![]() ![]() ![]() It was the late 1970s, and the Devoe brothers were drawn to art from Marvel Comics and Parliament Funkadelic albums created by artist Pedro Bell. The words are accompanied by a spray can with a menacing face and a Martian holding a laser gun.Ĭredit: Rodney "Rad1" Wills From boys to ‘Kings’īrothers Dwayne and Hackwin Devoe can trace their artistic roots to growing up in Atlanta’s notorious East Lake Meadows public housing project. Painted in yellow are the words “Yard Kings.” It’s a reference to writers painting cars in train yards. Four of those artists stand in front of a piece that stretches at least 40 feet wide and upwards of 20 feet in height. The free event spans three days and features 25-plus graffiti artists whose heyday was the mid-’80s to the mid-2000s painting walls on the Westside Trail. The style writers are taking part in the Art on the Atlanta Beltline’s second annual ATL Jam. Bikers whizzing by, joggers lost in earbud orchestras and lovers bundled in hoodies holding hands stop to admire the work of the artists tinkering with their pieces. OutKast “ATLiens” blares from a loud speaker. ![]() It’s a Saturday afternoon, early November 2023, and the wall is covered from one end to the other with spray painted works in progress. It’s called “The Party Tunnel.” Well, that’s what its temporary inhabitants, graffiti writers, call the stretch of concrete on the Atlanta Beltline’s Westside Trail, behind the Lee + White development. ![]()
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