New
York graffiti writers who cut their teeth painting trains in the '70s and '80s transfer
Old Skool street art to a more permanent, collectible medium in this book, using
transit maps, instead of subway cars, as canvases. GHOST, T-KID, QUIK, REVOLT, BLADE, SHAME125, COPE2, SKEME, and others decorated ordinary 23" × 32" MTA
maps with their personal tags and graphics—echoing the heyday of New York train
graffiti. Sixteen sections, one for each writer, feature a total of more than
100 maps, as well as brief statements about the painters' artistic evolution and
style. Like a dynamic "piece book," or sketchbook, this collection is
an exclusive sampling of the painters' signature strokes and tags in portable
form. In fact, many of the artists featured here have used subway-map art as a
springboard from the fleeting genre of train-tagging to the sturdier platform of the
international art gallery circuit.
This book title, Uptown & Downtown (Old Skool Paintings on NYC Subway Maps), ISBN: 9780764350979, by Alan Bortman, published by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (May 28, 2016) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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