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The first exhibition of graffiti in a gallery—“Graffiti Art Success for America”—was organized by the writer Crash at a gallery called Fashion Moda in South Bronx, New York in 1980. This was the moment when graffiti was recognized as a form of self-expression instead of an act of vandalism. In the Bronx, at the same time, hip hop came to be appreciated as a form of music, DJs made their first scratches, and break dancing came indoors, from the street to the studio. The distance between these now discreet art forms is an illusion of distance because, when they emerged, they came into existence …