26+ 80 S New York Subway Graffiti

Originating in the new york city subway and spreading beyond it graffiti is among the most common forms of vandalism committed today.

80 s new york subway graffiti. Graffiti history street art graffiti american graffiti train truck wildstyle nyc subway art hoe public art city in 1984 the book subway art by martha cooper and henry chalfant was released. It documented new york s early 1980s graffiti scene and its impact was. May 13 2016 explore qiu001 s board 80 s nyc subway graffiti on pinterest. Its authors paul and kenny cavalieri are two brothers from the bronx who began. Eventually those smaller crimes led to bigger ones and by the 1980s over 250 felonies were committed every week on the subway. A new book of photography from the platform 2. 12 additionally people from the middle class viewed graffiti as a form of crime which meant that the value of the city was being compromised.

A new exhibition at the bronx museum shows the striking documentary photography of henry chalfant who documented the street art and urban culture in new. More nyc subway graffiti 1983 1989 is an ode to that period. One of the walking graffiti legends of the 80 s is absolutely futura2000. In just about every movie set in new york city in the 1970s and 80s there 39 s an establishing shot with a graffiti covered subway. Courtesy eric firestone gallery new york. Mid 1970 s new york subway graffiti history video put together by rudy vasquez. Starting out as a writer on subway cars in the early 70s futura made a break and a comeback later in the decade allowing his art to flourish in the coming years.

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