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The keith haring foundation 19972020 terms of useterms of use. Initially working independently, they finally met, combined their work and published a book called subway art in 1984, a tome that was to define the era, and arguably ensure the genre lived on to. Subway art is a collaborative book by martha cooper and henry chalfant, which documents the early history of new york citys graffiti movement. Coopers collaboration with henry chalfant, a photographer and filmmaker, captured graffitis golden and assaultive years. Code emphasis catches up with henry chalfant on the 25th anniversary of books first publishing. In this video, bonnie goes over an easy way to make some cute subway art. Henry chalfant traces the history of new york graffiti, shows a variety of painted subway cars, and. She is layering the expressions vinyl seies 31 vinyl. Books subway art, martha cooper and henry chalfant, thames and hudson, london, 1984, henry holt, new york, 1984. Thirty years later, this bible of street art has been updated with over seventy photographs not included in the original edition and new insights on an incredibly rich period for urban art and its legacy. The photographer brian young has compiled images of straphangers from that year in a new book. In 1984 the groundbreaking subway art brought graffiti to the world, presenting stunning photographic documentation of the burgeoning movement in new york.
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Spray can art, henry chalfant and james prigoff, thames and hudson, london and new york, 1987. One mans opus to new yorks subway art, decades in the making. One mans opus to new yorks subway art, decades in the. Subway art 25th anniversary edition, thames and hudson, london and chronicle books, san francisco, 2009.
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