Graffiti & Street Art

An icon of 1980s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) first made his name under the graffiti tag "SAMO", before establishing his studio practice and catapulting to fast fame at the age of 20. Although his career lasted barely a decade, he remains a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789185639755Author Bjorn AlmqvistFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument ForlagWeight(grams) 302g

This monograph gathers and presents the largest assemblage in one volume about the life, work, and ideas of Banksy - the world's most discussed artist of recent decades. Featuring hundreds of works - Girl with Balloon, Mickey Snake, Dismaland, Love is in...

Artistry with spray paint goes much deeper than what some would write off as vandalism. Modern spray paint artists use the medium in a myriad of inventive ways, see them in The Art of Spray Paint. With roots in graffiti and utilitarian projects, spray...

This truly global and visually stunning compendium showcases some of the most breath-taking pieces of street art and graffiti from around the world. Since its genesis on the East Coast of the United States in the late 1960s, street art has travelled to...

If you were a graffiti writer in 1980s New York City, you wanted Martha Cooper to document your work-and she probably did. Cooper has spent decades immortalizing art that is often overlooked, and usually illegal. Her first book, 1984's Subway Art (a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789188369055Author Bjorn AlmqvistFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument Forlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211781Author Patrick PotterFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing Culture

Graffiti School is the world's first fully illustrated graffiti coursebook for college use. It opens with an exploration of graffiti's background and history, from Pompeii to the Hip Hop revolution to the present day, as well as how to stay on the right...

Capture the bustle and beauty of life in your town. Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live...

'They're Not Pets, Susan,' says a stern father who has just shot a bumblebee, its wings sparkling in the evening sunlight; a lone office worker, less than an inch high, looks out over the river in his lunch break, 'Dreaming of Packing it all In'; and a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789185639830Author Mark 563Format PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument ForlagWeight(grams) 268g

Classic graffiti lettering and experimental typographical forms lie at the heart of street culture and have long inspired designers in many different fields. But graffiti artists, who tend to paint the same letters of their tag again and again, rarely...

Jean-Michel Basquiat was only twenty-seven when he died in 1988, his meteoric and often controversial career having lasted for just eight years. Despite his early death, Basquiat's powerful A uvre has ensured his continuing reputation as one of modern...

In this fully revised and richly illustrated edition, author and journalist Will Ellsworth-Jones pieces together a complete picture of the life and work of Banksy, perhaps the most iconic, enigmatic and controversial artist of modern times. For someone...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906477066Author Chris BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Tangent BooksPublisher Tangent BooksWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 225mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789188369413Author Mark 563Format PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument Forlag

This accessible volume devoted to the enigmatic artist known as Banksy showcases pivotal works from private collections grouped to reveal Banksy s key reference points and creative drives. The show features more than 100 original iconic works always...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789188369505Author Mega DNSFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument Forlag

For someone who shuns the limelight so completely that he conceals his name, never shows his face and gives interviews only by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. From his beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist, his artwork is now sold at auction for...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 - SPORT 'This book is a work of art about football's works of art... Loved it.' - Kevin Day, broadcaster 'A beautiful showcase...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262049221Author Rafael SchacterFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789185639083Author UziFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument ForlagWeight(grams) 268g

The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. This beautiful volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long...

In the late 1970s, New York City was bankrupt, dirty and dangerous. Born on these grimy streets, graffiti rapidly made its mark. Here, twelve legendary graffiti writers - the original subway artists whose creative genius fuelled the earliest flowering of...

Essential quotations from renowned artist and pop icon Keith Haring Keith Haring remains one of the most important and celebrated artists of his generation and beyond. Through his signature bold graphic line drawings of figures and forms dancing and...

If street art is, in itself, an act of rebellion, it is tragically ironic that the genre seems dominated by men. This exciting book is an important first step in shedding light on the substantial number of women who are gaining fame in the street art...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789188369734Author Arnd SchallenkammerFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument Forlag

The Street Art Manual is the world's first book to combine practical advice and tactical guidance for creating 11 forms of street art in public space around the world.Every type of street art is covered, including graffiti, stencilling, subvertising,...

Rammellzee was an enigmatic yet key figure in the nexus of creative forces that defined New York City s heady downtown scene in the late 1970s and 1980s. In the first major monograph on the multi-hyphenate artist, his inspired vision and wildly diverse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211927Author Marc LevertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Pro-Actif Communications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988777293Author Graffiti DiplomacyFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Graffiti DiplomacyPublisher Graffiti DiplomacyWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm)...

No other graffiti crew from New York City's graffiti heyday conjures up more images of angel dust-smoking, beer-drinking, "crazy white boys," than the Bronx-born-and-bred writing group Morris Park Crew (MPC). This official history of the crew tells the...

D*Face, born Dean Stockton, is a British artist known for his distinctive blend of pop art and punk culture in street art. Drawing inspiration from American comics, he creates street art and exhibits globally, contributing to the rise of contemporary...

The new Prater Museum - the exhibition publication At the center of the Wurstelprater amusement park, on the site of a former amusement arcade, the new Prater Museum, one of Vienna's first public buildings to be constructed in wood, opens in 2024. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211019Author Marc LevertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing CultureWeight(grams) 120gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636141527Author Chuck DFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

David Zinn's amazing street drawings are created using chalk, charcoal and found objects, and each extraordinary drawing is only ever temporary. This book preserves Zinn's art in all its colorful, hypnotic glory by collecting together never-before...

'A beautiful, deeply affecting and powerful marriage between art and activism' - KHALED HOSSEINI, bestselling author of The Kite Runner'These are vital conversations. Everyone should eavesdrop on them'- KAMILA SHAMSIE, author of award-winning bestseller...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636141749Author Chuck DFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.