128 pages Text(s) by Mathias Becker Designed by Kai-Uwe Gundlach 25.9 x 20 cm Language: English and German Paperback Publisher: Double-H Publishing First edition 2024
DAIM Retrospective: 35 Years of Graffiti Art traces the extraordinary journey of Mirko Reisser, one of the most influential graffiti artists of his generation.
From his first tag in Hamburg in 1989 to monumental murals, sculptures, and complex canvases recognized worldwide, Reisser, better known as DAIM, has consistently pushed the limits of what writing a name can mean. Famous for pioneering the three-dimensional style in the mid-1990s, he transforms four simple letters into optical illusions, architectural forms, and sculptural objects that challenge the boundaries between typography and abstraction, street and gallery, surface and space.
This retrospective catalogue follows DAIM across four decades, showcasing early pieces as RIGHT, SINZ-E, and CAZA; legendary works like his 1994 pixel mosaic; and his evolution into large-scale installations and multi-layered canvases. Through over 80 works, it becomes clear that Reisser never abandoned the foundation of graffiti, but continually reinvented it, forging a language uniquely his own.
