Term that probably originates in Brooklyn, NY.Ĭap – Or Tips – is the nozzle for the spray paint can. A burner piece is a complicated work that takes a lot of time and effort, a style statement, often legal.Ĭannons – Spray cans. A document of illegal works, a black book is carefully hidden away from authorities, so it doesn’t become evidence against its author.īuff – To erase, paint over in one dull color, or otherwise remove graffiti, often with chemicals and pressure guns with sand or water.īurn – To burn can mean either to make a better piece than a rival artist, or to snitch on someone (on purpose or accidentally). Usually, it’s filled with sketches of new pieces or other writers’ tags, containing the entirety of an artist’s body of work. Often a term related to “toys” (see below).īlack book – A sketchbook of a graffiti artist, a treasured possession.
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Usually painted below the windows of a car, they are sometimes called window-downs.īite – To steal someone’s art, ideas, names, tags, letter styles or palette. On a subway train, it refers to a piece that covers the entire train, end to end. Admirers and followers would make tribute portraits of “Angels” or they would tag their names with hovering halos above, adding the dates of their birth and death.īack to back or End to end – Huge graffiti piece that covers a wall from one end to the other, similar to pieces found on the western side of the Berlin Wall. The term originates from New York, and it used to mean – to be known in all the five boroughs, while this “fame” was spread by the subway.Īngel(s) – a famed and well respected graffiti artist who is no longer alive. It’s marked by humor, satire and often sharp criticism of certain societal issues, most often consumerism.Īll-city – Gaining this label means to become a famous graffiti writer in the entire city. Cultural termsĪdbusting – Or Subvertising is the practice of altering and making satirical interventions on public, corporate or political advertisements.
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