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Stencil Graffiti (Street Graphics / Street Art)

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Author: Tristan Manco
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 10 reviews
Sales Rank: 176187

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 108
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8.6 x 0.7

ISBN: 0500283427
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.73
EAN: 9780500283424
ASIN: 0500283427

Publication Date: April 2002
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
City streets abound with billboards, posters, and corporate advertising that almost invite a subversive response ...and increasingly are getting one. Many of today's graffiti artists have adopted the stencil and spray can, and are using the street as a giant creative forum for their arresting artwork. "The image," says San Diego artist Shepard Fairey, "is integrated with the texture of the street." This book showcases the work of the originators, the innovators, and the new generation who, as UK artist Nylon puts it, are "breathing life into derelict spaces." Stencil graffiti is beginning to filter off the street too, as artists are inspired to use stencils on canvas, clothing, and metal. Tristan Manco has chosen over 400 of the most visually exuberant, subtle, and creative examples of the genre from cities all over the world. With subject matter ranging from the political to the poetic, from the funky to the frankly curious, stencil graffiti is graphic innovation on an international scale. Inspirational in form and content, this book is an essential record for everyone with an interest in design or in contemporary urban culture. 405 illustrations, 400 in color.


Customer Reviews:   Read 5 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars for the love of graffiti   October 21, 2008
This book is so inspiring, and filled with amazing stories, and artists showing all forms of the art of graffiti. It is informative on the use of stencils and other mediums artists used to get the effects they did for their work. It is a great book to have if you LOVE graffiti.. :)


3 out of 5 stars you get what you pay for   August 28, 2007
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

it's a cheap book, and it's got cheap information. nothing much to it. i would probably spend a bit more and buy a book that's more in depth with the culture and such of graffiti art. but if you must, like me buy this book to be a part of your growing art book collection, then by all means, no one is stopping you.


5 out of 5 stars I like it!   May 1, 2007
 0 out of 2 found this review helpful

I like this book. It's a thin book. It's not too much stuff in the book but I think it's a nice book to have in your collection just to have something different. Since I'm not too much into stencil graffiti, this book is just right to have it in my collection. I like it. It has great work of art in it.


4 out of 5 stars There is one book that tops it   August 26, 2006
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Its a great book, but Stencil Pirates is better.


2 out of 5 stars Book lacks depth   August 16, 2003
 8 out of 10 found this review helpful

This book is being reviewed quite heavily these days and after reviewing it myself, I can only conclude that this is because of the Publishers' credentials in publishing books on street art. I found that this book fell short on my expectations, even though much of the material was interesting. While it was enlightening to read the brief articles on the history of stencil graffiti, and how stenciling started back to 22,000 in cave paintings, the book quickly lost steam. Many of the artists featured here are well known, however there are many photos featuring industrial uses of stencils which neither are graffiti art, stencil graffiti or art in any type of form. This really detracted form what I assumed the book was featuring. Most of the interesting features were on European artists such as the "bananensprayer" in Cologne, Germany, or Bansky who mixed political satire with his various works. Although many stencil artists are features from all over Europe, and the United States as well as a whole page spread of works from Morocco, I really missed the interviews which should have accompanied these images. While I would not purchase the book for my personal collection, many of the photos showcased the dizzying array of effects which were possible to achieve with something as simple as a stencil.

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