Graffiti piece: Esey

Dublin Core

Title

Graffiti piece: Esey

Subject

AAT: Wildstyle
AAT: graffiti art
AAT: pieces (graffiti art)
LCSH: Graffiti--Michigan--Detroit--21st Century.

Description

Example of Wildstyle graffiti. Deconstructed and indecipherable letters painted with alternating curvilinear and angular black contours. Some interlacing of letters. The interior of the letters are painted using predominantly rectangular-shapes in white, light blue, and light green. Shadows of the letters are painted in black with oval-shapes in bright yellow and orange. A single star visible at the far left is painted similar to the letters. The letters are painted against a variegated background of lilac, purple and bright hot pink.

Creator

Esey

Date

Created: 2023
Photographed: 2023-9-21

Relation

The Yard: Graffiti Museum

Format

spray paint on concrete

Type

Still Image

Identifier

DMM-2022-00250

References

Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. (n.d.). The Yard Graffiti Museum. Detroit, MI; Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. https://detroitriverfront.org/sites/default/files/images/SW-Graffiti-Museum-booklet-8.5x11.pdf (Accessed October 23, 2023)

Detroit Greenways Coalition. (2023, July 8). Southwest Greenway. Detroit Greenways Coalition. https://detroitgreenways.org/projects/southwest-greenway/ (Accessed October 23, 2023)

Spatial Coverage

Address: viaducts at the intersection of Rosa Parks & W. Lafayette Blvds., Detroit, MI 48216
Coordinates: 42.323604, -83.067126

Citation

Esey, “Graffiti piece: Esey,” Wayne State University - School of Information Sciences, accessed May 2, 2024, https://waynestateu.omeka.net/items/show/1504.

Geolocation