12ozProphet

One of the great responsibilities and challenges that faces the graffiti culture is how it gets properly documented and who gets the authority to do so. With so many scrap books abound on the subject I am pleased to see that many of the best ones are coming from within the culture itself, that we ourselves have taken to documenting and owing up to our art history. With the release of Graffiti New York, the second Edition of Piece book by Sacha Jenkins and Chino BYI and the recently posted Part book by Ket One, it is great to see the creative and intellectual empowerment of my generation reclaim its legacy, this is an example of how we are no longer bound to second guessing editors and shoddy production values. I hope to see more and more specific ones on artists and their processes. Congrats to Deal, Spar, Chino, Sacha, Ket, Henry, Marty, Akim.

Former graffiti artist Eric “DEAL CIA” Felisbret has spent over 30
years documenting New York City graffiti. Luke “SPAR ONE” Felisbret is
a graffiti artist and historian whose work has been widely exhibited.
Together they launched http://www.at149st.com, a documentation of New York
City graffiti’s culture and history. James Prigoff is coauthor of the
classic Spraycan Art. He lives in Sacramento, California.

Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 9 1/4
Pages Count: 340
Cover: Hardcover with jacket
Illustrations: approximately1,000 full-color illustrations

“Decades after the movement globalized, New York is still the mecca of
graffiti culture. Painting there is a badge of honor, with graffiti
artists from around the globe making pilgrimages to New York for that
purpose. This is the city where it all began, yet few know the back
story. Graffiti New York fills that gap, detailing the concepts,
aesthetics, ideals, and social structures that have served as a
cultural blueprint for graffiti movements across the world. The book
features approximately 1,000 images, complemented by texts by the
authors and relevant players in the movement, as well as descriptive
graphics and sidebars. Ranging from the birth of simple signature tags
to today’s vibrant murals, and covering the ups and downs of the
movement, the culture’s value system, its social framework, the
various forms of graffiti, and significant artists and crews, Graffiti
New York is a major addition to Abrams’ superb books on graffiti art.”