{"product_id":"83808-you-werent-there","title":"You Weren't There","description":"Graffiti, with its transgressive relationship to private property, challenges the norms of art. Emerging in the 1960s, graffiti reached its feverish peak in 1990s New York, following the end of the \"train era.\" Artists reacted to the bans, using streets and buildings to counteract marginalization. It became a high-stakes game where aesthetics and lifestyle, art and human existence were closely intertwined.\n\nThese artists are modern tricksters, consciously creating a counterpoint to the orderly art world. Focusing on the 1990s—a decade of unpredictability and innovation—this book traces the evolution of graffiti within broader societal currents. Through striking, never-before-published images and concise texts, we follow the creative spirit of these pioneers: combinatorial, experimental, and transformative. This is the groundbreaking chronicle of an era that redefined the rules of art.\n\nHugo Martinez (born 1951, New York) is the director of the Martinez Gallery in New York, the most important exhibition venue for the avant-garde of the graffiti movement since 1972. Martinez has documented the graffiti scene since its beginnings and is the leading expert on its development. Over the years, he has operated galleries, nomadic exhibition spaces, and art-based projects in hospitals throughout New York City.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52369326440712,"sku":"9783775761635","price":45.38,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775761635_202ae7bf-d3d3-43d7-9429-6a1f4efe0660.jpg?v=1758013002","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.com\/products\/83808-you-werent-there","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}