The graffiti of Tenfold
Up to date graffiti websites are hard to come by, and even more so, good graffiti websites of Bay area heroes. Recently I came across the flickr site of Funk and Jazz. He’s got multiple photo sets, but most impressive is his collection of over 4,000 images of Bay Area street art. Featured many times is the legendary Bay area artist Tenfold who will be traveling with a group of us to Manila, Philippines in a couple of weeks for Heavy Hitterz: Manila at Pablo Gallery.
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