Untitled II: The Beautiful Renaissance

Gary Shove

Softcover | 25.4 x 1.6 x 28.1 cm | 192 pp

Carpet Bombing Culture | 2009 | 9780955912122

This book about street art has been created without the collaboration of the artists and certainly without the 'permission' of the wall owners. Many works here exhibit the passions that rage between old schools and new. There are blatant statements that embody outrageous lies, articles laced with satire, plus cynical synopses of attempts to commercialise street art and make it fashionable via celebrity endorsement.

 Consideration is given to the question "What the hell is it about the colour grey that makes it appeal to the powers that be and their ridiculous minions?" and "Is Outsider Art an expression of artistic impulse without interference from the idea of personal gain?" All of this amongst a collection of graffiti collected from all over the world and preserved on these pages before the legions employed to destroy them chip them off the walls.

Featuring works by Banksy, Miss Van, Dan Witz, Ron English, Obey, Blek le Rat, Swoon, Os Gemeos, and Herakut.