Graffiti L.A.

Graffiti L.A.
Title Graffiti L.A. PDF eBook
Author Steve Grody
Publisher
Pages 312
Release 2006
Genre Art
ISBN

Download Graffiti L.A. Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This comprehensive and visual history of graffiti in Los Angeles examines the myriad styles and techniques used by writers today.A.Us most prolific and infamous writers provide insight into the lives of these fugitive artists.

Graffiti New York

Graffiti New York
Title Graffiti New York PDF eBook
Author Eric Felisbret
Publisher Abrams
Pages 348
Release 2009-10
Genre Art
ISBN

Download Graffiti New York Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Ranging from the birth of simple signature tags to today's vibrant murals, and covering the ups and downs of the movement, the culture's value system, and its social framework, "Graffiti New York" provides an essential history of this art form. Illustrated.

Flip the Script

Flip the Script
Title Flip the Script PDF eBook
Author Christian P. Acker
Publisher Gingko Press Editions
Pages 0
Release 2013
Genre Graffiti
ISBN 9781584234609

Download Flip the Script Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Distinctive hand style lettering is an essential skill for artists and designers. Deftly executed hand crafted letter forms are a nearly forgotten art in an age of endless free fonts. Graffiti is one of the last reservoirs of highly refined, well-practiced penmanship. Within the pages of FLIP THE SCRIPT, the best hand styles are analysed, contextualising the work of graffiti writers from around America. Author Acker presents the various lettering samples in a clean organized format, giving the material a proper, formal treatment evoking classic typography books.

Autograf

Autograf
Title Autograf PDF eBook
Author Peter Sutherland
Publisher powerHouse Books
Pages 120
Release 2004
Genre Graffiti
ISBN

Download Autograf Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Sutherland captures the gritty glory and glamour of this controversial art form in New York, presenting a unique portrait of the graf scene in the metropolis. He features the work of 53 artists, from the present and past generations.

The History of American Graffiti

The History of American Graffiti
Title The History of American Graffiti PDF eBook
Author Roger Gastman
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 0
Release 2011-09-20
Genre Art
ISBN 0062042467

Download The History of American Graffiti Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Book description to come.

Graffiti World

Graffiti World
Title Graffiti World PDF eBook
Author Nicholas Ganz
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2009
Genre Art
ISBN 9780500514696

Download Graffiti World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The original collection featured in "Graffiti World" highlighted more than 2,000 illustrations by 150 artists from around the world. This updated edition includes a new section devoted to work created in the five years since the book's first edition.

Going All City

Going All City
Title Going All City PDF eBook
Author Stefano Bloch
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 212
Release 2019-11-14
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 022649358X

Download Going All City Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

“We could have been called a lot of things: brazen vandals, scared kids, threats to social order, self-obsessed egomaniacs, marginalized youth, outsider artists, trend setters, and thrill seekers. But, to me, we were just regular kids growing up hard in America and making the city our own. Being ‘writers’ gave us something to live for and ‘going all city’ gave us something to strive for; and for some of my friends it was something to die for.” In the age of commissioned wall murals and trendy street art, it’s easy to forget graffiti’s complicated and often violent past in the United States. Though graffiti has become one of the most influential art forms of the twenty-first century, cities across the United States waged a war against it from the late 1970s to the early 2000s, complete with brutal police task forces. Who were the vilified taggers they targeted? Teenagers, usually, from low-income neighborhoods with little to their names except a few spray cans and a desperate need to be seen—to mark their presence on city walls and buildings even as their cities turned a blind eye to them. Going All City is the mesmerizing and painful story of these young graffiti writers, told by one of their own. Prolific LA writer Stefano Bloch came of age in the late 1990s amid constant violence, poverty, and vulnerability. He recounts vicious interactions with police; debating whether to take friends with gunshot wounds to the hospital; coping with his mother’s heroin addiction; instability and homelessness; and his dread that his stepfather would get out of jail and tip his unstable life into full-blown chaos. But he also recalls moments of peace and exhilaration: marking a fresh tag; the thrill of running with his crew at night; exploring the secret landscape of LA; the dream and success of going all city. Bloch holds nothing back in this fierce, poignant memoir. Going All City is an unflinching portrait of a deeply maligned subculture and an unforgettable account of what writing on city walls means to the most vulnerable people living within them.