Downtown Drive-by
NYC Graffiti & Street Art '81-'84
$76.50
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
12 November 2026
Summary
In Downtown Drive-by, Jon Waldo provides a visual, time capsule from a very different New York. The city was cheap and incredibly interesting at that time. New, challenging art and music seemed to appear every day.
Graffiti was evolving, too. Uptown and on the trains, incredible wild-style pieces were blowing up. Downtown was alive with a flux of messages and marks. Beautiful images were turning up one day and painted over the next-with images bleeding into each other and colli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781963814347 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1963814347 |
| Author: | Jon Waldo, Jeffrey Deitch, Todd James, David "Chino" Villorente |
| Publisher: | Blurring Books |
| Imprint: | Blurring Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 12 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 254mm |
Jon Waldo
Jon Waldo
Born in 1957, Jon Waldo is a Manhattan-based artist recognized for his diverse artistic practice, which spans photography, ceramics, and a unique painting technique. He employs hand-cut stencils, crafted from line drawings of everyday objects, to create his distinctive paintings.
Waldo holds a BFA from Pratt Institute. His work has been showcased in numerous exhibitions, including presentations at The Linda Warren Gallery, Wave Hill, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, PS122, Art Chicago Onsite Exhibition, La Mama La Galleria, and The Hopper House. His art has also been featured in publications such as The Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Brooklyn Rail, Art and Antiques, and the book “The Moment After: Postmodernism Art Finds a New Soul” (ARTicles National Arts Journalism Program, 2002).
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