This is already all over the internet – but it looks hilarious.
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I got a copy of the new Taschen title Trespass. A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art in the mail the other day. Complied largely by Marc and Sara Schiller, with introductions by Carlo McCormick and Banksy, this book is HUGE, clocking in at 320 beautiful matte pages. In addition to the usual suspects, the book focuses on a wider (and much more interesting) range of artists than you normally see in these street art compendiums, including Duke Riley, Spencer Tunick and Gordon Matta-Clark.
The Monster Project Team also gets a minor inclusion. The Monster Project, for those of you who don’t know, was a multi-year effort to install site-specific works outdoors in an effort to highlight the existing beauty of the installation location. We published a few zines documenting the work – two of which; Spothunters and The Monster Project Newspaper, are still available for purchase.
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A Love Letter For You in Syracuse.
via TWBE.
Okay, I promise this is the last time I mention Steve Powers’ A Love Letter For You, but Free News Projects has just released the in-print companion to this amazing endeavor. A beautiful book for a beautiful project. Go order a copy.
A few spreads after the break.
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Things
Like
This
are AMAZING.
Again, such a good project, it looks like there have been dome additions since I checked them out.
For the better part of the summer, Steve Powers has been painting A Love Letter For You on the roof tops that run along the Market-Frankford elevated subway line in West Philadelphia.
There are a whole bunch of murals I didn’t get to photograph, a few more in-progress, and all are well worth the trip to see in person. If you are going with a friend, keep in mind that two tokens are $2.90, but two rides cost four bucks. Also, you can switch directions at every above-ground station, but once you go underground, it gets tricky. If you bring a cute friend and end up at 40th St. wanting to go back out west, have her ask the token taker if you can switch directions.
The official site has better photos, shot by the venerable Adam Wallacavage and Zoe Strauss, but there is really no substitute for seeing this project in person. A full list of mural locations along with their titles and from which direction they are best viewed is also on the official site. Funding for this massive project came through a grant from the Pew Exhibitions Initiative and Mural Arts.
More images after the jump.
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