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SJK 171 and his respective work has been featured in or appears in the following works of literature.

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"Graffiti Go to College"
New York Post, December 9, 1972
Associated Press






*Newspaper article courtesy of: SJK 171.
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Goldstein, Richard (26 March 1973). "This Thing Has Gotten Completely Out Of Hand". New York Magazine. New York City: New York Magazine.

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Schjeldahl, Peter. Graffiti Goes Legit—But the ‘Show‐Off Ebullience’ Remains. New York Times. 1973 Sept. 16: Art pg. 25

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Resource: New York Times

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Flood, Richard. (1984) Rapid Enamel, Chicago: Renaissance Society
ISBN 978-0941548076
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Featured: A collaborative show with FUTURA 2000, Lady Pink, Lee Quiñones, United Graffiti Artists (which included SJK 171 and MIKE 171), and more.

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Castleman, Craig (1984) Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, The MIT Press
​ISBN: 978-0262530514

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Phase 2 was a fellow United Graffiti Artists member, which began in 1972.
Schmidlapp, D. and Phase 2 (1996) Style: Writing from the Underground : (r)evolutions of Aerosol Linguistics, Art Books International Limited, Italy
​ISNB: 9788872263181
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SJK 171 is quoted as an original "mad bomber" from Manhattan at the beginning of the aerosol art movement.
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Kelley, Robin D.G. (1998) Yo' Mama's Disfunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America, Beacon Press
ISBN: 978-0807009413
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Featured: The author discusses the first ever museum show featuring United Graffiti Artists' work in 1974 at the Chicago Museum of  Science and Industry​.

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  • THE AUCTION • GUERNSEY’S (2000)
    ASIN: B01HKD9T9W
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    Featured: Snakes’ Black Book, circa 1972. SJK 171’s handiwork as the curator of "arrows and swiggly lines" is featured in this piece which was sold at auction.

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Austin, Joe. (2001) Taking The Train, Columbia University Press

ISBN 
978-0231111430

Inside this book find stories about United Graffiti Artists, the elite writers of their time, which began in 1972 and the first gallery show.
​pgs. (71-72, 94-96, 105, 187, 196)
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Chandès, Hervé. (2006) Born in the Streets, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
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ISBN 978-0-500-97695-1

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As seen in "Born in the Streets" SJK 171 tag circa 1972 Credit: Getty Images/Hilton Archives/ NY Post
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Siegel, Marcia B. (2007) Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance, Macmillan, p. 77.
ISBN 978-1-4299-0877-1
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SJK 171 was hired by Tharp to spray paint the backdrop design live onstage during the Joffrey Ballet performances.


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Zaya, Antonio (2007) Atlantica Monografico Visual #44. Graffiti de NY [New York], Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Vegueta
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As seen in "Atlantica", this collaborative canvas features artists such as: Phase 2, SJK 171, Coco 144, Snake 1, MICO, CAT 87, LEE 163, AMRL/BAMA and Ex Vandals.
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Stewart, Jack. (2009) Graffiti Kings: New York City Mass Transit Art of the 1970s, Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 978-0810975262


"... this elite group of urban pioneers included SJK 171, [JULIO 204, and TAKI 183]"
pg. 26

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Gastman, Roger. (2011) The History of American Graffiti, HarperCollins
​ISBN 978-0-06-169878-1


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ABC News 1972
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Triple Outline 1972
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One of the first triple outline pieces done on the #1 NYC subway line. pg. 70-71. Photo credit: SJK 171
Resource: ABC News
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Deitch, Jeffrey. (2011) Art in The Streets, Rizzoli International Publications
​ISBN 
978-0-8478-3648-2

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Wiki Series. American Graffiti Artists (2011) Books LLC
​ISBN 9781155906638


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Corcoran, Sean; McCormick, Carlo (2013) City as canvas: New York City graffiti from the Martin Wong collection. Wong, Martin, Corcoran, Sean, 1974., McCormick, Carlo., Museum of the City of New York. New York, NY.
​ISBN 978-0-8478-3986-5

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Clark, Lamont. (2014) Graffiti: A Children's Guide to the Origins of Hip Hop, 70 West Press
ASIN B00HUC1Z32 

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Gastman, Roger. (2015) Wall Writers: Graffiti in Its Innocence, Gingko Press
​ISBN 978-1584236016 
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Lovata, Troy. (2015) Understanding Graffiti: Multidisciplinary Studies from Prehistory to the Present (1st Edition), ​Routledge
ISBN 9781611328684
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Diaz, Al. Edited by Mariah Fox. (2018) SAMO©...SINCE 1978. Writings: 1978-2018, Irie Books
ISBN 978-1515417194


In 1973 at 13, Al Diaz was accepted to the 9th grade at the prestigious High School of Art and Design. There "he meets and is energized by other graffiti artists  TRACY 168, SJK 171,  EARL/SHASTA 62,  STOP 700, and  FLINT." pg. 201

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Gastman, Roger. (2018) Beyond the Streets
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ISBN 
978-0692074886​

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Gastman, Roger. (2019) Beyond the Streets, R. ROCK ENTERPRISES
​ISBN 978-0-578-46883-9


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Walley, Jonathan. (2020) Cinema Expanded: Avant-Garde Film in the Age of Intermedia, Oxford University Press

Left: Photograph of the UGA workshop  (1975). "Photograph by SJK 171, one of the first graffiti artists to document graffiti in New York City."


ISBN: 978-0190938635

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Pape, Chris. (2021) Nation of Graffiti Artists, BEYOND THE STREETS

The Beginning | United Graffiti Artists Concentrated on Elite Writers of NYC Subway Graffiti 
HENRY 161, MIKE 171, SJK 171 and more
Director: Hugo Martinez

Limited Edition - 400 copies

Bonus: Media Features

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The Escapades Rap 
Futura 2000

Featuring: Fab 5 Freddy
Produced by: The Clash
Album: The Escapades Of Futura 2000


​[Verse 2: Futura 2000]
It started for me back in seventy-two
I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do
I saw names everywhere, style color, and flair
I knew I had to join in, I knew my answer was there
There was TAKI bein' tacky with his Dri Mark pen
He was writin' his name way back then
Frank 207, SJK (Aw, yeah)
COCO144 and the UGA, PHASE2, stay hot
Graffiti is a thing that's kinda hard to explain
It's not just runnin' around spray paintin' your name
It starts as a game, can't stay the same
Dedication makes you put it in a different frame
Joe 136 (To the beat)
Resource: Genius

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