
Sticker City
Paper Graffiti Art
Claudia Walde(Author)
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 14. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-500-28668-5 (ISBN)
Description
For forty years city streets have been home to the modern graffiti movement, but the new century has witnessed a fresh creative explosion. Walls, phone booths, guttering, traffic signage - the full range of surfaces forming the astonishingly vibrant street canvas is now adorned with handpainted or crafted posters and stickers. This book takes in the world, from Prague to Philadelphia, Berlin to Barcelona, to meet the great names in this exciting subset of street art and to find the creative custodians of the new sticker cities.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
9 Illustrations, black and white; 308 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 200 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-500-28668-5 (9780500286685)
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Person
Claudia Walde, also known as Mad C, led a double life as a graffiti artist in her native Germany while studying Communication Design. This book is the result of five years of research in many cities.
Content
Introduction; 1. Yesterday - Sticky Origins: When Sticking Became Art; The Story of Graffiti: Stick and Spray; The Early Days: From Individual to Subculture; 2. Today - Time Investment: The Audience; Symbols; Risky Business: Techniques and Secrets; Artists and Artwork; 3. Tomorrow - Exhibitions; Art and Commerce; Looking Further.