Subway Art
by Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant
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Author: Henry Chalfant, Martha CooperEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1988-09-15
ISBN: 0805006788
Number of pages: 104
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
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Book Review: THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE FOR A WHILE BUT NOW I'M 34
Summary: 5 Stars
Subway Art. What can I say? This, Style Wars, Beat Street, Break Dance... they all had their influence on me (& a whole generation) back in the day.
Hip Hop isn't what it used to be, though. Most of what we hear these days is mixed up with R'n'B, commercialised, repackaged and shipped for your dissatisfaction. If you ask me... when it comes to Hip Hop, stick with the old school.
I was brought up in Melbourne, Australia, and did quite a bit of graffiti there during the 1980s. Melbourne had plenty of weird & wonderful characters who were into graff back then. The vast majority have gone their separate ways. But there's always the rare psycho who's still bombing (I'm not referring to the younger generation - but to old school dudes who are still around). There's also those who got into graphic art and made a career for themselves out of graff.
I recommend checking out some of the original Vaughn Bode cartoons for yourself through a simple Google search.
Additional to this, I recommend Getting Up: Subway Graffitti in New York" by Craig Castleman. It has some pictures of trains and so on, but it is more for the reader. A copy was stolen from a local library near me - go figure.
And if you're ever in NYC... Check out the Hall of Fame. It's located on the corner of 106th Street and Park Avenue.
Summary of Subway Art
Two gifted photographers have documented every aspect of this extraordinary urban subculture, complete with 239 full-color photographs.
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