An illicit tribute to graffiti writers has been vandalized, just days after going up. The lino-print portraits of IZ THE WIZ, TIE ONE and SACE have been mutilated, their heads lopped off and lacerated. Street artist Noh J. Coley plans to recreate his paper piece, which now illustrates why dead graffiti artists are rarely memorialized in anything but paint.
Photo by Noh J. Coley
After a series of tributes to deceased graffiti writers, street artist Noh J. Coley created a group tribute, reprinting his linoleum-cut portraits of IZ THE WIZ, TIE ONE and SACE. His “Sprayed N Stone” piecedepicts the trio of graffiti writers breaking through Heaven’s pearly gates, located in Queens.
Photo by Noh J. Coley
Following his street art tributes to TIE ONE and SACE, Noh J. Coley paid his respects to legendary vandal IZ THE WIZ. The street artist pasted up a linoleum print illustrating and honoring the graffiti writing pioneer, aka Michael Martin, in Williamsburg.
Photo by Noh J. Coley
Wow! Artist Noh J. Coley created these realistic street art tributes to graffiti writers Jonathan See Lim aka TIE ONE and Dash Snow aka SACE—both of whom died way too young although the circumstances couldn’t be more different. They were created using linoleum prints with acrylic wash on paper and posted up in Manhattan. |Unurth|
Photos by Noh J. Coley
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