Eric Felisbret, aka DEAL CIA, Graffiti Artist

Eric Felisbret may be better known to some people as DEAL CIA, his tag from his graffiti writing days. For the past ten years, he’s been running the old school graffiti site at 149St and now, after thirty years of documenting New York City’s graffiti scene, he’s put together Graffiti New York, which features over 1,000 images. We spoke to Felisbret about his start in graffiti writing, the recent street art movement, and whether graffiti is art. (via)

Likely prison sentence for graffiti artist stokes debate

By Maria Cramer Globe Staff / September 27, 2009

When graffiti artist Shepard Fairey was arrested for vandalism in February, the charges sparked furious debate around Boston about the sometimes blurry line between art and crime.

At about the same time, and with considerably less fanfare, another graffiti case was playing out in the courts. Danielle Bremner, a 24-year-old New Yorker, was charged with 13 counts of vandalism and defacing property for spray painting her moniker, “Utah,’’ in the Back Bay and East Boston.

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