November
21, 2006, from 7:00pm
"Graffiti
NYC", booklaunch of publication designed by Melanie van
Haaren and exhibition at Barnes & Noble on Astor Place in
New York
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.
Click here
for full press release (pdf).
The book
was designed by Dutch graphic designer Melanie van Haaren (The
Hague).
Contact:
Hugo Martinez
Tel.: 212-619-2149
www.martinezgallery.com
