The artwork “Year of the Dragon” by Lee Quinones, created in 1979, belongs to the street art movement and falls under the graffiti genre.
The artwork features vibrant and dynamic graffiti painted on the side of a train car. The composition predominantly showcases a menacing green dragon with red scales and a fierce expression. The dragon exhales dark smoke, adding to its ferocious aura. Accompanying the dragon, bold and colorful graffiti lettering spans the length of the train car, executed in shades of bright pink and yellow, bordered in black. The artwork epitomizes the raw and dynamic energy characteristic of street art during that era, combining vivid imagery with the urban backdrop of a moving train.
