Graffiti: The Scrawl Of The Wild And Other Tales From The Wall
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From the walls of public toilets to the underpasses of great cities, graffiti has long served as the unfiltered voice of the urban masses — and Graffiti: The Scrawl of the Wild and Other Tales from the Wall gathers the wittiest, sharpest, and most irreverent of these anonymous pronouncements into one wickedly entertaining collection. Compiled and introduced by Roger Kilroy, this anthology presents the great graffiti of its time, celebrating the raw humour, political bite, and surprising poetry found scrawled across the surfaces of everyday life. Brought to vivid life by the charming illustrations of McLachlan, the book transforms a decidedly low-brow art form into a legitimate object of cultural fascination. Kilroy's curation argues, with a knowing wink, that the walls of the world constitute a kind of accidental literature — spontaneous, democratic, and utterly unedited. The collection illuminates the strange intersection of folk humour and social commentary, revealing what people truly think when they believe no one important is watching. A perfect companion for lovers of wit, wordplay, and the absurd, this volume leaves one wondering: just how much wisdom has been painted over?
Author: Roger Kilroy
Format: Hardback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From the walls of public toilets to the underpasses of great cities, graffiti has long served as the unfiltered voice of the urban masses — and Graffiti: The Scrawl of the Wild and Other Tales from the Wall gathers the wittiest, sharpest, and most irreverent of these anonymous pronouncements into one wickedly entertaining collection. Compiled and introduced by Roger Kilroy, this anthology presents the great graffiti of its time, celebrating the raw humour, political bite, and surprising poetry found scrawled across the surfaces of everyday life. Brought to vivid life by the charming illustrations of McLachlan, the book transforms a decidedly low-brow art form into a legitimate object of cultural fascination. Kilroy's curation argues, with a knowing wink, that the walls of the world constitute a kind of accidental literature — spontaneous, democratic, and utterly unedited. The collection illuminates the strange intersection of folk humour and social commentary, revealing what people truly think when they believe no one important is watching. A perfect companion for lovers of wit, wordplay, and the absurd, this volume leaves one wondering: just how much wisdom has been painted over?