Graffiti Kings is the definitive book on subway graffiti, the spontaneous art movement that exploded throughout New York City in the early 1970s. In this historic, firsthand account, Jack Stewart recounts how pioneering writers put their lives on the line to grab fame from a faceless urban landscape. Through Stewart’s personal interviews with the artists and more than 275 full-color, previously unpublished photographs, the complete underground history of subway graffiti comes to life.
Inside the Book
About the Author
Jack Stewart, a painter, muralist, and art historian, first began to photograph graffiti as it made its transition from the streets to the subways. He was one of the first observers to understand the power and significance of tags, and he befriended and interviewed many of the writers who appear in this collection. This text is based on Stewart’s doctoral thesis, and has been curated and edited by Regina Stewart.
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Publisher: Abrams
Hardcover
224 pages, 7 1/2 × 9 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-7526-2
ISBN-10: 0-8109-7526-2
$29.95
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