From the Platform 2: More NYC Subway Graffiti, 1983–1989
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (799 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764352903 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Childhood friends Blist and Gin inspired the Cavalieri brothers to write their names and tag up. Brothers Paul (CAVS) and Kenny (KEY) Cavalieri grew up in the Wakefield area of the Bronx. Since 1982 graffiti has been a big part of their lives.
. Since 1982 graffiti has been a big part of their lives. Childhood friends Blist and Gin inspired the Cavalieri brothers to write their names and tag up. About the Author Brothers Paul (CAVS) and Kenny (KEY) Cavalieri grew up in the Wakefield area of the Bronx
In the 1980s, brothers Kenny, a.k.a. A foreword by graffiti historian Henry Chalfant, coproducer of Style Warsthe seminal documentary on New York graffiti and hip-hop culturekicks things off.. This is a nostalgic, visual account of the best time and place to be a graffiti writer. Tags by names like QUIK, IZTHEWIZ, and many others appear here in color exposures, and dozens of artists share stories and drop knowledge with no filter. KEY, and Paul, a.k.a. “Bombing” “White Elephants” with their pilot markers and documenting them with their cameras, which they always carried, they were on the ride of their livesuntil 1989, when the last painted train was removed from service. CAVS, immersed themselves in the graffiti scene in the Boogie Down Bronx, dutifully photographing hundreds of pieces on now-discontinued MTA su