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  Monday  October 25  2004    11: 02 AM

street art

THE MANIFESTO OF STENCILISM
The true story of the art of stencil graffiti.


It was on a trip to New York City in 1971 that I saw my first wild art graffiti. They were popping up everywhere : on the subway and around the basketball courts. I remember graffiti painted with a marker, like nervous signatures with a crown, allover NY, and big letters filled with spirals and many colours. These miniatures made me so curious that I asked to Larry Wollhandler, my American friend lodging me in his home in NYC, the inevitable question :
"What does all this mean ? Why are these people doing this ?"



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