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Graffiti L.A. : street styles and art

text Graffiti L.A. : street styles and art

Grody, Steve.

Summary
Long before graffiti was adopted as the visual expression of hip-hop culture in the 1980s, Chicano gang members in East Los Angeles had been developing stylized calligraphy and writing on walls. Cholo (gangster) scripts became the first distinctiv... Read more
Contents

Introduction: early influences -- Los Angeles starts up -- Technique and aesthetics -- The social element -- Ethical issues -- Aboveground.

Format
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Description
303 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Publisher
Abrams 2006
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 751.7 GRO in Adult Non-fiction Available

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