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I Settled the Gay Identity Rift Between NYC and India By Writing a Novel Posted on April 17, 2015 by Mala Kumar in News&Takeover

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Sara Rosen takes a look at @officialspikelee’s e

Sara Rosen takes a look at @officialspikelee’s exhibit at the @brooklynmuseum and speaks to @drkimgant, the curator, who was given access to the filmmakers treasure trove of objects and art and choose accordingly.

Graffiti legends, old friends, and family showed u

Graffiti legends, old friends, and family showed up to celebrate the life of Michael Tracy aka TRACY 168 at Oval Park in the Bronx today. The Wild Style originator will be missed and never forgotten! "Woo-woo!" RIP! #tracy168 #wildstyle

Next level #XSM #nycgraffiti

Next level #XSM #nycgraffiti

Follow @artissam_ (artist) h/t @zahrahankir #anima

Follow @artissam_ (artist) h/t @zahrahankir #animalnyselects

#MISS17 #nycgraffiti 📷: @edwinism

#MISS17 #nycgraffiti 📷: @edwinism

Some new additions… #nycgraffiti

Some new additions… #nycgraffiti

Twenty years ago, when ANIMAL was being hatched ou

Twenty years ago, when ANIMAL was being hatched out of a gallery in the East Village, TRACY 168 would periodically stop by and he always had an incredible blackbook filled with his work, and visual treasures from some of the best in the game. It was early 2003, and the first issue had just dropped, so I told him I’d love to publish his pages in the next two. He submitted “TRACY Island” for issue 2 ⬅️ and a news page of current events—from October of 1987—done TRACY style for issue 3 (pictured). Pinch your way though the stock market collapse, the U.S. bombing of Iranian oil facilities, and a shout out to the Yankee’s most infamous, dirt-kicking manager. RIP TRACY! #tracy168 #wildstyle #tbt

Marvel x DC crossover! Enter a prompt: "[Insert su

Marvel x DC crossover! Enter a prompt: "[Insert superhero’s name] fighting Israeli soldiers in Gaza." (Comic book filter) #Hulk #Superman #SpiderMan #Batman #IronMan #WonderWoman #ceasefirenow🇵🇸

Follow @mothannahussein (artist) #animalnyselects

Follow @mothannahussein (artist) #animalnyselects

Follow @taqi_spateen (artist) "Halloween: You cele

Follow @taqi_spateen (artist) "Halloween: You celebrate the horror & we live in it." #animalnyselects

For some great shoots of Bike Kill 19, head over t

For some great shoots of Bike Kill 19, head over to… 📷: @todseelie

Incredible tribute to graffiti innovator TRACY 168

Incredible tribute to graffiti innovator TRACY 168… "Wild Style Baby!" RIP! 📷: @getnlooseofficial

“Wild Style, woo-woo!!" That’s how subway graf

“Wild Style, woo-woo!!" That’s how subway graffiti pioneer and lovable lunatic TRACY 168 (@the_tracy168) would announce himself to me—and everyone else—when he'd visit the gallery I used to run in the early 2000’s. He would stop in a few times a year, to talk shit about the scene and and bless me with canvasses and hit the in-house blackbook. Born in February of 1958 in the Bronx, Michael Tracy was funny and eccentric; he was one of those loud-mouthed, old school writers who was by no means humble or shy about his contributions to the culture. And he could back it up, establishing himself as one of the most influential graffiti artists to ever pick up a spray can and make his mark, literally, on NYC history.

TRACY painted with the most notable practitioners in the game over the course of his career. "We turned dark gloomy trains into rolling rainbows,” he once said. TRACY started writing early in the late 1960s and was part of that first generation of writers responsible for advancing the underground art form considerably and making that transition into the gallery world less than a decade later. He was widely recognized for being proficient early on with color and design and of course, his iconic TRACY-face character.

TRACY coined "wild style," and used it to describe the kinetic style of lettering he developed, the legendary crew he founded, and the way he lived. In a 2006 New York Magazine article, here’s how TRACY contextualized the iconic phrase: “I started wild style. Wild means untamed, and style means I have class. So I was like an animal but with respect. And they used that word for the hip-hop movie. They thought it was a saying that was all over the street, but it was just the way we lived.”

He was referring to the cult classic film of the same namesake that director Charlie Ahearn ran with as a title, and it became cemented into the graffiti lexicon. On some level, that always bugged the shit out of TRACY, since he says he was never compensated for the term, but on another, he knew was an originator and no one could ever take that from him. Wild Style will always be his legacy. It was written... RIP King TRACY 168! 👑 —Bucky Turco

#KATSU #nycgraffiti

#KATSU #nycgraffiti

#SWERVE #nycgraffiti

#SWERVE #nycgraffiti

✨#QZAR✨ #XSM #nycgraffiti

✨#QZAR✨ #XSM #nycgraffiti

@missroseneditions speaks to Constance Hansen—on

@missroseneditions speaks to Constance Hansen—one half of the husband and wife photography team @lesguzman—about her incredible vintage series of black and white photos from Arts High, or Newark’s version of 'Fame' for those who grew up in the 1980s. Take a step back in time ⬅️

📷: ©️Guzman

#MISS17 #WOMBAT #REGAE #NOVA #nycgraffiti

#MISS17 #WOMBAT #REGAE #NOVA #nycgraffiti

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