Graffiti and Street Art [Paperback]

Whether adored or abhorred, graffiti and street art provoke passionate debate. This is the first comprehensive popular survey of the art movement around the world. Organized thematically, it explores the origins of the movement and its evolution, the relationship between street art and the urban environment, its interactions with (or rejection of) the market and the world of commercial galleries, and the culture of street art online.Rather than being a concise history, this volume functions primarily as visual analysis of the contemporary street art movement.Well researched. . . . quotations from firsthand interviews, numerous illustrations, and a list of websites bear out [the authors] investigation.A refreshingly jargon-free survey of what many consider