Avisualaccountofthebirthofgraffitiandstreetart,showcasingas-yet-unseenworkscollectedbypreeminentartistMartinWong.ReferredtobytheNewYorkTimesasanartist"whosemeticulousvisionaryrealismisamongthelastinglegaciesofNewYork'sEastVillageartsceneofthe1980s,"MartinWong(1946-1999)wasfirmlyentrenchedintheNYCstreetartworldofthelate'70sand'80s.CityasCanvaschroniclesthemostimportantchapterinthestreetartmovementandtheartistsinvolved.ShowcasingWong'senormousgraffitiartcollection,thebookcontainsartwork,photographs,blackbooks,letters,postcards,posters,andflyersmadebyWongandhisartistfriends.ThebookcontainspreviouslyunpublishedartbyfamousstreetartistssuchasFutura2000,Jean-MichelBasquiat,Christopher"Daze"Ellis,LAII,LadyPink,andKeithHaring,tonameonlyafew.CityasCanvastracestheoriginsofurbanself-expressionandtheeraof"outlaw"streetartinNewYork,whichprimedthefloodgatesforgraffitiarttospreadworldwide.