{"product_id":"abstract-vandalism-a-manifesto-by-niels-shoe-meulman","title":"Abstract Vandalism. A manifesto by Niels Shoe Meulman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e64 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23 x 23 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePublisher: Unruly Publishing\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 600 copies\u003cbr\u003e2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It's my uneducated guess that half of all emerging visual artists have — at some point — used the street as a medium.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003ePublished on the occasion of the group exhibition \u003cem\u003eAbstract Vandalism\u003c\/em\u003e at Galerie Gabriel Rolt, featuring new works by Egs, Nug and Shoe, this manifesto by graffiti pioneer Niels Shoe Meulman stakes out a new direction beyond the increasingly fractured field of graffiti and street art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eTaking Joseph Beuys' claim that every person is an artist as a starting point, Meulman argues that all creation is also destruction — every mark, every monument, every tag is both an act of making and an act of vandalism. From cave paintings to subway cars, from Norman Mailer's 1974 \u003cem\u003eThe Faith of Graffiti\u003c\/em\u003e to New York's Teflon-coated tunnel walls, the text traces a long lineage of art treated as crime, and crime treated as art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eEqual parts manifesto, art history, and provocation, \u003cem\u003eAbstract Vandalism\u003c\/em\u003e makes the case for a movement defined not by urban attitude, but by ideas — and asks where the line between art and vandalism really sits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Direct","offers":[{"title":"Rare (very good condition)","offer_id":58094801846607,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2424\/8147\/files\/test_libro_sticker_ok_dba01a2f-9ff9-4bb5-80d6-2b15c7e786bd.jpg?v=1686740054","url":"https:\/\/www.legrandj.eu\/products\/abstract-vandalism-a-manifesto-by-niels-shoe-meulman","provider":"Le Grand Jeu","version":"1.0","type":"link"}