Street Art 1

by Lonely Planet, Ed Bartlett

An insider's guide to discovering the world's best urban art. From amazing wall murals to Banksy's stencils and Invader's mosaics, we showcase 140 creative hotspots across 42 cities and tell you how to find them, as well as introduce pioneering artists and interview those who shaped the movement.


Street art is now present in almost every city, town and village in the world, from Aachen to Zwolle. Its true audience is measured in the billions. And given that the first record of homo sapiens painting on walls is thought to date back around 40,000 years, it's surprising that street art has taken so long to flourish.


Today, the proliferation of legal walls and organised festivals around the world makes it possible to encounter thought-provoking, transformative art in the most unexpected of places.


This visual guide to the world of street art takes in the scene in over 40 cities and includes interviews with some of the most prolific and well-known street artists, including Blek le Rat, FAILE and Faith47. And with hundreds of locations plotted and a special focus on 15 of the world's most incredible street art festivals, this guide will help you discover artworks hidden in plain sight around the world.



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Genres: Nonfiction, Art, Travel

224 pages, Hardcover

Published April 18, 2017

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Reviews

[Gjacobsen · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting edition that is as much travel as it is art. The visuals from across the globe show the impressive scale and talents of artists. Of course, it's a bit superficial and the range of artists whose works adorn the pages is more limited than what I would have expected given the wealth of cities and articulated richness of street art in those cities. A primer for further investigation, nothing more.

[Keen Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Few people recognise that graffiti is the only art movement in history to be conceived and taken forward essentially by kids.”

Of all the ways in which to view the cities of the world, doing so through the lens of their street art has got to be one of the most fun and original. I have to say that this is the first time I have really given deep thought to how much street art so many of the greatest cities in the world hold, but this little guide really gives us quite a colourful and interesting overview.

Some locations have obvious connotations, not least London, Paris and New York, the latter which had a phenomenally significant influence on so much of the street art today, particular in relation to 70s/80s hip-hop culture which is inextricably linked to street art in so many people’s heads.

D*Face, Herakut, Shepard Fairey, Seth, The London Police or the quirky, low-key presence of Invader, are just a tiny example of some of the names which appear repeatedly throughout this guide. We also get a number of interviews with the likes of Blek le Rat, Vhils, Faile and Faith47.

Of course the down side of increasing popularity of anything is that it opens itself up to new threats in the shape of oversaturation, commercialisation and gentrification. Street art is no exception it has clearly succumbed to all three to some extent, but that doesn’t mean the end. There is still plenty of new, fresh and edgy artists and material out there pushing its way into public spaces all across the world and this is why this remains one of the most vital and exciting art forms out there.

[Vic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tres estrellas muy justitas.

Ha sido un buen acercamiento al concepto de arte mural urbano, pero tiene aspectos muy mejorables. En resumen:

Pros:
- Fotografías de muy buena calidad, muy bien escogidas.
- Enfoque geográfico: Al hacer el barrido por continentes, se puede apreciar de manera diferente el proceso de creación de murales comisionados en diferentes países.
- Como guía de viaje podría ser útil en un futuro para planear visitas a ciertas zonas de diferentes lugares.

Contras:
- Incontables (en serio, centenares) de referencias a murales de los que no se incluyen fotos, por lo que en cada localización hay que tirar de buscador para poder ver todas las obras.
- Casi todas las fotos son de murales en formato ilustración (lo cual está bien), pero incluye muchas referencias a zonas más propias de grafitti que de arte mural en las diferentes ciudades.
- Salvo por las entrevistas, en algunos casos muy bien escogidas, hay poco foco en los artistas locales y mucho en el arte urbano mural como intervención artística aislada.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Colorful and understated, wacky and somber, political and just-for-fun, street art encompasses just as many styles and emotions as paintings on canvas.

I'll admit I pretty much just paid attention to the photos and the locations, while skimming over the text, as I seriously doubt I'll be travelling to any of these locations in the foreseeable future.

Looking at so many of these building-sized murals, it's easy to bemoan the London businessmen's order to destroy the psychedelic painting on the side of Apple Records in 1967. Indeed, the guru and swirling colors could easily find a home on some arty business in London (or any other city) today.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

There’s a few paragraphs about the street art scene in each country, then usually descriptions of ~5 specific locations, followed by a few pages of pictures of the actual art. I often found there were more descriptions than there were pictures. In my opinion, only having 1 image per place would be disappointing, but having 0 images for some locations just seems mad. If I made the book, I would make sure that there were multiple pictures per location and would also place the text next to the pictures (rather than having all the text first, then pages of pictures; then struggling to match them up). Most pictures were good quality, and I found myself skimming over the text and focussing on the images. Occasionally, you get interviews with street artists.

[Boommtl · Rating 1 out of 5]

Je n'accorde qu'une étoile à ce livre car il manque énormément d'informations pour en faire un bon livre de référence. De plus je trouve que l'on y présente trop souvent les mêmes artistes. Il ne semble pas y avoir eu un grand travail de recherche par les créateurs de ce livre.

[Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book isn’t very nuanced. It focuses on international big name artists.

Not only can you travel the world to eat and drink at the same hipster bars / cafés, you can see the same big wall street art of mostly women’s faces and bodies.

Globalisation is depressing for the traveller.

[Jeanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is legit street art, not middle of the night street art. Even so, it is fascinating. I'd like to see more.

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Art by city. Good selection.

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mr. Lonely makes a short and shallow index of what is hip in the world of Street Art. Bleah.

[JoJo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting overview, without giving a lot of detail on each art piece, Good to get a summary of the geographical area you are interested in.

[Cell · Rating 2 out of 5]

本書有許多令人驚豔的街頭藝術
還有街頭藝術家的訪談
作為美術書的角度是還不錯

只是這完全不是我考慮旅遊地點的參考項目
甚至是不會稍微繞點遠路去看
作為旅遊書並不實用

本電子書是採固定版型的epub(約等於pdf)
以全螢幕觀看下，字型大小大概只有11點字，少部分會更小