20 August 2011

40 Years of Graffiti


There's an exhibition on the Art of Graffiti (and tags) at the Grimaldi Forum at the moment.

It's a very much an in-your-face exhibition and fascinating. The first graffiti artist to be recognised (1971) was a young Greek called Demetrius from Washington Heights who signed himself Taki 183, after the number of the street where he lived. More tomorrow...

3 comments:

  1. Do you know how long the exhibit is on for? I'm back soon and would like to cover it!

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  2. Jameson, it was supposed to close on the 19th August and was extended to the 21st, and that's tomorrow...sorry.

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  3. Thanks. Oh well, it looks like a cool exhibit.

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