Item Information
Title: Interview with graffiti artist Taki '83
Date: 1983 September 8
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 6 min., 2 sec.
Description: Recording has hum and background noise. Jack Stewart interviews graffiti artist Taki, whose first name is Dimitrios. Discussion topics include other graffiti artists, gangs in New York City, styles and designs of graffiti, dating one's graffiti tags and paintings, press coverage, and history of graffiti, including ancient Greece and The Tower of London. Numerous other graffiti artists are mentioned. Notes copied from the tape: Taki '83.
Creator: Stewart, Jack Thomas, 1926-2005
Forms part of: Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2010
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: and Jack Thomas Stewart. Interview with graffiti artist Taki '83, 1983 September 8. 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: 26006