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Product Identifiers
PublisherThames & Hudson
ISBN-100500976953
ISBN-139780500976951
eBay Product ID (ePID)72606294
Product Key Features
Book TitleBorn in the Streets : Graffiti
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGraffiti & Street Art, Popular Culture
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorHerve Editor Chandes, Fondation Cartier
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight59.8 Oz
Item Length13.5 in
Item Width8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal751.73
SynopsisBeginning in July 2009, the Fondation Cartier will be hosting an exhibition that celebrates street art. The show and the accompanying catalogue first reexamine the birth and evolution of the graffiti movement in New York in the early 1970s, and feature documentation from that time, including press clips and photographs of tags and graffiti by artists such as Lee, Seen, and Lady Pink, among others. The book then explores the explosion of creativity worldwide that followed the New York movement, especially in Paris, which became the nerve center for European graffiti in the 1980s. It juxtaposes the different aesthetics of cities like New York, Paris, London, Berlin, and Sao Paulo, highlighting styles specific to each city and the diverse practices of contemporary artists who began in the graffiti movement. There are interviews with artists who influenced the development of street art and with others, such as gallery owners, who were involved in its evolution., A survey of the artists who contributed to the origins and spread of the graffiti movement worldwide, published to accompany an exhibition at the Fondation Cartier in Paris., The book then explores the explosion of creativity worldwide that followed the New York movement, especially in Paris, which became the nerve center for European graffiti in the 1980s. It juxtaposes the different aesthetics of cities like New York, Paris, London, Berlin, and Sao Paulo, highlighting styles specific to each city and the diverse practices of contemporary artists who began in the graffiti movement. There are interviews with artists who influenced the development of street art and with others, such as gallery owners, who were involved in its evolution., Published on the occasion of the exhibition Born in the Streets--Graffiti presented in 2009 at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, the catalog revisits the birth of graffiti, analyzes its codes and techniques, and presents the movement's major figures, focusing on the artists who contributed to its explosion, its diffusion, and its recognition by the contemporary art world. The book includes photographs by Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant and John Naar, and features many previously unpublished images. Presenting works by artists participating in the exhibition (Basco Vazko, Cripta, JonOne, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine, Barry McGee, Nug, Evan Roth, Boris Tellegen, Vitché, and Gérard Zlotykamien) as well as photographs they took in their respective cities, it also provides a panorama of graffiti in cities such as New York, Paris, Hong Kong and São Paulo. An introduction by Richard Goldstein and several interviews with artists shed new light on this artistic movement and the major stages of its evolution.
