Street art/today
Subtitle: the 50 most influential street artists today
By: texts, Elise Luong, Bjørn Van Poucke ; translation: Valentine Bonomo
Contributors: Poucke, Bjørn‏ van, author; Bonomo, Valentine, translator
Publisher: Lannoo Publishers (Acc)
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9789401426978
Subjects: Street art; Modern Art; Mural painting and decoration
Description: Street art is more than artistically acknowledged graffiti. This book highlights this new art form in all its facets, beyond the cliches. From installation art to socially critical tags to photo realistic mural paintings: street art exists in all forms and sizes. This book maps the genre and investigates new tendencies such as ecological street art, the naive wave, trompe l'oeil...The core of the book is a Who's Who of the international street art scene, a list of the 50 most influential street artists, from Banksy to Pixel Pancho. Including 10 revealing and surprising interviews.
Notes: Translated from the Dutch.