crushcity: October 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Ironlak STOCKED UP! once again @ Crush City....

Lookin for Brizzy's baddest to get on and rep this asap..
Competition closes 30 November 2011..

THIS MONTH!!

Graffiti 365

This book is a global survey of Street Art and Graffiti from the beginning of those cultures through the present.

Graffiti 365 is a fun, engaging, and wide-ranging survey of the international graffiti scene, using 365 rare images to introduce or describe important artists-from Taki 183 to Banksy-and styles-from bubble to wild. Along the way, Graffiti 365 covers different eras, cities, paints, legendary walls and crews, police and public response to graffiti, and more.
Here is the first real insider's perspective to the contemporary scene and its antecedents, as the authors, Zephyr and J.SON, have been both artists and historians of the graffiti movement-Zephyr has been painting graffiti for more than 30 years, with The New York Times dubbing him 'The elder statesman of graffiti,' and J.SON started writing graffiti in 1973 before retiring in 1984.
Unparalleled in its breadth and depth of coverage, Graffiti 365 is a wide-angle snapshot of an entire movement in a book.

NEW!! On The Run - How & Nosm The Brazil Diaries

How&Nosm - The Brazil Diaries is an intimate look at the Perre twins’ art explorations in Brazil. European graffiti artists and muralists residing in New York City, How&Nosm found that living in a society whose strict laws deny writers their right to self-expression meant they had to satisfy their creative appetite elsewhere. The solution was to travel to places with a greater understanding and tolerance for graffiti and street art. These trips were liberating and soon transformed from a desire, to a routine, to an addiction. They have painted in more than 60 countries thus far, with Brazil in particular proving to be the perfect playground for this ever-active duo.

With a limited color palette in hand, How&Nosm create striking murals laced with social commentary. Their signature black, white and red intricate patterns, stark line work and stylized forms heighten the intensity of the message.

With a foreword by James Prigoff and an introduction by Daze.