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@149st Video: John Crash Matos. Documentation of New York City subway graffiti history. Featuring graffiti artist biographies, interviews and artwork.
56 Likes, TikTok video from wizmatik (@wizmatik): “Style Wars shined a light on the vibrant, gritty world of graffiti and hip-hop culture that was exploding across New York City. Central to this movement was the 149th Street-Grand Concourse station, famously known as the “writers’ bench.” It was here, on this bench, that graffiti artists gathered, traded stories, critiqued each other ...
The bench at 149th St. and Grand Concourse is one spot where graffiti writers would gather and watch trains in the 70's and 80's when graffiti ran on the subway trains in New York.
21 sty 2022 · The term is borrowed from the New York subway generation and the legendary “Writers Bench,” a subway station on 149th Street where writers congregated to exchange stories and critique graffiti from several different lines as they rolled through the station.
Starring writers from New York City, Canada, Germany, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Argentina, Australia, China and Japan. It clearly demonstrates the international scope aerosol art has reached. The video takes you directly inside train yards and lay-ups to watch writers in action.
8,543 Followers, 5,234 Following, 3,919 Posts - @149st NYC Graffiti (@149st_graffiti) on Instagram: "Eric Deal: Author of Graffiti New York (Abrams) Documenting New York City graffiti since 1977".
Launched in 1998, the @149st Web site's primary objective is the preservation of the history of the art form developed on New York City's subways. It is a work-in-progress and the basis for several documentary projects including the book Graffiti New York and upcoming videos and exhibitions.
