The power, glory, diversity, and talent of women street artists finally gets the attention it deserves in the first book to focus solely on the female gaze writ large on urban walls and sidewalks across five continents If street art is, in itself, an act of rebellion, it is tragically ironic that the genre seems dominated by men.

This exciting book is an important first step in shedding light on the substantial number of women who are gaining fame in the street art world. It brings together the work of 24 artists, through dazzling photographs of their work and intimate portraits of their lives based on interviews collected by award-winning journalist Alessandra Mattanza.

On walls, sidewalks, prison cells, grain silos and other nontraditional canvases, these artists tackle ideas around empowerment, feminism, the pink revolution, body shaming and body imagery, racism, and the climate crisis.

From Oklahoma City and Brooklyn, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh makes site specific work that considers how people experience race and gender within their surrounding environments.

South African multidisciplinary artist Faith XLVII imbues her narratives with a longing for a deeper connection to nature, and a resurrection of the divine feminine.

Italy's Camilla Falsini incorporates joyful, bold colours and simple shapes to deliver serious messages about the environment.

Shamsia Hassani, one of Afghanistan's first female street artists, makes vibrant murals and paintings in which women play musical instruments as a vehicle for self-expression.

Bursting with colourful photographs of works in situ as well as in detail, this thrilling and incisive book proves that street art is not only female - it's the essence of conceptual rebellion itself.

Author Alessandra Mattanza is a foreign correspondent, contributor, and editor for several publishers in Italy and Germany. Her previous books are Street Art: Famous Artists Talk About Their Vision and Banksy. Stephanie Utz is founder of the Munich based Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA).

• 300 colour illustrations
• Hardcover

A raw collection of photos and stories spotlighting the artistic process and dangerous adventures of a Chicago graffiti artist as he creates unsponsored works of art around the world.

More than 350 photographs combine with previously untold firsthand stories to offer readers a rarely seen look into graffiti art and street culture, a subculture that has grown seemingly without boundaries.

Vibrant, urgent prose takes readers into the emotions and physical experience of bringing street art into existence, capturing the moments of creation as well as the camaraderie of souls bound by these acts of expression.

Each story is a real-life mini action adventure following FLEX KYM's trajectory from local artist to world traveler to incarcerated individual to creator with reignited passion.

Underpinning the story of the art is that of Chicago and its growth into a city internationally recognised for live-action urban painting .

As the art ignites a path to form global networks, the journey takes readers to New York, New Jersey, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Boston, Vienna, Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, Catania, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Stockholm, Bangkok, Barcelona, Istanbul, Athens, and Berlin.

Features images of art by FLEX, ARK, FACT, SKOL, DTEK, SPIN, HEAR, NYKE, and other graffiti artists from Chicago and beyond This visceral look at the artistic process takes readers deep inside the world of graffiti art-a subculture that is now more celebrated than ever.

FLEX | KYM is a prolific world-traveled painter, writer, and photographer. His experience with "graffiti art" comes from being deep in the trenches with a desire to share and celebrate it through story and image. He lives in Chicago. SELLING POINTS: . Never-before-seen photography and previously untold stories showcase graffiti art and street culture and detail FLEX KYM's trajectory from local to international artist . Provides insight into Chicago's unique art scene and its growth into a city that is internationally recognized for live-action urban painting, in addition to following the travels of FLEX KYM to cities around the world .

More than 350 images are supplemented with real-life mini action adventure stories that provide rare insight into the artistic process, including the emotions and physical experience of bringing street art into existence 358 colour images

Ride back in time on the colorful New York City subway line of the 1970s to 1990s; the graffiti years, when subway cars became rolling metal canvases for some of the most notorious and influential graffiti "writers" of all time. Explore the amazing array of art work from the 1970s, '80s and '90s transit system "graveyards," including the work of graffiti artists BLADE, GHOST, SENT, REAS, VEN, WOLF, and STRIDER, as well as many other talented "underdogs." The era is richly illustrated with over 235 rare, never-before-published photographs accompanied by personal accounts from the writers talking about their art and recalling their wild antics. This is an informative, nostalgic look at New York subway graffiti. AUTHOR: Tod Lange, from Queens, New York, was introduced to graffiti in 1987, when he was 13 years old. He has become an artist and photographer, currently living in Pennsylvania.

Six case studies conducted in New York City, Trenton, and Jersey City, explore how graffiti murals are created and what role they play in a city where buffing illegal graffiti is a lucrative business.

The author interviewed people affected on a daily basis by the murals at sites around the metropolitan area, as well as property owners who have allowed muralists to paint their property in hopes the graffiti murals would serve as a deterrent to vandalism-and provide a more aesthetically pleasing alternative to buffing.

An analysis informed by cultural Marxism and supported by street photography suggests a radical departure from traditional New York City policy: instead of spending money exclusively on the elimination of illegal graffiti, resources should also be devoted to the creation of graffiti murals.

In the end, graffiti removal teams and mural promoters are pursuing the same goal: making the city a more visually appealing place. AUTHOR: Patrick Verel was born in New York City and grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut.

He graduated from Fairfield Preparatory School in 1992 and earned a B.S. in journalism from St. John's University in Queens, New York, in 1997. He wrote for the Stamford Advocate and the Augusta Chronicle newspapers, freelanced for publications such as The New York Times and amNewYork, and most recently, joined the news and media relations team at Fordham University.

In 2009, he enrolled in Fordham's urban studies masters program, where he completed a thesis that was the basis for this book. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Kelly and daughter Eliza. This book combines a few of his favorite things: taking pictures of street art, telling people's stories, and exploring obscure corners of New York City.

• 78 colour photographs
• Hardcover

Cope2, born Fernando Carlo Jr., is an iconic name in graffiti - one of New York's pioneering artists in the '80s and '90s, founder of the KINGS DESTROY crew, and known for his wildstyle tagging - and here 35+ years of his work are compiled into one vibrant volume.

In over 250 colour photos, see his work transition from his early days in the South Bronx to his current gallery work featured worldwide. Divided into four chapters - Subway Cars and Trains, Painted Walls, Bubble Throw Ups, and Gallery and Artworks - Cope2's art may shift in medium, time, and place, but it remains fundamentally the same at its core: colourful, authentic, and raw.

In addition to the hundreds of photos of his work, excerpts from an interview with Cope2 by Carlos Mare, the museum programming director of the Museum of Graffiti, offers stories on Cope2's life and career from the artist himself.

Born in Kingsbridge in the Bronx, Fernando Carlo began his graffiti career with the encouragement of his cousin, Chico 80, and has since grown into an internationally known artist. Over four decades, he developed his trademark style on subways, trains, and walls and then moved into gallery work, which has been exhibited in Venice, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, and more.

• Hardback
• 272 colour and b/w images

The Crash Kid Graffiti Archive Book is something like the legacy of Massimo Colonna, who as Crash Kid shook up the Italian hip-hop scene. In the 80s he established himself as one of the best breakdancers of his time, which came to a far too early end in 1997 when he died of cancer at just 26 years old.

What is perhaps less well known is the fact that Crash Kid left behind a massive body of photographic work fully dedicated to the hip-hop world. The Crash Kid Graffiti Archive book now features unpublished photographs from his archive dedicated to graffiti.

Shot in cities such as New York, Paris, Rome, Monaco and Basel, it features the work of Bando, Mode 2, Dare, Can 2, Loomit, Napal, Stand, Pane, Rusty, Zero T, Dayaki, Eron and many others, often posing in front of their own writings.

The photographs, taken over the course of about a decade, thus offer an interesting glimpse into the worldwide graffiti and hip-hop scene of those days.

Publisher's proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Italian Association Against Leukemia Lymphoma and Myeloma.

What Happens When a Machine and a Graffiti Writer Collaborate?This book explores that intriguing question, as Alone HM, Alsino Skowronnek, Theodor Guelat, and Team Flight Mode embark on a bold journey into uncharted creative territory.

The result is a series of extraordinary works shaped by the interplay of human artistry and artificial intelligence: some pieces partially painted by machines, others painted onto machines—merging neural networks with railway networks.Gradient Descent captures the spirit of innovation, experimentation, and transformation.

It bridges the gap between traditional graffiti aesthetics and the digital age, preserving core principles while sometimes breaking them entirely. This is a story of redefining boundaries and pushing the limits of what graffiti can be in a modern, tech-driven world.

Format: 19 x 25 cm
Language: English
Pages: 144
Edition of 500

Authors: Alone, Alsino Skowronnek, Theodor Guelat, Team Flight Mode.

Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip-Hop's Moral Center

Author: William Upski Wimsatt

Should graffiti writers organize to tear up the cities, or should they really be bombing the 'burbs? That's the question posed by William Upski Wimsatt in his seminal foray into the world of hip-hop, rap, and street art, and the culture and politics that surround it.

Taking on a broad range of topics, including suburban sprawl, racial identity, and youth activism, Wimsatt (a graffiti artist himself) uses a kaleidoscopic approach that combines stories, cartoons, interviews, disses, parodies, and original research to challenge the suburban mindset wherever it's found: suburbs and corporate headquarters, inner cities and housing projects, even in hip-hop itself. Funny, provocative, and painfully honest, Bomb the Suburbs encourages readers to expand their social boundaries and explore the vibrant, chaotic world that exists beyond their comfort zones.

ISBN: 9781933368559
Imprint: Catapult
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176