152 pages Edited by Laura Iamurri 23 x 14 cm Language: Italian Paperback Publisher: Croma 2008
What you have in your hands is the history of street art. It is the story of those who, in the suffocating climate of sprawling urban agglomerations, understood that in order to have the right to speak, one must “become the metropolis.”
Abandoned walls, train carriages, and derelict areas on the outskirts of cities are transformed into pages on which to scratch one’s name, engage in a struggle of signs, and challenge and contaminate established lifestyles. Writing passionately recounts a journey through the colors of street art, from its beginnings in 1970s New York to the streets of Italian cities in the late 1990s.
