160 pages 29.5 x 21 cm Language: English Paperback 2002
Graphotism #28 doesn’t hold back — as usual. This issue delivers 200+ pages of unapologetic street culture, from aerosol philosophy to sticker manifestos, collectible obsessions, and gallery detours with a side of explicit shock value.
Kicking things off is PINKY, reminding us that all altered states — whether alcohol-fueled outbursts or pipe-dream missions — feed into the graffiti mindset. A few pages later, SHOK1 goes full cerebral, defending the spraycan as a legitimate artistic tool, not just a symbol of rebellion.
The Stickers section gets minimal but impactful, with reflections on REVS & COST and their radical use of ubiquity: simple tags that sliced through visual clutter like a boxcutter on a billboard.
Meanwhile, the Toys feature turns collectible culture into a social commentary — if you're planning to hoard these “antiques of the future,” you'd better be packing cash. Capitalism meets subculture, loud and clear.
Then comes the philosophical twist: “The Call to the Streets IV” reframes graffiti as something to be walked, not just seen — an embodied experience closer to architecture than art. Strap on your sneakers, the city is calling.
And just when you thought things were getting too refined, the Urban Discipline 2002 spread throws it all out the window with an NSFW shot that replaces a sex act with a surrealist twist by La Mano. It's grotesque, provocative, and totally on-brand.
