Full Description
For forty years city streets have been home to the modern graffiti movement, but the new century has witnessed a fresh creative explosion. Walls, phone booths, guttering, traffic signage - the full range of surfaces forming the astonishingly vibrant street canvas is now adorned with handpainted or crafted posters and stickers. This book takes in the world, from Prague to Philadelphia, Berlin to Barcelona, to meet the great names in this exciting subset of street art and to find the creative custodians of the new sticker cities.
Contents
Introduction; 1. Yesterday - Sticky OriginsThe Story of Graffiti: Stick and Spray; The Early Days: From Individual to Subculture; 2. Today - Time Investment: The Audience; Symbols; Risky Business: Techniques and Secrets; Artists and Artwork; 3. Tomorrow - Exhibitions; Art and Commerce; Looking Further.
