Subway Art

Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant

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Thames & Hudson Ltd
01 October 2015

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: from c 1960; Graffiti & street art

Series: Street Graphics / Street Art

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 the subway graffiti scene in the late 1980s to its unexpected rebirth as a global art movement.

• The authors bring us up to date on how the lives of the original subway artists have unfolded, and mourn the loss of several writers to the darker forces of the street.

By: Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 335mm, Width: 234mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 850g
ISBN: 9780500292129
ISBN 10: 0500292124
Series: Street Graphics / Street Art
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 October 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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, published by Thames & Hudson.

Reviews for Subway Art

A fascinating source of material for those interested in visual anthropology and the impact of a developing urban art and social language. Time has not diminished the book s beauty. The chance to view so many classic pieces at an increased size is almost as exciting as the inclusion of more than 70 previously unpublished photographs. The bible of the New York graffiti movement. Time has not diminished the book's beauty. The chance to view so many classic pieces at an increased size is almost as exciting as the inclusion of more than 70 previously unpublished photographs. The bible of the New York graffiti movement.