New York Subway Graffiti

Author: Tod Lange
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764333392
Category : Graffiti
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ride back in time on the colorful New York City subway line of the 1970s to 1990s; the graffiti years, when subway cars became rolling metal canvases for some of the most notorious and influential graffiti "writers" of all time. Explore the amazing array of art work from the 1970s, '80s and '90s transit system "graveyards," including the work of graffiti artists BLADE, GHOST, SENT, REAS, VEN, WOLF, and STRIDER, as well as many other talented "underdogs." The era is richly illustrated with over 235 rare, never-before-published photographs accompanied by personal accounts from the writers talking about their art and recalling their wild antics. This is an informative, nostalgic look at New York subway graffiti.

Getting Up

Author: Craig Castleman
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262530514
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
"Getting Up" is the term used by graffiti "artists" to describe their success in making their mark on the New York subway system. Through candid interviews, New Yorker Craig Castleman documents the inside story of the lives and activities of these young graffitists.

Graffiti New York

Author: Eric Felisbret
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
Ranging from the birth of simple signature tags to today's vibrant murals, and covering the ups and downs of the movement, the culture's value system, and its social framework, "Graffiti New York" provides an essential history of this art form. Illustrated.

Subway Art

Author: Martha Cooper
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805006780
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
Traces the history of New York graffiti, shows a variety of painted subway cars, and desribes the graffiti writers and how they work.

New York City Graffiti

Author: George McAvoy
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764337208
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This true story and retrospective documents the life and times of members of The Destiny Children (TDC) graffiti crew from 1985 to 2000. From Long Island, New York, The Destiny Children/Unlimited Styled Artists commemorate the 25-year history of the crew and their impact on the New York City subway graffiti era. This large collector's book is loaded with 500 color images of original art ranging from burners on hand ball courts to pieces on tractor trailers to works throughout the New York City subway system. Works by many established NYC graffiti artists are featured, including founding members DC3 and SHO. Other original members featured are ZOO, SHOROZ, BEAVER, LAE, LAC2, ROE, DOOJ, SHIM, and ONE2. Works by affiliated writers, ZEUS TDC, CEOS, ROZ One, SHARE 37, POKE IBM, EPIC, RECK, SKETCH, KARL TCM, DEON, BOM 5 MW, SACE RIP, MIRAGE RIP, and others are documented. Alongside the visual accounts of these artistic exploits are dozens of true stories and recollections that uncover the reality of painting in yards, lay ups, racking spray paint, fights, graffiti beefs, and police raids. See what made TDC take extraordinary risks so their street art could be seen by the public in their never-ending quest for fame. An ideal history for artists, art historians, street art enthusiasts, anthropologists, and urban dwellers.

From the Platform 2

Author: Paul Cavalieri
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780764352904
Category : Graffiti
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
This is a nostalgic, visual account of the best time and place to be a graffiti writer. In the 1980s, brothers Kenny, a.k.a. KEY, and Paul, a.k.a. CAVS, immersed themselves in the graffiti scene in the Boogie Down Bronx, dutifully photographing hundreds of pieces on now-discontinued MTA subway cars and capturing their proud comrades before, during, and after the act. "Bombing" "White Elephants" with their pilot markers and documenting them with their cameras, which they always carried, they were on the ride of their lives--until 1989, when the last painted train was removed from service. Tags by names like QUIK, IZTHEWIZ, and many others appear here in color exposures, and dozens of artists share stories and drop knowledge with no filter. A foreword by graffiti historian Henry Chalfant, coproducer of Style Wars--the seminal documentary on New York graffiti and hip-hop culture--kicks things off.

Early New York Subway Graffiti, 1973-1975

Author:
Publisher: Tangent Books
ISBN: 9781906477486
Category : Graffiti
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The 2nd ed. includes comments of the graffiti artists on the 1st ed., and photographs of New York from 1975.

Classic Hits

Author: Alan Fleisher
Publisher: Dokument Forlag
ISBN: 9789185639502
Category : Graffiti
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Early 70s New York saw the growth of a new phenomenon and one of the most influential artistic movement of our time: Graffiti. In Classic Hits, the key pioneers tell their story in a unique eye-opening first-hand story expressed in unique pictures and text. From Taki 183 to Blade to Iz the Wiz - these names have garnered star status far beyond graffiti culture and heavily influenced the likes of Seen, Banksy and Revok. Classic Hits offers an invaluable picture of graffiti in its early, playful years.

Born to Run

Author: Tod Lange
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764356421
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Despite playing canvas to a long list of talented writers, the IND (Independent) and BMT (Brooklyn Manhattan Transit) lines have been underrepresented in graffiti history. This is now rectified with a collection of high-quality images from the 1970s and 80s that capture works by heavyweights from the BMT like Lee, Mono, Iz The Wiz, Baby168, OE3, P13, and many others. From Coney Island to Queensboro Plaza and everywhere in between, these nostalgic images capture elevated subway scenes, stations, and subway yards and offer a glimpse through time at Brooklyn and Queens in the height of the NYC subway graffiti era. This truly amazing lineup also features early writers on the IND lines like Pistol, Piper, A'train, and IN, in addition to obscure names and throw-ups from these undocumented corridors. This is an ideal volume of subway art for graffiti artists, fans, historians, and students looking for rare photos on the letter lines.

Art and the Subway

Author: Tracy Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813544521
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
Explores artistic production surrounding the world's most famous public transportation system, from just before its opening in 1904 onwards. Using images, this work offers perspectives on ways in which the subway has been used as a subject about which to make art, as a site within which to make art, and as a canvas upon which to make art.