Cholo Writing Latino Gang Graffiti In Los Angeles Cinema they are witches

they are witches

Within different worlds

The Drawer is all drawings

filled with photos by Johannes Schwartz - fully documenting the installation

Cholo Writing Latino Gang Graffiti In Los Angeles Cinema they are witchesCholo Writing is the 20th century's oldest form of graffiti, a Mexican American phenomenon evident in Los Angeles long before the appearance of tags and pieces in the late 1960s New York. It has had a major influence on the visual expressions of Californian popular culture, including the lowrider, surf, skate and hip hop movements. Placas are territorial inscriptions created to define a gang's turf, a genuine, constantly evolving urban calligraphy