Trespass. A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art

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The city as canvas: How self-expression, politics, and protest reclaim the streets
 

Made in collaboration with its featured artists, Trespass traces the upward push and global reach of graffiti and urban art, not just as a fringe visual movement but as a social phenomenon and central expression of youth.

With an exclusive preface from Banksy, Trespass, now to be had as a well-liked Reader’s Edition, presents the whole historical sweep, international spread, and technical developments of the road art movement. Featuring key works by 150 artists, it connects four generations of street practitioners, incoporating both niche artists such as Miss Van and noteworthy names as Jean Tinguely, Keith Haring, Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Gordon Matta-Clark, Billboard Liberation Front, Guerrilla Girls, and Banksy.

The book is set out in thematic chapters that engage with the central theme of ‘trespassing’. Even as images of the works are allowed to talk for themselves, each and every theme is prefaced by a brief essay to supply thought-provoking context to the history, politics, protest, and illicit performance of self-expression within the social space. Writers include Anne Pasternak (director of public arts fund Creative Time) and civil rights lawyer Tony Serra.

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