Subway Art

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Summary: Definitive Guide to Graffiti Culture
Review: Outstanding. As an Old Skool writer from back in the early 80's, I can only commend Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfont on such an informative and exceptional guide to the culture behind Graffiti. The book has great photos and is a must have for any up and coming writer or anyone who is interested in the origins of graffiti art on the subway in Newyork.

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Summary: Definitive Guide to Graffiti Culture
Review: Outstanding. As an Old Skool writer from back in the early 80's, I can only commend Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfont on such an informative and exceptional guide to the culture behind Graffiti. The book has great photos and is a must have for any up and coming writer or anyone who is interested in the origins of graffiti art on the subway in Newyork.

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Summary: The "BIBLE" of Graffiti...'nuff said!!!
Review: SUBWAY ART does not only inspires a new generation of"Graffiti Artist",but also shows that Graffiti IS an ART..all in it's own.It can not be taught,it is a self taught art that has been greatly overlooked...once the book is read you will have a different look at the"Underground Art"

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Summary: The "BIBLE" of Graffiti...'nuff said!!!
Review: SUBWAY ART does not only inspires a new generation of"Graffiti Artist",but also shows that Graffiti IS an ART..all in it's own.It can not be taught,it is a self taught art that has been greatly overlooked...once the book is read you will have a different look at the"Underground Art"

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Summary: The Graffiti Bible!
Review: Subway Art is for all the graffiti writers worldwide the true graffiti bible. It's a collectors item for "writers" to have, and it's truly the only book that have given so many young writers the history of this urban art. That started in the early 70's in the New York ghetto Bronx. Toro 83' Norwegian writer

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Summary: "Subway Art".....The beginning of NY subway graffiti.......
Review: Subway Art is the documentation and story of New York City subway graffiti as documented through the lens of a camera. This book also contains a dictionary of graffiti terms and language. This book is a must for any book collection!

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Summary: Subway Art
Review: the book is the best! i used it for a book report and i got an A. It has various artist and some hard to find pieces of famouse artist work.I am from the San Francisco bay area and i have seen lots of Trains with pieces on it but this has it all.

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Summary: Essential and important
Review: The epitome of classic NYC graffiti, Subway Art has become the veritable Bible for this particular subculture that has exploded around the United States, and also the world ( just to name a few: Germany, Iceland, Denmark, Amsterdam, France, and Japan ). Contained herein are the masterpeices by the Kings of the Line, Dondi ( R.I.P. ), Blade, Lee, Kase, Seen, Lady Pink and a host of others. The pictures are large and there are some fold-outs, capturing the SIZE and LENGTH of what are basically moving steel masterpeices. There is a brief line or two about tags and throw-ups, but the book concentrates more on top-to-bottoms, window-to-bottoms, and whole cars. What is important about this book is its documentation of an up and coming subculture that basically gave a big EFF YOU to an environment that was comparable to some 3rd world countries by creating an art that was not only dangerous ( in its execution ), but creative, and beautiful. The message that "we are here, and WE SHALL BOMB", in SPITE of Transit Authoriy and the indifferent system which placed them there is characteristic of adversity which spawns creativity ( the same adversity that created Hip-Hop ) . An important peice of work, and a must for art afficiandos and graf & hip-hop heads alike.

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Summary: 10 out of 10 no doubt
Review: this book along with spraycan art,getting up,stylewars,wild style,beat street,countless video clips & so on started the world wide graffiti and hip hop culture. when i first got this book seven years ago ive spent a good 20 hours studying it. this book is well known as the most stolen book in the u.k from the set of two " graff bibles " spraycan art being the other one if you don't have this book and you like old school ny trains from where it all started you really need to get this book MUST BUY.

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Summary: 10 out of 10 no doubt
Review: this book along with spraycan art,getting up,stylewars,wild style,beat street,countless video clips & so on started the world wide graffiti and hip hop culture. when i first got this book seven years ago ive spent a good 20 hours studying it. this book is well known as the most stolen book in the u.k from the set of two " graff bibles " spraycan art being the other one if you don't have this book and you like old school ny trains from where it all started you really need to get this book MUST BUY.