Hall of Fame - New York City

The birthplace of the style writing school of graffiti is New York City. This is the place where young writers first began to transform letters from simple tags on a wall to elaborate masterpieces of colorful and camoflauged letters embellished with characters that depicted friends and heroes alike. The most famous of these schoolyards is located in East Harlem on 106th street and Park Avenue: it became known as the Hall of Fame. This colourful title is an artistic retrospective of that famous and important New York landmark.

About the author

Alain "KET" Maridueña grew up between Jackson Heights, Miami and Brooklyn. His parents are both immigrants from Latin America. While studying at New York University, he founded 'Stress', a publication celebrating urban communities, Hip Hop culture and educating youth about their rights. Alains activism continued with the creation of programs for inmates in the Rikers Island Prison and the co-founding of the collective Black August. He co-founded Complex magazine with Marc Ecko, and joined From Here To Fame publishing, in order to preserve Hip Hops rich history. He also works as a consultant for urban culture industry. So Alain "KET" Maridueña is a publisher, writer, Hip Hop historian, activist and graffiti artist.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Ket, Alain KET Maridueña, Alain Ket Mariduena
• Publisher: From Here To Fame
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9783937946375
• ISBN: 978-3-937946-37-5
• No. of pages: 450
• Weight: 894 g
• Illustrations: 1
• Series: ON THE RUN books; on the run books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Graffiti, USA, Jugendkultur, New York, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Amerika (USA), Kultur / Jugendkultur