Now, he says, “I guess I am just waiting to be discovered.” Photos from “Autograf” are on exhibit beginning Wednesday at the powerHouse Gallery, 68 Charlton St. But a four-hour police grilling two years ago stressed him so much, he finally called it quits – turning to canvas and trying to go legit. See search resultsfor this author Bianca Dyroff(Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars8 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. I was obsessed, and I knew I was good at what I did.” Thirteen arrests did little to discourage him – the charges never stuck. Urban Scrawl: Notebook Stationery Jby Bianca Dyroff (Author) Visit Amazon's Bianca Dyroff Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. “In the mid-’90s, he says, “my name was a diseased plague all throughout the borough of Staten Island. At about 14, he began stealing markers from a local pharmacy. : Urban Scrawl Notebook: Pocket Edition (9783939566458) by Dyroff, Bianca and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. ![]() I wouldn’t change a thing.” Posing for the book with a Spider-Man mask, Staten Islandborn Semz says he was in second grade when he began sketching graffiti in his school notebook. ” Despite a felony arrest, Nato says, “It was a fun ride, the whole way. This special note book unleashes your imagination: walls, boards and backgrounds of every kind are waiting. I do it for my friends and crew.” Nato began his life as a graffiti artist when he was 8, inspired by the tags he saw on the sides of Queens buildings during rides on the 7 train with his mom, who would tell him, “Don’t look at that, it’s bad. “I love graffiti with all my heart,” she says, “but being a vandal is not putting money in my pocket. “I love to prove people wrong.” One of the few women graffiti writers, Claw has become a fashion stylist and developed her own clothing line, Claw Money. “Everyone thought my graffiti career was over,” he says. “Writing was everything for me,” says graffiti-ist Merz, who found thrills in putting up a piece of work and “driving past it the next day, knowing everyone has to look at it.” Queens-born Korn lost a leg to graffiti when a fight led to a car accident. Yet these committed artists wouldn’t let a little thing like the law get in their way – they’ve stuck with their craft through arrests, beatings and even dismemberment. “But they can’t come right out and say, ‘Here I am,’ because what they do is illegal.” “The people I photograph want fame,” says Sutherland. ![]() But in the striking new book “Autograf: New York City’s Graffiti Writers” by photographer Peter Sutherland (powerHouse Books), graffiti artists 323, Korn, Claw, Doze and four dozen others reveal themselves – and their motivations – for their untraditional art. Publikat Graffiti Streetart Books - The printed backgrounds in the Urban Scrawl Pocket Note Book invites every creative mind to scrawl, write and draw all. GRAFFITI artists are notorious for keeping a low profile, letting their colorful work do the talking for them.
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