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Graffiti Planet: The Best Graffiti from Around the World
Graffiti or "street art" has been a significant art form for more than 20 years, altering and shaping the urban landscape from Tokyo to Paris, Los Angeles to Sydney, Belfast to Berlin. Ever-changing and evolving, its anonymous, transient nature means it literally can appear one day and disappear the next. Yet out of this shifting mass of spray paint, some true stars have emerged—artists such as Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Banksy—as well as countless unsung heroes who have taken the form to new heights. This book is a celebration of the endless creativity of the medium, featuring 100 glossy photos of groundbreaking graffiti from around the world, and including an introduction by the editor, Ket. It is a perfect introduction to the subject for anyone excited by this most vibrant and democratic of art forms.
128 pages, Hardcover
First published October 15, 2007
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March 3, 2019
This is a collection of street art from around the world. Banksy even found a place in this book.
The only text is the introduction and a bit at the end about one of the artists.
I would have liked to see more information about each of the artists, but this is a good enough flip-through as a visual.
It does list for each piece the name of the artist and the location - which I love. A huge prt of street art is the cultural influence.
Overall a good read.
The only text is the introduction and a bit at the end about one of the artists.
I would have liked to see more information about each of the artists, but this is a good enough flip-through as a visual.
It does list for each piece the name of the artist and the location - which I love. A huge prt of street art is the cultural influence.
Overall a good read.
May 10, 2018
A neat little collection of graffiti and street art from around the world.
Is the best graffiti from around the world, as the book's cover proclaims? Not quite. But there is a nice variety of styles represented here, and all of them are--for lack of a better phrase--pretty neat.
I don't know the history of graffiti and street art and/or when a distinction between the two might have developed. This was published in 2007, so I wonder if, back then, the work of someone like Banksy was considered on par with someone spray-painting their name in a large, colorful, expressive style, hence their inclusion side by side here.
I'm more drawn to the former type of street art than the latter, but that's not to suggest one is better than the other. I like the work of Banksy and other artists for their sense of humor and their politics. But so, too, do I like the abstraction of just a name, and how that, in and of itself, is as visually expressive as something with a clearer purpose, whether it be protest or celebration.
I wish there was a little bit of that analysis here. I've read several Banksy art books prior to this that dig into the heart of street art, and I wanted that same type of introspection here. An introduction tastes at that sort of discourse, but I wanted something throughout, interplayed with the art, guiding it. But for what it is, Graffiti Planet is fine. A neat little coffee table book. Check it out.
Is the best graffiti from around the world, as the book's cover proclaims? Not quite. But there is a nice variety of styles represented here, and all of them are--for lack of a better phrase--pretty neat.
I don't know the history of graffiti and street art and/or when a distinction between the two might have developed. This was published in 2007, so I wonder if, back then, the work of someone like Banksy was considered on par with someone spray-painting their name in a large, colorful, expressive style, hence their inclusion side by side here.
I'm more drawn to the former type of street art than the latter, but that's not to suggest one is better than the other. I like the work of Banksy and other artists for their sense of humor and their politics. But so, too, do I like the abstraction of just a name, and how that, in and of itself, is as visually expressive as something with a clearer purpose, whether it be protest or celebration.
I wish there was a little bit of that analysis here. I've read several Banksy art books prior to this that dig into the heart of street art, and I wanted that same type of introspection here. An introduction tastes at that sort of discourse, but I wanted something throughout, interplayed with the art, guiding it. But for what it is, Graffiti Planet is fine. A neat little coffee table book. Check it out.
May 21, 2009
I was hoping from the cover that this book would contain more politically minded or clever work like Banksy does, but the majority of it is elaborate writing/tagging type of stuff. That stuff is impressive in its own right, I was just hoping for something a little different.
November 17, 2008
anyone who says graffiti is not art is a punk, and it´s IMPOSSIBLE to say after seeing this book. just mind-blowing work from around the world. Incredible.
January 9, 2009
the best graffiti pictures from any book i've read, only writing the was in the book were the names of the artists, bot enough writing
September 20, 2012
I am a bit of a fan of Graff books, and this catalogue by KET is pretty awesome, though not the best I have! still, get on it.
May 3, 2011
Graffiti is so fucking ugly.
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