Books like Subway Art by Martha Cooper

A selection of spectacular photographs and thought-provoking quotes of spraycan art from more than twenty cities scattered across three continents.

Una divertida e irónica reinterpretación de la sociedad actual a través del arte callejero. Un libro que recoge lo más significativo de la obra de TVBoy, el artista urbano que además de reconciliar artísticamente a rivales políticos y futbolísticos, con sus obras denuncia la contaminación o la situación de los refugiados, o defiende los derechos de la comunidad LGTB. Más allá de un libro de arte, es un retrato de personajes contemporáneos, desde una mirada muy especial, y que conecta muy bien con el público joven. En estas páginas, el autor hace una reflexión irónica sobre cómo ha cambiado el culto a los iconos. De las figuras religiosas de antes a los músicos, losinfluencers o los futbolistas de hoy. También reflexiona sobre el valor del arte urbano, que siendo efímero puede llegar a millones de personas gracias a las redes sociales, y que se convierte en el arte más democrático, pues convierte a las calles, a los muros, en galerías de arte accesibles a todo el mundo.

Suitable for college use, this title opens with an exploration of graffiti's background and history, from Pompeii to the Hip Hop revolution to the present day, as well as how to stay on the right side of the law. It explains the practical techniques of using a spray can, and the step-by-step methods and skills required to create artistic graffiti.

The definitive story behind the most influential art form of the last one hundred years. Tracing the evolution of the medium from its early freight-train days to its big-city boom on the streets of New York City and Philadelphia, and to its modern-day influences, this volume is a compelling look at the key moments, places, and players in an art form distinctly American in flavor yet global in its reach.

"From New York to San Francisco, Times Square to The Tenderloin, graffiti artists, young people, radical environmentalists, and the homeless clash with police on city streets in an attempt to take back urban spaces from the developers and the "Disneyfiers." Drawing on more than a decade of first-hand research and participation in a variety of cities, including Denver, San Francisco, New York, Amsterdam, Prague, Phoenix, and Flagstaff, this account of Ferrell's adventures goes inside the worlds of street musicians, homeless gutter punks, militant bicycle activists, high-risk "BASE jump" parachutists, skateboarders, outlaw radio operators, and hip hop graffiti artists to explore the day-to-day battles over public life and public space. Along the way the book investigates a remarkable range on contemporary public controversies involving these underground groups, documenting the ways in which their on-the-street anarchist polities and cultural self-invention shape resistance to new forms of spacial and legal control, and tracing the roots of this resistance through a subversive past that stretches from the Paris Commune of 1871 to the punks of the 1970s. This look at extreme urban subcultures asks "whose city is it?" and argues for a disorderly urban culture in place of the Disneyfied city."--Jacket.

Organized geographically by country and city, more than 100 of today's most important street artists (including Espo in New York, Shepard Fairey in Los Angeles, Os Gêmeos in Brazil, and Anthony Lister in Australia) are profiled alongside key examples of their work. The evolution of street art and graffiti within each region is also chronicled, providing essential historical context.