By Martha Cooper
“Many of the photographs are at the present time iconic masterpieces. . . . some of the most influential paintings books of its time.” ?The massive Issue
In 1984 the groundbreaking Subway Art introduced graffiti to the realm, proposing beautiful photographic documentation of the burgeoning stream in big apple. Thirty years later, this bible of highway artwork has been up-to-date with over seventy images now not incorporated within the unique version and new insights on a really wealthy interval for city paintings and its legacy.
In new introductions, authors Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant bear in mind how they received access into the hot York urban graffiti neighborhood within the Seventies and Eighties. New afterwords proceed the tale, tracing the decline of the subway and graffiti scene within the overdue Eighties to its unforeseen rebirth as an international paintings circulate. The authors show how the lives of the unique subway artists have spread out and mourn the lack of numerous to the darker forces of the road. 153 colour illustrations
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