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Essay heading: Graffiti Culture
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Starting off in the 1960's in New York. Producing a Piece is usually on scale of a mural, as the Piece was just a new way to display ones tag, but in a larger, brighter, more stylish form.In the middle to late 1970's, graffers started painting subway trains. Train painting was essential to the development of graffiti art because the trains became the stage for the style wars which was a time when everyone who wanted to be recognised as the best artist of a subway line "Got-Up"... displayed 300 characters
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Train painting was essential to the development of graffiti art because the trains became the stage for the style wars which was a time when everyone who wanted to be recognised as the best artist of a subway line "Got-Up". (painted trains as often as possible.) If your tag was on a train in a colorful and unique style, it was guaranteed to be seen by many people; most importantly by the other graffers, because the subway trains in New York practically travel everywhere... displayed next 300 characters
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