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This is an incredible book that goes where no other has and promises to be both educational and aesthetically pleasing to anyone that picks it up. A must have. --crossfire.com, November 2008
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This living history of the graffiti movement reproduces selections from the actual black books that graffiti artists use to perfect and share their work. Before it hits the wall, graffiti is often planned out in a black book - a common artist's sketchbook sometimes called a piece book piece being short for masterpiece. Well-worn and dog-eared, these books are used to develop and trade ideas with other graffiti writers, and they may end up being passed along from artist to artist, becoming unique records of creative expression. Piecebook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers chronicles the evolution of graffiti via images that weren't intended for everyday people to see, focusing on the works of New York City writers active from 1970s until the mid-1980s. Bold works from graffiti history's most important sources or seeds - Zephyr, Dondi, Daze, CRASH, Lady Pink, T-Kid, CAP, and Ghost, among others - represent a dizzying array of techniques and styles.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have to disagree with the other review of this book. Its very well bound, with great quality pictures and no interviews/ writing in-between them (just what you want from a book entitled piecebook). I've had this since it came out and haven't a single problem with it ,although it would have been nice to have a small picture of the finished pieces running on the trains/streets, but often they're so good they don't really need this. Showing the pieces in this way gives me much more inspiration than and interview with an outline squeezed in by the side. Overall a very good book that can hold its own against the many others out there and doesn't deserve to have a one star rating.
Format:Hardcover
The quality of printing in this book is superb! I liked how some of the pieces were printed in block colours on the other side of the page too, giving the illusion of ink soaking through the paper, very much like a piece book from home. Aesthetics aside, this book provides great inspiration for those hoping to create graffiti pieces with an old school feel.
Do bear in mind, that this is not an instructive book but a fine compilation of pieces.
Do bear in mind, that this is not an instructive book but a fine compilation of pieces.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The construction of this book is absolutely terrible. I bought it new from amazon and i got it, opened it and had a skim through it and half of the pages fell out.
There are some nice sketches and stuff in it but no interviews or anything like that. Half of it is actually blank white paper for some ridiculous reason....
im giving it one star for the reason that it is terrible quality and most of it is blank paper....
If it wasnt for the decent skeches in it and amazon's rating system i'd give it less.
if you wanna see old school stuff then your money is definitely better spent on something like Dondi's book or Tkid or Fuzz one.
There are some nice sketches and stuff in it but no interviews or anything like that. Half of it is actually blank white paper for some ridiculous reason....
im giving it one star for the reason that it is terrible quality and most of it is blank paper....
If it wasnt for the decent skeches in it and amazon's rating system i'd give it less.
if you wanna see old school stuff then your money is definitely better spent on something like Dondi's book or Tkid or Fuzz one.
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