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Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York (Paperback)

by Craig Castleman (Author)

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Paperback: 212 pages
Publisher: The MIT Press; New edition edition (April 26 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0262530511
ISBN-13: 978-0262530514
Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 16.3 x 1.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 273 g

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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"A concise descriptive history of subway graffiti ... well organized, informative and well illustrated.... No matter if one judges subway graffiti to be art or pollution, one comes away from Getting Up admiring the ingenuity of the young writers."
- Robert R. Harris, The New York Times Book Review

"Getting Up is urban mass transit's answer to The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe's exploration of the space program.... Though Castleman lacks Wolfe's glitzy style, he illuminates a culture through straightforward reporting of its jargon and shared mythology. Rather than making excuses for the chaotic writing that can make New York subways such an eyesore, Castleman merely describes the loosely knit society that creates it. With a descriptive, rather than analytical, approach he lets the graffiti 'writers' speak for themselves. Their language paints a portrait of the subculture that is like their art, extremely vital."
- Jeff Reid, In These Times

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"Getting Up" is the term used by graffiti "artists" to describe their success in making their mark on the New York subway system. Through candid interviews, New Yorker Craig Castleman documents the inside story of the lives and activities of these young graffitists.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A deep look into the world of graffiti., Oct 25 2000

By	M. Jacobsen (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Getting Up explains subway graffiti in New York City mostly in the seventies. Unlike other books on the same subject, Getting Up does not come out only in graffiti's favour. By including quotes from transit police, MTA workers and even politicians, a wide range of perspective is provided. We get to learn about Mayor Koch's neverending battle against the writers, how the plague just would not die. Also worth mentioning is an interview with Lee of The Fabulous Five, going into details about the night he and his partners went out to paint a wholetrain. This is a very good book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Man ya got it all wrong "GOD" Dis here is da book!, April 29 1999

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Hey ya if ya want to through up some fuse ya need to read dis book and catch up on some real life wisdom.Because the only one that you is heartin out ther is you, if ya just writin on walls and not knowing what ya doing ya ging to screw up agood wall ,so get the write paint get da right damn wall and most important get da right damn BOOK!!!!@#$

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5.0 out of 5 stars FULL OF GRAFFITI, Mar 17 1999