Subway Art, 9780500292129
Paperback
Graffiti’s bible returns, revealing untold stories and a global art movement.
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    128 pages

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    30 September 2015

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Summary

Subway Art: The Graffiti Bible Reborn

In 1984, the groundbreaking Subway Art brought graffiti to the world. 30 years on, the bible of the street-art movement is back and better than ever.

• With over 70 fresh photographs not included in the original edition.

• In new introductions Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant recall how they gained entry to the New York City graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s.

• New afterwords continue the story from the decline of…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780500292129
ISBN-10:0500292124
Series:Street Graphics / Street Art
Author:Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:30 September 2015
Weight:852g
Dimensions:16mm x 334mm x 267mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘The ultimate book for fans of graffiti … captures 1980s-cool’ - City Magazine

About The Author

Martha Cooper

Martha Cooper has contributed the photographs for over twenty books and is Director of Photography at City Lore, the New York Center for Urban Folk Culture.

Henry Chalfant is an American photographer and videographer well known for his work on hip hop culture. He is the author of Spraycan Art, and his world-renowned documentation of the artists of the New York subway was memorialized in the most successful book on graffiti ever published, Subway Art.

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