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Graffiti Kings : New York City Mass Transit Art of The 1970's by Jack Stewart (2009, Hardcover)
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Through personal interviews and over 275 full-color, previously unpublished photographs, the colorful origins of subway graffiti are brought to life.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAbrams, Inc.
ISBN-100810975262
ISBN-139780810975262
eBay Product ID (ePID)70968120
Product Key Features
Book TitleGraffiti Kings : New York City Mass Transit Art of the 1970's
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Popular Culture, Graffiti & Street Art, American / General
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, History
AuthorJack Stewart
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight33.8 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width7.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromEighth Grade
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal751.73097471
SynopsisGraffiti Kings is the definitive book on New York's subway graffiti movement, an unprecedented creative explosion that occurred across the five boroughs during the 1970s. This rare, firsthand account of the birth of this movement is the first and only graffiti book to reveal what happened behind the scenes when writers put their lives on the line to grab a piece of fame from a faceless urban landscape. Through personal interviews and over 275 full-color, previously unpublished photographs, the colorful origins of subway graffiti are brought to life. Legends such as Taki 183, Blade 1, Phase 2, and Co-Co 144, as well as the city officials who saw the writers as public menaces and their art as vandalism, give accounts of everyday struggles, each full of new advancements, excitement, and risk. Although author and photographer Jack Stewart maintained a low profile at the time, his work is now a graffiti-world legend: rumored to exist, seldom seen, a near-equivalent to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Alongside archival photographs of everything from vibrant bubble-letter and 3-D pieces to the Holy Grail, the whole-train pieces, are maps, images, and ephemera that help fill out the complete story. A celebration in words and pictures of graffiti's golden age, Graffiti Kings is a book sure to be coveted by those fascinated and inspired by this uniquely American urban art form.
LC Classification NumberND2638.N4
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- 19 Oct, 2015
Great View of What Was Going In NYC Subway System
I even saw my "Joe 182" in the book! We would ride the trains almost emptied or go to the very last stop on that line to add our "Tag". Another "Tag" was Nu One. Nu didn't get done the often. My trains were the "N", "RR", "J", and on the IRT lines 1,2,3,4,5, And the number 7 to Flushing, Queens. A note to Jack Stewart: The Main St Flushing Line Was the ONLY line created with just three tracks. Always running Local, but the middle track brought people in the morning "Express" to Manhattan and in the Evening to back to Flushing. The Times where (to Manhattan) 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM than 3:00 PM back to Flushing Queens (Main St). Another tip is Main Street Flushing Queens is the ONLY Main St in ALL of NYC!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Jun, 2024
This book gives you a background history of graffiti subway art and how everything started. Great read.
This book gives you a background history of graffiti subway art and how everything started. Great read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Feb, 2018
Grafitti kings by jack stewart
Great nostalgic look at the new york subway system in the seventies. I highly reccomend this book!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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