Description
Title: AlphabeatZ
Subtitle: Graffiti alphabets from A to Z
Author: Woshe
Hardcover
Published: 2019
Pages: 240
Language: English
Dimensions: 27 x 22.5 x 5 cm./ 10.6 x 8.8 x 1.9 inch.
The AlphabeatZ – Graffiti alphabets from A to Z book by Woshe is all about the 26 letters of the alphabet.
Starting at the graffiti-scene’s roots, NYC in the 70s, Woshe sheds light on the letters of the alphabet, their structure and how different writers used them. Many illustrations and photographs underscore the narrative visually. Woshe also speaks to ten graffiti artists directly: you can read interviews with BATES, DARCO, LOKISS, ZOER, GESER, JURNE and SYE, among others.
Graffiti writing was born in the streets of Philadelphia in the late 1960s. But it was in New York in the early 1970s that it became a full-fledged urban art, gradually taking over the landscape of the city, from its walls to its subway cars. In these years when this art form was emerging, graffiti pioneers laid its foundations through the constant game they played with the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, which they distorted and highlighted in the tags that they painted on walls. In the first section of this book, Woshe recounts the incredible story of the birth of this culture. He then offers us a detailed examination of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, their structure and the ways in which graffiti writers have made them evolve. This study is enriched with a wealth of illustrations and examples of the customizations that artists add to their letters. At the end of the volume, ten of the international scene’s most talented graffiti creators answer Woshe’s questions about matters that include their practice, their relationship with letters and their cultural references. This is a writing manual, an inspiring collection of ideas and a beautiful book on the world of graffiti, but above all it is a declaration of love for this culture that mixes urban performance and mastery of letters.
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