Ever since anonymous spray-can art began appearing on city walls in New York
and Philadelphia in the late 1960s, graffiti has been a ubiquitous presence
in the urban landscape, its artists largely unsung heroes. As hip-hop culture
spread from America, graffiti became a worldwide phenomenon, emerging in
the 1980s as the symbolic artistic language of young people everywhere and
one of the most potent influences on youth-oriented marketing and design.

With more than 2,000 illustrations by 150+ artists from all over the world
and interviews with many of them, this visually arresting book is the most
comprehensive survey of graffiti art ever published. Today's young graffiti
artists incorporate a variety of mediums.including stickers, stencils, oils,
acrylics, and oil-based chalk.as well as an ever-expanding range of social
commentary. This evolution in style and subject matter has earned graffiti
the respect of the art world and guaranteed its long-lasting influence on
art, graphic design, and style around the world. Great fun for graffiti and
pop-culture buffs, the book is also an essential reference work for anyone
involved in the visual arts today.

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