{"product_id":"uptown-downtown-by-schiffer-publishing","title":"Uptown \u0026 Downtown by Schiffer Publishing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFulfilled by our friends at Schiffer Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew\r\nYork graffiti writers who cut their teeth painting trains in the '70s and '80s transfer\r\nOld Skool street art to a more permanent, collectible medium in this book, using\r\ntransit maps, instead of subway cars, as canvases. GHOST, T-KID, QUIK, REVOLT, BLADE, SHAME125, COPE2, SKEME, and others decorated ordinary 23\" × 32\" MTA\r\nmaps with their personal tags and graphics—echoing the heyday of New York train\r\ngraffiti. Sixteen sections, one for each writer, feature a total of more than\r\n100 maps, as well as brief statements about the painters' artistic evolution and\r\nstyle. Like a dynamic \"piece book,\" or sketchbook, this collection is\r\nan exclusive sampling of the painters' signature strokes and tags in portable\r\nform. In fact, many of the artists featured here have used subway-map art as a\r\nspringboard from the fleeting genre of train-tagging to the sturdier platform of the\r\ninternational art gallery circuit.[AuthorName]Alan Bortman[\/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Alan Bortman lives in the greater Boston area. He is the curator of DirtyPilot.com, an urban art and graffiti art store featuring well-known and underground artists.[\/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]105 color photos[\/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][\/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Old Skool Paintings on NYC Subway Maps[\/SubTitle][ColorPattern]105 color photos[\/ColorPattern]","brand":"VYSN","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":42650450329694,"sku":"carro-15735852","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/6555\/6830\/files\/9780764350979.jpg?v=1776284480","url":"https:\/\/impossible-girls-2.myshopify.com\/products\/uptown-downtown-by-schiffer-publishing","provider":"Impossible girl's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}