WALLWORKS NEW YORK Presents

TRANSIT WORK: Photographs by Henry Chalfant

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BRONX, NY — WALLWORKS NEW YORK is proud to present TRANSIT WORK: Photographs by Henry Chalfant, a solo exhibition featuring photographs by the renowned photographer, filmmaker, and documentarian whose work has played a defining role in preserving the visual history of New York City graffiti and the emergence of hip-hop culture.

 

Presented in tandem with Carlos Mare’s Breaking Dance at Fashion Moda Modern, TRANSIT WORK brings Chalfant’s documentation of New York’s subway trains into conversation with Mare’s exploration of movement, Breaking, abstraction, and the cultural innovations that emerged from the Bronx.

 

For generations of New York artists, the subway was more than a transportation system. It was a moving canvas, a public gallery, and a vehicle through which images, ideas, and identities traveled across the city. Chalfant’s photographs preserve this pivotal moment in New York’s cultural history, documenting painted subway cars and the artists whose work transformed the city’s rolling stock into a powerful and widely visible form of creative expression.

 

Through his sustained photographic practice, Chalfant created an essential visual record of an art movement that was often overlooked, erased, or dismissed by mainstream institutions. His images capture not only the scale and innovation of subway graffiti, but also the energy, ambition, and artistic language that shaped a generation.

 

Together, TRANSIT WORK and Breaking Dance trace interconnected histories of graffiti and Breaking—two creative practices born from innovation, improvisation, style, and community. While Mare translates movement into an abstract visual language, Chalfant’s photographs document the environments and cultural forces through which those movements developed and traveled.

 

Opening Reception

Saturday, August 8, 2026 | 6:00–9:00 PM

The opening celebration will feature music by DJ Eddie B Swift and a special dance performance at the Tiffany Street Theater, celebrating the legacy and continued evolution of movement-based culture.

 

Exhibition Dates

August 8 - September 7, 2026

 

Gallery Hours

Wednesday - Friday | 11AM - 4 PM

Saturday & Sunday | appointment only

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FASHION 时髦 MODA МОДА MODERN is proud to present Breaking Dance, a solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Carlos Mare. The exhibition marks a homecoming to the South Bronx, where his artistic journey first began. Mare is a pioneering figure in the graffiti movement whose work has helped shape the language of contemporary street art for more than four decades. Bringing together paintings, the iconic B-Boy Abstracts series, and outdoor murals and sculptures, Breaking Dance explores dance as a language of movement, identity, and cultural expression while celebrating the enduring influence of hip-hop and street culture.