R.I.P.: New York Spraycan Memorials (Street Graphics / Street Art) - Softcover

Martha Cooper; Joseph Sciorra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500277761 ISBN 13: 9780500277768

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

Once, the spraycan "kings" of New York's subways astounded the world with their exuberant graffiti images. Now a new generation of artists has hit the streets and is decorating neighbourhood walls with memorials to the tragic and untimely deaths of friends and loved ones. "R.I.P." - assembling the very best of a vibrant street art wave - contains colour photographs of memorials from Harlem and the Lower East Side, the South Bronx and Brooklyn, as well as the moving stories behind them. The victims of shootings, accidents, arguments, police killings and drug-related turf wars may be gone, but thanks to these paintings they are not forgotten: for a violent and indifferent city has also spawned a rich urban art form. Martha Cooper's first book of photographs was "Subway Art" (with Henry Chalfant, Thames and Hudson, 1984).

About this title

About the Author:

Martha Cooper is a New-York based photojournalist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0500277761
• ISBN 13: 9780500277768
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96