Stencil Nation: Graffiti, Community, and Art
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (854 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1933149221 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Four Stars" according to Nathan Boyer. love it!. Stenciling 101 Daniel Lobo Good overview of stenciling as an art expression, highlighting with dexterity its primary urban nature without leaving aside other broad areas it covers.The volume works well as an stenciling 101, with generic sections highlighting some historic aspects, albeit sometimes with a slightly unbalanced sense of priorities or omissions in the. A Who's Who Of Worldwide Stencil Graffiti Art This is a great art book! It's a worldwide who's who of stencil graffiti artists Beautiful full color photos cover every page showing murals by the likes of Banksy, Jef Aerosol, Logan Hicks, Swoon, and hundreds more. There's work by over 350 artists. Some of my favorite stuff is by people like Scott Williams who is well known around San
All it takes is a piece of cardboard, an X-Acto knife, and a can of spray paint to pose an idea or tell a story with the potential to change the gait of pedestrians and make them stop and think.”—San Francisco WeeklyWithout a doubt, stencils are the fastest, easiest, and cheapest method for painting an image on a wall, a sidewalk, or practically anywhere. Stencil Nation focuses on the unexpected mix of this lively, accessible medium—from famous artists including Banksy to international street stencils and gallery shows—to reveal engaging aspects of an intentionally secretive creative community.With
The text also includes testimony from some of the form's best artists, a compact but detailed chronology, discussion of commonly used materials and tips for the novice. All rights reserved. Still, the images are the book's biggest appeal, reproduced in crisp color images. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly In his introduction, Chris Carlsson praises grafitti's power to invoke "millennia-old art forms, pre-literate and pre-industrial signage and the chasms of the digital divide"; stencil documentarian D.S Black describes it more simply as "comments a
In 2002, Russell Howze founded StencilArchive, a comprehensive website documenting over 7,000 stencil graffiti images from around the world, as well as information about the stencil art process. He lives in San Francisco.