Munich Graffiti- 100 Pieces (1986)- USED

€129,95

Fighting and defending the subcultural graffiti phenomenon are closely related in Munich. While the railway police employ a “special graffiti unit” and the municipal building department has specialized cleaning companies, the munich city archive collects the short-lived art in slide form. While red city councils are striving for legalization, black land councils are campaigning for more legally effective criminalization.

Illegally sprayed, colorful lettering and comic figures – anonymous pictures – graffiti from house walls, concrete pillars, S-Bahn wagons. If you get caught, you have to pay for the cleaning. Whoever is commissioned can cash in: Sparkassen, department stores, discos, advertising agencies, computer offices and other companies in the city like to decorate themselves with graffiti. And art galleries specialize in this “un-art”. This is the spray of life in Munich.

The graffiti stronghold Munchen has its graffiti professor and its graffiti lawyer. The city also has its graffiti picture book here. Each of the 100 “pieces” is a piece from the bosom of the ‘cosmopolitan city with a heart’. A cosmetic correction on those parts of your face where make-up comes off. A feast for the eyes for all friends of the beautiful graffiti arts – and those who could become one.

 

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Description

Title: Munich Graffiti
Subtitle; 100 Pieces
Author(s): Heiko Schiemann, Peter Watzl
Paperback
Pages: 236
Published: 1986
Language: German
Dimensions: 19 x 29 x 2 cm. / 7.5 x 11.4 x 0.8 inch.
Condition: Cover: 9.5/10 Inside: 9.5/10

“This book, published in 1986, is a photodokumentation of the early days of graffiti in Munich. Fresh, new, dynamic, childish, stylish, vibrant pieces by youngsters who write their names on the walls and trains! Big colorful pieces by Cane 85, Show, Z-Roc, Toxic, Sonic, Cowboy 69, Chintz, Chase 1, Don M. Zaza, Cheech H, Crac, Crash, The Force, Shyre 69, Smith, Booze, Ray…

Munich Graffiti will put a smile on the face of insiders, knowing that in the decades that followed, some of these young graffiti writers became worldwide renown artists and publishers. This book contains some of their earliest works!

Those who were involved with graffiti in the 80s themselves will recognize the influences, the pioneering, the search for name, style and technique.And yes of course the influence of the book Subway Art (1984) drips from many of the pieces. To me that’s charming. Each photo covers an entire page. By studying the photos you find yourself back in those pioneering days. Of the 100 pieces, no fewer than 24 are on trains, including a freight from Ray. Full color window-downs incl. characters, Top To Bottom and Wholecars… masterpieces of the time! Munich Graffiti- 100 Pieces is hard to find, especially in good condition, and therefore on the wanted-list of many collectors.”-TimSki

Additional information

Weight 0,940 kg
Dimensions 19 × 29 × 20 mm

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