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Wall writers

graffiti in its innocence
Author: Search for this author Gastman, Roger (compiler)
Statement of Responsibility: compiled by Roger Gastman, with: Trina Calderón, Caleb Neelon & Chris Pape
Year: 2015
Media group: Buch
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Wall Writers explores the eruption of graffiti into mainstream society in the period of social turmoil in the late 1960s and early 70s, and takes a closer look not only at early graffiti on the wall but its place in the culture of the time. More comprehensive than any other book on the subject, Wall Writers explores not only early graf writing itself but the writers creating it, the new technology of spray paint that made it possible, and the culture that drove them to write be it a need to rebel against the government, to pass a message, or simply be recognized by society. Hundreds of images of everything from spray paint advertisements to commercial greeting cards to images of buildings completely covered in spray painted monikers are included, and reveal the context of the beginnings of a movement that would eventually grow to transform city life, public transit, public art, and ultimately visual art the world over. Includes interviews and profiles of some of the most prolific writers of the time, including TAKI 183, Cornbread, and dozens more

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Author: Search for this author Gastman, Roger (compiler)
Statement of Responsibility: compiled by Roger Gastman, with: Trina Calderón, Caleb Neelon & Chris Pape
Year: 2015
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Classification: Search for this systematic 751.73, 751.7/3, GT3912, 1270642111 LH 70220
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ISBN: 978-1-58423-601-6
ISBN (2nd): 1-58423-601-9
Description: First edition, 354 Seiten : Illustrationen
Tags: Graffito
Participating parties: Search for this character Calderón, Trina (editor); Neelon, Caleb (editor); Pape, Chris (editor)
Language: Englisch
Media group: Buch