Street Art Cookbook
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Dokument Press Box 773 S - 120 02 Årsta, Sweden www.dokument.org, [email protected] Phone: +46 (0) 8 13 33 32 Street Art Cookbook A Do-It-Yourself bible on street art by Benke Carlsson & Hop Louie After hundreds of books containing images of street art, here comes the very first to reveal how it’s done. In 140 pages, 250 pictures and 25 interviews, a dozen techniques are ex- plained. This is the first handbook of tips and tricks for creating street art pieces. Today, street art is counted among the world’s greatest artis- tic movements. Simultaneously, it questions who really has the right to participate in public space. Never since the late 60s has an artistic movement challenged the establishment view in this way. Now, Dokument Press presents the very first book to explain how street art is actually made. Street Art Cookbook is a guide to the materials and tech- niques used in the most creative and progressive artistic movement of today. In pictures and interviews with some of the world’s most famous street artists, techniques like spray stencils, stickers, laser graffiti and guerrilla gardening are explained. e Swedish street artist Hop Louie acts as your guide through the book, and explores some of the most complicated techniques. Street Art Cookbook is a source of inspiration to delve into for all those who are interested in DIY. Among the artists interviewed are Mark Jenkins, Swoon, Gould, Caper, C215, Victor Marx, Ron English and Knitta Please. “Public space is a human right. If advertising is okay, anti-advertising has to be okay too.” Ron English, USA “Banksy has carried out a revolution since he tangibly increases a building’s value by painting on it.” C215, France “A technique is only a way to convey something. e idea has to come before the technique. So don’t rely on cookbooks. Experiment.” Alexandre Órion, Brazil Pressrelease: New book from Dokument Press Facts Titel: Street Art Cookbook - A guide to techniques and materials Author: Benke Carlsson and Hop Louie ISBN: 978-91-85639-30-4 Market: Hand book / Street art / Popular culture Language: English Pages: 140 Dimensions: 17 x 24 cm Binding: Hardcover Illustrations: More than 100 full-colour drawings Release date: June 15, 2010 Price: 24,90 About the authors Benke Carlsson is a photographer and author living in Stockholm, Sweden. He is behind one of the biggest web- sites about Scandinavian street art and the author of the books Street Art Stockholm and Swedish Punk 1977-1981. He is the founder of the PR-firm Publik and a well known lecturer and educator within communication and culture. Hop Louie is a street artist living in the UK. He has worked in public space since the late 90s. In 2009 Hop Louie made the illustrations for the CD /book Boven i Dra- mat together with the rapper Max Peezay. Hop Louie is also featured in the book Playground Sweden (2007, Dokument).
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Dokument PressBox 773S - 120 02 Årsta, Swedenwww.dokument.org, [email protected]: +46 (0) 8 13 33 32
Street Art CookbookA Do-It-Yourself bible on street art
by Benke Carlsson & Hop Louie
After hundreds of books containing images of
street art, here comes the very first to reveal
how it’s done. In 140 pages, 250 pictures and
25 interviews, a dozen techniques are ex-
plained. This is the first handbook of tips and
tricks for creating street art pieces.
Today, street art is counted among the world’s greatest artis-tic movements. Simultaneously, it questions who really has the right to participate in public space. Never since the late 60s has an artistic movement challenged the establishment view in this way.Now, Dokument Press presents the very first book to explain how street art is actually made.Street Art Cookbook is a guide to the materials and tech-niques used in the most creative and progressive artistic movement of today. In pictures and interviews with some of the world’s most famous street artists, techniques like spray stencils, stickers, laser graffiti and guerrilla gardening are explained. The Swedish street artist Hop Louie acts as your guide through the book, and explores some of the most complicated techniques. Street Art Cookbook is a source of inspiration to delve into for all those who are interested in DIY.Among the artists interviewed are Mark Jenkins, Swoon, Gould, Caper, C215, Victor Marx, Ron English and Knitta Please.
“Public space is a human right. If advertising is okay, anti-advertising has to be okay too.”
Ron English, USA
“Banksy has carried out a revolution since he tangibly increases a building’s value by painting on it.”
C215, France
“A technique is only a way to convey something. The idea has to come before the technique. So don’t rely on cookbooks. Experiment.”
Alexandre Órion, Brazil
Pressrelease: New book from Dokument Press
Facts
Titel: Street Art Cookbook - A guide to
techniques and materials
Author: Benke Carlsson and Hop Louie
ISBN: 978-91-85639-30-4
Market: Hand book / Street art / Popular culture
Language: English
Pages: 140
Dimensions: 17 x 24 cm
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrations: More than 100 full-colour drawings
Release date: June 15, 2010
Price: 24,90 €
About the authors
Benke Carlsson is a photographer and author living in
Stockholm, Sweden. He is behind one of the biggest web-
sites about Scandinavian street art and the author of the
books Street Art Stockholm and Swedish Punk 1977-1981.
He is the founder of the PR-firm Publik and a well known
lecturer and educator within communication and culture.
Hop Louie is a street artist living in the UK. He has
worked in public space since the late 90s. In 2009 Hop
Louie made the illustrations for the CD /book Boven i Dra-
mat together with the rapper Max Peezay. Hop Louie is also
featured in the book Playground Sweden (2007, Dokument).
Dokument PressBox 773S - 120 02 Årsta, Swedenwww.dokument.org, [email protected]: +46 (0) 8 13 33 32
Dokument PressBox 773S - 120 02 Årsta, Swedenwww.dokument.org, [email protected]: +46 (0) 8 13 33 32
Dokument PressBox 773S - 120 02 Årsta, Swedenwww.dokument.org, [email protected]: +46 (0) 8 13 33 32
Dokument PressBox 773S - 120 02 Årsta, Swedenwww.dokument.org, [email protected]: +46 (0) 8 13 33 32
