Broken Windows: Graffiti NYC

Broken Windows: Graffiti NYC by James T. Murray. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781584230786.

In the 1980s graffiti was pushed out of the subways as the trains were cleaned once and for all. In the 1990s, much of the graffiti action in New York migrated to the citys walls, enabling the writers to execute more refined and concept-driven large-scale pieces. By the end of decade, this new medium was being used to great effect. Photographers James & Karla Murray took great pains to faithfully capture an unprecedented re-birth of the movement, documenting the most significant murals created between 1996 - 2001. Broken Windows contains insightful interviews, an extensive selection of women s graffiti, and features the work of more than 180 artists from The United States, Germany, France, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Holland, Italy, and Norway.