The Faith of Graffiti Paperback - 2010
by Norman Mailer; Jon Naar
A landmark in the history of street art, "The Faith of Graffiti" is a classic text that looks at the birth of graffiti as an art form. Pairing Mailer's fascinating 1974 essay with Naar's stunning photography, this updated edition includes additional photos.
From the rear cover
"The Faith is the bible of graffiti. It forever captures the place, the time, and the writings of those of us who made it happen." --Snake I
In 1973, author Norman Mailer teamed with photographer Jon Naar to produce The Faith of Graffiti, a fearless exploration of the birth of the street art movement in New York City. The book coupled Mailer's essay on the origins and importance of graffiti in modern urban culture with Naar's radiant, arresting photographs of the young graffiti writers' work. The result was a powerful, impressionistic account of artistic ferment on the streets of a troubled and changing city--and an iconic documentary record of a critical body of work now largely lost to history.
This new edition of The Faith of Graffiti, the first in more than three decades, brings this vibrant work--the seminal document on the origins of street art--to contemporary readers. Photographer Jon Naar has enhanced the original with thirty-two pages of additional photographs that are new to this edition, along with an afterword in which he reflects on the project and the meaning it has taken on in the intervening decades. It stands now, as it did then, as a rich survey of a group of outsider artists and the body of work they created--and a provocative defense of a generation that questioned the bounds of authority over aesthetics.
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- Title The Faith of Graffiti
- Author Norman Mailer; Jon Naar
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher It Books, U.S.A
- Date 2010-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9780061961700 / 0061961701
- Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 11.94 x 9.02 x 0.41 in (30.33 x 22.91 x 1.04 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Graffiti - New York (State) - New York, Street art - New York (State) - New York
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010280553
- Dewey Decimal Code 751.730
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