Graffiti or "rakugaki" in Japanese is the term for any basic public markings, whether big or small. It is usually associated with gangs, which were done mainly to “mark their territories.” It has also ...

Ex-train-tagger Marcus Barnes found himself arrested for ‘encouraging’ crime when he produced a graffiti magazine. Here he tells the story of the three-year nightmare that ensued and examines our ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J.—A former Pep Boys auto store is covered inside and out with graffiti, all by area artists. But later this summer, the building will meet the wrecking ball—and the artists aren’t ...

In the early 1970s, the pioneer generation of graffiti writers from A-One to Zephyr were making their presence known on New York’s streets and subways. Theirs were wild, energetic styles that caught ...

Graffiti is described in the Oxford Dictionary as “Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.” Graffiti is defined as permanently ...

There’s a hidden history of Los Angeles that can be found under the city’s bridges, within tunnels, and on building walls. Author and urban ethnographer Susan Phillips puts together an archive of ...

Drasko Boljevic climbs precariously on a bench and pastes his latest work up on a wall next to a bar. It's broad daylight, and there's a security camera aimed right at him. "How does it look?" he asks ...

Tagging, the act of writing your graffiti name with spray paint or markers, is one of the most maligned, misunderstood and prosecuted forms of self expression. From its early beginnings in struggling ...

THE MEN ARE MOSTLY dressed in black. Some wear hoods; all of them have their faces covered. Standing in the trees at a distance from them, across a stretch of brown river, I watch as they track each ...

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Sacha Jenkins, left, co-curated the graffiti exhibit, "Write of Passage," which opened in New York in October. Photos by Robert Adam Mayer/Red Bull Content Pool Armed with magic markers on a ...