{"product_id":"9780764350979-uptown-downtown","title":"Uptown \u0026 Downtown","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOld Skool Paintings on NYC Subway Maps\u003cbr\u003eNew York graffiti writers transfer Old Skool street art to a more permanent collectible medium, using transit maps instead of subway cars, as canvases.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubway map graffiti art by the most influential artists of the movement in its prime. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  New  York graffiti writers who cut their teeth painting trains in the '70s and '80s transfer  Old Skool street art to a more permanent, collectible medium in this book, using  transit maps, instead of subway cars, as canvases. GHOST, T-KID, QUIK, REVOLT, BLADE, SHAME125, COPE2, SKEME, and others decorated ordinary 23\" × 32\" MTA  maps with their personal tags and graphics—echoing the heyday of New York train  graffiti. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Here, sixteen sections, one for each writer, feature a total of more than  100 maps, as well as brief statements about the painters' artistic evolution and  style. Like a dynamic \"piece book,\" or sketchbook, this collection is  an exclusive sampling of the painters' signature strokes and tags in portable  form. In fact, many of the artists featured here have used subway-map art as a  springboard from the fleeting genre of train-tagging to the sturdier platform of the  international art gallery circuit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943305949281,"sku":"9780764350979","price":31.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30113875.jpg?v=1726732710","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780764350979-uptown-downtown","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}