For fifteen years, Peter Rosenstein has been scouting the boroughs of New York City to photograph the very best graffiti murals. His curiosity and energy, along with his extraordinary ability to capture the essence of the murals, have resulted in nearly two thousand color images and an unparalleled documentation of an art which very often is destroyed. Tattooed Walls features over one hundred photographs from Rosenstein's expeditions to the Bronx, Harlem, Spanish Harlem, the Lower East Side, the East Village, and Brooklyn. The contemporary urban murals in Tattooed Walls depict a wide range of the human condition. They celebrate life; they mourn death; they express religious devotion; they display gang rivalries; they assert political opinions; and some simply bring a splash of color to a drab neighborhood wall. Down the block from vibrant spray-can creations are murals done in trompe l'oeil, a centuries-old technique meant to deceive the eye. Memorial murals are particularly moving in the lives they commemorate and in the statements they make against neighborhood violence. Though a few New York muralists - such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat - achieved worldwide recognition, the majority work in obscurity and exist in a tight-knit world in which their fame is limited to their peers. Tattooed Walls includes a brief interview with the legendary artist and political activist James De La Vega, whose territory is Spanish Harlem, and a commentary from the artist Chico. It also features a foreword by artist and gallery owner Stefan Eins, who was one of the first in the broader art world to recognize and promote graffiti art. This unequaled collection documenting the finest graffiti murals of New York City --- Features more than 100 beautiful color photographs of New York City murals, some of which have been destroyed --- Constitutes a visual history of New Yorks urban art during a fifteen-year period --- Creates a colorful exposition of street life in the neighborhoods of New York City --- Focuses like no other book on the murals in New York City In addition to searching out new murals around New York, Peter Rosenstein is a periodontist and an avid jazz trumpet player. Isabel Bau Madden is an Argentine-born journalist, actress, and art director for numerous films who has lived in New York City since 1963. Her work has been published in the New York Observer, France-Amerique, and the Buenos Aires Herald, among other periodicals. Used Book in Good Condition