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| A controversial art form and provocative cultural phenomenon, graffiti has inestimably influenced our entire environment—from music and fashion to advertising, architecture, and graphic arts. Yet it is an illegal activity, which makes its practitioners wanted criminals. Motivated by a desire for self-expression and recognition, the act of marking one’s territory is done at the risk of severe consequences including fines and jail time. Graffiti writers are outlaws, unknown artists whose faces are known only to their peers. Treated as criminals by the law and dismissed as artists by the establishment, writers are perceived as either alluring antiheroes or loathsome vandals, and usually remain anonymous to their audience. But not to photographer Peter Sutherland. With an eye for style, Sutherland captures all of the gritty glory and glamour of the graffiti world and its warriors. Exhibited for the first time in New York City, in Autograf: New York City’s Graffiti Writers, Sutherland presents a never-before-seen chronicle of the people and places that populate New York’s famed graff scene at The powerHouse Gallery from May 5 through June 10, 2004. Featuring old-school legends FUTURA, STAY HIGH 149, LADY PINK and DOZE, as well as COPE 2, KAWS, CYCLE, CLAW, VFRESH, KR, EARSNOT, SERF, NATO, NET, RATE, SACER, UFO, SEMZ, 323, and DSENSE, among many others, each one of the fifty-three portraits is authentically tagged by the individual writers using the same paint markers that brought them fame. Autograf is the only photography exhibition to showcase New York City’s graffiti scene as it was created and defined by some of the most prolific artists of our time. The Autograf: New York City’s Graffiti Writers exhibition features 42 four-color and 11 black-and-white 11x14 inch photographs. *Edition prints: c-prints, made in 2004, 16 x 20 inches, signed by the pictured graffiti artists, signed and numbered by the photographer, edition # 1/5, $500 1134nyc panel: Untitled, spray paint on primed wood panel, made in 2004, Autograf Limited Edition: |
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