News Tagged: new-york-city

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    Revolution Through Art: Occupy Wall Street and May Day

    With the May 1st general strike approaching, Occupy Wall Street has been hard at work hitting walls around the country to get their message evoke change.

    ©12ozProphet - Tuesday May 01, 2012

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    Video: Shepard Fairey at Pace Prints

    Shepard Fairey was recently in New York City at Pace Prints preparing for his upcoming show, 'Harmony & Discord'. Check out the video after the jump!

    ©12ozProphet - Friday April 27, 2012

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    MTA Glimpse Underground: Fast Track 8th Ave

    As part of the MTA Fast Track program, stations on the 8th Avenue lines from 59 St-Columbus Circle to Jay St-MetroTech and World Trade Center were shut down this week from 10pm-5am each night for repair. We took a look at some of the work that went down underground.

    ©12ozProphet - Friday April 27, 2012

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    Photo: Ces and Chain3 Pay Homage to Stay High 149 at Tuff City

    Ces and Chain3 TMT recently paid homage to the legendary graffiti writer Stay High 149. In the early 70's his tags were omnipresent and his smoking stick figure 'the saint' was iconic. His work influenced generations of writers to follow.

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday April 26, 2012

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    100-Year Old Unseen Throwback Photos of New York City

    The Department of Records has released never-before-seen photographs of New York City dating back about 100-years from the 1800's and 1900's. Check out some of these pictures we posted of the rotten apple back in the day.

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday April 25, 2012

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    Video: Trailer for "New York Brooklyn Rides" featuring PR Fixed Crew

    Check out this trailer for a documentary titled New York Brooklyn Rides which features PR Fixed, a fixed-gear bike crew from Puerto Rico that hit up NYC for the very exhilarating Monster Track XIII alley race.

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday April 25, 2012

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    Greg Lamarche's Upcoming Talk at the Type Directors Club

    On May 8th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Greg Lamarche will be hosting a talk at the Type Directors Club in New York City. He will discuss how his graffiti roots have influenced his development as a letterist and illustrator.

    ©12ozProphet - Tuesday April 24, 2012

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    Close Calls And Reckless Riding Fun In Harlem

    A really intense point of view video with excerpts from an interview with long-time Harlem dirt bike rider, aliased, Benmoore.

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday April 19, 2012

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    Jason Woodside Paints Mural on Kenmare Street for CNNCTD+

    Jason Woodside painted a large vibrant mural on Kenmare St in collaboration with CNNCT+ founder Roman Grandinetti. The mural is painted alongside a listening station that allows a passerby to use their own headphones and hear Jason Woodside promoting the newest project by CNNCT+ "CNNCTD+100". If you're in the area, be sure to check out the mural...

    ©12ozProphet - Monday April 16, 2012

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    Preview: Max Ferguson "Painting My Father" 30 Years of Painting a New York...

    Max Ferguson is an artist who depicts New York City in his classical oil paintings. For the last 30 years one of Ferguson's main subjects was his father, Richard Ferguson, throughout New York from Coney Island to Katz's Deli.

    ©12ozProphet - Monday April 16, 2012

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    Recap: 'Tabatha' Book Launch at The Hole NYC

    New York's downtown set overflowed onto Bowery and Bleecker Tuesday night in support of 21-year old Tabatha McGurr's book release at The Hole Shop. Read our full recap and see photos from the evening after the jump!

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday April 12, 2012

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    Book Reissue: 'Graffiti A New York' by Andrea Nelli

    Whole Train Press has announced that it is reissuing one of the first ever books on Graffiti after over 30 years of being out of print. 'Graffiti A New York' documents some of the earliest and most influential years in the development of graffiti art as we know it.

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday April 11, 2012