GOD BLESS GRAFFITI COALITION.
God Bless Graffiti Coalition records, 2000-2004
God Bless Graffiti Coalition records, 2000-2004
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/v0j7g
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | God Bless Graffiti Coalition. |
|---|---|
| Title: | God Bless Graffiti Coalition records, 2000-2004 |
| Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 1483 |
| Extent: | 1 oversized papers box and 1 oversied papers folder (OP) and 1 extra-oversized papers folder (XOP) |
| Abstract: | Records of the God Bless Graffiti Coalition, including pamphlets, prints, and stickers created by members of the collective. |
| Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted access.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Separated Material
The Rose Library also holds a periodical created by the God Bless Graffiti Coalition about this collection. This periodical may be located in Emory University's online catalog by searching for: God Bless Graffiti Coalition.
Source
Purchased from Booklyn, Inc., 2018
Custodial History
Purchased from dealer; provenance unknown.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], God Bless Graffiti Coalition records, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Appraisal Note
Curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections, Randy Gue, acquired the collection as part of the Rose Library's holdings in underground art culture.
Processing
Arranged and described at the collection level by Meaghan O'Riordan, October 2019. Titles were transcribed from an inventory provided by Booklyn, Inc. Unless noted in the title, all items are prints of graffiti art.
Collection Description
Historical Note
The God Bless Graffiti Coalition was founded in 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, by Josh MacPhee and Daniel Tucker in order to combat growing national and international anti-graffiti laws. The group fought for the democratization of urban spaces, the decriminalization of graffiti practitioners, and national policies on graffiti. The Coalition produced and distributed brochures, pamphlets, tracts, and transit ads to educate the public about graffiti.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the records of the God Bless Graffiti Coalition, including pamphlets, prints, and stickers created by graffiti artists belonging to the collective. Most items are in the medium identified as "xerox on paper" and were created in Chicago, Illinois, or San Francisco, California. Many artists are anonymous and dates of creation are unknown. Most titles refer to violence, war, guns, the prison system, and other social justice issues.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Container List
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| OP1 | 1 | "Abstract Blue," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP2 | - | "Angel," CM, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Bask in Your Thought Crime-Grenade," unattributed 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Black Shapes," Ako, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Blue Face, unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Chicago: Murder Capital," Turbulence Poster Project, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Children Be Gay," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Choose Your Own. Adventure," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Consume. Pollute." Turbulence Poster Project, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 |
| XOP1 | - | "Cutout Kid," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Dentures," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Do Not Remove," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Eagle Head, unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Elect a Madman You Get Madness," (2), 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Feelings," Print Thugs, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Floating House," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Flower," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "For the Artist Layla Al Attar," NS, 2003 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Free Marilyn Buck," unattributed, San Francisco, California, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Gabriel Dumont and the Metis Resistance," Campesino Collective, 2000 |
| OP2 | - | "G.I. George," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Give Em Hell," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Give Graffiti a Thumbs Up (Blue)," God Bless Graffiti Inc., pamphlet, 2001 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Give Graffiti a Thumbs Up (Red)," God Bless Graffiti Inc., pamphlet, 2001 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Head Wrap and Flames," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "If They Take You in the Morning," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "If You Liked Nixon You'll Love Bush," Ero, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "I Don't Know," Turbulence Poster Project, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "I Don't Want to Live in the Kind of World George Bush Envisions," Turbulence Poster project, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Jet-Pac," Jet-Pac, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Just Rite for Now," Isle of Printing, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Little Bighorn," Roger Peet, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Looking Through Bars," Mathew Curran, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Make Art Not War," Christine Wong, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Make Art Not War," kozyndan, 2004 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Make Art Not War," OBEY, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Make Art, Not War," UPSO, 2004 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Make Art Not War," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Make Art Not War, Grow," Just Seeds, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "National Defense or International Aggression?" Turbulence Poster Project, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "No! I said Make Art Not War," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Oxycotin, What a Rush!" unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Phoolan Devi," Miriam Klein Stahl and Boff Whalley, 2000 |
| XOP1 | - | "Pile of Faces," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Pour! Get Over!" TWOK4, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Progress is a Lie," Turbulence Poster Project, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Projectsf.com," Project SF, San Francisco, California, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Projectsf.com Train," Project SF, San Francisco, California, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Prosecution Exhibit B," MB, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Robot," Hero, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "R U 4 Reel?" SF Print Collective, San Francisco, California, 2004 |
| OP2 | - | "Skull, Eagles, Face," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Sticker Pack of 79," unattributed, stickers, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Tiger," Havok, 2000 |
| OP2 | - | "Top Villians," Havok, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Trippy Misternever," Misternever, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "US Guns," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP2 | - | "The Vicious Cycle," Havok, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Viva Sandino," Erik Reuland, Detroit, Michigan, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Wanted Dead or Alive," unattributed, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "War Against Terror," Faile, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Weapons of Mere Destruction," Steal Works USA, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "We Are All Going to Die," RUOK, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "Yellow and Black Butterfly," Adar, 2000 |
| OP1 | 1 | "You're Alive," Turbulence Poster Project, Chicago, Illinois, 200 |
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