American Graffiti
graffiti as an urban languageBy Margo Thompson
Length6h 1m
About this audiobook
The first appearances of graffiti "tags" (signatures) on New York City subway trains in the early 1970s were discarded as incidents of vandalism or the rough, violent cries of the ignorant and impoverished. However, as the graffiti movement progressed and tags became more elaborate and ubiquitous, genuine artists emerged whose unique creativity and unconventional media captured the attention of the world.
Featuring gallery and street works by several contributors to the graffiti scene, this book offers insight into the lives of urban artists, describes their relationship with the bourgeois art world, and discusses their artistic motivation with unprecedented sensitivity.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (33)
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GenreOther
Length6 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Authenticity
4Primitivism
5The Avant-Garde
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6Acknowledgments
7Subway Writers
8Writing Culture: Social Networks and the Transmission of Skills
9Themes
10Lettering and Style
11Evaluating Quality
12BLADE
13RAMMELLZEE
14NOC 167
15QUIK and SEEN
16DONDI, FUTURA 2000, ZEPHYR, and LEE
17DONDI
18FUTURA 2000
19ZEPHYR
20Graffiti 1980
21LEE
22LEE and FAB FIVE FREDDY at Galleria la Medusa
23FAB FIVE FREDDY
24Fashion Moda
25CRASH
26DAZE
27LADY PINK
28Graffiti Art: Success for America
29Graffiti Art and the East Village Art Scene, 1980-1981
30The Times Square Show
31Events: Fashion Moda at the New Museum
32‘The Fire Down Below’
33New York/New Wave
34The Lower Manhattan Drawing Show
35Beyond Words: Graffiti-Based, -Rooted, and -Inspired Work
36Graphiti Productions and Graffiti: Aboveground
37The Fun Gallery Opens
38‘The Radiant Child’
39Graffiti in Galleries
40Solo Shows at the Fun Gallery and 51X
41Graffiti Art at Fashion Moda
42Graffiti Art and the East Village Phenomenon
43Graffiti Art in Art in America and Art News
44Basquiat’s Solo Show at Fun Gallery
45The Pledge of Allegiance
46Hubert and Dolores Neumann
47Post-Graffiti
48Graffiti After Post-Graffiti
49Graffiti Art, 1984-1988
50Graffiti Artists’ Evaluation of Their Work at Mid-Decade
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