Augor graffiti artist biography

  • Ironlak and MSK crew member, Augor, has the roll call of friends and family that most artists could only dream of.
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  • Augor, whose real name is Daniel Gibson, was born in 1980 and grew up in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.

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    Name, Rank and Serial Number

    Augor MSK

    Nice to have you on the East Coast. What prompted the trip out here?

    I had to get outta L.A., change up my pace. It was becoming a headache seeing the same faces, dating the same girls, painting the same streets and throwing up in the same clubs. Shit gets old, man. NY was the best escape for me.

    Heard you’ve been doing your thing with NEKST and SKREW. How’d you link up with those cats?

    I’m crew-mates with SKREW which is a honor in itself. Dude’s kinda like Yoda (laughing) … maybe not Yoda. More like Darth Vader. NEKST, from what I heard was one of the hardest coast to coast writers and once we met and painted for the first time, it was like magic. We really both got the same goals for what we do. The first time out in NY, REVOK linked me with him knowing we’d end up clicking. He’s probly one of my favorite people to paint with.

    What spots have you guys hit so far?

    Between LA and NY we’ve done a variety. I try not to limit my painting to one thing, so I like to bounce back and forth from throw-ups to block letters or intricate burners, its best to be well rounded. A lot of writers are very opinionated on what they consider what real graffiti is, so in my defense, I try to strengthen mys

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    Many graffiti artists have a similar recur in interpretation culture: there’s that signal of revolt, of “being lost” strength just irksome to discover a replacement, that starts many artists on their path. What about your own beginnings? Why graffiti?

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    List of graffiti and street-art injuries and deaths

    Date Country Type Died or
    injured Ages Description 28 September 1983 United States Choked or strangled Died 25 Michael Stewart was arrested in New York City for tagging and was beaten badly while in police custody. He was pronounced dead 13 days later as a result of police brutality.[7]December 1986Australia Collision with signal box Died 14 A 14-year-old was leaning out of a moving train while attempting to spray paint graffiti on the side of the train, when his head collided with a signal box. He later died from his injuries.[8][9]9 November 1987United Kingdom Dragged by train Died 11 An 11-year-old died when he was at an underground station next to the tracks trying to graffiti trains and a train dragged him 50 yards (45 m) into a tunnel. It is speculated that he had been opposite the platform hiding in a gap in a wall so that he could lean out to graffiti trains, and his clothing may have been caught on a train, which resulted in him being dragged into a tunnel.[10][2]1988 Australia ? Died ? It was reported that a person died when they were "... trying to paint the outside of a moving train"[9&
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