Art Crimes: Bridgeport 1

All artwork © copyright 1994 the artists. Photos by Jetta.

Jetta says:
The graffiti on Bridgeport pages 1-3 is a little different than other graffiti you have probably seen. Sword, who did many of these pieces, was paid by the town of Bridgeport to help liven up the area. At the time, the neighborhood was next to a housing project called Father Panik Village, a project with one of the highest crime rates in the East. That housing project has since been destroyed.

What Sword created, along with his crew ANC (Art Not Crime), were memorials for some of the teenagers from the neighborhood who died. Lucy, for example, was killed by a drunk driver. Because many of the people who live there knew Lucy and the others, they respect the art, and other crews do not spray over them.

In my opinion, Sword and ANC brought graffiti art to a new level, one of great respect and loving memory, making it an extension of the nieghborhood's culture. Sword is certainly showing that graffiti in this neighborhood is art, not crime.

In Memory of Edgar by Maze

In Memory of Marcus (Ghost) by ?"ASW

In Memory of Javier

Lucy by ? Latin Kings (RIP)

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