Artbreak Hotel), where Banksy completed an artist’s residency in 1999. Schoenberg, of Graff Tours, has even created a “graffiti getaway.” The two-night, three-day vacation includes visits to graffiti sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, hands-on experiences (“learn the proper technique of any graffiti tagger”) and accommodations in the Banksy Room at the Carlton Arms Hotel (a.k.a. “Unless you know where to look, you’ll miss stuff,” says Schoenberg, who started Graff Tours in 2009 while a senior at New York University, and is a graffiti writer. On a recent excursion, his group, comprised of people ages 15 to 50, viewed a black and white bird mural by Belgian artist ROA, a tribute painting of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the “Flowering Lotus” stencil by Shepard Fairey of the Obama HOPE poster and OBEY sticker fame, and the work - a blast of black spray paint low on the wall by a Chinese restaurant -– of global street art sensation Banksy. His 90-minute walks meander through back alleys, by community gardens, and down side streets. Schoenberg’s job is to point out to tour-goers what is sometimes hidden in plain sight. Hundreds of people who walk by the corner daily don’t notice the piece. Space Invader is so renowned, Schoenberg notes, several tiles are missing: Someone tried to pry the work off the wall. “That’s the work of the famous graffiti artist, Space Invader,” says Schoenberg, indicating a small installation of tiles resembling a ’70s-era arcade game character on the side of a nondescript building. For any graffiti enthusiast, this book should be among the most precious treasures of their book collection.NEW YORK CITY - On a walking tour of New York’s Lower East Side, Gabe Schoenberg, founder of Graff Tours, signals his group to stop. Throughout the book, you will find Taki 183, Blade 1, Phase 2, Co-Co 144, and many others, talking about their struggles with the city officials and the stories of thrilling adventures on NY streets and subways. From nearly 300 unpublished photographs and newspaper excerpts to compelling personal interviews with the pioneers in the field, this book revives the best and most exciting years of the scene. Jack Stewart did an excellent job in documenting the early developments in the NYC graffiti movement and the book is filled with authentic materials. Graffiti Kings: New York City Mass Transit Art of the 1970s by Jack Stewart celebrates the creative explosion that occurred in the 1970s New York. It is often said that New York is the cradle of the graffiti culture. Scroll down to learn more about these 10 legendary New York graffiti artists whose work marked the street art movement!Įditors’ Tip: Graffiti Kings: New York City Mass Transit Art of the 1970's Some of the graffiti artists we mention are more prolific than others, but whenever and wherever they or their art show up, they quickly generate huge buzz. This list does not intend to be exclusive, nor definitive, as there are plenty of other extraordinary and legendary New York graffiti artists, but stands as a reminder as there is no doubt that all ten of graffiti legends featured on the following list shaped the rise of graffiti art movement as we know it today, and inspired generations of young street artists worldwide. Today we talk about big names in graffiti and street art history, more specifically about those famous graffiti artists coming from the never sleeping graffiti Mecca of New York City, the place where it all started.
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