This is a must have for anyone interested in graffiti art or the under appreciated work of many brilliant female artists. This book gives a narrative of many female graff artists who are in the shadows of their male counterparts. Ganz describes the struggles of these women, as well as digs into their lives to reveal the meaning behind their art. The poster that comes with it is also a great addition.
This reminds me of a movie I have seen recently,Who Does She Think She Is? House Party Kit. It also delves into the lives of the struggling female artists. If you liked this book you’ll love the movie. If you’ve seen the movie and haven’t read the book, then I highly recommend checking it out. You’ll love it! Ganz’s work makes for an excellent read.
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does anyone knw a good Graffiti Generator graffiti generator ? something that looks like this :http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii98/keizha_12/st_9f6dc571b8.png
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July 5th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Like most of Doug Pray’s films (Scratch, Surfwise, Big Rig), he takes a subculture that has strong negative connotations and puts a human face to it. Like most people, I have had mixed feeling about graffiti. I’ve seen some amazing murals by graf artists, but the signature scrawls you see everywhere tend to piss me off. But after I saw this film, at least now I look at it in a different way. Great stuff. I will never look at graffiti the same way again.
July 6th, 2010 at 2:09 am
This dvd shows some of the biggest names in graffiti art. The dvd gets the opinion of each graffiti artist and a guy who tries to get rid of tagging in his city. This is a good dvd I just didn’t like the atittude of most of the graffiti artists because they make it seem like in order to make it big you have to go through them first and that you must go through tough times to be respected. These aren’t the BEST graff. artist they are just well known or over rated. Entertaining film but don’t assume that graffiti is what they say it is, they have their own opinions. These graff artists act like they know everything and it gets annoying but what makes this a good film is the images you see and their passion for it.
July 6th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2W9581V6A9SBS This movie is brilliant. I am so amazed by the superior filmmaking styles and techniques. I wouldn’t be surprised if this film won an academy award some day. I wish that they would start making more classic films like the golden era of 1920s era prohibition. That would be a really exciting time and a great way to stimulate the economy through gambling and fun times.Best of Yukmouth
July 7th, 2010 at 2:10 am
this movie is more on individual bombers.its alright lacks in its tags bombs murials but hey.it was good but if you are a bomber then this movie will sorta leave you with an unsettling depression by the end. as if all your work and life deicaded to this art just leads nowhere.i cant fully say that .style wars i would recommend over this you learn the origin of graffiti.
July 7th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
This is a nice sketch book for the budding artist. Could do with spirals so it’s easier to lay the book flat.
July 8th, 2010 at 2:22 am
Had some nasty person tag the back end of my car, including my entire license plate. This stuff removed everything, including the paint stuck to my license plate trim and DMV stickers. First rate product – seriously exceeded expectations.
July 8th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Got 15 ft graffiti on my motorhome.
Sprayed KK over and waited 3 min, then brushed with nylon brush and washed away with water hose jet stream.
All graffiti is gone, but original paint untouched.
July 9th, 2010 at 2:32 am
Someone spray-painted profanity on the side of my boat last night and I didn’t see it until the afternoon when I came home from work. I sprayed on the graffiti remover, waited a minute or two and wiped off the paint. It took a couple passes to get some of the pooled up spot and runs, but it was all gone in less than 30 minutes without breaking out an abrasive. Fumes were not nearly as bad as other stuff I’ve used, and I didn’t see any effects on the boat finish. It did exactly what I needed.
July 9th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
This is a small-format book, easy to tuck into a purse, with nice quality (even if a bit small) photography. It claims to present “simply the best graffiti from around the world”, but I would dispute that claim. It’s a nice collection of photographs by one man, ‘KET’, who has been active in the graffiti movement for a long time. That’s all. It’s not an exhaustive survey of the world’s best graffiti, like the book ‘Graffiti World, Street Art from Five Continents’, but then, what do you expect for $11.00?
July 10th, 2010 at 2:26 am
i purchased this product for my brother as a christmas present and it arrived just in time like promised and it was cheaper than if i would have bought it at a book store. it still had the original price which i liked.
July 10th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
A must have for any art lover! If you are interested I recommend you to start first with the “Graffiti World: Street Art From Five Continents” book from the same author.
July 11th, 2010 at 2:09 am
ABSOLUTELY AN AMAZING COLLECTION! THE ART IS GREAT, I LOVE IT! BIG PROPS TO THE SCENE
July 11th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Street artist/fine artist Nicholas Ganz, author of Graffiti World, offers urban art enthusiasts a second round of exceptional research and art compilation, this time concentrating on the pioneering contributions of women to contemporary graffiti writing and artwork. Having always been a part of the street art front lines, female graffitisans are typically overshadowed by the men in the ranks due to sheer numbers rather than any lack of innovation or talent. Ganz, along with author Nancy Macdonald and co-conspirator Swoon have produced an exhaustive narrative that tells the intricate story of graffiti writing women. Included are the artist’s personal stories and their insights into the male-dominated urban art world.
The Ganz collection, like his earlier work, promotes the efforts of praiseworthy, marginalized artists. In the case of Graffiti World that marginalization occurred as a result of the art form itself. In Graffiti Women, it’s not the “second-best”, urban artist that is lauded but the women who are graffiti writers that receive the exhaustive and well-deserved coverage. Although the author’s intent is not to be divisive, it is unfortunate that our cultural approach to acknowledging one another centers around labeling people as either “blank” or “female blank”. In Three Artists: (Three Women), Anne Middleton wrote:
To identify an artist this way, as a woman, has never been a merely parenthetical remark. The qualification has customarily been offered as a limit to, rather than a guarantee of, suitability for the artist’s role – with mostly irritating results for the artists themselves. (2)
Nicholas Ganz does a unparalleled job of describing the contribution of almost two hundred women who work in the urban art genre. His book will continue as a permanent part of my small but well-loved collection and I will continue to wonder whether the world is best served by keeping the commendation of exemplary women separate from that of men.
July 12th, 2010 at 2:08 am
This is just like graff world book, chronicling the movement into other areas of the world. This is the same, but for women in graff.
July 12th, 2010 at 2:52 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.
July 13th, 2010 at 2:30 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.
July 13th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Horrible. Not happy with Seller. I never even received the book, way after it was supposed to be shipped.