Boris Tellegen / Delta 8697

Description

Booktitle: 8697
Author: Boris Tellegen/ Delta
Hardcover
Published: 2016
Pages: 384
Dimensions: 31.5 x 24.5 x 3 cm./ 12.4 x 9.6 x 1.2 inch.

The book is a reproduction of the black books of Amsterdam graffiti legend Delta from the period 1986 to 1997. Sketches, drawings and photos of works in a 384-page bound book. 8697 encompasses part of Delta’s life’s work and thus the history of artist Boris Tellegen.

“Between 1986 and 1997, I kept a black book. It was an A4-sized book with a hard cover in which I made sketches and pasted photos of my own grati work. Particularly in the early years, I had the book with me wherever I went. The black book allowed me to show other writers what I’d done. Not everything made it into the book, only the work I was proud of. Gradually, the function of the book changed from portfolio to personal logbook.”