Graffiti Kings: New York City Mass Transit Art of the 1970's

Jack Stewart, a painter, muralist, and art historian, first began to photograph graffiti as it made its transition from the streets to the subways. This text is based on Stewart's doctoral thesis, and has been curated and edited by his wife, Regina Stewart.. 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

A celebration in words and pictures of graffiti's golden age, Graffiti Kings is a book sure to be coveted by those fascinated and inspired by this uniquely American urban art form.. Graffiti Kings is the definitive book on New York's subway graffiti movement, an unprecedented creative explosion that occurred across the five boroughs during the 1970s. Although author and photographer Jack Stewart maintained a low profile at the time, his work is now a graffiti-world legend: rumored to exist, seldom seen, a near-equivalent to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Alongside archival photographs of everything from vibrant bubble-letter and 3-D pieces to the

old skool tribute James A. Pantano an absolutely amazing collection of sharp, clear and vividly colorful photographs of the maturation of the new york city subway graffiti scene circa early to late seventies. i was there and remember it well. any writer/artist interested in the roots of "modern" graffiti needs to see this. amazing to co. "finally a dope book drops." according to HOKESE. well what can i say.short and simple,this book is dope.worthy of your hard earned cash for sure.full colour flick after flick,great interveiws,even some old graff that i hadnt seen,so for me this was a great delite.being a huge fan of nyc graffiti,even more so subway nyc graff,this book scores a home r. "Know your Graff, history" according to Nathan. This book has one of the best and most interesting stories of the beginnings of graffiti in NYC. Tons of great pictures.

About the AuthorJack 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 his wife, Regina Stewart.