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Graffiti and street art / Anna Wacławek.

By: Series: World of artPublication details: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2011.Description: 208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780500204078 (pbk.):
  • 0500204071
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GT3912 .W33 2011
Contents:
From graffiti to post-graffiti. Signature graffiti writing -- The tag -- Throwies -- Pieces -- Tools of the trade -- Kings, toys and crews -- Urban painting -- Stencils -- Logos -- Characters -- Graffiti's genealogy. Writing style -- Graffiti in motion -- A necessary crime -- 'Hip-hop graffiti' -- Forays into galleries -- Basquiat and Haring -- Street art and the city. Street art as public art -- Contesting 'public' space -- Defining a community -- The city as context -- Here today, gone tomorrow -- Performing street art -- Identity politics -- Post-graffiti, site and space. The liminal -- But what does it do? -- Same work, multiple sites -- Location, location, location -- The material support and the work itself -- Urban visual culture. Visual culture and art history -- Street art off the streets -- In the gallery -- On the internet -- Reclaiming the streets : remixing, culture jamming and subvertising -- Urban painting today -- Artists' websites.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection GT 3912 .W33 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 251025

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.

From graffiti to post-graffiti. Signature graffiti writing -- The tag -- Throwies -- Pieces -- Tools of the trade -- Kings, toys and crews -- Urban painting -- Stencils -- Logos -- Characters -- Graffiti's genealogy. Writing style -- Graffiti in motion -- A necessary crime -- 'Hip-hop graffiti' -- Forays into galleries -- Basquiat and Haring -- Street art and the city. Street art as public art -- Contesting 'public' space -- Defining a community -- The city as context -- Here today, gone tomorrow -- Performing street art -- Identity politics -- Post-graffiti, site and space. The liminal -- But what does it do? -- Same work, multiple sites -- Location, location, location -- The material support and the work itself -- Urban visual culture. Visual culture and art history -- Street art off the streets -- In the gallery -- On the internet -- Reclaiming the streets : remixing, culture jamming and subvertising -- Urban painting today -- Artists' websites.

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