Item Information
Title: Interview with graffiti artist Blade
Date: 1984 January 18 and March 3
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 33 min., 14 sec.
Description: Recording has poor sound quality, loud hum and muffled speech. Portions of recording are difficult or impossible to understand. Side 01 and Side 02 recording until 00:02:12 is home recording of TV showing of Style Wars, a film about graffiti in New York City by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant. Recording was made on January 18, 1984, and includes commentary from Jack Stewart. Rest of Side 02 recording is Jack Stewart interviewing graffiti artist Blade. Discussion topics include Blade's recollections of painting graffiti in New York City, other graffiti artists, the styles and designs and dating of graffiti paintings, and Blade's experiences and success in painting graffiti on canvas and selling his pieces in galleries in Europe and in the United States. Notes copied from the tape: Blade.
Creator: Blade, 1957-
Forms part of: Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2010
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Blade and Jack Thomas Stewart. Interview with graffiti artist Blade, 1984 January 18 and March 3. Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 26008