Free handy roadmap for Urban Graffiti Paintings Artwork

August 27, 2010 - 3:35 am 10 Comments
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As an educator and school librarian I find this book to be an important contribution to interdisciplinary studies. Not only can students enjoy the artwork, but they can also learn about history, politics, and culture while reading this book. I am going to encourage other school librarians to purchase this for their collections. Today’s students want lots of visual stimulation and “cool” artwork that speaks to their lives. I think this book helps create an appreciation for artwork that is often overlooked in people’s busy lives.

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(using this info bellow could you write an essay for me?)Barry McGee (born 1966 in San Francisco, California) is a painter and graffiti artist. He is also known by monikers such as Ray Fong, Twist and further variations of Twist, such as Twister, Twisty, Twisto and others.McGee graduated from El Camino High School in South San Francisco, California. He later graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1991 with a concentration in painting and printmaking.McGee rose out of the Mission School art movement and graffiti Urban Graffiti Paintings Artwork boom in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early nineties. His work draws heavily from a pessimistic view of the urban experience, which he describes as, “urban ills, overstimulations, frustrations, addictions & trying to maintain a level head under the constant bombardment of advertising”.McGee’s paintings are very iconic, with central figures dominating abstracted backgrounds of drips, patterns and color fields. He has also painted portraits of street characters on their own empty bottles of liquor, painted flattened spray cans picked up at train yards and painted wrecked vehicles for art shows.McGee has had numerous shows in many kinds of galleries and was also an artist in residence at inner-city McClymonds High School in Oakland, California in the early 1990s.He was married to the artist Margaret Kilgallen, who died of cancer in 2001. The couple has a daughter named Asha.The market value of his work rose considerably after 2001 as a result of his being included in the Venice Biennale and other major exhibitions. As a result, much of his San Francisco street art has been scavenged or stolen.[1][2]
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10 Responses to “Free handy roadmap for Urban Graffiti Paintings Artwork”

  1. Gharib Says:

    This book is typical of being written by a white person. The book is about a white woman documenting gang styles and graffiti. She wanders around south central with a camera in her bag and tries to become friends with the members. she often refer’s to these people as her “friends” such as my “friends” from ( ) gang. The photos are nothing you can’t find anywhere else. I have seen all photos similar to these in other books and magazines. If people are so interested in seeing this thing simply jump in a car and drive around south central yourself. The book is very un orginized and over all I think it’s [bad]. I grew up in south central so I would know.

  2. Kaplan Says:

    I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The author’s research approach and theory are both novel and intriguing. It is a book that will make one think again about the social construct of gangs as well as the political message of graffiti. The negative reviews of this book seem to be based in the notion that the book should demonize the informants as well as gangs in general. If one is looking for tired rhetoric regarding gangs and graffiti, this is not the book for you. Rather, the author’s work expands the parameters of the dialogue regarding gangs.

  3. Davila Says:

    Book was poorly put together. Scattered pictures throughout the book. She put herself in serious danger trying to take these pictures…i know how south central is and people who are white will get either robbed or killed in some way or another usually not in a car of course. I don’t really understand the point of the book what is it for? We already know about the crips and bloods etc; people are looking for answers to problems not listening to her rave about her Geertzian ghetto or whatever the hell it was. It’s no problem that she is white in my opinion…she seems to have a little self-hate problem, for instance

    she says: i was on 103rd street when a black man charged at me on his bike of hate of my whiteness”
    DUH…she is white in WATTS an entirely black area so of course people will treat her as what she is. whatever the book was WACK

  4. Nothdurft Says:

    “i’m a student doing research, and i need to know”. another lame attempt by a privaledged white girl to ” exploit something she knows very little about. her book is weak!

  5. Ham Says:

    Ferrell offers a major contribution to sociology, criminology, and to youth studies. This brief book not only offers insight and analysis of graffiti artists, it explores the ways in which power is negotiated and challenged. In the graffiti artists’ use of space and in their definitions of beauty and neighborhood, they uncover the way power and meanings are manufactured. Ferrell’s work is a powerful, clear, and engaging book; one which shows stunning new ways of seeing and studying ‘crime.’

  6. Ibsen Says:

    Crimes of Style is a journey into the burgeoning underground Denver Graffiti scene. Jeff Ferrel’s participant observations of local taggers and writers gives a fascinating insight into a sometimes beautiful and sometimes offensive subculture of vandalism….or is it? The question of vandalism or art remains an underlying question throughout Ferrel’s book. And the reader must decide for himself where the line between art and crime stands. Jeff Ferrel’s work is divine inspiration to the fledgling sociologists like myself.

  7. Kenneally Says:

    Being a nature lover, visiting NYC and especially the Wall Murals make NY City a fascinating city to visit. On the Wall answers all my questions conerning these murals in a beautifully organized and illustrated manner.
    I love the stories behind the Scenes of the Art on the Wall and this book tells the stories and gives you more. These murals are integrated and representative of each community. One of my favorites is the story behind “The Mantis Mural” by Janet Braun-Reinitz where she helps the gardeners with painting her design, fondly calling it their “paintathon” which they hoped would attract new members and integrate the garden into its new surroundings. As this exerpt sums up the mural experience, “it involved community gardeners in innovative and exciting artistic collaborations they would always cherish.” This book is one to cherish as well and deserves to be in each city as well as school library as an inspiration of what a city is all about.

  8. Iglesias Says:

    “On the Wall” is a lush and vibrant celebration of New York City’s community murals. The authors pay tribute to the passionate muralists who have responded to four decades of New York City’s social, political and cultural history by creating unique walls of art. New York City neighborhoods come alive through meticulous research and vivid photographs as the creation of each community mural is honored. This is a book the reader will savor for many years.

    Responsed of the people in the community

  9. Ingram Says:

    This book is a visual and verbal WOW. The murals are a revelation.
    It’s an artistic page turner with one more vibrant and arresting image after another. The design of the book is quite beautiful. Sensitive and powerful at the same time.There’s a wealth of knowledge about the world of NYC Murals and I learned so much about my city from this unique perspective.
    These authors are passionate about their subject and it’s infectious.

  10. Dexter Says:

    “On the Wall” is the book on murals I have been waiting for. Its focus is New York City, but its comprehensive scope makes it illuminating for the process of creating and studying community murals throughout the US. Its copious illustrations in excellent-quality, well-placed color plates are invaluable, and include several murals that no longer exist. Its careful documentation of how, where, and by whom each mural was created is the kind of insider-knowledge that casual viewers and even scholars of collaborative public art have difficulty locating. The text by Braun-Reinitz and Weissman is lucidly written and richly informative, an invaluable guide to nearly a half-century of community murals. Because these murals are both socio-political markers of particular moments in NYC life and often stunning images of its cultural vitality, their preservation through this history creates an archive for scholars of urban studies, women’s studies, art history, and cultural studies of everyday life for decades to come.