Cool Hunting
The Book of Tags, a 256-page hardcover book on the subject. Its pages further explore the debate as the authors note that tagging is "a phenomenon which stands on the thin border between art and vandalism." What started out in the '70s as a way for young people to mark their territory on NYC subway cars has burgeoned into a worldwide art movement. An anthology collecting the works of 300 graffiti artists from 20 countries, this book explores this urban artform through five thoughtful essays written by designers, calligraphers, architects and artists from Switzerland to San Francisco. Aside from photographs from around the world, Tags also features full-page examples of different tags with an explanation of the evolving calligraphic styles used. With its mesh of design and content, the Book of Tags straddles the line between serious art book and absorbing coffeetable piece.
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The new project from Roger Gastman, Caleb Neelon and Anthony Smyrski, Street World: Urban Art and Culture from Five Continents, clocks in at nearly 400 pages of full-color images of all the street culture we knew we loved (graffiti, fashion, skateboarding, and so on) with plenty of more esoteric global happenings. Think pigeon keeping, protests, activism, drum lines, urban exploration, signage and plenty of...
Word on the street is that the prolific graffiti artist Dumbo had to leave Milan for Brooklyn at the risk of arrest. The writer's tag dots lower Manhattan, around Canal on West Broadway, but in Milan it seems like he hit every single building. His recent book documents his life as a vandal, including his tags, art, actions and the like, featuring an intro...
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The-Glade....
In the past few weeks many graffiti based topics have popped into my life, so I thought that I would let you know about them. Four hands, one heart and one brain: Hailing from San Paulo, identical twins and graffiti artists, Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo are called Os Gemeos (pronounced "ose zhe'-mee-ose" -- the twins in Portuguese). Using a kind of twin mental telepathy...
Banksy, one of the world's most aggressive and imaginative street (and museum, and livstock) artists, released a new book last month. It's called Cut It Out, and is available from picturesonwalls.com....
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