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Street Sounds Hip Hop 22 - UK version 1988. Coverart by Ace & Terice.

#aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiart #graffitirecordsleeve #ukhiphop #streetsounds #electro22

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Archive folder, size A3 fully drawn and sketched by the writer JAWS. The folder was used in 1989 up to 1991 at the Grafisch Lyceum Amsterdam.

Thanks to @graffiti_database for this special object from a bygone era. Collection highlight.

#aboutgraffiticulture #grafischlyceumamsterdam #graffitiheritage #amsterdamgraffiti #graffitculture #graffitisketch

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Zeef rewind 1989 - 2022 a miniature interfrigo fishing train that takes us back to where it all started for us, IJmuiden along the North Sea Canal, under the smoke of the Hoogovens on the verge of closed railway lines, decay, bunkers and industry. An end station for many, the starting point for us. In the shadow of Amsterdam and Haarlem.

In IJmuiden a clear horizon is impossible to find, there is an abundance of industry and companies, many streets look dilapidated, seagulls squawk and the wind is always blowing.... IJmuiden was our playground where in these days kids of just 13 years old illustrious alter egos made up as Spike, Mr. Master, Reno, Sake, Joes, Lase, Shot, Shane and Zeef who took the marker in hand for this retrospective. Thanks @spoorwegpolitie

#aboutgraffiticulture #ijm85 #personalmemories #graffitiheritage #graffiticulture #interfrigo #zeeffmb

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Urban Heritage Hip-hop edition grab your copy now @mrgraffiti.shop

#urbanheritage #graffitiheritage #aboutgraffiticulture #hiphopdontstop #hiphopheritage #dutchgraffitilibrary #rocksteadypark @bill.blast #newyorkgraffiti @norfside_archives #tbe #subwaygraffiti bwaygr

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Rhone Shy 1986 and Angel Rhyme 1990, classic rooftop spot along the tracks between Amsterdam Central Station and Sloterdijk at the corner Plantciusstraat/Haarlemmerhouttuinen.

#aboutgraffiticulture @the.gamesmith @stararena.art #dutchgraffitilibrary #amsterdamgraffiti #rhonewow #analogphotography #rooftopgraffiti

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Some publications don't get the attention they deserve. This is one of them, the new Hot Stuff issue 11. Great content and photos on the cutting edge of Hip-hop, graffiti, New York art scene and street culture. A top edition done by @disco_patrick Comes with fresh poster.

#hotstuffmagazine #aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage #aboutgraffiticulture #sender #rappinmaxrobot

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Backyard of the Louvre Museum 1987, the world's most-visited museum, and a historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. Outside was the real deal going on....

Pictures by DGL on a schooltrip early 1987. #aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage #parisgraffiti @museelouvre @original_bando

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Home is where the heart is. Graffiti project City of Delft 2012. Digital files and small publication. Graphic design by Tot en met ontwerpen - Photography by Bart Kemps. Thanks to @nathalievanderhak

#delftgraffiti #aboutgraffiticulture #totenmetontwerpen #bartkemps #graffitiheritage

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Completion decoration of 13th floor Unity Program for tomorrow's Dutch Creativity Festival, Amsterdam. During the Festival, you are invited to explore the powerful story and potent potential of hip hop with Edson, Patta and his friends. With Dutch Graffiti Library, the space is transformed into a visual ode to hip hops expression and history.

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Entrance to the Unity program, dedicated to the birth of hip hop and its influence on the world of creative ideas!

Curated by @edsonbarbapapa
Sat 19.11 @clubadcn

‘HIP HOP DON’T STOP'. Mone, Asure and Ray, TBE-crew. Amsterdam subway early 1990s.

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Koekrand 53, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 1981 Editor: Johan Van Leeuwen (RIP), press: 450 Size: A4 with a handmade two tone poster roughly stapled into the inner cover. Added to the DGL collection.

Koekrant was an Amsterdam based zine that was produced from 1977 up to the mid eighties. It was a punk zine and, like its contemporaries at the time, covered the punk scene and music in Amsterdam with the notable difference being that Koekrant featured literary work as well. The cover sometimes had stencilwork as well as being photocopied. It was also sometimes written under a different name such as Koecrandt, Coekrandt, Koekkrant, Koekrand, and Coekrant.

Years later the Nieuwe Koekrant was released by Johan van Leeuwen which lasted several years. In total there were more than a hundred issues of Koekrant written. (Source Zinewiki).

#aboutgraffiticulture #punkgraffiti #koekrand #dianaozon @dianaozon @hugokaagman #punkheritage #graffiticulture #zebrahuis #galleryanus #drieluikzaandam

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The book has arrived! After a long time of waiting through setbacks and unexpected twists, Alias Press truly drops an absolute highlight in the champions league of publishing about graffiti!

In Tales from Belgium, @aliaspress did an unprecedentedly deep 6-year research into the roots of graffiti writing on passenger trains in the publishing house’s home country of Belgium.

Pictures: The limited edition TALES FROM BELGIUM book with a handmade textile backing taken from a first class seat from one of Belgium’s ‘Piggy’ trains. The yellow stripe down the front of the book indicates that it is first class. Signed and numbered number 53/56. Collection Dutch Graffiti Library.

824 pages, Hardcover. Two different papers types. English text

Catch your copy before it's too late!

#talesfrombelgium #aboutgraffiticulture #dutchgraffitilibrary #graffitiheritage #graffiticulture #belgiumgraffiti

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Collecting is not something we have been doing since the last few years. It's in our DNA. Starting in the mid-80s, visiting libraries, stations and cities and documenting graffiti culture with photos, articles and other curiosities.

Here are some snapshots from the teenet bedroom in the parental home around 1989/90.

#ijm85 #aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage #graffiticulture #analogphotography #analoggraffiti #graffitibode #vintagepictures

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Celebrating unity

Explore on Saturday november, 19 the powerful story and potent potential of Hip Hop with Edson, Patta and his friends at Dutch Creativity Festival in Amsterdam. With Dutch Graffiti Library, the space will be transformed into a visual ode to hip hops expression and history.

More info? Check @clubadcn

@edsonbarbapapa @patta_nl #dutchcreativityfestival #adcn #hiphipdontstop #aboutgraffiticulture #hiphopculture picture thanks to @norfside_archives

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From being in the middle of everything in New York to the meditative Huntington Beach, Pablo Calogero (AKA COCA82) now has the Air to breathe. The jazz musician and former graffiti legend is featured on Writers on Wax: The Sound of Graffiti Volume 2. Check out for a good long read the link in bio of @ruyzdael

#thesoundofgraffiti #aboutgraffiticulture #ruyzdael

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Raw Mean Data Machine IMN 96. Delta INC. Amsterdam 1995 #5/70. Silkscreen on metal.

@boris_tellegen #dutchgraffitilibrary #deltainc #postgraffiti #aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage #culturalheritage #boristellegen

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'Exhibition 001: POST GRAFFITI' Catalogue by @rogergastman for @control.gallery inaugural exhibition POST GRAFFITI, featuring a diverse range of emerging and established artists with roots in graffiti and street art. The catalogue also includes images of rare ephemera from Roger Gastman's personal archive and a great contribution by @seanc74

Featured Artists:
Blake Kunin, CHITO, Conor Harrington, CRASH, Eric HAZE, Felipe Pantone, FUTURA2000, Gregory Rick, KATSU, Kenny Scharf, Lady Pink, MADSAKI, Maya Hayuk, Nehemiah Cisneros, Othelo Gervacio, Ozzie Juarez, Paul Flores, Paul Insect, POSE, Timothy Curtis, & Todd James

#aboutgraffiticulture @beyondthestreetsart
#culturalheritage
#controlgallery #rogercastman #postgraffiti #graffiticulture

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After two previous releases, an album and an EP, that brought together graffiti writers in the capacity of music producers from around the world, @ruyzdael is proud to present Writers on Wax: The Sound of Graffiti Volume 2, a compilation of music produced by eight international artists with a background as graffiti writers, who have mastered The Sound of Graffiti. In addition to the exhibition in Miami, with an official opening and album release event on 1 December, the release will be accompanied by a signing and release party in Amsterdam on 10 December. The vinyl and digital release will be available from 1 December via Ruyzdael.com and selected retailers worldwide. The new album features music by BLADE, Boris DELTA Tellegen, CREDIT00, DUDES, COCA82, CEMOS, CHAZE and KAPI ONE.

@bladekingofgraf , @boris_tellegen DELTA & @_sjamsoedin_ , @credit_00_rat_life, @eargoggle_electro DUDES, COCA82, CEMOS, @chaze and @kapi.style.

Credits:
Director: @juliusponten
Dop & grading: @cinematography_jan
Focus puller: @stevenv.hengstum
Edit: @hussein_al_khayat29
Motion graphics: @paulkempe.motion
Music: @chaze
Creative director: @undog.nl

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DESHAMER’s All Skool Package 02/15, 2022. A limited edition and homemade DIY publication including fresh xerox sketches, textual parts, original pictures, a drawing and Sparvar spraycan. @deshamer.graffiti capturing the vibe of the late 80's and early 90s in this on. Big up!

#aboutgraffiticulture
#onemoretime
#deshamer #graffitiheritage #graffiticulture #rswc

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Fresh arrival Spice Style Diary - Writing my creative process by @graffito__arruginito nice insight in the style development and studies of styles of Spice in classic black and white focus. Thanks to the man himself.
#spicestylediary
@nocolorsketch
@showdesk.it

#dutchgraffitilibrary #graffitistyle

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Check this out... Blind Walls Film Fest. During the very first edition of this film festival, you will discover the world behind graffiti, murals and art from the streets. A unique event with both classics as Dutch premieres. In addition to various short and long films, there will be Q&A's with filmmakers and artists.

November 5 & 6, 2022. Breda. Included Martha: A picture story (Dutch premiere) and Kroonjuwelen (by Stunned Film)

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#kroonjuwelen #marthacooper #marthaapicturestory #aboutgraffiticulture

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Halloween theme by Scar and Tee, Haarlem, the Netherlands, De Schakel wall in 1996. In times when 'Hell on Earth' the album by The Infamous Mobb Deep came in hard. Good memories!

#aboutgraffiticulture #scartee #privatevaults #haarlemgraffiti #deschakel #theinfamousmobbdeep

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Scage early 90s nearby Amsterdam Central Station and a part of a blackbook drawing inspired by it.

#aboutgraffiticulture #scage #blackbook #graffitiheritage #amsterdamcentralstation

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Flashback Friday to January 1986 NYC. “Disz loved Bode it was clear, we did a wholecar one time with 2 bode nudes on each side, he was in the moment like all of us when painting, and learned quickly, it was a matter of days after meeting him that he was already inside the 145th tunnels, ducking cops and crossing lanes and putting his name on a train.” Sae, FC, New York 2018 as published in the book Disz. The first Dutch writer bombing the New York City subway. Dutch Graffiti Library.

#ripdisz #disz #saefc #aboutgraffiticulture

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Shown here is a wall along the Seine River in Paris and a xerox sketch by Arson WKS of New York. The wall in Paris was done in 1990 together with Angel and Shoe. A New York meets the Dam in Paris. Arson WKS is a New York writer who started at a very young age in the late 1970s in New York and did subways from 1982 together with Jonone 156. After Jonone moved to Paris, they kept in touch through letter exchange and @johnperello gave him the idea to attend the art academy in Paris, so Arson @nemolibrizzi ended up in the capital of France and bring up some NYC silver flavor at the Seine riverbank.

Just some background information to tighten graffiti culture timelines and give credit to those that are due.

Slide 2 Inside tag NYC subway by Arson WKS
Slide 3 Arson in 1982 at the FunGallery NYC both photos courtesy Arson WKS
Xerox sketch collection DGL
Pictures @graffiti_database

Thanks to @nemolibrizzi #aboutgraffiticulture #arsonwsk #parisgraffiti #crimetimekings @nielsshoemeulman @original_bando #156 #graffitiheritage #xeroxgraffiti @leequinones

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Gone but not forgotten Rafael ‘Dane’ Panizo-Outmans
* 29 maart 1970 † 25 oktober 2008

#danegvb #ripdane @godsviciousbabies 🙏🏼

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Selecting and sorting various posters. Preparation for About Graffiti Culture.

#aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage #graffitiart #postgraffiti #graffiticulture #graffiticulture #chemistryescape

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Het Groninger verhaal - De laatste jaren wordt er door verschillende liefhebbers, erfgoedprofessionals en insiders serieus research gedaan naar hoe en waarom de graffiti cultuur voet kreeg op Nederlandse bodem. Veelal wordt dit gebaseerd op verhalen die in het verleden zijn opgetekend of gepubliceerd in kranten. Dat de aandacht in de Landelijke media vroeger vaak uitging naar de hoofdstedelijke verhalen en anekdotes maakt dat er best een eenzijdig beeld is ontstaan over het landen en omarmen van de graffiti cultuur op Nederlandse bodem.

Hoe mooi is het dat we nu zo'n 40 jaar later letterlijk meer kunnen ‘luisteren’ over hoe het ging in andere steden, met eigen anekdotes, helden, stijlen en ongeschreven regels. Kladmuur Hangout @kladmuur dropt vanaf 27 oktober een nieuwe podcast waarin je naar het Groninger verhaal kunt luisteren.

Op de Dutch Graffiti Library website alvast een vooruitblik.Link in bio.

@kladmuur @hiphopinjesmoel #groningengraffiti #aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage

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From the series Legendary spots and pieces. Cat 22 on the roof of Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Dam square, Amsterdam late 80s.

Later, Dam square became a favorite spot to take photos of passing trams... with always the additional comment: the Cat piece was up there!

Skek Smash passing by on line 14, mid 90s

#cat22 #damsquare #amsterdamgraffiti #aboutgraffiticulture #analogphotography #rooftop #rooftopgraffiti

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Pages vintages photo books... traveling to yards and stations to see stuff runing. Early 90s.

#aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage #graffitipictures #analoggraffiti #traingraffiti #amsterdamsubway

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FANTAZIE issue 3 & 4, Denmark 1990.

Precisely are the stories, the sketches, photos and blackbooks that are shown in the zines and graffiti magazines from the eighties and neinthies. The homemade zines perfectly fit within the DIY mentality of the graffiti culture.

#dutchgraffitilibrary
#aboutgraffiticulture #fantaziemagazine #denmarkgraffiti @greatbates #graffitiheritage #graffitizine thanks to @erasone_gvb_rswc

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Recap: In 2021 and the first 6 months of 2022 we were located under the roof of Denim City in the renovated old tram depot De Hallen Amsterdam. From this historic location where different stories come together, we've been showing objects from graffiti culture, sharing knowledge, initiated projects and made friends. Good times, good vibe!

Video credit: D. Nunes
Muziek credit: RED / instagram: @buku_red

#aboutgraffiticulture #dutchgraffitilibrary #dehallenamsterdam #denimcity #denimcityamsterdam @houseofdenimfoundation

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WORD BOMB. Down with NYC.. 2022.

#dutchgraffitilibrary #aboutgraffiticulture #newyorkgraffiti #cleantrainculture #subwayart original raw footage by @nycgraff.head

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"The ultimate form of graffiti preservation is documentation of the material products of the phenomenon with accompanying stories that characterize the culture."
– Robin Vermeulen, museologist & culture educator

Dutch Graffiti Library safeguards graffiti in the form of documentation, stories and memories with an emphasis on recording the history, experience and customs within graffiti culture. The graffiti zines and magazines are important documentation and an essential part of the collection. Recently we were able to add these English zines included issues of Arse ‘ole Art, late 80s and early 90's. Thanks to @erasone_gvb_rswc

#dutchgraffitilibrary #aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage #graffitizine #graffitimagazine

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Mafia Reunion - Masters Administration For Incredible Artists groupshow poster 2022, NYC numbered 2/25 curated by Greatboxers aka Mizer RTW signed by @sar.tmb @crime79art, KRone, Gear, Inca and @greatboxers supported by @nyculture

Thanks to Greatboxers for the effort and package including some personal art stuff. Highly appreciated.

#greatboxers
#aboutgraffiticulture
#newyorkgraffiti #graffitiheritage #dutchgraffitilibrary #newyorkart

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Original copy JUNIOR WASP (Workshop Amsterdam School Press) 1985.

Some English teachers in the Amsterdam, Amstelveen area put their heads together and started looking for current and fun "talking" material for the classroom. It led to a clipping newspaper that included tips for teachers. Since 1972, more than a quarter of a million students have used the WASP Newsletter in English classes at Dutch schools.

#knowledgeisking #aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage #dutchgraffitilibrary @brim1tatscru #graffitieducation thanks to @erasone_gvb_rswc

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Everyone has their own examples and inspirations. For us, it was the movie Beat Street that made all the puzzle pieces fall into place. When we rented the movie at the video store in 1985, it was the first time we got a complete picture of all the various elements of early hip hop culture, including breakdancing, DJing, and graffiti.

In the evening, inspiration immediately turned into sketches.... Hip-hop don't stop early 1985, collection Dutch Graffiti Library.

#beatstreet #aboutgraffiticulture #graffitiheritage #hiphopdontstop

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Update: Museum About Graffiti Culture.. still going strong to prepare and work towards the first place in Europe about the history of graffiti culture.

At @centralemarkthal Amsterdam we will show and experience the history of (Dutch) graffiti culture and create an environment that offers opportunities to the current underground and its exponents.

Expected opening 2023!
Keep you posted!

#aboutgraffiticulture #dutchgraffitilibrary #centralemarkthal #graffiticulture #workinprogress #graffitiheritage #graffitibooks #urbanheritage

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After Reas and Pure from New York visit the opening of the exhibition Coming From the Subway at the Groninger Museum in the first weekend of October 1992, they made another visit to the Amsterdam Bijlmer area at Sunday evening, October 4. Together with Rhyme they painted a full-color whole car on the subway as a plane passes overhead.

When the whole car is finished and the writers leave, the area is teeming with police and emergency services..., but no attention is paid to the writers, unfortunately....

On the plane in the sky, the horrific words were said.. "Going down, going down." These are the last words from the cockpit of an El Al cargo plane. Moments later, at 6:35 p.m., the Boeing 747 crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats that are less than 1,5 kilometers from the yard ....

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Today we commemorate 30 years since a Boeing 747 of El Al, flight LY-1862, crashed in the Bijlmermeer. We must never forget!

#bijlmerramp #aboutgraffiticulture #reasaok #puretfp #rhymegvb

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Nice to meet you @keo_xmen in Amsterdam last week. Shown an original drawing by KEO X-MEN a.k.a. SCOTCH 79 TOP FC.

#keoxmen
#aboutgraffiticulture #disz #dutchgraffitilibrary #famecity #newyorkgraffiti

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We have started preparations for a new upcoming DGL exhibition called "I only have a bad picture of it..."

In addition to legendary professional photographers like Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant in the 80s and 90s there were many teenagers who take it to the streets to capture there own graffiti culture.

They did not make photographic masterpieces but amateur photos. Usually with Zip-Rats-Klick camera or other analog devices with a mediocre lens and rolls of 12, 24 or 36 shots. Developing the film strip often happened weeks later.

Now, more than 30 years later, these negatives tell a story about graffiti culture.

The activities were made possible by the @mondriaanfonds

#aboutgraffiticulture #ionlyhaveabadpictureofit #dutchgraffitilibrary #analoggraffiti #analogphotography

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Stallone Sepsers WildShoe by Joker and Shoe USA CTK, Amsterdam, commissioned for the cover of Veronica Club Magazine, No. 7 Summer 1986. A reference to the movie Rambo: First Blood Part II an American movie from 1985. The movie tells the story about the American ex-soldier John Rambo who has to rescue abandoned prisoners of war.

#aboutgraffiticulture
#dutchgraffitilibrary #amsterdamgraffiti #silvesterstallone #clubveronica @nielsshoemeulman

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Backcover comic Familie Doorzon daalt verder af #10 - 1987

#aboutgraffiticulture #dutchgraffitilibrary #familiedoorzon #graffiticulture #hiddengems #backcover #amsterdamgraffiti

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TRT TFP connection! Based on the mentality of the past and the movements of today... 2022.

@washereoninsta #thefantasticpartners #therollingthunder #dutchgraffitilibrary #aboutgraffiticulture

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Telepathy Sessions by Amo-Lab
Limited 10'inch on blue vinyl. Coverart by @azhqone. With a full color 25x25 insert protective sleeve
Curated by @iamaikalx and @mcbrainpower in memory of producer and DJs Borana Mario Ashine aka DJ PRECISE. Inluding two DGL only pictures of the artwork in progress. Thanks to @dj_manyfast_dutchgems for this crazy production, once again a highly inspirational complete package.

#dutchgraffitilibrary #aboutgraffiticulture #dutchgems #dutchhiphop #hiphopheritage #shyrock #rippreci

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Today in Trouw's Tijdgeest supplement, Joost van Velzen looks back at his graffiti past in the mid-1980s and an article by Joke Wolf on graffiti in museums.

#trouwtijdgeest #aboutgraffiticulture #dutchgraffitilibrary thanks to @roy_hq

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Presented here is, one the rarest and most iconic of all Basquiat collectibles: The New York Times Magazine, February 10, 1985 edition famously entitled “New Art, New Money: The Marketing of an American Artist." A holy-grail, must have Basquiat collector's item. Collection Dutch Graffiti Library.

#dutchgraffitilibrary
#aboutgraffiticulture #newyorktimesmagazine
#newyorkart #keithharing #jeanmichelbasquiat #kennysharf #themarketingofanamericanartist #newartnewmoney #cathleenmcquian #postgraffiti

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Let"s start the weekend with a vodka ...

WNS represent on Haarlem station. Early neinthies video footage from the DGL archives.

#aboutgraffiticulture #dutchgraffitilibrary #graffitiheritage #traingraffiti #graffitifootage

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Added to the collection fresh from the @gsd_thegoatsquad stable today's release of Volume 2 a 170x240 mm hand numbered zine only 500 copies. Hand signed.

#aboutgraffiticulture
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