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Swoon

When the 27-year-old Brooklyn street artist Swoon had her first one-person gallery exhibition at New York’s Deitch Projects in 2005, the area surrounding the gallery was so overrun with fans and friends that neither cars nor pedestrians could pass through. Reviews in all of the major New York papers, and even national news sources like [...]

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Mascots and Mugs – The Characters and Cartoons of Subway Graffiti

In the graffiti world it’s the name that brings the fame, but what about the figural components of this urban typography? Some of the most iconic pieces in the history of graffiti have earned their place in the street art pantheon with the help of masterfully rendered figures that lend additional presence to these works. [...]

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Street World – Urban Culture From Five Continents

A new global street culture has emerged, uniting the world’s diverse subcultures. Graffiti and skateboarding, DJ-ing, fashion and printmaking – this packed book celebrates the street as a stage for the creativity of a generation. From New York and Los Angeles, to the Brazilian mega-cities, South African townships, and Mumbai, the authors highlight cultural hotspots [...]

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Graffiti Woman – Review

Graffiti Woman celebrates the rise of the female graffiti and street artist, showcasing over 125 women from around the globe. Written by Nicolas Ganz, who is a graffiti artist himself, this book is a record and critique of graffiti as a form of artistic expression. To create the book Ganz obtained his research from existing [...]

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The Adventures of Darius & Downey

Darius (aka Leon Reid IV) and Downey (aka Brad Downey) did their first piece together in Brooklyn in 2000. This fraught but life-changing experience marked the birth of a partnership that would go on to revolutionize street art. Narrated by Ed Zipco, here are Darius & Downey’s early exploits and brushes with the law and [...]

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Street Art

Street Art – art made in public spaces and including graffiti, stickers, poster art, stencil art and wheat-pasting, but not corporate-sponsored advertising or “public art” – has become one of the most popular and hotly discussed areas of art practice on the contemporary scene. Developing out of the graffiti writing tradition of the 1980s, through [...]

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Filed in Bookstore, TATE Gallery London

 

Freight Train Graffiti

One of the largest and most exciting segments of the graffiti world has been left largely unexplored until now. Freight Train Graffiti is the first comprehensive insight into a subset of the graffiti world that has become the focal point for many graffiti artists today.

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Filed in Bookstore, International

 

 
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