Subway Art (New Ed)

In 1984, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art, a groundbreaking book documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City. The 2009 edition of the book is now available in a new, slightly reduced format. Henry Chalfant''s images of the trains retain their impact, while Martha Cooper''s narrative pictures tell the story. In the introductions, the authors recall how they gained entry to the New York graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s and describe the techniques that they used to photograph it. Afterwords report how the lives of the original subway artists have unfolded, and chronicle the end of the subway graffiti scene in the late 1980s and its unexpected rebirth as a global art movement. This is an essential book for all fans of graffiti, stunning photography and 1980s-cool.

List of contents

'Why don't you photograph graffiti?' Martha Cooper - 'If art like this is a crime, let God forgive me.' Henry Chalfant - SUBWAY ART - 'We may have lost the trains...' Martha Cooper - '... but we've gained the whole world.' Henry Chalfant

Report

'The ultimate book for fans of graffiti ... captures 1980s-cool' - City Magazine

Product details

• Authors: Henry Chalfant, Chalfant Henry, Henry Chalfont, Martha Cooper, Cooper Martha
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9780500292129
• ISBN: 978-0-500-29212-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 340 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 840 g
• Series: Street Graphics / Street Art
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; New York, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / General, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / American / General, History of Art, Graffiti & street art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Other graphic or visual art forms, Street Art;Graffiti;New York;1980s