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{{short description|Graffiti artist}}
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'''TOX TOX TOX TOX on WheeIs(born 1985), also known as Tox, is a British graffiti writer. He has found fame for adding his tag, always simply the word '''Tox''' followed by a number indicating the year, in a very large number of locations across the London Underground network and walls around London and Glasgow.
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He was convicted of criminal damage in June 2011<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/jun/07/tox-graffiti-artist-criminal-damage |date=7 June 2011 |title='Tox' graffiti artist convicted of criminal damage|accessdate=2012-02-09 | work=Guardian}}</ref> and imprisoned after a history of ignoring [[Anti-social behaviour order|ASBO]]s. Prosecutor Hugo Lodge told the court: "He is no Banksy. He doesn't have the artistic skills, so he has to get his tag up as much as possible." After his trial [[Ben Eine]], another graffiti artist, criticised his work, saying: "His statement is Tox, Tox, Tox, Tox, over and over again." he said that the tags are "incredibly basic" and lacking "skill, flair or unique style". A sentence of 27 months was later passed, the judge commenting "There is nothing artistic about what you do".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23970702-prolific-graffiti-vandal-jailed-for-27-months.do |date=18 July 2011 |title=Prolific graffiti vandal jailed for 27 months |accessdate=2012-02-09 |work=London Evening Standard |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217055429/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23970702-prolific-graffiti-vandal-jailed-for-27-months.do |archivedate=2011-12-17 }}</ref>
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'''Daniel Halpin''' (born 1985), better known as '''Tox''', is a British graffiti writer. He writes the [[Tag (graffiti)|tag]] '''Tox''' followed by a number indicating the year, across the London Underground network and walls around London and Glasgow.
[[Banksy]] created a mural in Camden Town, close to Halpin's home, showing a small boy blowing bubbles that formed the Tox tag after his imprisonment. It is not clear whether the image was a sign of support.
[[File:1962 stock Sandite train at Leytonstone.JPG|thumb|[[London Underground 1962 Stock]] engineering train adorned with "TOX02" and "TOXIC" on the front, 2008]]
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He was convicted of criminal damage in June 2011<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/jun/07/tox-graffiti-artist-criminal-damage |date=7 June 2011 |title='Tox' graffiti artist convicted of criminal damage|access-date=2012-02-09 | work=Guardian}}</ref> and imprisoned after a history of ignoring [[Anti-social behaviour order|ASBO]]s. Prosecutor Hugo Lodge told the court: "He is no [[Banksy]]. He doesn't have the artistic skills, so he has to get his tag up as much as possible." After his trial [[Ben Eine]], another graffiti artist, criticised his work, saying: "His statement is Tox, Tox, Tox, Tox, over and over again." he said that the tags are "incredibly basic" and lacking "skill, flair or unique style". A sentence of 27 months was later passed, the judge commenting "There is nothing artistic about what you do".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23970702-prolific-graffiti-vandal-jailed-for-27-months.do |date=18 July 2011 |title=Prolific graffiti vandal jailed for 27 months |access-date=2012-02-09 |work=London Evening Standard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217055429/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23970702-prolific-graffiti-vandal-jailed-for-27-months.do |archive-date=2011-12-17 }}</ref>


Halpin has also sold works of art including canvases and screens-prints, most recently as 2023.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 September 2009 |title=Vandal cashes in on law loophole |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8249419.stm |access-date=2012-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2023 |title=Tox (born 1985) Underground (Analogue), 2023 (printed and published by ACTUALLY and the artist, with their blindstamps, housed within the original cardboard tube, signed and dated in spray paint) |url=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/29479/lot/144/tox-born-1985-underground-analogue-2023-printed-and-published-by-actually-and-the-artist-with-their-blindstamps-housed-within-the-original-cardboard-tube-signed-and-dated-in-spray-paint/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=[[Bonhams]] |language=en}}</ref>
Halpin was selling canvases bearing his tag for £75 each in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8249419.stm |date=11 September 2009 |title=Vandal cashes in on law loophole|accessdate=2012-02-09 | work=BBC News}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons|TOX}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120211063540/http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/index1.html Index of Banksy works including Tox mural]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120211063540/http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/index1.html Index of Banksy works including Tox mural]


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Latest revision as of 14:00, 20 November 2024

TOX
TOX06 daubed on the side of London Underground 1995 Stock, 2014
Born
Daniel Halpin

1985 (age 38–39)
Known forExtensively tagging the London Underground network
StyleTagging
MovementGraffiti
AwardsKing of the London Underground

Daniel Halpin (born 1985), better known as Tox, is a British graffiti writer. He writes the tag Tox followed by a number indicating the year, across the London Underground network and walls around London and Glasgow.

London Underground 1962 Stock engineering train adorned with "TOX02" and "TOXIC" on the front, 2008

He was convicted of criminal damage in June 2011[1] and imprisoned after a history of ignoring ASBOs. Prosecutor Hugo Lodge told the court: "He is no Banksy. He doesn't have the artistic skills, so he has to get his tag up as much as possible." After his trial Ben Eine, another graffiti artist, criticised his work, saying: "His statement is Tox, Tox, Tox, Tox, over and over again." he said that the tags are "incredibly basic" and lacking "skill, flair or unique style". A sentence of 27 months was later passed, the judge commenting "There is nothing artistic about what you do".[2]

Halpin has also sold works of art including canvases and screens-prints, most recently as 2023.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "'Tox' graffiti artist convicted of criminal damage". Guardian. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Prolific graffiti vandal jailed for 27 months". London Evening Standard. 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Vandal cashes in on law loophole". BBC News. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Tox (born 1985) Underground (Analogue), 2023 (printed and published by ACTUALLY and the artist, with their blindstamps, housed within the original cardboard tube, signed and dated in spray paint)". Bonhams. October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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