The Beautiful Walls: Photographic Elevations of Street Art in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Paris

Yust, Larry (Photography by); Polk, Patrick Arthur (Text by)

ISBN 10: 0977834441 / ISBN 13: 9780977834440

Edité par Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2010

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Pictorial boards, with ring binding, 100 pages, colour illustrations; 19 x 34 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Boards slightly bowed. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Graffiti is a forceful way of inscribing presence or 'being' in the world as well as a means of creating affective links to the potency of natural wonders, religious shrines, and ancient ruins as well as the contemporary cityscape. The photographic elevations presented in this volume represent a graffiti-punctuated pilgrim's progress built around the aesthetics of defacement. Graffiti- and mural-covered walls, buildings, automobiles, and railcars are the artful wonders, the vibrant shrines, and the dynamic ruins that structured Larry Yust's pilgrimage to some of the most famed metropolitan centers of the world. He has brought back panoramic souvenirs; vistas that let us be there in a way that is perhaps better than being there. This book celebrates the artistry and audacity of the taggers and uncommissioned muralists who decorate and deface contemporary cities." - Publisher. Size: Oblong.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Beautiful Walls: Photographic Elevations of Street Art in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Paris
• Éditeur: Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0977834441
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780977834440
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • USA::7. Contemporary, 2000-
  • Movements::Graffiti
  • XXXL: Jumbo
  • European::9. Contemporary
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES

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Synopsis

Graffiti is a forceful way of inscribing presence or "being" in the world as well as a means of creating affective links to the potency of natural wonders, religious shrines, and ancient ruins as well as the contemporary cityscape. The photographic elevations presented in this volume represent a graffiti-punctuated pilgrim's progress built around the aesthetics of defacement. Graffiti- and mural-covered walls, buildings, automobiles, and railcars are the artful wonders, the vibrant shrines, and the dynamic ruins that structured Larry Yust's pilgrimage to some of the most famed metropolitan centers of the world. He has brought back panoramic souvenirs; vistas that let us be there in a way that is perhaps better than being there. This book celebrates the artistry and audacity of the taggers and uncommissioned muralists who decorate and deface contemporary cities.

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Graffiti is a forceful way of inscribing presence or "being" in the world as well as a means of creating affective links to the potency of natural wonders, religious shrines, and ancient ruins as well as the contemporary cityscape. The photographic elevations presented in this volume represent a graffiti-punctuated pilgrim's progress built around the aesthetics of defacement. Graffiti- and mural-covered walls, buildings, automobiles, and railcars are the artful wonders, the vibrant shrines, and the dynamic ruins that structured Larry Yust's pilgrimage to some of the most famed metropolitan centres of the world. He has brought back panoramic souvenirs; vistas that let us be there in a way that is perhaps better than being there. This book celebrates the artistry and audacity of the taggers and un-commissioned muralists who decorate and deface contemporary cities.