Training Days: The Subway Artists Then and Now

by Henry Chalfant and Sacha Jenkins

Book Overview

Late 1970s New York City was bankrupt and its streets dirty and dangerous. But thecity had a wild, raw energy that made it the crucible for the birth of rap culture and graffiti. Graffiti writers worked in extremely tough conditions: uncollected garbage, darkness, cramped spaces, and the constant threat of police raids, assault by security staff and attacks by rival crews. It was not unlike practicing performance art in a war zone. Yet during the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500239215
• ISBN13: 9780500239216
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 8.8"