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Moses and Taps
Moses and Taps graffiti in San Francisco
Styleavant-garde
Movement
WebsiteOfficial website

Moses and Taps, stylized as MOSES & TAPS™, are an artist collective from Europe. Primarily known for their graffiti on walls and trains,[citation needed] they have been exhibited in galleries and museums in Germany and internationally.

History

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The collective combines the pseudonyms of its two individual founders, Moses and Taps, who began painting graffiti art in 1994.[1] The duo are believed to have been working collaboratively since 2007.[2]

In 2017 Moses and Taps took part in the Viral Vandals exhibition at the MU Hybrid Art House alongside several other artists including Brad Downey, Good Guy Boris, and Utah & Ether.[3]

Moses and Taps have produced various publications documenting their work. Their first book was titled International Topsprayer and documented the collective’s project to paint graffiti on 1000 trains in 1000 days.[4] Following the success of the publication, which was reputed to be one of the most widely read graffiti publications ever, Same Same was released in 2014.[5] In 2019 Moses and Taps collaborated with the photographer Edward Nightingale to produce Memento Mori on the occasion of the Rose Béton Biennale.[6] The following year Graffiti Avantage was released showcasing the work of Moses and Taps since 2011.[7]

Works

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MOSES & TAPS™ tags adorn a railway bridge in Hanover, Germany.

In 2010 Moses and Taps attracted widespread attention when they created a mock door on the window of an Hanover S-Bahn train.[8] The following year the collective produced an artwork in which 76 dollar bills were affixed to a Hamburg S-Bahn train spelling out the word ‘sellout’ as a critique of the commercialisation of urban art.[9]

In April 2015 their action, The Wall, attracted international media attention.[10] The collective noted in an interview that their piece had raised the absurdity of prosecuting them for such an action in the minds of the public.[11] Following the media coverage of the Wall it was later revealed that Deutsche Bahn had lied about the costs incurred in removing the artwork.[12]

In 2018, a work entitled Das Kann Ich Auch, painted by Moses and Taps in 2013, sold for €11,700 in an auction at the Parisian auction house Artcurial.[13]

Select exhibitions

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Publications

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  • Moses and Taps (2011). International Topsprayer. Germany: Publikat Verlags und Handels KG. ISBN 978-3939566359.
  • Moses and Taps (2014). Same Same. EU: The Grifters Publishing.
  • Moses and Taps (2019). Memento Mori. Germany: Gutenburg Beuys Feindruckerei.
  • Moses and Taps (2020). Graffiti Avantgarde. The Grifters Publishing. ISBN 978-3939566540.
  • Moses and Taps (2021). Topsprayer Expired. Germany: Publikat. ISBN 978-3939566571.

References

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  1. ^ "BIOGRAPHY OF MOSES & TAPS™ TOPSPRAYER™". Golden Hands Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ^ Morchner, Tobias. "Graffiti-Sprayer in Hannover ist ein Phantom". Hannoversche Allgemeine. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ^ "#ViralVandals". MU Hybrid Art House. MU Hybrid Art House. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ^ Boris, Good Guy. "MOSES AND TAPS INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE FOR THE GRIFTERS JOURNAL". The Grifters Journal. The Grifters. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  5. ^ "SAME SAME™ - BOOK BY TAPS MOSES™ & THE GRIFTERS". The Grifters. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. ^ Nightingale, Edward. "MEMENTO MORI: Rose Béton Biennale 2019". Edward Nightingale. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  7. ^ "GRAFFITI AVANTGARDE – Das neue Buch von MOSES & TAPS". ilovegraffiti.de. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  8. ^ K, R. "TAPS S-Bahn Fake-Tür in Hannover". RBNSHT. urbanshit.de. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Sellout". fk.1just.de. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  10. ^ Heinemann, Christoph. "SoKo Graffiti glaubt: Das sind die S-Bahn-Maurer". Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  11. ^ Heinemann, Christoph. "Hamburger S-Bahnmaurer: "Den Druck hat doch die Polizei"". Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  12. ^ Heinemann, Christoph. "S-Bahn-Maurer richteten geringen Schaden an". Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  13. ^ Castagna, Karine. "Lot 27 TAPS & MOSES (Collectif fondé en 2007) Das Kann Ich Auch - 2013". Artcurial. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Achtung: Asphaltkultur – German Graffiti Avantgarde". www.germany-and-india.com. Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  15. ^ "New project: Public art project with the Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art". Public Delivery. public delivery.org. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  16. ^ "BUNDESKUNSTHALL OF FAME: Graffiti & Street Art Festival". Bundeskunsthalle. Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  17. ^ "HAMBURG – MOSES & TAPS – Corporate Identity™ Exhibition". ilovegraffiti.de. ilovegraffiti.de. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  18. ^ "BÜGELFEUER". spedition-bremen.com (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Local Heroes. Marseille & Berlin". Musée Regards de Provence. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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