Category Archive: books

BOOK REVIEW: DON1, The King from Queens by Louie KR.ONE Gasparro

by illmatical In the year 4050, in a far universe, in the galaxy of aerosol dreams where each planet is protected by an atmospheric layer of vivid multicolored wild styles and throw-ups, in… Continue reading

The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti / Urban Art Books

People have been making graffiti for millennia. Street art is a new term, dressing up a once-reviled practice for the age of MFAs and grant applications. A conservatory sensibility is evident in the… Continue reading

Type Crazy – Queen Andrea / Events

Queen Andrea’s solo exhibition Type Crazy will feature new graffiti paintings, prints, and collage works inspired by her endless love for typography and graffiti letterforms. Excerpt from Type Crazy press release: “Andrea’s custom… Continue reading

Street Surveillance Survival / Street Art

“When things get tough,” Neil Gaiman advised on in his fantastic commencement address on the creative life, “this is what you should do: Make good art. I’m serious. Husband runs off with a… Continue reading

MasterNever – Clarke Illmatical / Graphic Novel

MasterNever is a new Graphic novel, created by writing genius Clarke Illmatical. The fictional story Masternever and the Flow OF Death created by Illmatical is available in novel form and comic is soon… Continue reading

STREET ART BOOK COVERS FOR PENGUIN BOOK CLASSICS

Penguin has given 10 of their modern classics series to street artists for a cover makeover. Whether they address graffiti explicitly, like Iain Sinclair‘s Lights Out for the Territory, evoke a city from… Continue reading

Type in the Sky: Buildings Outline Cloudy Letters

Many of us look to the sky for shapes and creatures in the clouds, but in a city you don’t always have the best view of the sky. Creative designer Lisa Rienermann saw cloudy… Continue reading

The Man Behind The Wall / Banksy Book Review

The artist known as Banksy works as much in irony as he does in spray paint, and his often playful, occasionally political stencils adorn city streets around the world. A classic Banksy original… Continue reading

VANDALS / Graffiti Book Released

After eight years of journeys around the globe, Nils Müller presents ‘Vandals‘, his second book of photography after his 2009 debut publication ‘Blütezeit’. ‘Vandals’ takes the illegal and dangerous activity on 192 pages… Continue reading

Book Review: Street Art London – Steam 156

There is no shortage of books chronicling London’s street art scene. It’s an easy commission for a books editor — eye-catching images, the allure of the subculture, and the potential for sequels, given… Continue reading

Liquidteks Magazine … | Liquidteks Magazine Issue One, Volum… | HP MagCloud

Liquidteks has just released their first issue of their second volume. The magazine has pushed forward with photos, interviews and other interests that the fellow graff enthusiast enjoys. Real New York City talent… Continue reading

New book documents hidden graffiti in Toronto

Hidden Toronto is a new book that explores the city’s inconspicuous places and the graffiti that’s found among them. The book’s fifty-two images are organized into three sections covering buildings, bridges, and watersheds… Continue reading

Black Book Blaze: BIO

 

Adam Mansbach’s paean to graffiti taggers – SFGate

  Adam Mansbach’s paean to graffiti taggers – SFGate.