Gribble, Howard ; Chastanet, François | CHOLO WRITING : LATINO GANG GRAFFITI IN LOS ANGELES : latino gang graffiti in Los Angeles

Boken utforskar Cholo Writing, en form av graffiti med rötter i den mexikansk-amerikanska kulturen i Los Angeles.

• Utforska Cholo Writing och dess kulturella betydelse.

• Dokumentation av graffiti från 1930-talet till idag.

• Utgiven som förlagsband, 2024.

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Bindning: Förlagsband

Bokförlag: Dokument Press
ISBN: 9789188369857

Omfång: 140 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2024-05-15

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Cholo Writing is the 20th century-s oldest form of graffiti, a Mexican-American phenomenon evident in Los Angeles long before the appearance of graffiti in the 1960s NYC. Here, the aesthetic evolution of Cholo Writing is documented and the influence of blackletter typefaces is traced through two collections ofphotographs; one from the early 1970s, and one from the same LA neighborhoods in 2008.

Cholo Writing is the 20th century s oldest form of graffiti, a Mexican-American phenomenon evident in Los Angeles long before the appearance of tags and pieces in the late 1960s New York. It has had a major influence on the visual expressions of Californian popular culture, including the lowrider, surf, skate and hip-hop movements.

«Placas» areterritorial inscriptions created to define a gang s turf, a genuine, constantly evolving urban calligraphy with strict codesused by Latino gangs for street writing since the late 1930s. Here, the aesthetic evolution of Cholo Writing is documentedand the influence of blackletter typefaces and calligraphic models such as Old English is traced through two collections ofphotographs. One by Californian Howard Gribble, who photographed Chicano gang graffiti over a wide geographic area in the early 1970s, and one by French graphic designer and writer Franc ois Chastanet, who traveled to the same Los Angeles neighborhoods in 2008 to document early 21st century inscriptions.

The main essay of this second edition has been updated according to the latest historical research on lettering sources. With foreword by Dr. Chaz Bojo rquez, East Los Angeles graffiti pioneer and Godfather of West Coast Cholo Writing for over 50 years.

Förord: Chaz Bojórquez

Cholo writing : latino gang graffiti in Los Angeles av Gribble, Howard ; Chastanet, François hittar du under Fotografi inom Konst | Konsthistoria | Konstvetenskap | Arkitektur i huvudkategorin Humaniora.

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