Training Days - The Subway Artists Then and Now (Hardcover)

Late 1970s New York City was bankrupt and its streets dirty and dangerous. But thecity had a wild, raw energy that made it the crucible for the birth of rap culture and graffiti. Graffiti writers worked in extremely tough conditions: uncollected garbage, darkness, cramped spaces, and the constant threat of police raids, assault by security staff and attacks by rival crews. It was not unlike practicing performance art in a war zone. Yet during the fertile years of the late 1970s and 1980s they evolved their art from stylized signatures to full-blown Technicolor dreamscapes. Henry Chalfant created panoramic images of painted trains by photographing overlapping shots along the train s length. It took time to earn the writers trust andrespect, but Chalfant became their revered confidant and with Tony Silver went on to produce the classic documentary film Style Wars (1983). Through a series of interviews conducted by Sacha Jenkins, we hear the voices of these characters of old New York. Quite a few of the original writers are no longer with us, but those who have survived have continued to push the envelope as artists and individuals in a new millennium.The stories they tell, included here alongside iconic, raw photographs of their work, will enthrall graffiti fans everywhere."

General

Imprint:	Thames and Hudson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Henry Chalfant • Sacha Jenkins
Dimensions:	210 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-500-23921-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Other graphic art forms > Graffiti Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	0-500-23921-5
Barcode:	9780500239216

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