Street Art
writers were invited to show their work in european art galleries and break dancers like the Rock
Steady Crew started touring. Hip Hop and aerosol art were promoted through television and
media. Graffiti appeared regularly in popular video clips, music and books. Films such as " Style
Wars" by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant, “Wild Style” by Charlie Ahearn described and
promoted aerosol culture and young artists like Zephyr, Dondi White, Lee and Seen were now
considered like rock stars by the emerging Hip Hop european scene.
Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper book "Subway Art" quickly became the bible of graffiti art
for the young writers and b-boys from Los Angeles to Amsterdam. By 1987, Chalfant second
book “Spraycan art” documented the movement on walls across the world. By the late 80’s, the
European scene was long established and in full force. Writers from both continents were now
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