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Street Art and Graffiti Book

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Street Art and Graffiti: A Dissertation was released at the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft alongside a show called “Cut Out and Keep”.

John D’Oh produced this exhibition of guerrilla art to protest and voice concerns over the removal & sale of high-profile pieces of public street art by corporate groups, including several Banksy works.

This is no generic coffee table art book. Street Art and Graffiti provides an insider view of street art and is essential reading for teachers and students working on Urban Art projects. It contains an in-depth exploration of street art practices, concepts, and developments that can easily be understood by more general admirers of graffiti and scholars alike.

The text has previously been purchased by schools and other education establishments in order to inform students and frame debates about an art form that inherently raises issues about the differences between the public and private spheres, between anonymity and identity, and between artistic expression and personal responsibility to others.

This book recounts how and why my images, sculptures, and stunts made it into many local and national newspapers and in doing so, it examines the politics, culture, and theory of street art using concrete and contemporary examples.

Some of the many relevant topics discussed within the book include the physical appropriation of street art by private companies, the future of graffiti in a highly technological age, and the relationship between advertising and Urban Art.

The artist produced this book after being asked over a number of years to help students with their dissertations, examining various aspects of street art and in response to interest from academics looking for behind-the-scenes insights into the art form.

He also hopes that it can be read as a personal, enjoyable and sometimes humorous journey through artwork, the situational nature of street art, which includes putting up stencils in bad weather and in hard-to-reach places, is often overlooked by general writers on the topic.