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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.730979494
EAN: 9780810992986
ISBN: 0810992981
Label: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Sales Rank: 55924
Studio: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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Long before graffiti was adopted as the visual expression of hip-hop culture in the 1980s, Chicano gang members in East Los Angeles had been developing stylized calligraphy and writing on walls. Cholo (gangster) scripts became the first distinctive letter forms to evolve in the modern vernacular tradition of graffiti writing. Today Los Angeles writers of diverse backgrounds draw from a unique confluence of cultures that has led to regionally distinctive styles.
Graffiti L.A. provides a comprehensive and visual history of graffiti in Los Angeles as well as an in-depth examination of the myriad styles and techniques used by writers today. Complementing the main text, interviews with L.A.'s most prolific and infamous writers provide insight into the lives of these fugitive artists. Essential to the understanding of the development of the graffiti movement, this book will be an invaluable source to graffiti fans around the world. Included with the book is a cd-rom with audio interviews and more than 200 extra photos.
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Rating: - Brilliant, real book on graffiti with tons of images
This book covers many of the crews and writers of LA graffiti, past and present. There's history, interviews, and LOTS of photos. The DVD has even more images on it.
I hesitated to review this books since I'm not super-knowledgeable about the graffiti culture, but for me it was a revelation, filling a lot of the details of the whys and hows of the work, and showing me more pieces that I'd ever be able to see in person, even if I drove around LA for a couple of weeks.
Rating: - Fantastic
Ample photos and interesting text...a fine book to own if one is interested in graffiti art in the LA area
Rating: - The One and Only
By no exaggeration, this book is the best of its kind. It starts out with the history of gang writing then follows up with the evolution of the art including techniques, paint and cap types, run-ins with the law, etc. The pictures are as clear as can be, and the forever present artist commentary is the perfect compliment to the fantastic collection of pics. This is a must own for any fan of graffiti.
Rating: - Documentation of a Vibrant Art Form
Fifty years ago, graffiti was something written in restrooms and was relatively private. Now graffiti is an art form. You can think of it as vandalism; if it is your wall, or a public wall, and it is supposed to stay clean and undecorated, any unwanted spray-painting, no matter how fancy, is vandalism. But even if it is vandalism (and sometimes the owner of the wall invites the decoration, or the painting is done on canvas for a gallery), there is no arguing that graffiti now is some sort of art. This is especially obvious if you examine the hundreds of pictures in _Graffiti L.A.: Street Styles and Art_ (Abrams) by Steve Grody. Grody loves the graffiti of Los Angeles, and booms, "Along with the myriad styles these artists have created, they have also evolved world-class graphic skills now comparable to the best aerosol work anywhere." It seems funny that anyone would be comparing "aerosol work" from any locales, but you don't have to know about the styles elsewhere to enjoy the astonishing colors and designs found here. Grody examines the ethical issues of this sort of work, but it is clear that such evaluation is secondary to the art itself. He includes interviews with many of the artists (they call themselves "writers"), examines techniques and styles, and shows an appreciation of how this peculiar form of art has redeemed many of its practitioners, and redeemed some blighted public spaces as well.
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Rating: - Real LA Graff
All I can say is get this book!!!!If you love that LA raw stuff.It's pretty well rounded,and gives you a whole look at what's going on past and present.If you have never been to LA.Here is your chance.Oh and it's focus is not on just one crew.Get this book first, on LA graff if you have to choose one.Plus an cd rom with photo's.You can't beat that.Good job Mr.Grody GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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