R.I.P. - Memorial Wall Art (Paperback)

Once, the spraycan "kings" of New York's subways astounded the world with their exuberant graffiti images. Now a new generation of artists has hit the streets and is decorating neighbourhood walls with memorials to the tragic and untimely deaths of friends and loved ones. "R.I.P." - assembling the very best of a vibrant street art wave - contains colour photographs of memorials from Harlem and the Lower East Side, the South Bronx and Brooklyn, as well as the moving stories behind them. The victims of shootings, accidents, arguments, police killings and drug-related turf wars may be gone, but thanks to these paintings they are not forgotten: for a violent and indifferent city has also spawned a rich urban art form. Martha Cooper's first book of photographs was "Subway Art" (with Henry Chalfant, Thames and Hudson, 1984).

General

Imprint:	Thames and Hudson Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Street Graphics / Street Art Series
Release date:	June 1994
First published:	April 2002
Authors:	Martha Cooper • Joseph Sciorra
Dimensions:	210 x 233 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-0-500-27776-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General
LSN:	0-500-27776-1
Barcode:	9780500277768

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