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This truly global and visually stunning compendium showcases
some of the most breath-taking pieces of street art and graffiti
from around the world. Since its genesis on the East Coast of the
United States in the late 1960s, street art has travelled to nearly
every corner of the globe, morphing into highly ornate and vibrant
new styles. This unique atlas is the first truly geographical
survey of urban art, revised and updated in 2023 to include new
voices, increased female representation and cities emerging as
street art hubs. Featuring specially commissioned works from major
graffiti and street art practitioners, it offers you an insider’s
view of the urban landscape as the artists themselves experience
it. Organized geographically, by continent and by city – from New
York, Los Angeles and Montreal in North America, through Mexico
City and Buenos Aires in Latin America, to London, Berlin and
Madrid in Europe, Sydney and Auckland in the Pacific, as well as
brand new chapters covering Africa and Asia – it profiles more
than 100 of today’s most important artists and features over 700
astonishing artworks. This beautifully illustrated book, produced
with the help of many of the artists it features, dispels the idea
of such art as a thoughtless defacement of pristine surfaces, and
instead celebrates it as a contemporary and highly creative
inscription upon the skin of the built environment.
Midge Ure is one of the most successful musicians of his
generation, selling more than 20 million albums over the last five
decades. During the 1970s he played in various rock and pop bands
around Scotland before moving to London to join ex-Sex Pistol Glen
Matlock's Rich Kids, later playing guitar for Thin Lizzy, forming
Visage and joining Ultravox. In the 1980s he had phenomenal
worldwide success with Ultravox and as a solo artist. He also
co-wrote one of the best-selling singles of all time, Band Aid's
'Do They Know It's Christmas'. He co-founded the Band Aid charity
and is still involved with it today. This book is a stunning
collection of photographs taken by Midge on his travels between
1980 and 1985. Travelling with a Canon A-1 camera, he documented
his work in the recording studio, on tour with Ultravox, behind the
scenes whilst directing promotional videos (for Ultravox and other
artists such as Phil Lynott, Fun Boy Three, Bananarama) and
holidays in far-flung places and road trips. This is a fascinating
travelogue of a working musician. All photographs have been
carefully scanned and retouched from the original negative to show
the images in their glorious best, and every element of this book
has been produced to the highest specification. Midge is still
active today writing and recording music, touring around the world
as well as presenting TV and Radio programs.
Ons praat Afrikaans – diverse mense – een taal is meer as net nog
’n fotoboek: dit is die eindproduk van ’n projek wat sy ontstaan
gevind het in een individu se liefde vir die Afrikaanse kultuur en
taal, Douw Greeff. Die projek is geloods in 2016 toe fotograwe
(amateur en ook professioneel) genader is om werke in te skryf wat
hulle voel die Afrikaanse kultuur en taal raakvat. Verskeie
inskrywings is ontvang en die top foto’s het deurgegaan na ’n
beoordelings-rondte, waar ’n paneel die beste foto’s gekies het om
in hierdie pragpublikasie te pronk.
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Glen Allen
(Hardcover)
Cary Holladay
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R793
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