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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Next: A Primer in Urban Painting is a documentary exploration of graffiti-based visual art as a world culture. The filmmaker profiles the art form in nine countries including USA, Canada, France, Holland, Germany, England, Spain, Japan and Brazil. A combination of verite moments and interviews with painters, "writers", designers, documentarians and other participants within the subculture, the film conveys the dynamism and creative brilliance of this...
3) Graffiti
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history of painted graffiti and explores the work of early artists as well as current ones.
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the late 1970s, cities began to declare war on graffiti, and task forces were created to stop the scourge. By the 90s, graffiti became inextricably linked with rising gang violence in the public imagination. But who are the real people behind graffiti? Why do they risk their freedom, and sometimes their lives, to write across city walls? "We could have been called a lot of things: brazen vandals, scared kids, threats to social order, self-obsessed...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
One of the richest movements in street art has been the development of an alternative, crafts-based, three-dimensional movement, broadly identified as Street Craft. This new generation of artists is creating uncommissioned, site-specific works employing a range of art and craft techniques, including weaving, crocheting, sculpting, painting, gardening, light installation, and more.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Organized geographically by country and city, more than 100 of today's most important street artists (including Espo in New York, Shepard Fairey in Los Angeles, Os Gêmeos in Brazil, and Anthony Lister in Australia) are profiled alongside key examples of their work. The evolution of street art and graffiti within each region is also chronicled, providing essential historical context.
Publisher
Kontur Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Stencil Wars: The Ultimate Book on Star Wars Inspired Street Art collects fantastic Star Wars inspired Street Art from all over the world. Be inspired and fascinated by the combination of the ironic, political and sarcastic expression of the urban art form of Street Art with one of the most well known pop-cultural phenomenon of our time, the Star Wars Universe.
8) Graffiti art
Author
Series
Publisher
BrightPoint Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the history of graffiti art, discusses the ways in which this art is created, and examines the art's cultural impact"--
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Graffiti is largely illegal in most American communities, but that hasnt stopped street artists from rendering large and very public demonstrations of exquisite art ... [This book] discusses what todays artists are doing, how they attract a following, and what they are saying through their artwork"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume 1608
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The gentle giant Florian Herscht has a problem: having faithfully attended Herr Köhler's adult education classes in physics, he is convinced that disaster is imminent. And so he embarks upon a one-sided correspondence with Chancellor Angela Merkel, to convince her of the danger of the complete destruction of all physical matter. Florian works for the Boss (the head of a local neo-Nazi gang), who has taken him under his wing and gotten him work as...
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When graffiti starts appearing on buildings all over Aquamarina, Violet and Wally follow the clues to find the culprit! In Book 3 of the series, join the Undersea Mystery Club as they explore the ocean to help their aquatic friends! It's the first day of school, and Violet can't wait to see all of her friends. But after a mysterious blob of paint appears on the school building, Violet and her best friend Wally get to work looking for clues. Soon,...
Author
Publisher
WS White Star Publishers, a trademark of White Star s.r.l
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the last few decades, art has moved from museums, collections, and art galleries to the streets to take over the city. Visionary artists, gifted with breath-taking expressiveness, have converted the spaces where everyday life takes place - which are often featureless and abandoned - to a new palette, in a new way of expressing their ideas. Once again, art breaks the mold and speaks directly to the audience, without intermediary channels or filters....
Author
Publisher
Monacelli Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A guide to the art, artists, and culture of graffiti from the 1970s to today, as told by the taggers themselves. This major co-publication with the Museum of Graffiti chronicles the worldwide graffiti movement from its birth in the 1970s, through the street and train painting of the 1980s, to its emergence as an artistic genre admired in museums and sold at auction. With hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of graffiti art from the 1970s to today,...
15) Stik
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
With just six lines and two dots, Stik brings life to the walls of the city and tells the real story of the people who live there.
16) Gimme the loot
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Malcolm and Sofia are the most determined teenage graffiti writers in the Bronx. But when a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they hatch a plan to get their revenge by planning the ultimate graffiti tag--to bomb the New York Mets' home run apple. The only hitch is that they need to raise $500 to pull off their spectacular scheme."--Container.
17) Unfadeable
Author
Language
English
Description
"A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood"--
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A clever, quirky biography of a leading contemporary artist for children. Banksy is a world-famous graffiti artist who secretly spray paints pictures on streets and walls while no one is watching! His works are often about politics, war, and other important things, but he also likes to paint rats. Rats scurry around and hide, often creating a bit of a stir, just like he does! Millions of people know his work but no one really knows who Bansky is -...
20) Grafity's wall
Author
Language
English
Description
"Four kids in Mumbai are brought together by circumstances at a broken down wall--one that will become a canvas for the picture of their lives in a place that both inspires and oppresses, indiscriminately and in equal measure."--
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