Item Information
Title: Interview with graffiti artists Tracy and Chi-Chi
Date: 1985 January 15
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 31 min., 56 sec.
Description: Side 02 is blank. Jack Stewart interviews graffiti artists Tracy and Chi-Chi. Discussion topics center on the relationship between graffiti painters and territorial street gangs in New York City. Tracy describes graffiti artists as diplomats who were allowed to move between different neighborhoods due to their status as artists. Many stories and recollections are included and numerous people are mentioned. Notes copied from the tape: Tracy and Chi-Chi. Interviewees are not introduced on the recording. Their naming relies on notes copied from the tape.
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 artists Tracy and Chi-Chi, 1985 January 15. 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: 26010