Celebrating Forefront of Graffiti Article

Kennedy, Randy. "Celebrating Forefront of Graffiti." New York Times 22 Jul 2011. Web. This article focuses on a graffiti writer known as Taki 183. He was one of the most popular taggers in the late 1960's and early 1970's. He was Greek-American,his real name was Demetrius, and he lived on West 183rd street. At the age of 57, he was invited to a a signing party for "The History of American Graffiti." Demetrius had lived a normal life, and had went to college. He claimed to have been doing graffiti because it was easy and fun. Also, he stated that early graffiti, while he was a teenager, was simple tagging and considered it a  form of vandalism. However, later on real artists starting doing graffiti and it became a true form of art.