...interviewed Ivor Miller, 'one of the few art forms to have originated in the US'. Of course, if all that was involved was merely a different way of applying paint to a surface, this would not be a particularly noteworthy claim. But there is more, much more and few are better placed to peel back the layers of the art form than Miller himself. His knowledge of the history of spraycan in New York, as well as of topics as diverse as African culture and jazz, is complemented by impressive access to a host of painters who explain very articulately why they do what they do.

In the early 1970s, spraycan art in New York began with Blacks...

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