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  Zephyr (graffiti artist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zephyr is a graffiti artist from New York City.
He began creating graffiti in 1975 and first signed using the name "Zephyr" in 1977.
From the end of 1983 to the beginning of 1984, his work was featured, along with the works of other graffiti artists, in an exhibit in the Netherlands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zephyr_(graffiti_artist)   (150 words)

  
 Sophomore Project by Amie Csiszer '02
Graffiti artists made a point of distinguishing themselves as individuals, yet they often worked together on pieces and were deeply involved within their crews.
While graffiti was still, for the most part, illegal in the United States, graffiti artists who knew what it was like to bomb a train or to transform a wall in the middle of the night felt disconnected from their roots when doing gallery pieces.
Graffiti artists will choose to do murals as a "change of pace" from tagging or piecing, even as a means of beautifying and paying tribute to the people or ethnic traditions of their neighborhoods (Cockcroft 33-35).
www.union.edu /PUBLIC/SCHOLARS/soph/csiszer.htm   (19959 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It was during the 1980s, when graffiti writers were approached by art dealers to produce their urban wildstyle onto canvas, for sale to well-off collectors that City Government were spending millions trying to eradicate graffiti, once and for all, from the subway system.
"graffiti is a kick in the face to the gallery/museum system, where the artist is pimped like a whore for the capitalist system, made into another commodity for people to buy...graffiti art is free for all to come and view, no-one can own it, it belongs to all of us".
The way graffiti was mass packaged for the art world "can fit Hebdige's definition of 'the commodity art form' in that they sought to remove muralists from the social and aesthetic context for which their art was invented".
www.subversemusic.com /rants/rants5.html   (1839 words)

  
 Zephyr: Graffiti Artist
Graffiti was born out of the hip-hop culture in New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The skateboard culture is prominent in the graffiti scene.
Graffiti artists are a secret society in a secret world.
www.jour.unr.edu /zephyr/spring05/story4/GraffitiArtist.html   (831 words)

  
 Graffiti -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The word "graffiti" expresses the plural of "graffito", although the singular form has become relatively obscure and is largely used in art history to refer to works of art made by scratching the design on a surface.
For example, the 83 graffiti found at CIL IV, 4706-85 (a peristyle which had been undergoing remodeling at the time of the eruption of Vesuvius) were executed not only by the architect Crescens, but also by most of the members of the work crew for whom he served as foreman.
Graffiti artists would sign their "tags" for the sake of doing so, or to increase their reputation and prestige as a "writer" or graffiti artist.
www.bangaloregrid.com /mediawiki/index.php/Graffiti   (4166 words)

  
 Trigger Magazine - NYC: Zephyr
But in the fast-paced world of graffiti art, he and his young friends found that by the time they wanted to contribute, many of their idols’ interests had shifted - some had even soured to the art form.
Zephyr’s graffiti writing crew were focused on train painting and street tagging – activities that required stealth.
In Zephyr’s view, New York has become “a place that’s too expensive for its own inhabitants, designed by urban planners from other parts of the world for the inhabitation of people from other parts of the world.
www.triggermagazine.com /archives/2005/01/zephyr.html   (783 words)

  
 Graffiti Culture - A scholarly essay - Bboy.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Graffiti was often associated with hip-hop, and despite the diversity of writers today, it started primarily as an outlet for disenfranchised fl youth to express themselves.
Graffiti spread rapidly to the west coast, where the primary form of writing seen on walls was that of the gang variety, and took over, producing a unique style that was exclusive to California.
Graffiti is also an effective medium for social change, and as long as there is dissent amongst the residents of a nation, graffiti will be used to reflect this.
www.bboy.org /t62351/s.html   (3353 words)

  
 Bibliography
Zephyr made his debut in '77, not such a good year, according to him: "Graffiti had just passed a climax; the time of the spectacular writing groups such as The Fabulous Five with Lee was over.
Zephyr's chief interest seems to be in the more conventional, steady forms of graffiti.
ZEPHYR: At the moment, graffiti writers who have moved over to the art world are getting a lot of attention.
www.zephyrgraffiti.com /otherwrt/zephfut.html   (671 words)

  
 Graffiti
They say that a graffiti artist who gets caught has got to clean all his illegal Graffitis by himself instead of paying heaps of money to let them be cleaned.
On the whole in my opinion graffiti artists should be punished for their illegal graffitis, but I do not think their life should be destroyed by having to pay more money than they possibly can raise in their lifetime.
There are also styles by the other artists, the most striking is the one DAIM has done: A very costly 3-D style with some amazing fadings, In the centre there is a subway-train, with graffiti written on it, coming out of a kind of future city.
www.schule.bremen.de /schulen/comenius/graffiti.htm   (2888 words)

  
 Graffiti - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Graffiti is a type of deliberately inscribed marking made by humans on surfaces, both private and public, and is often prevalent in low-income neighborhoods.
Graffiti can also refer to website defacements; however, it usually takes the form of publicly painted art, drawings or words.
In contrast to typical modern graffiti, alphabets and quotations from famous literature (especially the first line of Virgil's Aeneid) have been found scribbled on the walls of Pompeii, either for the pleasure of the writer or to impress, albeit anonymously, the passer-by with one's familiarity with letters and literature.
www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Graffiti   (4628 words)

  
 Graffiti World : Street Art from Five Continents
As hip-hop culture spread from America, graffiti became a worldwide phenomenon, emerging in the 1980s as the symbolic artistic language of young people everywhere and one of the most potent influences on youth-oriented marketing and design.
With more than 2,000 illustrations by over 150 artists from all over the world and interviews with many of them, this visually arresting book is the most comprehensive survey of graffiti art ever published.
Today's young graffiti artists incorporate a variety of mediums-including stickers, stencils, oils, acrylics, and oil-based chalk-as well as an ever-expanding range of social commentary.
www.iyares.com /amazon/details.aspx?id=0810949792   (629 words)

  
 Dondi White Foundation
Graffiti writer Dondi White came up in the 1970s, plastering his name and many aliases on dozens of subway trains.
He was the first graffiti artist to have a one-man show in the Netherlands and Germany, and his work is collected by European museums.
While most of the graffiti in White’s neighborhood was gang-related and territorial, White’s approach was founded in artistry.
www.dondiwhitefoundation.org /bio.htm   (639 words)

  
 Reader Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Differences in both form and intent exist: graffiti art aims at self-expression and creativity, and may involve highly stylized letterforms drawn with markers, or cryptic and colorful spray paint murals on walls, buildings, and even freight trains.
Graffiti is subject to different societal pressures from popularly-recognized art forms, since graffiti appears on walls, freeways, buildings, trains or any accessible surfaces that are not owned by the person who applies the graffiti.
Computer generated graffiti No Guts, No Fame, its noticeable "anti-police" theme shows both its subject's and its creator's frustration with the perceived illegal threat of graffiti, and the belief that the likely penalty is worth the price.
www.steamboatpilot.com /forum/msg/75014881   (2844 words)

  
 Ecko Red Claw Contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Co-designed by the Eckored team and Claw, the 10 "Certified Outlaw" styles incorporate core elements of the Eckored brand with designs reflective of the artist's graffiti writing lifestyle and her trademark CLAW logo.
She began writing graffiti in the late 1980s, when she moved to Manhattan, after she enrolled in the Fashion Institute of Technology.
It was during this time that her admiration for her graffiti evolved into an obsession.
www.eckounltd.com /promos/claw/about.html   (304 words)

  
 Graffiti Artist
The primary creative force in his work is his experience in the New York City graffiti art movement.
Inspired by subway graffiti kings NOC 167, BILLY 167, and LEE Quinones, SPAR began painting graffiti during the 1970s.
He was a member of popular graffiti crews such as The Fantastic Partners and The Non Stoppers.
www.sparone.net /bio.html   (552 words)

  
 turnstyle murals design artist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As aerosol spray paint is the traditional tool of the graffiti artist, the crossover of the medium into their legal murals is to be expected.
View the many styles of b-boy characters and lettering by the artist and skilled 12oz aerosol krylon can manipulator.These character pictures are all done from my personal original artwork on big walls.
image b boy artist writing in a flbook drawings of barbwire microphone battle scetch of 2 b-boys and walls.
www.turnsart.com   (385 words)

  
 Zephyr -
Zephyr (graffiti artist), a well-known graffiti artist from New York City
Pioneer Zephyr, a diesel-powered railroad trainset built in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Zephyr, a wooden roller coaster which was the signature ride at the Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park
psychcentral.com /psypsych/wiki/Zephyr   (244 words)

  
 Graffiti -
In times of conflict, such murals have offered a means of communication and self-expression for members of these socially, ethnically and/or racially divided communities, and have proven themselves as effective tools in establishing dialog and thus of addressing cleavages in the long run.
Image:Graffitti-face.jpg In an effort to reduce vandalism, many cities have designated walls or areas exclusively for use by graffiti artists.
Marc Eckos:Getting Up, Contents under pressure is a video game in which one has to take on the role of a Graffiti artist in a fictional futuristic city.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/wiki/Graffiti   (4530 words)

  
 Zephyr @149st
ZEPHYR is an early generation RTW member who bombed Broadway in the late 1970s and went all city in the 1980s.
ZEPHYR was always in the forefront of writing's merger with mainstream culture.
In 2001 ZEPHYR and Michael White wrote Dondi White Style Master General - The Life of Graffiti Artist Dondi White.
www.at149st.com /zeph.html   (251 words)

  
 Web site of the week: zephyrgraffiti.com
This site created for graffiti artist Zephyr, a pioneer in the art of graffiti, showcases his work and the work of other famous graffiti writers.
The target audience includes not only fans of graffiti art but, because he is frequently asked to participate in urban studies classes at universities, professors and students.
Unfortunately Graffiti artists, especially writers, are generally considered to be on the fringes of the art world—and society—and are too often overlooked as making important artistic contributions.
www.designinteract.com /sow_d/091800   (387 words)

  
 Graff Magazines and Videos
It features graffiti from artists Met, Kem, Ges, Natural, Biter and Jase as well as skating from Ragdoll, Vinny Vegas, Matt Ball and Sean Eaton.
In GV 4, Sano (2 time winner of the International Graffiti Art Competition) teaches you the concepts, aesthetics, techniques, and style needed to complete a perfect semi wild style piece and how to spray paint on canvass.
GV3 is a poetic voyage, a mediation, into the iconography of graffiti art featuring an eclectic soundtrack as its emotional and intellectual core.
www.artprimo.com /graffiti_dvd.htm   (654 words)

  
 Hua Hsu
In a 1995 interview, legendary graffiti artist Dondi White explained his first real exposure to those sacred languages: "(I) think I got into it on my own, because as I would go to different neighborhoods I would always look on the walls to see what gang was in the neighborhood.
I was always reading shit on the walls." Once Dondi himself started dabbling in graffiti in the mid-1970s, he and his posse maneuvered the thoroughfares of New York with the keen awareness of amateur cartographers, keeping track of which way trains ran, what boroughs boasted the freshest styles and what landmarks afforded maximum visibility.
It is often argued that the "right authorizing frameworks" are the only thing preventing art snobs from seeing the best graffiti craftsmanship for what it is-not primitive but providential; not reckless but careful, transient and disciplined; too fast to stand around and intellectualize, forget the color wheels and canvases.
www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~hhsu/dondi.html   (849 words)

  
 Dondi White Foundation
The two were an unorthodox pair; White, as with his rooftop piece, was defying the secrecy normally involved with graffiti by exposing his life and work to a media-savvy photographer.
Twelve graffiti writers were flown into an Amtrak train yard in Michigan to paint trains.
Esses was appalled that the MTA’s sole policy in regards to graffiti was to remove it.
www.dondiwhitefoundation.org /bio2.htm   (546 words)

  
 Art Crimes: Featured Artists
Delta his Backjumps poster and graffiti architecture and homepage deltainc.nl and a tribute
Zedzand graffiti architecture and with Delta at inconstruct
In general, only pages dedicated to a graffiti artist, stencilist, flyposter, crew, or subvertiser will be considered for this page.
www.graffiti.org /index/artists.html   (260 words)

  
 Style Wars DVD Is the Full-Car Burner published by SOHH.com
The film chronicles the battle of wits and wills between graffiti artists and former Mayor Ed Koch, the police, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York in 1982, and gives voice to the most well-known graffiti artists in New York.
Complementing footage of the miles of tags, burners, and full-car art, the Rock Steady Crew and the Dynamic Rockers clash and rep for hip-hop alongside their graffiti brethren.
Disc 2 serves a Hall of Fame of sorts that has artist galleries with graf works, rare photos, and accompanying interviews.
www.sohh.com /article_print.php?content_ID=4432   (295 words)

  
 Zephyr Hoods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
From 1862 to 1866 he commanded the ''Pylades'' on the North American station, and was then appointed to the command of the ''Excellent''
a well known graffiti artist from NYC named Zephyr
The ''Minnesota Zephyr'', an elegant dining train located in the historic city of Stillwater, Minnesota, is not associated with the historic Burlington ''Zephyr'' fleet.
www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/99/zephyr-hoods.html   (845 words)

  
 SOHH.com / Daily Hip-Hop News / Style Wars DVD Is the Full-Car Burner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
01-10-2006: Graff Artist Faces 30-Count Indictment in Queens Vandalism Spree
12-02-2005: Hip-Hop Writer Takes Graffiti Roots to NYC Gallery
11-14-2005: New York Puts A Tighter Cap on Graff Artists
www.sohh.com /articles/article.php/4432/1   (504 words)

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