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English
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"Painted murals first appeared in Latin America in the early 20th century; in the 1950s, spray-can graffiti associated with Latino gangs followed, notably the "cholo" graffiti of Los Angeles. Today, street art has traveled to nearly every corner of the globe, evolving into a highly complex and ornate art form. The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti is the definitive survey of international street art, focusing on the world's most influential urban...
Author
Publisher
Monacelli Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A guide to the art, artists, and culture of graffiti from the 1970s to today, as told by the taggers themselves. This major co-publication with the Museum of Graffiti chronicles the worldwide graffiti movement from its birth in the 1970s, through the street and train painting of the 1980s, to its emergence as an artistic genre admired in museums and sold at auction. With hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of graffiti art from the 1970s to today,...
4) Graffiti
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Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history of painted graffiti and explores the work of early artists as well as current ones.
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Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Graffiti is largely illegal in most American communities, but that hasnt stopped street artists from rendering large and very public demonstrations of exquisite art. Some graffiti artists, among them Shepard Fairey, Jim Clay Harper, Danielle Bremner, and the mysterious British artist Banksy have become world famous. The Art of Graffiti discusses what todays artists are doing, how they attract a following, and what they are saying through their artwork...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
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 prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be...
17) Saving Banksy
Publisher
[Passion River Films]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Saving Banksy is 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, Saving Banksy asks the question, what would you do if you were offered a small fortune for a painting the artist didn't want sold?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
School principal Mrs. Abrego and nemesis Bucho both ask detective Mickey Rangel to help unmask the vandal who has been writing messages all over the school walls.
El director del colegio La señora Abrego y némesis Bucho tanto piden detective Mickey Rangel para ayudar a desenmascarar al vandalismo que ha estado escribiendo mensajes por todas las paredes de la escuela.
20) The masterpiece
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English
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Struggling to make a home for herself and her five-month-old son Samuel, Grace Moore accepts a position as a personal assistant to Roman Velasco, a temperamental but successful artist.
"A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want--money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman's past seem to echo through the halls of...