mena: Why did he do that???
.

95. https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=_rEu50n8EDA
Sums: That’s totally NOT cool. You
can’t mess up someone’s art.
That’s disrespectful. You can’t just
walk into someone’s house and
spray paint it.
-KOZAK FREAK OUT AGAIN
Elly: Graffiti artists do it to each
other all the time…but because
this is FINE art it’s an issue.
Nate: What happened to that
piece?

96. BTM Crew
Big Time Mafia / Bout That Money / Big Time Mobb / Broadening The
Movement
Crewmember: Katsu
“My fake videos were all about the
resourcefulness of graffiti writers.
Graffiti writers make their tools,
they make their stickers and pens and
create everything from scratch. I
thought, “Why not put my After
Effects skills to use?”
Video located at:
http://viralart.vandalog.com
/read/chapter/an-interview-
with-katsu/

97. BTM Crew
Big Time Mafia / Bout That Money / Big Time Mobb / Broadening The
Movement
Crewmember: Katsu
Katsu’s “Single Stroke Skull”
began in the late 1990s

98. BTM Crew
Big Time Mafia / Bout That Money / Big Time Mobb / Broadening The
Movement
Crewmember: HITOP
Crewmember: BLAKE Crewmember: Gusto
Crewmember: Malvo
Also…
Apathy
Kerse
And MORE!

100. How do you think art should interact
with its cultural surroundings?
• NK: Like if there’s art in the bronx, how does it interact
with the bronx?
• NK: If the place where you’re doing the graffiti has
historical background, you work with that. If RAP began
there, weave it into the work! #HonorTheHistory
• Eric: Ditto.
• Mena: maybe the place where you’re putting the
artwork doesn’t have historical meaning? So you could
add something to enhance the neighborhood?
• .
• .

101. Video reactions..
• The art was visible, not too shaky. #SteadyHands
• Really good descriptions.
• Show more ART!
• Step closer to the camera/phone for better audio
• HORIZONTAL!!
• Show off the environment it’s in!
• Seriously confident vocals! (others want to join in.)
• A good view of the art.

102. Video reactions..
• ELLY:
– Showing multiple locations and the surroundings
of the artwork.
– Sharing location of the work.
– Started with the ART, then the environment.
– Consistent angles
– For next time: Show more of the whole piece.
– More talking! More descriptions

103. How do you think art should interact
with its cultural surroundings?
• Eli: It can show representation, like in my neighborhood (UWS)
there’s a Puerto Rican flag and supporting the hurricane victims.
• Elly: In East Harlem, there’s lots of Puerto Rican and Dominican
flags in the street art, on the side of buildings,
• Imani: Artists should consider the cultural surroundings, they
cant just like go into a community and paint whatever they want.
• Dom: If it’s in my neighborhood (Washington Heights), people
will know about it.
– ”Represent the Neighborhood”
• If a specific area is dealing with something, and someone makes art that relates to
that, it’s going to “stay” with the people.
• “Seen1?” was caught, but others have started tagging their name.
• .
•

107. • Nate: Symbols that represent where
they come from.
• The train (NYC daily life)
• Celebrating what used to be
(BG183)
• Bongos, dominoes
• Rosandris: SO colorful, it’s not “the
same.” It’s letters but…it’s not a
simple “tag”
• Elly: “Represent” and “Unity”
• Freddie: Reminds me of Lady Pink, the
one she did in Miami: (RESIST). The
use of letters with images within it.
• .

108. • NK: All of these seem like they’re in
the bronx. Obvs the third one.
• Eric: Colorful.
• JOV! I’ve seen the third one before.
This is near a place called El Volle or
something like that and there’s some
amazing Dominican Food, it’s behind
that building…Dominoes and Bongos -
reference to those who live there.
• Moh: Each of the letters shows a
famous place in the bronx.
• NK: There’s a turntable in there too.
Thinking about hip hop history.
• .

109. TATS CRU is a group of Bronx-based graffiti artists turned professional
muralists. The crew was originally founded by artists Brim, Bio, BG183 and
Nicer. They got their start painting on trains, like many artists in this era. They
use spray paint for their largely wildstyle murals. Over time, they have painted
murals for a multitude of musical artists, including Nas, Rick Ross, and Big Pun.
Currently, TATS CRU has also added HOW, and NOSM (“The Twins”) to their
crew as well.

110. NICER
Born Hector Nazario in the
South Bronx in 1967. He was
fortunate enough to be born
with creativity running
through his veins at an early
age. Throughout the 1970’s
he played in abandoned
buildings, transforming them
in his mind into magical
worlds of wonder and using
his surroundings to create
trucks and cars of bricks and
wood chunks found in
abandoned lots in his south
Bronx neighborhood.
Nate: He’s “sherm”

111. BIO
Wilfredo “Bio” Feliciano
born April 20, 1966 in New
York started his artistic
career in the early eighties
at the height of the New
York City subway graffiti
movement. Thirty years
later he is considered to be
one of the top stylists or
letter masters throughout
the movement worldwide.
Known for his many letter
styles, complex and intricate
wild styles as well as his
explosive use of colors. Bio
is known as a true master of
New York style painting.

112. BG183
BG183 was born and raised
in the South Bronx. One of
the founding members of
the legendary Tats Cru – The
Mural Kings. Defining his
style as the Art of Letters.
He has painted graffiti for 37
years and exhibited artwork
around the world.
He has become world
famous for his many styles
of letters, detailed
characters and complex
backgrounds. BG183 is one
of the most dynamic and
innovative graffiti artists of
our time.

113. Final Thoughts on TatsCru??
•Wicka: they’re put together, and really creative.
They know they have responsibilities but still manage
to put up their artwork.
•Britt: Painting is their lifestyle. I get strong NEW
YORK vibes from them.
•Magdaleno: It reminds me of the stuff my mom
used to do. It brings back good memories. She used
to tag trains and her school.
•Daniel: I found it inspiring! They found their calling
and made a successful living out of it!
•Sara: They seem very chill and happy with what they
do. And they’re livin’ the dream!
•Miles: There’s no meaning, just colors and words.
•Jov! HA! I kind of agree with Miles even though I
shouldn’t. I like the large murals they do, the tags
don’t do much for me. I do like Bio’s HEART.
•Lauren: The coolest thing about them is how long
they’ve been in the game.
•Moh: They’ve all got their different styles. I guess it
looks nice.

114. Final Thoughts on TatsCru??
•Eli: They’ve come a long way…
they went from painting in the
subway and now they’re in
museums.
•Rose: Devoted! Even when
things weren’t easy for them
they kept on trying. Their
aesthetic is very NEW YORK
•Nate: They seem chill, down to
earth.
•Dom: They were proud to be
doing this kind of work.
•Elly: They’re really determined
and experienced. They’re OLD
SCHOOL. Which is cool. They’re
AUTHENTIC.
•Freddie: I like that they’ve kept
their style over decades,
elevating it.

115. If you were to form a graffiti crew, what would it be called? What name
would you tag with?
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116. If you were to form a graffiti crew, what would it be called? What name
would you tag with?
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119. MOMO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
time_continue=33&v=X9adBLJvMIc
https://caironovel.wordpress.com/
momo/

120. Location Survey
Take out a sheet of paper and write…
•Your Name
•Your Borough
•Your Neighborhood
(name the cross streets if you don’t know the precise Nabe-Name)

121. MANHATTAN Washington Heights:
Benzion
Levy
Jennifer R.
Harlem:
Justin
Herbert
Morningside Heights:
Delani
Adiba
Dakota
Upper West
Tatiana
Kellyah
Jaylieen
UPPER East Side
Daymoni

122. BRONXWakefield: Gyaban
West Farms:
Jaylin

123. Woodside
Vraj
Jamaica
Azalea
Queens Village
Kristen
Rosedale
Christian
East Elmhurst
Nila

124. Caroll
Gardens
Mattia
Bushwick
Tenzin
Mohamed
East New York
Marco
Williamsburg
Canarsie
Kendell
Azalea
Coney Island
Yeva

126. MANHATTAN .
Inwood
Danisa
.
Morningside Heights
Artan
Harlem
Mariama
Hells’ Kitchen
Sakin
Chelsea
Cass
.
Spanish Harlem
Sarah?

127. BRONX
Parkchester
Promia
Pelham Bay Park
Adrianna
Allerton
Nita
Morrisania
Abdul
Bedford Park
Katelyn
Mt. Eden
Prince
Claremont Village
Destiny

128. Long Island City
Julio
Astoria
M-Train
East Elmhurst
Ingrid
…....
Elmhurst/Jackson Heights
Noume
Corona
Theresa

129. Sunset Park
Marco
Ditmas Park
Cass
…
….
…

131. Montreal Writers
• so I made a list of Montreal writers because you guys already have seen the stuff from kuma, lush,
typoe and those other hyped writers, and my post with street artists wasn't even funny.
• ZEK TFB, KG, 156, TFO, K6A, A'shop (this picture is a straight up lineup of kickass montreal legends,
except for indie whom I don't give half a shit about) Zek was the first writer in Montreal to
approach murals in a professional way
• stare NME, KG (
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQS5-FjKLUyIHh4JGGI-96hpnDWKVz2XYeE1kBSZT
)
• Bacer SVC In the early 2000s that guy and case fucking smashed Montreal's downtown with
rolldowns, SVC and NME are the reason why rollers are so popular in this city.
• sake BTM Can't talk about montreal without mentionning him, nothing too impressive stylewise
but he's been up and he stays up.
• Castro VC known for gigantic straights in quantity with a very controversial name, dude made the
newspapers with scan in the early 2000s because of how many metro stations they were
destroying
• scan TFB Same kind of bombing game as sake (altough he hasn't been very active illegaly this year),
but with a lot more style and pieces.
• Serak k6a one of the illest throws and hand in the city
as well as the foundator of k6a, which is probably the illest mural/rapper collective in the city

132. TRAP