Urban Art- The World As A Canvas

This vibrant and cutting-edge fully illustrated book explores the latest developments in urban art – an increasingly prominent and eloquent feature of the modern cityscape – focusing on the work of major world practitioners of different types of urban art including stencils, 3D chalk art, illusions and art objects celebrating everyday life. Themes include icons (famous people, fictional characters and spiritual legends), recycled art, performance art and pastiches that synthesize myriad cultural influences. The artists featured include Mr Brainwash, Morris Wild, David Snoo Wilson, IceCreamVanMan, Strook, Sten and Lex and Edgar Muller amongst many others.

This book goes under the skin, examining the concepts behind the work and looking at the pioneer artists of the 1960s and 70s including Kent Twitchell in Los Angeles and Ernest Pignon-Ernest in Naples, featuring previously unseen archive photography by Peter Mackertich and specially taken photographs by Doralba Picerno, Sheridan Orr and myself that look at urban artists’ work in countries lesser known for such activity including Canada, India, Korea, Morocco and South Africa.