Fred Brathwaite at the Funhouse in New York, 1982.  Photo: Roxanne Lowit.

Campbell’s Soup train by Fred Brathwaite in New York, 1981.  Photo: Charlie Ahearn.

From left: Debbie Harry, Fred Brathwaite, Grandmaster Flash, a friend, and Chris Stein in New York, 1981.  Photo: Charlie Ahearn.

Front row, from left: Doze, Frosty Freeze, Ken Swift; middle row: Patti Astor, Fred Brathwaite, Lady Pink; back row: Lil Crazy Legs, Revolt, and Sharp in front of the mural painted by Zephyr, Revolt, and Sharp for director Charlie Ahearn’s film Wild Style, 1983. Photo: © Martha Cooper.

Keith Haring in a New York City subwaycar, 1984. Photo: Tseng Kwong Chi. © 1984 Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc. New York. Drawing by Keith Haring. © 1984 Keith Haring Foundation, New York.

Fred Brathwaite, 1983. Photo: © Martha Cooper

Keith Haring drawing in a New York City subway station, 1983. Photo: Tseng Kwong Chi. © 1983 Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc. New York. Drawing by Keith Haring. © 1983 Keith Haring Foundation, New York.

Futura with his piece at the “Beyond Words” show he co-curated at the Mudd Club in New York, 1981. Photo: ©Martha Cooper.

Jean-Michel Basquiat painting his In Italian, a portrait of Stephen Torton, in New York, 1983.  Photo:© Stephen Torton/ADAGP, Paris.

1978 Quiver, West 30th street, New York. Photo: Irene Ching.

Harold Hunter in front of the Rest of the Skate NYC–sponsored crew and storefront near Tompkins Square Park, New York, 1989. Photo: © 1989 CharlieSamuels.com.

Mark Gonzales painting mirrors at Alleged Gallery, 1999. Photo: Ivory Serra.

Steve  “ESPO” Powers working on a “Bad Kid Hall of Fame” mural at Alleged Gallery, 2000. Photo: Ivory Serra.

Installation view of “Minimal Trix,” an exhibition of skateboard art at Alleged Gallery, 1993. Photo: Aaron Rose.

Mark Gonzales mural at Thread Waxing Space, 1995.  Photo: Courtesy of Aaron Rose.

Barry McGee installation for “The Independents” exhibition at Alleged Gallery, 1997. Photo: Ivory Serra.

Harmony Korine and Chloë Sevigny at Alleged Gallery, Halloween 1997. Photo: Ivory Serra.

Alleged Gallery, Ludlow Street, New York, 1994. Photo: Shayla Hason.

Skater in front of the Ludlow Street Alleged Gallery, 1995. Photo: Thomas Campbell.

Aaron Rose and Ed Templeton at Alleged Gallery, 1994. Photo: Ari Marcopoulos.

Mark Gonzales skating in front of Margaret Kilgallen’s installation for “The Independents” exhibition at Alleged Gallery, 1997. Photo: Ivory Serra.

Deanna Templeton at Ed Templeton’s “Golden Age of Neglect” exhibition at Alleged Gallery, 2000. Photo: Adam Wallacavage.

Aaron Rose asleep in the Ludlow Street Alleged Gallery, 1995. Photo: Thomas Campbell.

Back room of the Ludlow Street Alleged Gallery, 1994. Photo: Aaron Rose.

Style Wars by NOC 167, 1981; Children of the Grave, Part 2, by Dondi, 1980; Pot Cape Nod by Med Crash and Daze, 1980; Stop Real Crime by Lee QuiÑones, 1978; Hand of Doom by SEEN, 1980; The Children of Tomorrow by Lee QuiÑones, 1979; Kase Elkay by Kase2, 1980.  All Photos: Henry Chalfant.