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CES53 Book
€70.00Boundary breaking graffiti writer CES53 publishes first time overview of his artwork, embodying 40 years of work.
“Ces53 – CLOWN / MASTER MANIPULATOR / STYLE MASTER / BAD BOY / LEGEND / WRITER / ANARCHIST / FREAK / FOOL / BOUNDARY BREAKER / ARTIST” depicts a huge selection of Ces53 his artwork. Drawings, paintings, sculptures, legal, illegal, shocking and beautiful. All compiled in a 400 page full colour, hard cover bound book. With nearly 2000 photos probably the first graffiti writer showcasing such a large body of work in one object. ‘Being the first’ isn’t new to Ces53; he was the first to paint a train from left to right, top to bottom in the Netherlands, he was the one making train writing a true crusade in the Netherlands, he was the first to paint a train in Belgium, to most non-Germans he is the one that put Berlin on the map as a graffiti playground. Until we recently found out he wasn’t, but for 25 years we all thought that he was the first Dutchie to paint a train in New York. Ces53 was the first in jail for graffiti for longer than a night or two in the Netherlands. He ignited train graffiti as a true believe, and inspired the notorious MSN crew, and many others in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe to pour oil on the fire he started. Besides all the facts, Ces53 is a true and original when it comes to authenticity and style; the shapes, the characters, the colours…it is all his own. His work from childhood until recent graffiti on trains is now available in a carefully designed book. With text contributions by Milk, Eras, Sento, Cat22 and many more.
DETAILS
Size: 23,5 x 32 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Language: English
Year: 2021
Publisher: CES 53
Author: CES 53
ISBN/EAN: – -
12ozProphet – Also Known As v1 (Silver Edition 2005)
€59.90Also Known As is a 190-page, full-color, perfect-bound, graffiti-obsessed, street culture bible. The focus is nothing short of dear, dirty destruction; the glorious variety of fuck-you graffiti that offers no attempt to make friends. Absolutely every page is pure unadulterated content, without room for advertisements or nonsense.
Each copy of Also Known As Volume 1 is individually numbered and comes with a kiss-cut sticker sheet, two special fold-out posters, vinyl stickers and more. All of this results in the most elegantly filthy graffiti and street culture publication that still maintains as the gold standard for graffiti publications.
Featuring: Futura, Kaws, Todd James aka Reas, Crude Oil, Ket, KR, Desa, Cope2, Jee, Ovie, Ghost, Miss17, 323, Skrew, PJay, Skuf, Jest, Earsnot, Seph, Zeus, Veefer, Cap, Os Gemeos, Dero, Noah, Virus, Rebel, Ces, Giant, Merz, Dalek, Crae, Hope, Dash Snow, Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Peter Sutherland, Raven, Demo, Presscott McDonald, Adorn, Peter Rentz, Evan Hecox, jeffstaple, John Duda, Steve Harrington, Kimou Meyer, Max Vogel, Ryan Waller, Harsh Patel, Marco Cibola, Noah Butkus, Pete Christofferson, Dan Funderburgh, Pres Rodriguez, Struggle Inc. & many more.
Rare
Condition: New / originally packedDETAILS
Size: 22 x 22 cm
Cover: Softcover (Silver Cover Edition)
Pages: 190
Language: English
Year: 2005
Publisher: 12ozProphet
Author: –
ISBN/EAN: 0-9768516-1-0 -
GRAFFITI AVANTGARDE – MOSES & TAPS
€59.90VERSANDKOSTENFREI INNERHALB VON ÖSTERREICH
Neun Jahre nach ihrem legendären Buch INTERNATIONAL TOPSPRAYER™, das längst vergriffen und mittlerweile für hunderte Euro gehandelt wird, kommt aus dem Hause MOSES & TAPS™ ein doppelt so dicker Backstein aus Papier: GRAFFITI AVANTGARDE™
GRAFFITI AVANTGARDE™ gibt auf 544 Seiten mit über 2000 Fotos in zehn Kapiteln und einer Vielzahl an spannenden und hintergründigen Texten einen tiefen Einblick in MOSES & TAPS™ breites Schaffen als Graffiti-Künstler seit 2011. Das Werk zeigt, wie ihnen der Spagat zwischen Trainbombing und dem Dasein als akzeptierte Künstler gelungen ist und erklärt, warum diese beiden Welten kein Gegensatzpaar sein müssen.
Den Anfang der Monografie macht ein Interview von MOSES & TAPS™ durch die Kriminologin Ike, in dem der Frage nachgegangen wird, was die Graffiti Avantgarde eigentlich ausmacht, wer sie ist, welche Ziele sie hat und was sie antreibt.
Dem TOPSPRAYER™-Kapitel, in welchem uns MOSES & TAPS™ über diverse Zwischenstationen auf Zügen von Russland in die USA führen, folgt das SPLASH™-Kapitel, in dem man lernt, auf welchen Orten und Unorten man als Writer bunte Spuren mit Spraydosen hinterlassen kann ohne ein Fatcap und Buchstaben benutzen zu müssen.
Anschliessend wird das Zepter an ALIAS™ übergeben, dessen vorgeblich 1001 Züge in 999 Tagen auf 176 Seiten durch seine Storys und die Actionfotos von Edward Nightingale abgerundet werden.
In SCRATCHITI™ zeigt MOSES™, warum er Glasscheiben nur bemalt um sie zu säubern, wie er sie aus dem Yard ins Museum und wieder zurück bringt und warum er Micky Maus hasst.
Im Kapitel CORPORATE IDENTITY™ dechiffriert Robert Kaltenhäuser dann, wie sich über MOSES & TAPS™ CI-Codes alle Kapitel verbinden lassen, warum gelb-blau besser als Banksy funktioniert und was hinter TM steckt.
Mit IMAGE OF GRAFFITI™ macht TAPS™ deutlich, warum Graffiti illegal sein muss und wie man trotzdem ein Abbild davon auf Leinwänden erschaffen kann.
Während sich das Kapitel SCHÖPFERISCHE ZERSTÖRUNG™ mit der Vielschichtigkeit von MOSES & TAPS™ ́ Arbeiten auseinandersetzt, die sich in collagenartigen Bildern und Installationen ausdrücken, widmet sich der Teil KONZEPT-VANDALISMUS ihren einzigartigen konzeptionellen Arbeiten auf Trains – und manchmal auch den Wänden darin.
Zum Abschluss erklären und illustrieren MOSES & TAPS™ in zwei separaten Kapiteln ihre ganz persönliche Sicht auf die Entwicklung ihrer Styles.
DETAILS
Size: 30,7 x 25,9 x 3,5 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Language: German, English
Year: 2020
Publisher: The Grifters
Author: Moses & Taps
ISBN/EAN: 9786197267044 -
Graffiti an der Line in Basel 1985–1990 (2nd edition)
€55.001985 gaben sich Jugendliche Fantasienamen wie «Scorpio», «Steve» oder «Zois» und sprayten auf die Wände der Line, die damals gerade fertig gebaut war, erste Buchstaben. Das war der Startschuss für die Graffiti Bewegung in Basel an der Line. Was die Jugendlichen, die sich selber «Homeboys» und «Flygirls» nannten, damals genau angetrieben hat, ist im Rückblick schwer zu sagen.
Man sieht vielen Pieces aus dieser frühen Zeit ihre Leichtigkeit noch immer an. Es wurde gesprayt ohne zu überlegen, wohin das alles führen wird. Und man hatte Platz zum Ausprobieren. Die Line war ein perfekter Ort für Graffiti: Kilometerlange Wände, mitten in der Stadt und trotzdem ein Unort aus Beton, Gleisschotter und Schienen. Ausser Sprayer und Bahnarbeiter hält sich da niemand auf. Tagsüber, wenn die Züge nach Basel SBB ein- und ausfahren, präsentieren sich die Wände als perfektes Medium zur Unterhaltung der Reisenden.
Das Buch dokumentiert möglichst objektiv die ersten 5 Jahre der Line. Das Buch beinhaltet über 500 Abbildungen die nach Standort und Schicht zugeordnet wurden. Auch gibt das Buch einen kleinen Ausblick in die 90er Jahre an der Line. Zudem sind einige Texte die in diesem Zeitraum über die Line publiziert wurden enthalten.
2. überarbeitete Auflage
mit 16 zusätzlichen Seiten
Offsetdruck
Fadenheftung
Text über die Geschichte der Line (nur auf Deutsch)
mit Zitaten von Zeitzeugen
über 500 Abbildungen von diversen FotografenDETAILS
Size: 30,2 x 21,5 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Language: German
Year: 2021
Publisher: Thierry Furger
Author: Thierry Furger
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Decades vol. 1 1990-2000
€54.00This first volume is the beginning of a trilogy of books (Vol. 2 2000-2010 / Vol. 3 2010-2020) presenting 30 years of graffiti in Berlin. With a selection from thousands of photos, a picture of the development of the graffiti subculture in Berlin emerges in an authentic way. In addition, a variety of personal texts by the authors give an intimate insight into their experiences and perspectives. On the one hand, these texts convey a very vivid picture of the life of the Berlin graffiti scene, on the other hand, they allow the reader to experience the Berlin of days gone by.
The first issue portrays writers and crews between 1990 and 2000, with the fall of the Wall kicking off the graffiti boom in Berlin. In the aftermath, a huge adventure playground opened up for Berlin writers, with unresolved police courts and a sometimes disoriented adult world creating the ideal breeding ground for what is now probably the largest and most active graffiti scene in the world. The focus is on the application of graffiti on trains, which is also the subject of most of the pictures and texts in the book, but uncensored private pictures and graffiti on walls are also presented.
This first volume contains portraits with many photos and personal texts or comments of the following graffiti authors and crews:
BAS2, BOY, CATS, CHILL, CHIO, DEON, DISNE, DMB, DRUM, FOK, INKA, KEL, KMER, KAMEL, LYTE, ODEM, POET62, REW, RUZD, DSYER, SEKD, SHEK, SOME, STEAK, TFB, TOK, TORCH, TOWN, VDS, WEX and many more.
Also included in the book are mixed chapters with hundreds of photos of many other graffiti writers and crews from the 90s.
DETAILS
Size: 29 x 23 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: over 300
Language: German, English
Year: 2021
Publisher: Racoon
Author: Peter Stelzig
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BARCELONA SHOWDOWN
€49.90Barcelona Showdown records more than 30 years of graffiti in the Barcelona metro. Totally exclusive content in two languages (Spanish and English), detailing the history and lifestyle of the writers from 1984 to 2021.
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Size: 22 x 30 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Language: English, Spanish
Year: 2021
Publisher: Blood & Madness
Author: Blood & Madness
ISBN/EAN: 9788409297221 -
International Topsprayer – Expired – MOSES & TAPS
€49.90TOPSPRAYER EXPIRED – The limitation period edition
The INTERNATIONAL TOPSPRAYER book published by Publikat in 2011 – which has been sold out for several years and traded at horrendous prices on Ebay – is now coming back in a completely revised limitation period edition. Like the first version, the successor will again feature the legendary lenticular shaking cover, which crisply sums up their concept.
It is believed that shortly after its release, a note similar to the following will be found in the files of various graffiti investigation groups: „Between 2007 and 2010, the defendants MOSES and TAPS switched their pseudonyms. With the help of an unknown number of others involved in the crime, they bombed 1000 trains over a period of 1000 days. In May 2011, they published their deeds in the illustrated book INTERNATIONAL TOPSPRAYER. However, since no evidence of perpetration could be derived from the book, the relevant preliminary proceedings had to be finally closed after ten years due to the occurrence of the statute of limitations according to section 78 of the Criminal Code.
After the expiry of the statute of limitations, MOSES & TAPS are now clearing the air with the book TOPSPRAYER EXPIRED, MOSES & TAPS now comprehensively admit all accusations of the proceedings in words and pictures. Furthermore, the suspects supplement the accusations with previously unknown photographs and descriptions of the crimes. In addition, several hundred previously unknown graffiti crimes are documented, especially from the years 2011 and 2012.”
DETAILS
Size: 28 x 24 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Language: German, English
Year: 2021
Publisher: Publikat
Author: Moses & Taps
ISBN/EAN: 978-3-939566-57-1 -
Astro – Schnellbahn
€49.90Astro – Schnellbahn
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Size: 21,5 x 25 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Language: English, German
Year: 2021
Publisher: Golden Hands Gallery
Author: Astro
ISBN/EAN: – -
Three Corners
€49.90A book about the Three Corners Graffiti Hall Of Fame in London. From 1985 to 1991 ‘Three Corners’, a play area between Finsbury and Clerkenwell, became an important site of teenage rebellion, when it became an important cradle for the fledgeling London graffiti scene.
This book talks to many of the people who painted at the site. Within their words, they explain what the place meant to them and how it developed the early London scene which has since gone on to be a world-celebrated spot for graffiti.
Words (and works) by Robbo, Cade, Urge, Mystique, Skore, Jaoism, Insane, Ren, Merc, Carl, Scarf Mean, Freehand, Coma, Dsire, Stet, Vanz, Boast, Snatch, Seize, Sak/ Benski, Don, Crude, Bus One, Mel, Hatch, Skire, Busk, Shun, Charp/ Splat, Excel, Reakt, Fiasko, Sel, Real, RE, Floe2, Lies, Ganja, Fued, Shoom, Sigher, Shoom, Cab69, Req1, Jade2/Jadell, Check, Kilo, Mear, Busk, Eneme, Crok. A photographic history of one of Londons most important Halls Of Fame!
DETAILS
Size: 30.3 x 21.7 x 1.8 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Language: English
Year: 2021
Publisher: Skore
Author: Skore
ISBN/EAN: – -
THE ACT OF ‚GRAFFITI‘
€49.90A never before published book offering a unique insight and fresh perspective on the definition of ‘GRAFFITI’, focused explicitly around the act and all which that entails.
Documented in photographs and essays which capture the moments; long nights, cold bushes, waiting on a knife edge in a tunnel, being confronted by security guards, winning, losing, hiding and escaping.
THE ACT OF 'GRAFFITI' is a LIMITED ADDITION heavyweight hardback 208x260mm book printed on 150gsm with over 200 pages of photos and words, spanning over a decade.
DETAILS
Size: 20,8 x 26,0 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Language: English
Year: 2020
Publisher: –
Author: –
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Roma Subway Art
€49.90Thirty years of graffiti on the subway in Rome, contained in 432 pages, with stories from 90 of the most prolific writers in the Roman scene. An introspective journey through hundreds of secret archives, enriched by several shots from internationally renowned photographers who have followed and documented this cultural phenomenon since the early days, which, despite greater control and more severe penalties, do not seem to have an end.
DETAILS
Size: 25×20 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Language: English
Year: 2020
Publisher: Wholetrain Press
Author: Mathieu Romeo, Lorenzo D’Ambra
ISBN/EAN: 9788897640172 -
Grand YDS – Words over windows
€49.90Long awaited book by Grand YDS – Words over windows (London)
Roll back to 1986„The drab grey coloured iron horses that gallantly glided through the city of London on its iron rails were looking rather tired & in need of a makeover. I myself – along with a rather large bunch of vagabonds & misfits that we would give these gallant horses the colours they deserved!! This is my story along with others of how that journey transgressed….
I hope you enjoy the ride back through time…“Features Skore, Drax, Fuel, Teach, Fume, IIKold.
DETAILS
Size: 25 x 20 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 164
Language: English
Year: 2020
Publisher: –
Author: GRAND YDS
ISBN/EAN: – -
TEN
€45.90Ten writers, ten pieces each, ten moments in the ether.
Rare book including ten of the UKs most high profile and respected writers from the UK scene.Featuring works by:
– Snatch
– Pines
– Rainman
– Skore
– Shogun
– Seige
– Bum
– Akt
– Oker
– PetroDETAILS
Size: 21 x 29,7 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 132
Language: English
Year: 2020
Publisher: –
Author: –
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Martha Cooper – Taking Pictures
€44.90Der Katalog zur 2020 eröffneten Ausstellung „MARTHA COOPER: TAKING PICTURES“. Das URBAN NATION Museum porträtiert mit seiner ersten Fotoausstellung die weltweit umfassendste Retrospektive des Werks Martha Coopers. Martha Cooper gewährt hierfür erstmalig Einblicke in ihr umfassendes Privatarchiv. Begleitend erscheinen im Katalog Essays von: Carlo McCormick, Steve P. Harrington und Jaime Rojo, Sean Corcoran, Susan Welchman, Akim Walta, Nika Kramer und Jan Sauerwald.
DETAILS
Size: 24 x 24,5 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 229
Language: German / English
Year: 2020 (1.Auflage)
Publisher: Urban Nation Museum Berlin
Author: Urban Nation Museum Berlin
ISBN/EAN: – -
One Week with 1UP Collectors Edition
€40.00Graffiti and photography – a symbiosis with tradition. First published in 2018, this title documents the work of 1UP, probably the world's most notorious graffiti crew of these days, over a defined period of time in Berlin. Responsible for this publication is Ninja K and Martha Cooper, the two women accompany the 1UPs during daring actions, in tunnels, on roofs and on the streets of Berlin. High pressure fire extinguisher tags, street bombings, rooftops and wholecars – pure adrenaline! A look behind the scenes of Berlin graffiti in the 21st century.
In the Collector's Edition now published and co-distributed by Publikat, each book comes with a small artist print in 21×15 format. This insert was produced on high-quality Munken Lynx Rough in heavy 300 gram quality and is also hand-signed by Martha Cooper, Ninja K and the 1UPs!
DETAILS
Size: 31 x 22 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Language: German, English
Year: 2021
Publisher: Publikat
Author: Martha Cooper, Ninja K. und 1UP
ISBN/EAN: – -
Paris Characters
€39.90The Paris Characters book breaks with the general opinion that graffiti fans and journalists have that photos of works and walls are enough, that graffiti artists have nothing to say about their work, their career or their art.
Mode2, Jay, N°6, Lokiss or Alex, among others, agreed to answer questions in interviews and allowed Karim Boukercha to include numerous unpublished works in this book: Around 600 illustrations and more than forty interviews have found their way into this more than entertaining book.
DETAILS
Size: 25,5 x 20 x 2,2 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Language: French
Year: 2005
Publisher: L'oeil d'Horus SARL
Author: –
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Edward Nightingale – You can’t always win
€39.90About failure in graffiti
In November 2019 a group of friends traveled to Tashkent in Uzbekistan to paint the local subway system. Their lack of chance is captured in this book.
Edward’s most emotional and intimate publication to this day is a visual essay about failure in graffiti.
As trainwriting happens to be illegal, trains often are protected against unwanted visitors. With high-security levels, success is not always guaranteed.
Sometimes there can be even a complete lack of it.
Every graffiti writer experienced those moments. But yet it is a topic hardly talked about.
Out of a writer's perspective, nothing happens.
Follow four friends around remote areas of Tashkent, trying their luck with the subway for a week.
But nothing happens.DETAILS
Size: 30 x 24 cm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 88
Language: English
Year: 2021
Publisher: It's for us
Author: Edward Nightingale
ISBN/EAN: 978–3–9822914–0–6 -
GOAL – ALL IN ONE
€39.90GOAL – ALL IN ONE
Text by Tobias Barenthin Lindblad
Goal is Norway’s most internationally recognized graffiti artist.
Since he began painting his technically detailed and colorful letters, he has traveled around the world building networks of like-minded people and painted with respected and famous artistson several continents. Goal has since 1984 been an important player in the development of the Norwegian hip hop culture.Goal’s works have been exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and at theMuseum of Contemporary Art in Oslo. Goal, which has painted in cities all over the world, hasbeen widely featured in magazines and catalogs, such as in the Melbourne International BiennialCatalog, FatCap Magazine and Graphotism in London.
DETAILS
Size: 30 x 23 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Language: English
Year: 2021
Publisher: Kontur Forlag
Author: GOAL
ISBN/EAN: 978-82-93053-46-0 -
Still Alive – Wearing Sunglasses at Night
€39.90Zurück zur Jahrtausendwende: Auf einem Union-Pacific-Güterzug durch Texas fahren die gleichen Buchstabenkombinationen wie auf einem SBB-Wagen durch die Schweizer Alpen. Es sind die Buchstaben von Still Alive.
Still Alive – ein Weltenbummler mit Spraydosen im Gepäck, aber ohne Google Maps in der Tasche, auf der Suche nach Abenteuern und neuen Orten, mit wechselnden Pseudonymen im Repertoire. Auf erfrischende Art und Weise hinterfragt sein Style die gängigen Codes der damaligen Graffiti-Subkultur. Deren Regeln werden bewusst ignoriert, mit dem Ziel Aufmerksamkeit zu erregen, ohne sich um das Urteil anderer zu scheren.
Mit Hilfe alter Tagebuch-Einträge und analogen Fotos wird im Buch „Still Alive – Wearing Sunglasses at Night – Diary of a Graffiti Writer“ Still Alive's Werdegang als Graffiti Writer rekonstruiert. Die zahlreichen Bilder und Geschichten nehmen uns mit auf Abenteuer von New York über San Francisco bis Barcelona und Bukarest und zeigen auf, warum er einer der wichtigsten Akteure der Schweizer Graffiti-Szene wurde und Bern auf die Graffiti-Landkarte setzte.DETAILS
Size: 16 x 24 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Language: English
Year: 2021
Publisher: Nonstop Publishing
Author: Still Alive
ISBN/EAN: 978-3-033-08282-3 -
SABE – Still Around II
€39.90SABE has never stepped out of his love for the graffiti, and even though he is reaching the age of 50, he is showing no sign of resignation. This book with the same title as the previous book released in 2017 you will get more than 250 pages with new unique footage collected from five decades starting in the 1980’s til today’s date.
SABE – Still Around II are as massive as part one, it features more than 400 photos and texts by Skeme, Ghost, Jest, Ket, Nezo, Grape, Giz, Cave, Week, Sek, Sgee, Pesto, Even and a foreword by Jens-Peter Brask.
DETAILS
Size: 23 x 30 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Language: English
Year: 2020
Publisher: –
Author: SABE
ISBN/EAN: 978-87-999751-2-9 -
DARE to be different
€39.90Sigi von Koeding, besser bekannt als DARE, ist eine Legende. Sein 3D-Style ist unverwechselbar und er genießt auch noch viele Jahre nach seinem Tod im Jahr 2010 den höchsten Respekt in der Graffiti-Szene. Kaum verwunderlich also, dass es in seiner Heimatstadt Basel teilweise Graffiti von ihm gibt, die seit 25 Jahren nicht übermalt worden sind!
Das Buch DARE to be different ist die bisher größte Sammlung seiner europaweiten Arbeiten – von Skizzen bis hin zu großflächigen Graffiti, alles auf 250 Seiten. Ein Muss im Bücherregal!
DETAILS
Size: 29,7 x 23 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Language: German, English
Year: 2016
Publisher: Publikat
Author: –
ISBN/EAN: 978-3-939566-44-1 -
Blackbook Västmanland
€35.00A book focused on the graffiti scene in Västerås, Sweden. The graffiti scene in Västerås started in the late 80’s and played an important role in the early days of graffiti in Sweden. With names like Puppet, Arom, Pasha, Beta, Mind, Out, Kabo and the rap group Loop Troop the city got its own scene and styles. The book is published by Västmanland Museum and documents the Västerås graffiti scene from 1984-2006. All text is in Swedish.
Mega works as a graphic designer for various clients, from record labels and radio stations to retail agencies.
DETAILS
Size: 24 x 24 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Language: Swedish
Year: 2011
Publisher: –
Author: Tobias Barenthin Lindblad, Malcolm Jacobson
ISBN/EAN: 978-91-85397-44-0 -
Doktor IDMTR – Escape From Reality Book
€35.00Ucieczka Od Rzeczywistości.
The unique publication that takes you back in time. Explore unseen moments. Doktor IDMTREscape From Reality is a sentimental trip into the past, to the nineties, in the company of the community passionate about aerosol art. Graffiti pieces, both on trains and walls, would for years be considered nothing more than distasteful eyesores lacking any form of design. The artists would be perceived as ignorant vandals. However, over the years the overview on street art has changed.
The graffiti culture is deeply rooted in Polish reality, so it deserves to be documented and described. Escape From Reality is an authentic testimony of people connected to this art. It presents plenty of personal writings approachable for readers from all backgrounds – writings that portray street artists’ everyday lives and passion. All of these stories did really happen, but weren’t disclosed up to this point. This book will let them see the light of day.
This publication aims to reach an audience of those interested in art and history of the nineties as well as those who want to immerse into the hermetic community of Polish and worldwide train writing. It will be a unique publication on the book market and an important event for the Polish graffiti community.
Escape From Reality aims to present the community and culture of Polish graffiti at the turn of the century – in the nineties. On the 144 pages of the book, I will present an awe-inspiring collection of private photographs, personal reflections and stories that break age-old stereotypes and show a different, positive view on graffiti. This work will be an act of opening up by one of the most prolific Silesian graffiti writers of the late nineties, who currently does his art in the UK – Doktor MTR.
DETAILS
Size: 28,5 x 22,5 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 140
Language: English / Polish
Year: 2021 (signed & numbered packaging)
Publisher: Doktor IDMTR
Author: Doktor IDMTR
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Copenhagen Graffiti II 1986-2020
€35.00The second book in the Copenhagen Graffitii-series by Disk. The first book was released in 2016 and has since then already been reprinted four times, so don’t sleep on this! In this up-following book Disk has kept digging in his archives and mixed it with newer photos, all shot in Copenhagen with analog camera. A great mix of walls, trains, tags and throw-ups featuring a wide range of writers including Rens, Sabe, Bates, Tomcat, Opel, Cres, Kegr, Cave, Week, Sek, Faze, Tabu (RIP), DIA, MOA, HM, WHAP, Same (RIP), AOD, Apes and many more.
DETAILS
Size: 28 x 21 cm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 160
Language: English
Year: March 2021
Publisher: –
Author: –
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Copenhagen Graffiti 1985-2016
€35.00A collection of selected photographies from Disk’s personal archives covering almost four decades of Copenhagen graffiti. The book is separated into three episodes featuring the 80’s, 90’s and 2000 until today with introductions by Desire, Cave and Pesto.
DETAILS
Size: 28 x 21 cm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 160
Language: English
Year: November 2016 (Fourth edition)
Publisher: –
Author: –
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Copenhagen Blackbooks
€35.00Copenhagen Blackbooks is a unique compilation of 32 Danish writers’ blackbooks. All writers have contributed with tales and stories, giving the reader an unprecedented and truly rare insight into the secret pages of a vandal.
DETAILS
Size: 22 x 28.5 cm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 280
Language: English
Year: Second edition 2021
Publisher: –
Author: –
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FAX’R TAJRR – Run Like Wild Horses Run
€35.00FAX'R TAJRR.
Legend of the Rhein-Ruhr Area.
Works between 1995-2021.DETAILS
Size:
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Language: German
Year: 2021
Publisher: United Drucksachen
Author: FAX'R TAJRR
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Rae Martini – 24 Carat Dirt
€35.00Rae Martini, a prominent figure on the international street scene, comes face to face with painting and artistic expression for the first time in the early 90s. For over twenty years he serves as one of the greatest exemplars of the Italian Graffiti movement. Along with only a few other artists, he has managed to concretize his artistic development. With so much graffiti on streets and trains in so many European cities, he pursued an artistic career dedicated to the world of paint and canvas. Just like railroad tracks, these two parallel domains intertwine and influence each other with the aesthetics and experiences of two worlds, distant, yet close; hardly any artists from the graffiti scene are so committed to their work and beliefs that they are capable of bringing urban setting and street culture into the world of fine art galleries. Over the last two decades, Rae Martini has been able to dedicate himself to these two worlds using a common starting point: sketching on paper.
DETAILS
Size: 30 x 24 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Language: Italian
Year: 2012
Publisher: Damiani
Author: Rae Martini
ISBN/EAN: 978 88 6208 207 5 -
Flight Mode 4 – The Journey Home
€35.00Inspiriert vom eigenen, gewaltigen Archiv, bietet der vierte Band von Flight Mode die reine Essenz der Reihe. Das Konzept wurde erneut erweitert und dreht sich um einen Kern, bei dem wir uns ganz und gar zuhause fühlen: Graffiti und Trainwriting! Hier gibt’s eine größere Ausgabe mit mehr Seiten und verbesserter Qualität in Inhalt und Haptik. Mit an Bord sind Arbeiten international renommierter Künstler wie Edward Nightingale, Ixap, Alone, Sfaer und viele mehr.
DETAILS
Size: 24 x 20 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Language: English
Year: 2020
Publisher: –
Author: –
ISBN/EAN: – -
OZ – Hamburg
€35.00Die Stadt Hamburg ist untrennbar mit dem Phänomen OZ verbunden. Jahrzehntelang haben seine Werke das Stadtbild geprägt. Der Mann hinter dem Pseudonym ist nun seit fast vier vier Jahren tot. Doch was ist heute noch von seinem Lebenswerk erhalten?
Die Fotos von Emmett E. entstanden im Zeitraum von 29. bis 31. März 2018
DETAILS
Size: 21 x 29,7 cm (DIN A4 Hochformat)
Cover: Softcover mit Prägung
Pages: 320
Language: German, English
Year: 2018
Publisher: Hitzerot
Author: Emmett E.
ISBN/EAN: – -
Glorious Attitude FRA32
€35.00Fra32 ist einer der produktivsten italienischen Graffiti-Writer.
Seit den 90er Jahren hat er in ganz Italien und im Ausland gearbeitet und sich als eine führende Figur in der internationalen Graffiti-Szene etabliert.
Sein einzigartiger Stil hat Generationen von Künstlern beeinflusst, die in ihm eine ebenso grundlegende wie konstante Quelle der Inspiration gefunden haben.
Glorious Attitude bringt seine zwanzigjährige expressive Entwicklung ans Licht und enthüllt seine obsessive Stilsuche, seine Beharrlichkeit in der Malerei seit seiner Jugend und seine beharrliche Produktion, während er Generationen von Writern durchquerte, Crews gründete und sich mit den wichtigsten Namen der Writer-Szene anfreundete.In diesem Buch zeichnet der Journalist Chris Gibson Fra32s künstlerischen Weg, beginnend mit seinem Debüt – seinem ersten Tag im Jahr 1994 – und erzählt seine Geschichte bis heute, wobei er auch die soziale und politische Kulisse Italiens der 90er Jahre beschreibt.
Das Buch ist in vier Abschnitte unterteilt, die jeweils von einem anderen Standpunkt aus erzählt werden, um eine möglichst vollständige Sicht des Protagonisten zu ermöglichen.
Die anfängliche Untersuchung des Journalisten wird begleitet von den Beiträgen von etwa zwanzig Writern, die Fra32 nahestehen und die ihre Freundschaft mit dem Künstler erzählen und ein menschlicheres und weniger formales Bild von ihm beschreiben.
In den anderen Kapiteln werden spezifische Themen behandelt, die mit der Welt des Graffiti-Writings zu tun haben und in der die Texte des Protagonisten selbst die Fotografien ergänzen.
Fra32 ist ein Blackbook, in dem die Geschichten und das Fotoarchiv (das mehr als 270 Bilder umfasst) ineinander greifen.Fra32 is one of the most prolific Italian graffiti writers.
Since the ’90s he has worked throughout Italy as well as abroad establishing himself as a leading figure in the international graffiti scene.
His unique style has contaminated and influenced generations of artists who have found in him a source of inspiration, fundamental and constant as well.
Glorious Attitude brings to light his twenty-year expressive evolution, revealing his obsessive stylistic search, perseverance in painting since he was very young, and persistent production, while he was crossing generations of writers, founding crews, and becoming friends with the most important names of the writing scene.In this book journalist Chris Gibson draws Fra32’s artistic path, starting from his debut – his first tag in 1994 – and retracing his story until today, describing also Italy’s social and political backdrop of the ’90s.
The book is divided into four sections, each one narrated from a different point of view in order to display the most complete vision possible of the protagonist.
The journalist’s initial inquiry is accompanied by the contributions of about twenty writers who are close to Fra32 and who recount their friendship with the artist, donating a more human and less formal image of him.
The other chapters examine specific themes related to the world of graffiti writing in which texts written by the protagonist himself supplement the photographs.
Fra32 is a black book where the stories and the photographic archive (which includes more than 270 images) intertwine to give the reader a volume where the figure of one of the most international graffiti writers emerges.DETAILS
Size: 28,6 x 2,5 x 21 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Language: English
Year: 2017
Publisher: Wholetrain Press
Author: Fra 32
ISBN/EAN: 978-88-976400-8-0 -
I am 1UP – Collectors Edition
€34.90The book I AM 1UP was first published in 2014 in an underground edition distributed by the artists themselves and was also published the following year by Publikat Publishing, thus making it accessible to a wider audience. Both editions have been out of print for many years and are traded at high prices on portals like Ebay. Due to the existing demand, the title has now been reissued again and will come out in 2021 as a collector's edition with precious gold foil stamping on the cover. In addition, each book comes with a small artist print in size 21×15. This add-on was produced on high-quality Munken Lynx Rough in heavy 300 gram quality and is also hand-signed by the 1UPs!
There are 5 different variants of the print, which of the prints is in the shrink-wrapped books you see only when unpacking. To the actual book or the group ONE UNITED POWER itself one must lose at this point probably no more, the Berlin writercrew from Berlin did many spectacular actions in recent years and have thereby internationally received a great media attention. And even away from train depots or rooftops, the guys have already taken a successful path towards the gallery and now enrich the urban art world in this area.
With this photo book you get an insight into their work from the years before 2014, as well as a small art print for your wall!
DETAILS
Size: 30 x 21 cm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 140
Language: English, German
Year: 2021
Publisher: Publikat
Author: 1UP
ISBN/EAN: –
