POEM ONE - Artist Info

About POEM ONE

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POEM
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    Poem One is a graffiti legend who rose to prominence during the 1980s New York City subway art movement.

    His rise to fame was sky-rocketed by being featured on the cover of the most influential book ever published on graffiti art, Subway Art by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. Subway Art is considered by most to be "the bible", which covered the very first generation of spray paint artists of NYC.?

    Poem's most known personal work is self-publishing a graffiti art magazine called Flashbacks. The issue has been around since 1991. The magazine's circulation was on a global scale and influenced a generation of graffiti styles. Today, the New York City based pu...

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