![]() ![]() The early 1970’s also saw the emergence of two legends of the graffiti scene in Phase 2, who developed his distinctive bubble writing and Blade, who became known for covering entire train carriages with graffiti work. ![]() The graffiti being created also started to evolve and become more unique, with artists such as LEE 163 starting to join the letters together. ![]() 1971 was also the time when the subway trains started to be tagged, creating some of the most iconic artwork to have come out of the early graffiti and street art scene. He gained notoriety when The New York Times ran an article on him in 1971, resulting in tagging becoming a game of who could get noticed the most. The end of the 1960’s saw the emergence of the graffiti scene in New York, when a number of graffiti writers started tagging their names, usually an alias combined with a street number, such as JULIO 204, CAY161 and the infamous TAKI183. Take a look at the development of the culture in Bomb It – The Global Graffiti Documentary video Watch Cornbread and Taki 183 in action in this MOCA 2011 video. Another Philadelphia tagger, Top Cat 126, moved to New York in 1967 and helped to spark the graffiti trend there. Cool Earl was best friend to Cornbread and also became known for his tagging exploits, the pair gaining media attention. The story goes that he started graffiti writing because of a girl he had a crush on, Cynthia Custuss, which led to him writing ‘Cornbread Loves Cynthia’ all over the area, then continuing with his own tag. Darryl McCray, better known as Cornbread, is the man who is often credited with being the first graffiti writer, tagging his name all over North Philadelphia. While graffiti has existed in many forms, from when man lived in caves through to ancient civilizations, the modern form of street art and graffiti writing was undoubtedly born during themed to late 1960’s. The company, Seymour of Sycamore was founded to manufacture the spray paints and is still going strong today in Chicago.Ĭornbread, a romantic soul who helped start an entire artistic movement On the suggestion of his wife Bonnie, Seymour came up with the aerosol can full of paint, the first color being aluminum. Then we come to 1949 and one Edward Seymour, the father of spray paint. His lightweight aluminum cans became widely available to the public in 1947 through his Precision Valve Corporation. Their work led Robert Abplanalp to design a valve crimp, that let liquids be sprayed from a can under pressure. On to World War II and the United States government invested in research to find a way for their troops to carry a spray against bugs with malaria, this resulted in a small aerosol invented by Lyle Goodhue and William Sullivan. Into the 20th century and Norwegian Erik Rotheim patented his aerosol with valve, which was the forerunner of the modern version, the Norwegian post office even produced a stamp to celebrate the invention in 1998. Spray cans made of metal were first used in 1862, but were too heavy for commercial use at the time while in 1899 inventors Helbling and Pertsch patented pressurized aerosols. You may be surprised to learn that the original concept of the aerosol dates back to France in 1790, when carbonated drinks were served, while in 1837, a gentleman named Perpigna invented the soda siphon with the use of a valve. ![]() But first, let’s go back a little further and find out just who is responsible for those spray cans that are equally loved and hated.ĭid you know that the concept of aerosol and spray cans dates back to the 18th century? This has been aided somewhat also by the rise in galleries that now specialize in exhibiting urban contemporary artworks. While some of the original graffiti artists from the 1970’s managed to cross over into the art gallery world, only recently has it been seen as the norm for artists to work both outdoors and in the studio. The 21st century has seen these two movements become recognized art forms bound to break away from being branded as forms of vandalism. The history of the 20th century graffiti art is a long and well-documented story, but with the recent popularity of all things urban and street art related that have benefited a great number of contemporary urban artists who now combine street art with studio-based works, it is always good to remind ourselves of the originators of the street art and graffiti scene. ![]()
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