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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.
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition (June 4, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1616088680
ISBN-13: 978-1616088682
Product Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 9 inches
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This is a wonderful book about an intriguing subject--graffiti and street art, which have always been with us even though we often think it's just a modern phenomenon. The author takes us on a fascinating journey through history which clearly shows that this most ephemeral of arts is also paradoxically one of the most permanent: from the beginning of time, it seems, people have felt the desire to express themselves on walls, and what they express runs the full gamut from true poetic and artistic sensibility to the crudest of sentiments, and the need to assert identity, from the runes of Varangians inscribing their names on Roman lintels to 'Kilcoy was here' and the tags of today. From vandals to poets, rebels to highly-paid cult figures, graffitists themselves vary as much as what they create, and cultural backgrounds also determine very different styles: the street art of Paris, for instance, which I know well, is very different in approach, media and style to that found in American cities. From the ubiquitous spray can to the startling use of icing sugar, the materials used to create vary enormously too, and there's even 'fake graffiti' which exists only as Photoshopped creations in cyberspace..The book is beautifully produced, lavishly illustrated with lots of color photographs(including some of my own, of Paris street art)and very well designed. Recommended.
I don't like graffiti, I'll say that now. Or rather I didn't until I found 'A Popular History of Graffiti' by Fiona McDonald.This book covers graffiti from all areas of history and Fiona's use of language made me interested enough to keep reading. Did you know that in Ancient times it was OKAY and almost expected to Graffiti on a regular basis? Even rude stuff! She has also sourced fantastic images of graffiti from around the world, including some that I recognised from my home town in the Blue Mountains in Australia.I've been a fan of Fiona's for years, especially her graphic novel 'Ghost Doll and Jasper' as well as her series of knitting books. Is there anything this woman can't do???
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