GRAFFITI EXPO 2013

HOT NEW BOOK: GRAFFITI A NEW YORK

by Andrea Nelli 
Whole Train Press

This book is a must have.  It is a reissue of an Italian book by by Andrea Nelli  that was originally published in 1978. I saw if for the first time late last month and just can't stop looking at it. It is an amazing collection of many rarely seen photos from the 1970s.   There are many outstanding shots,  but  "The Man With Eight Arms" is by far my personal favorite.  It is a real gem because it dates around 1975, and is one of LEE Quinones's earliest illustrations on a subway train.  That photo alone makes the book worth picking up.     You also get great old shots  and interviews of graffiti pioneers like SNAKE 1 and CO CO 144. In addition there are lots of photos of tags in subway stations, which is a realty in graffiti books. Gorgeous  tags by VANE, FLEA, JESTER and others. The book is elegantly bound in cloth.. a real collector's item. Grab it! 

Curated  by Andrea Caputo and published by Whole Train Press

http://www.graffitianewyork.net/

New Book BY ALE ONE and SKAY

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NEW BOOK BY DURO CIA TOP

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LEE Quinones

One of the great pleasures of my youth was watching and photographing the work of Lee Quinones. Without question, Quinones is one of the movement’s most influential painters. He set the bar high.  His work inspired scores young artists to raise the level of their artistic ambitions and in turn drove the movement into true art. His paintings—created in cramped quarters and in nearly complete darkness—were never short of flawless. —Eric Deal

TALES OF RTW

PRESENTS GALLERY: 64 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, NY. 11205

May 4, 2012 at 6:00pm until Friday, June 1, 2012 at 9:00pm

The first gallery show ever as a group, The Rolling Thunder Writers of NYC Subway Graffiti fame. One of the most prolific, heavy-hitting graffiti crews in the history of Graffiti art. RTW covered the period from 1976 well into the end of subway graffiti in the 1990's. Known for their very psychedelic origins..from Central Parks Bandshell to the One Tunnel...where Hippie meets Hip-Hop, the Funk gets stronger! and beyonder!. The show will be a two part endeavor:

Part-1: April 6th
DR.REVOLT-ZEPHYR-BILROCK-QUIK-CRUNCH-PADE-REGAL192-TKID170-KEL1st-RICH2--KR1--TRIKE-SAR-MEO-CAVS-STRIKE-WHISPER1 -KLASS-CHOCI-KB-RCA

Part-2: May 4th
The legendary MIN ONE!

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!!!!!

KAVES designs label for 2011 Beaujolais Nouveau

The marketing director of the firm where I work gave me the most thoughtful holiday gift. She knows about my passion for graffiti and street art and gave me a bottle of

2011 Beaujolais Nouveau. The label just happens to have been designed by Brooklyn's own "Mr. KAVES". And so the bottle sits in my fridge. The New York Daily News recently ran an article on KAVES and the design.

-- Eric Deal