get up v. phr.— «It is this desire to get known, or “get up” all over town to become “all city” that motivates tagging, which is probably the most visible form of graffiti in the city of Grand Rapids...
piecer n.— «The biographical blurbs written by Mr. Martinez for the veteran graffiti artists in the show are not the kind of restrained prose usually found in the gallery world or a classroom. One artist, Case 2, is described as “a...
gravanity n.— «Evers’ team has noticed that people increasingly want to leave their mark in public. At the Tate Britain Museum in London, for instance, visitors are asked to write captions for works of art. Selected contributions are then...
get buffed v.— «Written and directed by Matt McCormick, a filmmaker from Portland, Oregon, this ethereal short film from 2001 documents the seemingly mundane job of graffiti removal (or, as we graff writers call “buffing,” or...
buffing n.— «Written and directed by Matt McCormick, a filmmaker from Portland, Oregon, this ethereal short film from 2001 documents the seemingly mundane job of graffiti removal (or, as we graff writers call “buffing,” or...
Rafia n.— «Previously unheard of graffiti of “IRA scum out” emerged on Belfast’s streets while a new expression was adopted for the paramilitary force: Rafia—a hybrid of the street word for the Provisionals “Ra”...