"Whether adored or abhorred, graffiti and street art provoke passionate debate. This book is a comprehensive survey of the art movement around the world. Organized thematically, it explores the origins of the movement and its evolution, the relationship between street art and the urban environment, its interactions with (or rejection of) the market and the world of commercial galleries, and the culture of street art online. The book features a wide range of artists working in different media and styles across multiple countries. It explains the terms and language of street art from tags and throwies to culture jamming and subvertising, as well as its multiple influences and sub-genres."@en
"Uniquely, Graffiti and Street Art analyses not just the work, but the functions of graffiti and street art and their increasingly important role in urban visual culture. The picture that emerges is a rich celebration of two of the defining art movements of the twenty-first century."--pub. desc."@en
"Overzicht van de geschiedenis en de ontwikkeling van graffiti en straatkunst."
""The traditional letter-based writing that appeared on the streets of Philadelphia and New York over forty years ago has evolved into two distinct disciplines. While both thrive illegally and challenge the concept of public space, the new wave of street art puts greater emphasis on figures, abstraction, symbols and formal techniques."@en

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