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Zephyr andrew witten is a legendary new york city graffiti artist who emerged from the bandshell scene of the 1970s. History of american graffiti by roger gastman and caleb neelon. Buy freight train graffiti street graphics street art 01 by roger gastman, darin rowland, ian sattler isbn. Its a 7 x 8inch book of 350 pages, and contains over illustrations of graffiti. Tracing the evolution of the medium from its early freight train days to its bigcity boom on the streets of new york city and philadelphia, and to its. Trains are a moving target and are often well guarded. Nov 25, 2016 from underground to gallery spaces, graffiti grow into respectable practice, while train graffiti still impossible to capture, preserve, or sell remain the unique expression of this art form born out of rebellion and discontent. Freight train graffiti is the first comprehensive insight into a subset of the graffiti world that has become the focal point for many graffiti artists today. Until now there was almost no written insight into this vast subculture, which inspires fascination across america and around the world.
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