Graffiti L.A. : Street Styles and Art

ISBN: 9780810992986
Condition: Fine
Hardcover
304 pP , with cd-rom

Long before graffiti was adopted as the visual expression of hip-hop culture in the 1980s, Chicano gang members in East Los Angeles had been developing stylized calligraphy and writing on walls. Cholo (gangster) scripts became the first distinctive letter forms to evolve in the modern vernacular tradition of graffiti writing. Today Los Angeles writers of diverse backgrounds draw from a unique confluence of cultures that has led to regionally distinctive styles. Item #20163

Price: $35.00