Title: Aerosol kingdom : subway painters of New York City /
Authors: Miller, Ivor.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Graffiti New York (State) New York.; Street art New York (State) New York.; Subways New York (State) New York; Painting, American New York (State) New York; New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs
Abstract: Documents the "aerosol art" movement which began in the 1970s as spray painting on New York City subway cars and eventually moved into downtown galleries, and introduces some of the artists associated with the style.
Contents: E pluribus unum? flippin' the script of the dominant order -- Vandalized names: the search for a title -- Wild styles: visual extensions of the black vernacular -- Night train: the power that man made -- Piecing: the dynamics of style -- The buff and beyond: writers' culture transitions from local to global -- Catching fame: the media, advertising, and urban youth culture.