The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti by Dr. Raphael Schacter is a unique encyclopedic-type publication that systematizes information about graffiti and street art in the widest possible historical and geographical overview.
This is the most comprehensive guide to international urban art.
It focuses on the world's most influential and important artists and identifies the key locations of their work. The atlas is organized according to the geographical principle - by countries and cities. It features more than 100 of the most significant artists working in public spaces, as well as illustrations of their work. Overviews of selected cities with a rich history of street art and graffiti are provided as context for the featured artists. The publication seeks to provide a nuanced understanding of what has already become a worldwide artistic practice.
Since the lives and works of artists are inextricably linked to specific streets and places, the World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti also presents "urban works" made to special order by prominent artists from each region, which will give readers an "insider" view of urban landscapes - an opportunity to see and feel the location as experienced by these artists.
This approach makes it possible to bring the atlas closer to art, and at the same time reveal the artists' personal understanding of public space — not through imaginary mapping, typical of modern ideas about urban mapping, but through focusing on an intimate, human perspective.
This book, without exaggeration, will make you an expert in the field of street art and will allow you to look at the landscape of famous cities and cultures of the world through the eyes of independent artists.
• The first book that covers street art in a global geographic context and thoroughly analyzes the most prominent artists, schools and styles.
• Contains specially created urban works by 12 key artists.
• Compiled and written by urban art expert, scholar and curator Raphael Schacter.
