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City as Canvas: New York City Graffiti From the Martin Wong Collection
Carlo McCormick
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Description for City as Canvas: New York City Graffiti From the Martin Wong Collection
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A visual account of the birth of graffiti and street art, showcasing as-yet-unseen works collected by preeminent artist Martin Wong. Referred to by the New York Times as an artist "whose meticulous visionary realism is among the lasting legacies of New York’s East Village art scene of the 1980s," Martin Wong (1946–1999) was firmly entrenched in the NYC street art world of the late ’70s and ’80s. City as Canvas chronicles the most important chapter in the street art movement and the artists involved. Showcasing Wong’s enormous graffiti art collection, the book contains artwork, photographs, black books, letters, postcards, ... Read more
A visual account of the birth of graffiti and street art, showcasing as-yet-unseen works collected by preeminent artist Martin Wong. Referred to by the New York Times as an artist "whose meticulous visionary realism is among the lasting legacies of New York’s East Village art scene of the 1980s," Martin Wong (1946–1999) was firmly entrenched in the NYC street art world of the late ’70s and ’80s. City as Canvas chronicles the most important chapter in the street art movement and the artists involved. Showcasing Wong’s enormous graffiti art collection, the book contains artwork, photographs, black books, letters, postcards, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780847839865
SKU
V9780847839865
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Carlo McCormick
Writer and curator Carlo McCormick is the author of numerous books on contemporary art and artists. His writing has appeared in Art in America, Art News, Artforum, Spin, Tokion, and Vice, among other publications. He is the senior editor of Paper magazine. Sean Corcoran is the Curator of Prints and Photography at the Museum of the City of New York. ... Read more
Reviews for City as Canvas: New York City Graffiti From the Martin Wong Collection
“Street art books are easy to find but ones like City As Canvas are rare. Offering authentic history & deep context, it chronicles the crucial first chapter of the emergence of graffiti & early street art…” ~Werd "Dwelling in the resplendent squalor of Wong’s apartment is precisely the experience the curators Sean Corcoran and Carlo McCormick recreate in City ... Read more