Paris Tonkar

Description

Book: Paris Tonkar
Hardcover
Authors: Tarek Ben Yakhlef, Sylvain Doriath
Published: First edition: 1991. This edition: 2024 (Second edition)
Pages: 160
Language: French
Dimensions: 22 x 25 x 1.3 cm.

PARiS TONKAR: The reissue of the cult book on Parisian graffiti!

The first French book dedicated to graffiti, PARiS TONKAR has been the absolute reference since 1991, out of print for 25 years, and finally reissued!

Find this anniversary edition of PARiS TONKAR. A book on the origins of Parisian graffiti, comprising 160 pages, with nearly 250 photographs and illustrations, not to mention unique texts on this emblematic period of the French and European scene.

More than thirty years after the publication of PARiS TONKAR, we have decided to reissue an anniversary edition of the 1991 version to make part of our history accessible to all those who are curious to know the beginnings of this art in France.  This book left its mark when it was released and, subsequently, many generations have been influenced by its content. Tarek looks back on the history of this book in a foreword where he confides without mincing words.

The time has come to rediscover these early years of the graffiti movement with hindsight and accuracy so that everyone can immerse themselves in the history of this key moment in urban art, illegal and authentic, creative and vandalistic but still as lively in 2024! – Tarek

Going so far as to intrigue across the Atlantic with its vandalism and creativity, Paris had struck hard. Sticking as closely as possible to the spirit of the time, the release of Paris Tonkar in 1991 will make it the first work entirely devoted to tag and graffiti in Paris. This cult book had brilliantly transcribed the brilliance of this environment during the years 1987 to 1991.
-Down with this, hip-hop magazine

PARiS TONKAR:
A selection of more than 250 reworked original photographs and illustrations that have marked the history of the graffiti scene in Paris and its suburbs.
An UNPUBLISHED foreword and texts on the origins of Parisian graffiti, including a monologue by Darco on this art and an updated list of crews from this period.
A must-have book that you must have in your library.
An anniversary edition that gives color and strength to the 1991 edition.
A beautiful graphic book designed as a blackbook, with the contribution of major artists from the early years of graffiti in Paris and its suburbs.

Contents
Unpublished foreword • Preface • Glossary • Part one • TAG • Bloc Style • SHEST • B. Boy • Throw up • Métro • NASTY • Part two • Presentation of the graffiti movement • Palissades du Louvre • BBC • JonOne • LOKISS • Mode 2 • 93NTM • Bando • De la Stef • DARCO FBI • The Keam Soul Graphics • The Stoned Angelz • PCP • Other crews • La Force Alpha • Odace • Kay • 93MC • ASA • 4AD • Popay • Index of crews

The book Paris Tonkar, by Tarek Ben Yakhlef and Sylvain Doriath, traces this gradual shift towards new forms of multi-colored frescoes, more complex and figurative.