The Popular History of Graffiti
Title | The Popular History of Graffiti PDF eBook |
Author | Fiona McDonald |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2013-06-13 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1626362912 |
What is graffiti? And why have we, as a culture, had the urge to do it since 30,000 BCE? Artist Fiona McDonald explores the ways in which graffiti works to forever compel and simultaneously repel us as a society. When did graffiti turn into graffiti art, and why do we now pay thousands of dollars for a Banksy print when just twenty years ago, seminal graffiti artists from the Bronx were thrown into jail for having the same idea? Graffiti has not always been imbued with a sense of aesthetic, but when and why did we suddenly “decide” that it is worthy of consideration and criticism, just within the past few years? Throughout history, graffiti has served as an innately individualistic expression (such as Viking graffiti on the walls of eighth-century churches), but it has also evolved into a visual and narrative expression of a collective group. Graffiti brings to mind not only hip-hop culture and urban landscapes, but petroglyphs, tree trunks strewn with carved hearts symbolizing love, and million-dollar works of art. Learn about more graffiti artists and rebels such as: the band Black Flag, Lee Quinones and Fab 5 Freddy, Dandi, Zephyr, Blek le Rat, Nunca, Keith Haring, and more! Illustrated with stunning full-color photos of graffiti throughout time, The Popular History of Graffiti promises to be an important and dynamic addition to graffiti literature.
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 |
Book description to come.
Graffiti New York
Title | Graffiti New York PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Felisbret |
Publisher | Abrams |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2009-10 |
Genre | Art |
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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.
LA Graffiti Black Book
Title | LA Graffiti Black Book PDF eBook |
Author | David Brafman |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2021-04-13 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1606066986 |
This collection of unique works by 150 Los Angeles graffiti and tattoo artists represents an unprecedented collaboration across the city’s diverse artistic landscape. Many graffiti artists carry sketchbooks, called black books, and they ask crew members and others whose work they admire to inscribe their books with lettering or drawings. A few years ago, the Getty Research Institute invited artists, including Angst, Axis, Big Sleeps, Chaz, Cre8, Defer, EyeOne, Fishe, Heaven, Hyde, Look, ManOne, and Prime, to consider the idea of a citywide graffiti black book. During visits to the Getty Center, the artists viewed rare books related to calligraphy and letterforms, including works by Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci. The artists instantly recognized the connections to their own practices and were particularly drawn to a liber amicorum (book of friends), a form of autograph book popular in the seventeenth century. Passed from hand to hand, it was filled with signatures, poetry, and coats of arms, like a black book from another era. Inspired by this meeting of minds across centuries, these artists became both creators and curators, crafting their own pages and inviting others to contribute. Eventually 150 Los Angeles artists decorated 143 individual pages. These were bound together into an exquisite artists’ book that became known as the Getty Graffiti Black Book. This publication reproduces each page from the original artists’ book and recounts the story of an unprecedented collaboration across the diverse artistic landscape of Los Angeles.
Graffiti World
Title | Graffiti World PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Ganz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Graffiti |
ISBN | 9780500514696 |
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.
Graffiti Kings
Title | Graffiti Kings PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Stewart |
Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-05-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780810975262 |
The definitive book on New York's subway graffiti movement, "Graffiti Kings" features personal interviews with the artists and more than 275 full-color, previously unpublished photographs that bring the movement's origins to life.
Ancient Graffiti in Context
Title | Ancient Graffiti in Context PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Baird |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2010-10-18 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1136894640 |
Ancient Graffiti in Context brings together papers by historians and archaeologists using graffiti as evidence to explore the Greek and Roman worlds. Illuminating such varied topics as ancient emotions, Roman children, quarry workers, and military communities, this collection demonstrates the importance of this often undervalued form of evidence.