Subway Art

Two gifted photographers have documented every aspect of this extraordinary urban subculture, complete with 239 full color photographs. New Download Subway Art [ By ] Martha Cooper [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The first book to look at this movement no matter where you stand as far as what is is not art this book will open your eyes to a movement that has influenced may aspects of modern design.Among my most prize possessions is a signed copy by SEEN Like many, this was my introduction into Graffiti, and containing work by the true golden age pioneers the now aged content still holds up to any of today s graffiti books.I bought this awesome book in a record shop in NYC sometime around 2009 or 2010 I was really into graffiti at the time, even though I don t draw I would like to start learning how to draw and paint thoughsomeday This is a huge book, meant to be displayed and showed off on the coffee table Crammed inside the pages are wonderfully large pictures of graffiti painted during the Golden Age, which are considere...Okay Am I biased Yes Why Because when it comes to Art books, I only ever read stuff from people who are dead or from artists whom I ve met from my own artistic journey as an exhibiting visual artist side So it was really lovely to meet some of the guys and gals from this book You are all characters It was a bonus to find this book by accident without knowing anything about it and then just opened it and realised Oh, I know these people Love to you all I know there will be blah Okay Am I biased Yes Why Because when it comes to Art books, I only ever read stuff from people who are dead or from artists whom I ve met from my own artistic journey as an exhibiting visual artist side So it was really lovely to meet some of the guys and gals from this book You are all characters It was a bonus to find this book by accident without knowing anything about it and then just opened it and realised Oh, I know these people Love to you all I know there will be blah ...My copy is the 25th Anniversary Edition published in 2009It is about 128 pp.The format size is large and the quality of the rendition of the photos, very good.Here is my conundrum I look at Hand of Doom by Seen 1980 and I am as impressed by its power and glory as with many murals done during the 1930s under the WPA The majority of other photos elicit the same reaction but also a feeling that there are should be other venues for this artistry Ca...One of my favorites on this topic.My 5 star rating comes with a caveat Yes, I loved this book the talent exhibited by the graffiti artists who are represented here is in some cases, extraordinary.But beautiful as it may be, I don t want to give the impression that I condone the practice of graffiting up public spaces In fact, I abhor it and honestly believe that it is, in a sense, infectious In other words, all it takes is for authorities to ignore a small problem for it to quickly grow into a huge one.But this book is My 5 star rating comes with a caveat Yes, I loved this book the talent exhibited by the graffiti artists who are represented here is in some cases, extraordinary.But beautiful as it may be, I don t want to give the impression that I condone the practice of graffiting up public spaces In fact, I abhor it and honestly believe that it is, in a sense, infectious In other...While only a kind of surface overview of the graffiti culture of the late 70s early 80s, I would count this as a foundational text as it was put together by two of the most well known graffiti photographers of the era Henry Chalfant also co produced the seminal hip hop doc Style Wars It may have benefited from a third writer who could takeof an anthropological or cultural studies approach to really dig deep into the cultural practices of NYC subway art, as it stands it is a great While only a kind of surface overview of the graffiti culture of the late 70s early 80s, I would count this as a foundational text as it was put together by two of the most well known graffiti photographers of the era Henry Chalfant also co produced the seminal hip hop doc Style Wars It may have benefited fro...I scored this book for under 5 at a Borders closing sale, and man was it worth it It s quite a large book, but the pictures are awesome and crisp It doesn t have hardly any info on the artists or places of most of the pictures in the book, but that s kind of how I like it It leavesto the imagination Whilst the pages and pages of subway art are cool in their own right, the real gems are the pictures of the artists painting them 80 s B Boys at their finest If you dig graffiti, and dig I scored this book for under 5 at a Borders closing sale, and man was it worth it It s quite a large book, but the pictures are awesome and crisp It doesn t have hardly any info on the artists or places of most o...A seminal book on the ephemeral art that is graffiti especially on NYC subway system where it originated The book is made evenromantic due to the way the writers met in documenting the graffiti scene It covers ...

• English
• 14 April 2018
Martha Cooper
• Paperback
• 104 pages
• 0805006788
• Martha Cooper
• Subway Art