Aerosol kingdom
Subtitle: subway painters of New York City
By: by Ivor L. Miller.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Jackson, Miss
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Street art -- New York (State) -- New York; Subways -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: E pluribus unum? flippin' the script of the dominant order; title: Vandalized names: the search for a title; title: Wild styles: visual extensions of the black vernacular; title: Night train: the power that man made; title: Piecing: the dynamics of style; title: The buff and beyond: writers' culture transitions from local; title: To global; title: The media: the effects of advertising on urban youth culture.