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Training days : the subway artists then and now / Henry Chalfant & Sacha Jenkins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2014Description: 175 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780500239216
  • 0500239215
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 751.7309741
LOC classification:
  • GT 3913  C436t 2014
Contents:
Preface / by Henry Chalfant -- Of kings and blue-collar writers / by Sacha Jenkins -- Interviews: Bil Rock. Breezer. Daze. Jon One. Kel. KR. Lady Pink. Sak. Sharp. Skem. Spin. Team.
Summary: In the late 1970s, New York City was bankrupt, dirty and dangerous. Born on these grimy streets, graffiti rapidly made its mark. Here, twelve legendary graffiti writers the original subway artists whose creative genius fuelled the earliest flowering of the movement give first-person accounts of their experiences. Individually interviewed for this book by Sacha Jenkins, they reveal an authentic, unparalleled insight into the golden age of graffiti. Illustrated with Henry Chalfants original photographs, this book captures all the raw, explosive creativity of that era.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GT 3913 C436t 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000165674

Includes index.

Preface / by Henry Chalfant -- Of kings and blue-collar writers / by Sacha Jenkins -- Interviews: Bil Rock. Breezer. Daze. Jon One. Kel. KR. Lady Pink. Sak. Sharp. Skem. Spin. Team.

In the late 1970s, New York City was bankrupt, dirty and dangerous. Born on these grimy streets, graffiti rapidly made its mark. Here, twelve legendary graffiti writers the original subway artists whose creative genius fuelled the earliest flowering of the movement give first-person accounts of their experiences. Individually interviewed for this book by Sacha Jenkins, they reveal an authentic, unparalleled insight into the golden age of graffiti. Illustrated with Henry Chalfants original photographs, this book captures all the raw, explosive creativity of that era.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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