Summary: Before street art became mainstream, the anonymous outlaws of "freight writing" put graffiti on the map. One of the most extreme and risky iterations of the art form, freight train graffiti culture has a rich history, laden with myth-like artists, remarkable romances, and competitive graffiti crews. Delving into the underground subculture reveals the deep connection between graffiti and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ROLVerde, Susan
Summary: Armed with pencils, paints, dreams, and Grandma Addy's memories of how beautiful the neighborhood once was, Angel and others paint the big wall that had been cold, empty, and cheerless.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE VERTaylor, Theodore
Summary: Missing the city life, a young girl starts to feel a sense of belonging in her new town when she discovers vibrant graffiti splashed throughout the neighborhoods, proving street art can be found everywhere--as well as a sense of home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TAYBanksy.
Summary: "This Is Not a Photo Opportunity is a street-level, full-color showcase of some of Banksy's most innovative pieces ever. Banksy, Britain's now-legendary "guerilla" street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Once viewed as vandalism, Banksy's work is now venerated, collected, and preserved. Over the course of a decade, Martin Bull has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PM Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BANBanksy.
Summary: From the Publisher: Graffiti artist Banksy decorates streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cities throughout the world. His identity remains unknown but his work is witty, subversive and prolific. And now, he's put together the best of his work in a fully illustrated color volume.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Century 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BANSummary: Examines Banksy's story, from his roots in a criminal subculture to his rise as the leader of an art revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Incorporates user-generated content to follow a 31-day scavenger hunt that took place in October, 2013, on the streets of New York City at the hands of Banksy, a British street artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The true story of one misguided art collector's attempts to save a painting by the world's most infamous street artist from destruction and the auction block. A rare look inside the secretive world of graffiti and street art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SAVSummary: An eccentric French shopkeeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the Palestinian segregation wall in the West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2010
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EXIBoyle, Greg
Summary: "Gregory Boyle, SJ, spends his days at Homeboy Industries accompanying ex-gang members as they rebuild their lives. Forgive Everyone Everything is a collection of his most poignant writings based on decades of experiences of loss and pain, redemption and renewal. These reflections, accompanied by street art from acclaimed artist and ex-gang member Fabian Debora, come together as a modern-day...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Loyola Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.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 distinctive letter forms to evolve in the modern vernacular tradition of graffiti writing. Today Los Angeles writers of diverse backgrounds draw from a unique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.7 GROKuittinen, Riikka
Summary: One of the richest movements in street art has been the development of an alternative, crafts-based, three-dimensional movement, broadly identified as Street Craft. This new generation of artists is creating uncommissioned, site-specific works employing a range of art and craft techniques, including weaving, crocheting, sculpting, painting, gardening, light installation, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 KUIGarrett, Bradley L.
Summary: "It is assumed that the world has been explored and charted; that there is nowhere new to go. But perhaps it is the everyday places around us - the cities we live in - that need to be rediscovered. What does it feel like to find the city's edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale high above the metropolis upon unfinished skyscrapers? Explore Everything reclaims the city, recasting it as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 GARGray, Mary L. (Mary Lackritz)
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.73 GRAAustin, Joe
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Based on the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a young American unknown graffiti artist who lived on the streets of New York City in a cardboard box. Jean-Michel was "discovered" by Andy Warhol's art world and became a star. But his success came at a high price, and Basquiat paid with friendship, love, drugs and eventually, his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: RJD Enterprises 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.73 DUNSutherland, Peter
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerHouse Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.73 SUTBroaddus, Maurice
Summary: "A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BROManko, Tristan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.7 MancoSchacter, Rafael
Summary: Organized geographically by country and city, more than 100 of today's most important street artists (including Espo in New York, Shepard Fairey in Los Angeles, Os Gêmeos in Brazil, and Anthony Lister in Australia) are profiled alongside key examples of their work. The evolution of street art and graffiti within each region is also chronicled, providing essential historical context.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.73 SCHSummary: This book brings together some of the very best pieces of art from all corners of the world that have been inspired by Banksy, as well as featuring some of his own innovative, profound and controversial work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014