"The Buddy System," detail (1999)

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"I'd seen graffiti around, but I never had an idea of what it was. But as soon as I got more and more involved with it, it seemed like freedom to me, it was very empowering and it is something I enjoyed doing a lot..."

- Barry McGee

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