subway graffiti
Underground train art
Subway graffiti is spray-painted or marker-drawn writing and images on subway cars, stations, and tunnels.
The practice emerged in New York City in the 1970s as a form of urban expression, with artists tagging their names in increasingly elaborate styles.
What transit authorities treat as vandalism, others view as street art: The subway graffiti of the 1980s influenced contemporary graphic design.
The term now encompasses both crude tags and complex murals.
- tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
- spray paintAerosolized coating in cans
- trainsLinked rail carriages
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- vandalismWillful property damage
murals · hip-hop · New York · piece of art · bombing · throw-ups · markers · burners · transit · transit authority · tunnels · train yard · writers · crews · getting up · going over · caps · aerosol
- vandalismvandalism, defacement, tagging, defacing, property damage
- New York CityManhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island
- NYC TransitMTA, Grand Central Terminal, MetroCard, train, bus stops
subway graffitiSistine Chapel ceiling
Painted papal vault
fine art · classical sculpture · high art · Renaissance frescoes
subway, subways, graffiti, graphic, graphics, graphical, graphically, autograph, biography