Subway Art- Paperback- USED

Description

Title: Subway Art
Author: Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant
Paperback
Pages: 128
Published: First published in 1984. This compact edition is first published in 2015. Reprinted 2019
Language: English
Dimensions: 23.5 x 33.5 cm/ 9.3 x 0.7 x 13.2 inch.
Condition: Cover: 9.5/10 Inside: 10/10

Subway Art is not only the best selling, but probably the most influential graffiti book of all time. In the 70s- when graffiti was still in its infancy- Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant obtained access to the New York graffiti scene. Documenting what they found, they then presented their findings to the world in 1984.

30 years later, the two have decided to reissue the classic, which was seen as a Bible for an entire generation of painters. The new edition contains more than 70 flicks, some of which were not included in the original edition, such as new text passages in which Cooper and Chalfant discuss the early development of the book.

In 1984 the groundbreaking Subway Art brought graffiti to the world, presenting stunning photographic documentation of the burgeoning movement in New York. Thirty years later, this bible of street art has been updated with over seventy photographs not included in the original edition and new insights on an incredibly rich period for urban art and its legacy.

In new introductions, authors Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant recall how they gained entry into the New York City graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s. New afterwords continue the story, tracing the decline of the subway and graffiti scene in the late 1980s to its unexpected rebirth as a global art movement. The authors reveal how the lives of the original subway artists have unfolded and mourn the loss of several to the darker forces of the street.