[Graffiti piece: Ridle]

DMM-2022-00255

[Graffiti piece: Ridle]

Ridle

Created: 2020
Photographed: 2023-10-01

AAT:
graffiti
pieces (graffiti art)

LCSH:
Graffiti--Michigan--Detroit--21st Century.

The creator's tag RIDLE is depicted in a precise and angular style, using a letter design reminiscent of Old German font. The interior of the letters are painted in a solid silver-grey color with the left and top sides of each letter containing a white line which serves to highlight the letters' forms. The contour of each letter and their main forms are contained within a sharply painted black line. The lower and right edge of each letter contains a deep purple shadow which is decorated with regularly-spaced parallel black lines. The edge of each shadow is enclosed within a black outline. A bright lime green outline follows the outer edges of the letters. The entire tag sits on a background of turquoise that has been decorated with white lines. Some paint losses appear with earlier tags' colors visible behind the flaking paint. Inscribed at the left, in white with purple outlines "TCK".

Still Image

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

The Yard: Graffiti Museum

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)

spray paint on concrete