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Javaka Steptoe first thought of doing a book on Basquiat following a visit to see an exhibit on the artist at the Brooklyn Museum, whose trash Steptoe would use while illustrating the book. [1] [2] He was drawn to Basquiat by the "energy" of Basquiat's work and a feeling that many in the art world scorn his work and put it down as graffiti. [2]
The work is quintessentially a book on art, as A-I spends much of his time musing on the state of creativity and expression in the modern world. Mailer traces the historical flow of art to graffiti: from cave paintings to the performitivity of contemporary art and its drive to find new modes of expression. [41]
C215 primarily uses stencils to produce his art. His first stencil work was put up in 2006, but he has been a graffiti artist for (as of 2011) over 20 years. [2] His work consists mainly of close up portraits of people. C215's subjects are typically those such as beggars, homeless people, refugees, street kids and the elderly.
The book was known as 'the bible' of graffiti, because the photographs of this ephemeral art were accompanied by text describing techniques of the drawing styles and how it was done on public property without permission. [3] The book described the culture around graffiti, how to do it, the lingo and who did it.
Readers have their say about 'American Graffiti' at 50, 'Rich Men of North of Richmond' and the decline of civility in modern society. Calendar Feedback: A grand 'Graffiti' recap and why 'Rich Men ...
IZ was prominently featured in the 1983 documentary Style Wars. [8] His work, which appeared in the book Subway Art, has been credited with inspiring European graffiti in particular; Martin's piece Hell IZ for Children became influential in Europe where the use of his tag to form a sentence and his freeform style has been incorporated and adapted by contemporary graffiti artists.
He became a member of TOP crew (The Odd Partners) in 1977. In 1978, Dondi formed his own crew, named CIA (Crazy Inside Artists), which included other prominent artists such as his good friend DURO. [5]: 18–19 For the next 20-odd years, Dondi became recognized as the stylistic standard, influencing generations of graffiti writers. [7]
Their first book was titled International Topsprayer and documented the collective’s project to paint graffiti on 1000 trains in 1000 days. [4] Following the success of the publication, which was reputed to be one of the most widely read graffiti publications ever, Same Same was released in 2014. [ 5 ]