{{short description|American graffiti artist}} {{notability|1=Biographies|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox artist | name = DG | honorific_suffix = MSD NWC | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Jason Wulf | birth_date = {{Birth based on age at death|42|2014|07|02}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harshbarger |first1=Rebecca |title=Graffiti legend dies in subway third-rail electrocution |url=https://nypost.com/2014/07/05/graffiti-legend-dies-in-subway-third-rail-electrocution/ |work=New York Post |date=5 July 2014}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2014|07|02|42}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harshbarger |first1=Rebecca |title=Graffiti legend dies in subway third-rail electrocution |url=https://nypost.com/2014/07/05/graffiti-legend-dies-in-subway-third-rail-electrocution/ |work=New York Post |date=5 July 2014}}</ref> | death_place = 25th Street station, Sunset Park | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = Graffiti | signature = | signature_type = Tag | signature_size = | signature_alt = | memorials = }}
'''Jason Wulf''' (known by the tag '''DG''' or '''DGOne'''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yakas |first1=Ben |title=Graffiti Artist Electrocuted By Third Rail In Brooklyn |url=https://gothamist.com/news/graffiti-artist-electrocuted-by-third-rail-in-brooklyn |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Gothamist |date=5 July 2014 |language=en}}</ref>) was a Queens based graffiti artist. He worked as a carpenter and sign painter.{{r|Mueller}}
==Life== Wulf started doing graffiti in 1985, making images of cartoons as well as tagging.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turco |first1=Bucky |title=Epic Graffiti Production Will Inspire Vandals, Cartoon Fans |url=http://animalnewyork.com/2012/epic-graffiti-production-will-inspire-vandals-cartoon-fans/ |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=ANIMAL |date=16 October 2012}}</ref> Later in his career, he began selling commercial graffiti through art galleries. He was the founder of a graffiti crew known as "New Wave Crew"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harshbarger |first1=Rebecca |title=Graffiti legend dies in subway third-rail electrocution |url=https://nypost.com/2014/07/05/graffiti-legend-dies-in-subway-third-rail-electrocution/ |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=New York Post |date=5 July 2014}}</ref> and a member of "Mad Subway Demons".<ref>{{cite web |title=CBK, TF, MSD Crews @ 149st |url=https://at149st.com/cbk.html |website=at149st.com |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref> Wulf continued to graffiti during the MTA's Clean Train Movement era, when tagged cars were constantly being removed from service, and he was arrested 13 times.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Eli |title=Friends, family hold fundraiser for graffiti artist Jason Wulf's headstone |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/friends-raise-money-graffiti-legend-headstone-article-1.2014111 |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=nydailynews.com}}</ref>
==Death== Wulf died in 2014, while crossing the tracks at the 25th subway station in Sunset Park.<ref name=Mueller>It's unknown why he was crossing the tracks at the time of his death. {{cite news |last1=Mueller |first1=Benjamin |title=A Graffiti Titan With New York City Cred Is Remembered (Published 2014) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/nyregion/a-graffiti-titan-with-new-york-city-cred-is-remembered.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=8 July 2014}}</ref> To commemorate him, graffiti artists tagged walls and made murals across New York.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turco |first1=Bucky |title=Tributes to Graffiti Great DG Spring Up All Over the World |url=http://animalnewyork.com/2014/tributes-graffiti-great-dg-spring-world/ |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=ANIMAL |date=8 July 2014}}</ref>
==See also== * List of graffiti and street-art injuries and deaths * Graffiti in New York City
==External links== * [https://vimeo.com/179516530 ''Pro Bono: Protecting Art, Sealing Legacies – The Story of Jason Wulf''] * [https://vimeo.com/30391187 Wulf painting a canvas] * [https://dgone.wordpress.com/ Wulf's blog with his work]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Graffiti-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wulf, Jason}} Category:American graffiti artists Category:2014 deaths