New York Dick
Written by Galen Smith
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $24.95
In the New York City subway system, advertisements emblazon everything from station walls to the roofs of train cars. The surreptitious scrawls of clever--and not-so-clever--culture jammers that deface the polished images of starlets and media darlings are nearly as ubiquitous as these advertisements. In
New York Dick, Galen Smith displays the...
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Textura Dos
Buenos Aires Street Art
Written by Guilherme Zauith and Matt Fox-Tucker
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $35.00
Buenos Aires is the second largest city in South America. It should come as no surprise then that it boasts a sprawling and distinctive street art scene that reflects the civic pride of the
porteños - the word used to refer to the city's citizens - as well as the influences...
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Poster Boy
The War of Art
Written by Poster Boy
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: July 27, 2010
Price: $18.95
His cut and slash mash-ups of subway platform billboards only exist in New York City, but Poster Boy's artful and funny appropriations of advertising have gotten him attention the world over.
The New York Times dubbed him an "anti-consumerist Zorro with a razor blade, a sense of humor and a talent...
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Textura
Valencia Street Art
Written by Luz Martin
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: October 15, 2009
Price: $34.95
Valencia is Spain's third largest city and a hotbed of vibrant street art. While elaborate murals, wheat pastes and stencils can be found throughout the city, the scene's epicenter is Barrio del Carmen, the neighborhood that comprises Valencia's old town. In this part of the city, a great number of aging...
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Walls Notebook
Written by Sherwood Forlee
Format: Non-traditional book, 160 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2009
Price: $16.95
These textured urban walls provide an interesting backdrop for notes, musings, drawings, doodles, and more. Indulge your inner graffiti artist - without the risk of jail time!
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Urban Iran
Edited by Charlotte Noruzi
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2008
Price: $27.95
Urban Iran is a depiction of everyday life apart from international and diplomatic policies, giving voice to people living and working in Iran today while probing the complexities of contemporary Iran. Described and revealed by photographers, writers and visual artists, from street art to heavy metal bands and book publishing,
Urban Iran documents how...
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Vandal Squad
Inside the New York City Transit Police Department, 1984-2004
Written by Joseph Rivera
Format: Hardcover, 168 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2008
Price: $35.00
Vandal Squad: Inside the New York City Transit Police Department, 1984-2004 has caused consternation throughout the global graffiti community with charges that author Joseph Rivera is profiting off the very criminals he spent his career incarcerating.
Graffiti writers have left a vivid trail and told their spellbinding tales the world over in countless books and...
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Urban Guerrilla Protest
Written by Ake Rudolf
Format: Hardcover, 134 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2008
Price: $27.95
Urban Guerrilla Protest showcases the ways and means of individual, subversive protest actions. Featuring over 90 artists and initiatives from around the world, the book provides insights into the resources that are being used to place activist messages in the heart of the everyday, documenting the rise of the media-guerrilla during the...
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Illustrations from the Inside
The Beat Within
Written by Louis E.V. Nevaer
Introduction by Adam Mansbach
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2008
Price: $19.95
The Beat Within is a decade-old, nationwide writing program for incarcerated youth. “Words not Weapons” is the organization’s credo, inspiring these young adults – males and females of all ethnicities – to learn that words and images are more effective than violence.
Illustrations from the Inside features the pencil drawings created by these...
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Los Angeles Graffiti
Written by Roger Gastman and Sonja Teri
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2007
Price: $27.95
In the land of Hollywood, gang wars and beach bums, Los Angeles graffiti teems with the city’s myriad cultural influences. From intricately tagged walls that seem to grow out of blooming roadside flower beds to spray-painted palm trees,
Los Angeles Graffitiillustrates how the landscape of America’s anti-city has fomented a distinct brand...
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Wild Style
The Sampler
Written by Charlie Ahearn
Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2007
Price: $35.00
“I mean love is love. Recognize the Hip Hop culture, cause that’s what we are doing. We’re having fun with it. We spread love. There’s no animosity. There’s no prejudice in our culture. None of that. It’s red black green orange. We all in it. We come from Japan. You ever...
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Bombshell
The Life and Crimes of Claw Money
Written by Claw Money
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2007
Price: $35.00
Bombshell, her first book, explodes all preconceived notions about the icon many have seen but few have known. From the deepest recesses of her shoeboxes comes this incredible compendium of photographs, designs, personal letters, and other ephemera collected throughout her life. Whether it’s shots of spots she bombed in the Bronx...
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