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Beneficial guideline for History Graffiti Street Art

September 8, 2010 - 8:44 am 15 Comments
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I ordered Grffiti World Street Art from Five Continents
but I have not received it?

I need interesting topics that have ANYTHING to do with American history/culture that I can use in a report?
Literally anything. I just have to be able to write a persuasive essay about it. It could be about ice cream, if I could find enough info for a 10-page paper. The only rule is that it has to have had some sort of effect on American culture and life. Here are the topics I have so far:CensorshipBook History Graffiti Street Art banningInfluential music movements (jazz, Beatlemania, grunge, etc.)Gay marriageEndangered species protectionPlastic “soup” in the PacificRacism in modern AmericaNutrition (food additives, fast food, etc.)Cutting of funds for education (history, art, music courses, etc.)Increasing college costsStreet art (graffiti, stickers, etc.) vs. vandalismPublic colleges vs. Ivy League collegesPolitical activism (Hippe movement, WTO riots, Battle of Los Angeles, etc.)Sweatshops (high clothing prices and little manufacturing costs)I feel very strongly about the censorship, gay marriage, education funding and other more controversial topics, but I really want to make this essay interesting. People hear the pro-gay marriage arguments all the time, but they don’t tend to hear the pro-graffiti arguments, you know?
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15 Responses to “Beneficial guideline for History Graffiti Street Art”

  1. Hart Says:
    September 8th, 2010 at 10:14 am

    This is a fantastic book for anyone who wants to really learn about the graffiti movement, and see literally hundreds of pictures of the art form, on walls all over the world. You can see commonalities and themes that emerge, and get the sense that this is an art form that’s here to stay, with enduring human value. The book is creatively wrapped in a nifty poster you can unfold and hang on your wall. I’m an art teacher, and I consider this book a great classroom resource.

  2. Ellerbe Says:
    September 8th, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    Horrible. Not happy with Seller. I never even received the book, way after it was supposed to be shipped.

  3. Ewing Says:
    September 9th, 2010 at 10:26 am

    First of all, there’s no way you can look through this book in one sitting — there’s an exhausting amount of art in this book. A lot of the artwork is so intricate that you could spend minutes to hours studying and analysing the pieces. Although I bought this as a gift for someone else, I did get a chance to look through the book before giving it away. What I liked was that the street art wasn’t just a collection of idiotic, poorly written names on walls (I hate tagging). Rather, these pieces were often thought-provoking political and social commentaries, or just genuine pieces of art. I really didn’t get a chance to read any of the text, but even if it was all complete gibberish, the photos of the artwork were enough to make this a truly great book.

  4. Ervine Says:
    September 9th, 2010 at 10:27 pm

    Graffiti World fails where it shines the most: pretending to be the most comprehensive collection up to date of graffiti related art.

    The dellusion of offering a quasi encyclopedic work should be enough to deride what is a coffee table book at best. It offers a large selection of artists each given typically one or two page spreads, with a small paragraph ranging from the generic, to the gratuitous, and occasionally also insightful.

    A brief historic overview serves also in part to frame the work, and while it tries to broaden the scope across centuries and continents it quickly narrows itself down to the inevitable and predictable graffiti developed in New York in the late 70’s and 80’s that has influenced generations. Not that it delves in any depth into why or exactly how it happened, and the ways in which it became such an iconic reference, but it is perfunctorily used to narrow down the actual scope of the book and the work offered.

    While there are some glaring omissions and random picks, it is true that it offers a typical selection of some of the most recognized artist in this segment, but that it is not its biggest flaw. “Street Art From Five Continents” is the worst lie that the book does not even pretend to hold very well. The volume is structured around two large parts, one for the Americas (which is still predominantly USA based) and one to Europe, the rest of the continents are lumped into a small section towards the end of the book called “The Rest of the World” . And while the brief paragraphs dedicated to each depicted country are relatively adequate, these are also fairly general and often instead of adding much to the dialogue risk feeding stereotypes.

    Whether a marketing decision, or a creative one, pretending to tell stories about a holistic approach to graffiti and urban art hurts badly a book that otherwise offers a decent sampling of some areas of urban culture in a couple of world regions.

  5. Dick Says:
    September 10th, 2010 at 10:11 am

    It’s a bit of a pity, cause the book really tries to offer an attempt to analyze and expand on the complexities and challenges of urban interventions. But that is its main problem, it is just an attempt. Quickly after some lofty promises the book falls very short of actual research and analysis and is prey of a predictable and trite repetition of artists, and approaches, widespread cliches about art, and an overtly simplistic idolization of NY in the 70s and 80s as the cradle or urban art.

    While NY would need to feature prominently in a treaty of street art there is much more that goes beyond it, before, during and after the peak of the Manhattan expressions that are glorified here. I would recommend this one for someone who would like to know more about that period since it seems that were is the author may have had more access. But for a selection of artists with a variety of approaches “Street Renegades” will be far more stimulating for those catching up with some tendencies.

    And while it seems like one of the most dedicated attempts to offer a systemic critique of street interventions and urban language, for a volume that actually does that we will need to wait.

  6. Johns Says:
    September 10th, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    Ample photos and interesting text…a fine book to own if one is interested in graffiti art in the LA area

  7. Ajamian Says:
    September 11th, 2010 at 10:30 am

    AMAZING book!!! alot of good shots from alot of LA’S best! i highley recommend this book!!!

  8. Jiang Says:
    September 11th, 2010 at 10:13 pm

    Graff is a big part of the L.A culture (if you live here, you already you know this.) Do yourself a favor and buy this book. There are a lot of good insights to how and what got the graff ball rolling, and where it might potentially go.
    Big up’s to those cats from K2STN/LABS RI1,GB88,VX,CL,SHN,CRTN,GL,DFR,TLR…etc

  9. Carey Says:
    September 12th, 2010 at 9:47 am

    This book covers many of the crews and writers of LA graffiti, past and present. There’s history, interviews, and LOTS of photos. The DVD has even more images on it.

    I hesitated to review this books since I’m not super-knowledgeable about the graffiti culture, but for me it was a revelation, filling a lot of the details of the whys and hows of the work, and showing me more pieces that I’d ever be able to see in person, even if I drove around LA for a couple of weeks.

  10. Morales Says:
    September 12th, 2010 at 10:22 pm

    You turn the pages and seek it out, there it is! Staring back from the grime of a window, from above the receipt slot at an ATM, smeared on a wall, punctuating an ad for the lottery. Now you put the book down and it’s still everywhere. You close your eyes and it’s still there, figure eighting around your sorely depraved head (which itself is transfixed hoping on behalf of the rest of you that you don’t miss a transmit of mercury, itself a communiqué, in situ (and out)). These guys, in a word, wrung the very necks of chaos until it produced fruit. Wanna cheat death? This is your book. You should trust me (I’ve seen it).

  11. Loving Says:
    September 13th, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Hello potential Amazon customer. If you’ve read this far you already know what the book you’re contemplating forking over your hard-earned dough is about. It’s a coffee table book, right? About a graffiti artist, yes? That will either appeal to you on those merits or it won’t. But there’s another view, one you might not have thought of and that is what this book represents to ufology (the study of all things UFO). As a ufologist (nerd) and alien abductee (oooh!–crazy nerd!), I’m fairly qualified to address this. Ready? Here goes….

    Ufology has yet to enjoy another surge in public hunger for information. Most of our efforts seem masturbatory: preaching to the converted, as it were. Where’s the big event, damn it? Where’s the new layer of weirdness that keeps this subject chugging?

    Happy New Year, truth seekers, the new event has arrived in the form of an idea whose time has come. We couldn’t have known it until right now but the peaks and valleys of odd events that have captured the public’s imagination, from possible spaceship crashes to crop circles, all served to bring us to this moment when the cumulative effect of impressions left by such topics births into existence the latest mutation of the UFO phenomenon quite different, quite more evolved, than all that came before it. Yes, let it be known that 2007 heralds the arrival of the new phase: The complete integration of ufology into normal everyday acceptance by the average person.

    Gone are the days of paranoia and demanding the truth. Gone are the days of highs and lows, the peaks and valleys of public clamoring. Now is the time of acceptance. Is this good for business? Definitely not in the short term, maybe not in the long–and that’s an excellent indicator that the merits of ufology transcend the term “cottage industry.”

    Enter the Combustive Motor Corporation. Who are they? From their don’t-miss website: “[S]ince the fall of 2001, the CMC has worked in many different, often disparate, mediums and disciplines developing individual `pieces’ and ongoing projects which, by nature of their design and presentation, cannot be defined solely by rules of artistic engagement. Combining elements of performance, visual art, film, music, and other graphic media, the CMC seeks to present original works that transcend and defy the common expectations of art and audience.”

    They’ve now turned their gaze on ufology.

    We’ve been trying to shovel legitimacy down the public’s throat for decades now, haven’t we? — This is real! This is real! Pay attention! This is real!

    They did; they didn’t; did; didn’t, like a tide. Then the tide stopped. We thought the field was dead. Alas, it is only evolving. The Illegitimate parts slough off and the real is what’s left. What’s left is now being integrated into the system, into the collective. This is, in fact, what we’ve been waiting for all along, where smart sane average people go: “Yeah, there are aliens here” and look at you funny if you don’t know otherwise. That is why U.F.O. is an important book. Interesting in content, extraordinary in what it represents.

    This is what happens when levelheaded outsiders think they’re going to write an exploratory on an artist with a quirky interest and that interest happens to be aliens. They find out right quick that there’s more in the can of worms than worms and they immediately need to share the revelation with the public. The difference between today’s public and that of yesteryear is that we’re now ready to hear it.

    Plus it’s an art book. So… cool.

    Anyway, you’ve made it this far. Ya got that wad of cash burning a hole in yer pocket. Why not pick up the book (the layout of which makes it an art object in and of itself)? See if it’s all it intends to be. See if it’s anything near what I described. Wonder why it is there’s this bobble-headed alien sitting atop a fiery rocket ship blasting off from the cave paintings of our ancient past straight into the wall art of the present.

    Ask yourself what this means for our future.

  12. DeMarco Says:
    September 13th, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    I was at the launch party for this book and had a good look at it. I am sure this book was made with good intentions, but it didn’t really turn out that well. In fact, it failed what I would consider the ultimate test for a book about an artist: it was rejected by the artist is was writted on!
    The book is a nice format and clearly a lot of effort went in to making it, but sadly it lacks where it matters most – in the content.

  13. Bigger Says:
    September 14th, 2010 at 10:38 am

    Steve Rotman has again captured the San Francisco street art scene with amazing photos. This small book pulsates with energy and vibrant color! The book is packed with a large-sized selection of images.
    Rotman knows how to capture shoot the famed Bay Area scene.

  14. Ajamian Says:
    September 14th, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    is an dizzying array of artistry, often lurking below the average person’s perception. This book demonstrates the sheer beauty of “street art,” the stencils and pastes and murals that pop up on just about every urban street, yet are easy to miss, particularly in a city like SF that has so much going on. The author, Steve Rotman, is a fantastic photographer–check out his other recent book, “Bay Area Graffiti”–who gives you a sense not just of the art people are making, but the context in which this art appears. I’m somewhat confused by the distinction between “street art” and “graffiti”; street art seems more accessible and message-driven, and for that reason more interesting at first glance to the novice viewer. Both of Rotman’s books, though, introduce you to a visually stunning world that you may have gotten glimpses of in the past, but never really saw.

  15. Ferrari Says:
    September 15th, 2010 at 10:06 am

    This is a great art book! It’s a worldwide who’s who of stencil graffiti artists Beautiful full color photos cover every page showing murals by the likes of Banksy, Jef Aerosol, Logan Hicks, Swoon, and hundreds more. There’s work by over 350 artists. Some of my favorite stuff is by people like Scott Williams who is well known around San Francisco but whose lush work really needs to be seen on a larger scale. The book is not only filled with big name artists but great local finds. The pages are dense with images and a variety of styles. Highly recommended.