Description
Booktitle: Le Graffiti Arabe
Authors: Pascal Zoghbi, Don Karl
Paperback
Published: 2011
Language: French
Pages: 208
Dimensions: 28.5 x 21 x 2 cm. 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch
Condotion: Cover: 9.5/10 Inside: 10/10
Whether on trucks in Lebanon, in the streets of Bahraini villages, on the bullet-riddled walls of Palestine, graffiti is booming even on the walls of Western metropolises or on fashion accessories such as handbags. Relayed by many graffiti artists who practice Arabic calligraphy in public spaces and on the occasion of exhibitions and young designers who create typefaces for printing, Arab graffiti sometimes expresses the sufferings of a nation, sometimes a search for identity. In Beirut, Gaza, Tehran, Paris, London, Berlin or Montreal, he translated a political, social or personal thought into a very expressive calligraphic and typographic style. A true reference in the field, Arab graffiti brings together many artists, graffiti artists and typographers from around the world who have associated Arabic calligraphy with graffiti, street art and urban culture. The iconography, very rich and varied, testifies to the vigour of this renewal. Renowned authors and scholars provide their analysis of the traditional elements, new approaches and socio-cultural and political contexts that have forged the Arab graffiti movements in the Middle East.
A chapter on the Arab Spring completes this rich panorama.
Developed by Pascal Zohgbi and Don Karl, the book brings together many major personalities and artists: Huda Smitshuijzen, Rana Jarbou, Tala F. Saleh, Houda Kassatly, William Parry, Hassan Massoudy, Malik Anas AlRajab, eL Seed, Hest1, Julien Breton, the LightGraff collective, Sun7, Sadhu, L ATLAS, Native and ZenTwO, Zepha alias Vincent Abadie Hafez, Monsieur Cana alias Askar, etc.
From Goodreads: Without regional borders or constraints, ‘Arabic Graffiti’ references the use of Arabic script in urban context. It showcases artists, graffiti writers and typographers from the Middle East and around the world who merge Arabic script and calligraphy styles with the art of graffiti writing, street art and urban culture. The project offers many different, diverging and at times contradicting ideas and approaches to treating this sensitive tradition with contemporary vision. To accompany a visual assortment of styles, the book will include several crossover topics, such as classical and contemporary calligraphy, Arabic typography, political graffiti and street art. Curated and authored by Lebanese typographer Pascal Zoghbi and Don M. Zaza aka Stone (Cubabrasil, From Here to Fame Publishing), ‘Arabic Graffiti’ also features essays by various writers and artists working in this field.
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