Product Description

The dazzling world of New York City graffiti is revealed in this exuberant gathering of works by today's best street artists.

New York City is where the quintessential contemporary people's art of graffiti was born. The top "writers" go "all city" when their tags can be seen throughout the five boroughs. This exhilarating selection of their work, assembled by Hugo Martinez, a leading authority on the history of street art in NYC, takes the reader on an "all-city" tour of New York, displaying the extraordinary range of its taggers and bombers. More than two hundred photographs showcase the artwork of the most prominent names of the past five years, including CASE 2, KEZ, MÖSCO, SKUF, VFR, and MQ. As graffiti comes to be embraced as a medium in its own right, its most important practitioners in NYC confirm the power and creativity of this vital contemporary language.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #125328 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-31
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Turtleback
• 152 pages

Rap News.co.uk, September 6, 2006
'Really impressive...A must have for anyone with any interest in
one of hiphop culture's most important aspects.'

duncancumming.co.uk, September 16, 2006
'This isn't about the artwork, it's about being a
writer...Graffiti writers who're into bombing should love it!'

Aerosol Planet, November 2006
`This exhilarating selection of their work...takes the reader on
an "all-city" tour of New York.'