Dondi White "THE MASTER GENERAL"

Born in East New York section of Brooklyn, Dond i was the youngest of five children and attended a Catholic school during the year.

In the 1970s the east coast of New York became an unstable region, with racial tensions and social conflicts, especially as street gangs. In an interview, Dondi said that he had joined various groups in time to avoid being attacked. Eager to get out of high school, he accepted a job in a government office, and began his interest in graffiti.

In the beginning was the Word. In the streets and backyards, the word was the name. And the name was everything. It was personal and local, form and content, truth and fiction. The name was an act of self-invention, a pure visual manifestation, through alter ego, alias, personal expressions in the public sphere. The name was a line, and had the line of the brand. So, in style wars at the end of the second millennium, medium, or the message and joined in a golden age where the name became the source and meaning of style. And when the name became the WILD STYLE, the word was Dondi. "

The area of the graffiti aesthetic in contemporary culture is undeniable. But as an art form generated in the rail yards.

(Excerpts translated and taken from the book)

That responsibility is a website developer, so important and interesting in this call today 2010. I spent days thinking and a first post, and that came in mind was the father of letters: Dondi White "THE MASTER GENERAL", a book by Andrew Witten and Michael White.

For those who have not seen the book, follows a link , that of the mouse to scroll through (rs) ...

Hope you like it (the first of many ICONE K.).