Graffiti NYC (Turtleback)

by Hugo Martinez (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
'[Martinez] is an impresario of graffiti'The Londonist online, February 2007

Product Description
New York City is where the quintessential contemporary people’s art of graffiti was born. The top "writers" go "all city" when their tags can be seen throughout the five boroughs. This exhilarating selection of their work, assembled by Hugo Martinez, a leading authority on the history of street art in NYC, takes the reader on an "all-city" tour of New York, displaying the extraordinary range of its taggers and bombers. More than two hundred photographs showcase the artwork of the most prominent names of the past five years, including CASE 2, KEZ, MÖSCO, SKUF, VFR, and MQ. As graffiti comes to be embraced as a medium in its own right, its most important practitioners in NYC confirm the power and creativity of this vital contemporary language.

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Product Details

• Turtleback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing (September 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3791336738
• ISBN-13: 978-3791336732
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #332,717 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GRAFFITI NYC, July 31, 2008

By	VOID:ALT/ABM "Cletis" (USA) - See all my reviews

Mr. Martinez hits the spot with this true-to-the-game pictorial of recent and current writers in NYC. It's drenched and drippy with no-excuses, raw street, straight up. The quotes by various writers are just as raw. Only trouble I had was navigating from the index to un-numbered pages when I wanted to reference particular photos. Aside, a must-have for anyone down with the most relevant art form of our day.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good book., May 23, 2008

By	Nathan L. Puza "natepuza" (Columbia, SC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are looking for a book about pretty, glossy full color murals and pieces, don't buy this book. If you want a book about dirty, illegal, real graffiti, keep reading. The book is more of a photo essay on bombing, and the quotes throughout are great. I would recommend the book to graffiti fans, more casual readers should probably check out graffiti world or something like that.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars eww, January 12, 2008

By	M. Ryan - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is just a complete waste of time. Its more of a photography book rather than graffiti. The pictures are either pictures of paint shoes, random people, or some good throw ups that get ruined by placing them on the crease. Nothing is labeled and no order is set. The quotes inside the book are good but either city officials or the same artists over and over. My recommendation is to buy another book.