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We've heard some rumbling about the new graffiti book Graffitecture for a while now and the official release party is here. From 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. on Friday, February 23 at Heijfina, 1529 N. Milwaukee, you can catch a live graffiti and wall art installation while David Castillo and DJ small MVP spin music.
Enough about the release party, you say, what's Graffitecture about anyway? Over 40 Chicago graffiti artists were given photographs of architectural spaces from around the city and were asked to draw directly on these photos (taken by the editor of the project, Doug Fogelson). The pages are filled with an explosion of color in the middle, leaving the sides a bare black and white continuation of the architectural structure. After virtually flipping through the pages, we wish these artists' would break in to our house and give a little panache to our photos.
The work featured in the book are by artists' such as The X-Men, Jeff Zimmerman, Chris Silva, Fact, Gusher, Michael Genovese, Sketcherone, and Merdok. Included in the book are four essays which focus on the cultural implications of graffitti as well as its increasing significance in pop culture in the last few years. Essays were solicited by the editors to Professors John Jennings, Bridgette R. McCullough, Bridgette Buckley and President of Hartford design, Tim Hartford.
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does anyone know how long this show will be at Heijfina?
Well, it's my understanding that they will have the books for sale indefinitely. The setup from the show is still in the store (a banner like book that wraps around the ledge in the store, which is awesome). Not sure when that will go.
the design and layout of the book was ok? without the high quality photographs and the twice printed paper the book would gone no where..
the articles are nonsense that has no value to the graffiti subculture thats in chicago. it was a bunch of heady intellectuals yapping about nothing.
the graffiti art in it was ok also..
i've been involved in the real chicago graffiti world for going on 12 years..there was alot of "never heard of ya's" and nobodies. in relation to chicago graffiti..
the people who created the book must of put a bulletin on myspace for anyone that plays marc eckos graffiti game on playstation to contribute.
next time invest in who's who and what really good before you create a book that has to do with graffiti..
one more thing.. could you be anymore cliche,or corny with the title?
4 out of 10
bonus points for the printing and binding..