Books & DVDs
Recommended Books & DVDs
I recommend the following books and DVDs for anyone interested in graffiti and street art. When you click the links to purchase any of the books on this list from Amazon.com, I will receive a commission which will help further the Street Styles program.
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| PEEL: The Art of the Sticker (co-authored by me) Contains highlights from the first eight issues of PEEL Magazine, featuring artists such as Shepard Fairey, SEEN, and Buff Monster. The primary focus is on stickers as a medium in street art, but the book also touches on other media often used by street artists such as stencils, wheatpaste, installation, and vinyl toys. |
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| Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents An extensive collection of beautifully photographed graffiti and street art from around the world. This book is primarily filled with inspiring photos but also contains brief bios of some of the world’s most notable graffiti and street artists. |
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| Wall and Piece: Banksy The collected works of Britain’s most wanted artist. Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable (except maybe when it’s squatting in the New York’s Metropolitan Museum or Museum of Modern Art.) Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cites throughout the world. And now for the first time, he’s putting together the best of his work—old and new—in a fully illustrated color volume. |
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| OBEY: Supply & Demand - The Art of Shepard Fairey From Obey to Obama and all that’s in between, Supply & Demand, The Art of Shepard Fairey - 20th Anniversary Edition expands upon the previous version of this book and adds 100 new pages of illustrations and text to showcase Fairey’s entire body of work, a massive retrospective covering 20 colorful years. |
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| Stencil Pirates An extensive collection of photographs of street art using the medium of stencils. The book also contains essays about stencil graffiti and a how-to section as a primer for creating and painting with your own stencils. |
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| Style Wars The classic PBS documentary about graffiti in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This is an excellent and entertaining primer on the subject of graffiti featuring interviews with notable graffiti pioneers such as Seen, Dondi, Dez, Kase, and Iz the Wiz. |
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| Bomb It An excellent documentary film that covers the history of graffiti in New York through modern graffiti in many different cities. Some content may be inappropriate for younger audiences. |
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