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Do graffiti or street art belong in a museum? And if so, what is the format? The following anecdote proves that this question is of all times.

In 1979 there is an exhibition in Museum Fodor: Tutti Frutti. Fodor was a museum on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam that existed from 1863 to 1993. The Tutti Frutti exhibition was curated by Karel Meijers. In addition to works by emerging Amsterdam artists, Meijers has reserved a great part for "street art". Dr. Rat is central and is supplemented with work by fellow writers. From gallery Anus on the Sarphatistraat a sketch is sent how the layout should be and what the fee is for the "services provided". Meijers complies with this and fits the punk graffiti into his exhibition.

During the opening in September 1979 the management of the museum is treated to a piece of unadulterated and authentic graffiti mentality. The entire museum is bombed from top to bottom. The management of Fodor was not amused by the choice to institutionalize graffiti with this exhibition.

#dutchgraffitilibrary #tuttifrutti #drrat #amsterdamgraffiti #postgraffiti #subwayart

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Shoe 2020 - Openings of new exhibitions and people gathering are impossible due to the Covid-19 restrictions, but also these days there are new chapters written.... like today by @nielsshoemeulman with the solo exhibition #whatthefuck? and installation #shoeinthemiddle @straatmuseum Shoe made a crossover between the past and the present by painting an oldskool piece on a wall made of 'Shoe is my middle name' bookbricks. Which is not really the end result, because every book is unique and for sale ...

Photos by @sandder, @graffiti_database and collection DGL. #dutchgraffitilibrary

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Portfolio blackbook from the early '90s by Scar & Tee with collages of tags, photos and sketches. Taken from the dusty crates labeled as the private vaults. #blackbook #dutchgraffitilibrary #scartee #graffitihistory

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Basek spraypaint and marker on canvas, size 40 x 120 cm. Amsterdam 2020. Thanks to man himself @big_basek_pun highly appreciated that we could add this fresh and detailed canvas to the collection. Capturing his street vibes and skills. #dutchgraffitilibrary #basek #postgraffiti #graffiticanvas

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Published on our website a new research story by DGL: Amsterdam 1975 - New York subway graffiti & the American landscape.

Much has been written in recent years and a lot of catching up has been made in the knowledge and reporting on the history of the Amsterdam graffiti culture. It is generally accepted that 'real' New York graffiti writing was not visible in Amsterdam until the late 1970s ... or maybe ...

Check link in bio for the full story written in Dutch about Bill Meyer and the exhibition New York subway graffiti & the American landscape.

#newyorkmeetsthedam @snake_188
@chrisfreedompape @terror161 @nielsshoemeulman @museumofcityny @museumofgraffiti @againamsterdam
#dutchgraffitilibrary #billmeyer #amsterdamgraffiti #graffitihistory #newyorkgraffiti #newyorksubway #maandvandegeschiedenis @seanc74

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Today published on our website a new research story by DGL: Amsterdam 1975 - New York subway graffiti & the American landscape.

Much has been written in recent years and a lot of catching up has been made in the knowledge and reporting on the history of the Amsterdam graffiti culture. It is generally accepted that 'real' New York graffiti writing was not visible in Amsterdam until the late 1970s ... or maybe ...

Check link in bio for the full story written in Dutch about Bill Meyer and the exhibition New York subway graffiti & the American landscape.

#dutchgraffitilibrary #billmeyer #amsterdamgraffiti #graffitihistory #newyorkgraffiti #newyorksubway #maandvandegeschiedenis @maand_van_de_geschiedenis #newyorkmeetsthedam

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SEISMOGRAFFITI – number 1 and 2, signed and numbered. Published 2018 and 2019. Both limited to 200 copies.

SEISMOGRAFFITI invited writers to take part in book projects which exclusively focuses on black-and-white drafts. Writers give insight into a part of their works which usually remains unrecognized in their private archives.

The publication shows once again that sketches can be much more than an ordinary preparation for a planned piece. In SEISMOGRAFFITI sketching is acknowledged as stylewriting practice building and developing an own and individual style, while at the same time the sketch itself is revalued as an equivalent work of graffiti art.

Fresh arrival thanks to @garadosz_ #seismograffiti #dutchgraffitilibrary #graffitisketches

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Fresh arrival: Runner Magazine #1 is a collection of stories told by writers from Australia and beyond. Volume 1 features Bender, Burles, Cleo, The Fifth Dimension, Goods, Hotshot, Lazlo, Resume & Wonk. Cover by KHA. A5, 52 pages, staple-bound with heavy stock cover. Thanks to @runnermagazine_ highly appreciated. #dutchgraffitilibrary #graffitimagazine

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Kay Sen Peik Core by Sea, Sense and Jim from The Hague and the visitors from Sweden Pike and Core. Around 1988/89 The Split Force production at the hall of fame in The Hague. @ua_jimstagram @pike_nsa @core_nsa #dutchgraffitilibrary #dutchgraffitilibrary #thehaguegraffiti

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Bandi 1984 Amsterdam early day and sixth member of the United Street Artists graffiti crew. The crew exists of Shoe, Joker, Delta, Jezis, Bandi and Jaz. From early 1985 the crew teamed up with the five welknown members and became famous due to their burners in the streets of Amsterdam an a lot of articles published in Dutch weekly magazine's like Nieuwe Revu, Actueel en many newspapers. #unitedstreetartists #bandiusa @nielsshoemeulman @boris_tellegen @krabbejasper

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Five years ago from 18 September 2015 until 24 January 2016 the Amsterdam Museum presented ‘Graffiti. New York meets the Dam’. This was the first exhibition in the Netherlands to be dedicated solely to New York and Amsterdam graffiti art from the 1970s and 80s. The Amsterdam Museum worked closely on this exhibition with the Museum of the City of New York. DGL is still grateful that we were able to contribute. And that we could made the catalog 'Graffiti. New York meets the Dam' independently together with Mick La Rock. #dutchgraffitilibrary #newyorkmeetsthedam #amsterdammuseum @amsterdammuseum @museumofcityny

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Hater DSK LHC MP, the Netherlands at Lafayette, 2005 in New York City. Made with left over paint from a bigger one at Bowery in Manhatten. A few years later without artist permission used on poster site AllPosters as a New York graffiti home decoration poster. One thing is for sure at the poster site they don't come signed. Thanks to the man himself Hater DSK LHC, we're going way back. Appreciated. #dutchgraffitilibrary #dopestylekings #leidenhardcore

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One of the announcements published 1990 about the discision of the GVB (Amsterdam transit authorities) to stop cleaning the subways. Due to the fact that the during the cleaning process old paint residues that contains heavy metals leaked into the ground. Shown here a Nino Moon wholecar with a Dice on the left #dutchgraffitilibrary #amsterdamgraffiti @harrylapzwans #subwayart #gvbamsterdam #dopestylekings

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Proud that the book ‘The Dutch adventures of Keith Haring. Amsterdam notes’ can now also be read in the Chicago Public Library. @chicagopubliclibrary

An inside story by Chris Reinewald (1955), published by Dutch Graffiti Library, about Keith Haring (1958-1990) in Holland, just before his worldwide breakthrough. Plus: never shown works by Haring and the Dutch graffiti scene of the 1980’s.

Still available

First edition of 750 copies
128 pages
Text in English
Paperback, unfold cover

#keithharing #amsterdamnotes #dutchgraffitilibrary

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Moveback issue 3 - 2020 from Russia. Great magazine. Published in this issue iconic pieces by @writingneon Keep up the good work @movebackmag ! #dutchgraffitilibrary #movebackmag #graffitimagazine

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invitation for the exhibition 'Still Graffiti?'. At Librije, Zwolle, the Netherlands, 1993. Quik / Lady Pink. Size: 29x80. @quikrtw @quiklinrollingthunder @ladypinknyc #dutchgraffitilibrary #postgraffiti #

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More than three years ago we saw a post on Instagram showing this car by West FC, Kase2 and Disz that was the awareness and the kick-off for DGL for a quest for knowledge with a clear goal finding answers on the question as published in Spraycan Art "What is a young man from The Hague doing bombing the one line in the 145th Street Tunnel with Bodé nudes?”Finally almost two years ago we published these answers in the book "Disz. The first Dutch writer bombing the New York City subway". Today we could officially say we are SOLD OUT. #dutchgraffitilibrary #disz

Try your luck and check out for a few copies available maybe at @mrgraffiti_nl @hitzerot_ and @legrandjeu

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The triple x-files number 1 signed 195/200. Zine by @farao_gsd with Amsterdam stuff. Recommend! #dutchgraffitilibrary #amsterdamgraffiti

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In 1983, at the age of 22, Disz († 2012) decides to travel from The Hague, the Netherlands to Australia and New York. During our research, to reconstruct the life of Disz, we came across photos of The Hague in the early 80's. A bombed city where Disz left the Loosduinen district to finally arrive at 125st Street Station in NY.

Photo's out of the city archives of The Hague #thehaguegraffiti #dutchgraffitilibrary #disz

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Serg "The Magic Touch" diptych* canvas by Serch TM7 OK two parts both size 30 x 40 cm spray paint, acryl and marker. Selected by the man himself for the DGL collection thanks bro!

* A diptych is a painting made of two parts, which are usually joined by hinges.
#dutchgraffitilibrary #serchtm7 #onewaykidz #graffiticanvas #diptych #themagictouch

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