The Brooklyn Museum presents Graffiti from
June 30 to September 3, 2006, an exhibition of
twenty large-scale works from such influential
artists as Michael Tracy (“Tracy 168”), Melvin
Samuels, Jr. (“NOC 167”), Sandra Fabara (“Lady
Pink”), Chris Ellis (“Daze”), and John Matos
(“Crash”). Graffiti explores how a genre that
began as a form of subversive public communication
has become legitimate—moving away from the street
and into private collections and