A wasteland near the Stalingrad subway station became a mecca for European graffiti writers and hip-hop pioneers. CRIMINAL ART was emblazoned frontally opposite the metro entrance. With its programmatic title, the piece is an early highlight of young French style writing, imported from New York in 1983 by the half-French Bando.

Photo: Claude Abron.

Prominently published in the illustrated book Spray Can Art, which was groundbreaking for many European spray painters, this piece was painted by the leaders of the Paris and London scenes

Photo: Claude Abron.

The piece was sprayed by CTK, the first European crew, an association of writers from Paris, Amsterdam and London. Since several people integrated the same crew abbreviation into graffiti pieces, a higher level of recognition was achieved.

Photo: Gérard Guittot, ©westside kingz [David Eone Hachour].