Style Wars

"Mr.Seen", by Mr. Seen, 1980s



"Taki 183", Taki, 1970s



"Back on Broadway", 1980s, New York city



"Criminals invading again", 1980s, New York city

-Writers write their name on trains and others places, known as bombing.

-The New York community is divided on whether graffiti is art or just illegal vandalism.

-1970, Graffiti, rapping and break dancing became the culture known as hiphop. The written, the spoken, and the body language.

-Mr. Seen one was one of the best graffiti writers in the area.

-Bombing is more strategic than most people thought, starting with a sketch, an outline, filling in the color and adding details.

-The idea of getting your name up everywhere was invented by a kid named “Taki 183” in the early 1970s.

-Train yards eventually started to paint the trains white, and security fences were put up and guard dogs were placed around the yard.