Research Catalog

Title

The beautiful walls : photographic elevations of street art in Los Angeles, Paris, and Berlin / photography by Larry Yust ; with text by Patrick A. Polk

Author

Polk, Patrick Arthur.

Publication

Los Angeles, Calif. : Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Yust, Larry.
• Fowler Museum at UCLA.

Description

95 p. : ill.; 19 X 34 cm.

Summary

"Graffiti is a forceful way of inscribing presence or 'being' in the world as well as a means of creating affective links to the potency of natural wonders, religious shrines, and ancient ruins as well as the contemporary cityscape. The photographic elevations presented in this volume represent a graffiti-punctuated pilgrim's progress built around the aesthetics of defacement. Graffiti- and mural-covered walls, buildings, automobiles, and railcars are the artful wonders, the vibrant shrines, and the dynamic ruins that structured Larry Yust's pilgrimage to some of the most famed metropolitan centers of the world. He has brought back panoramic souvenirs; vistas that let us be there in a way that is perhaps better than being there. This book celebrates the artistry and audacity of the taggers and uncommissioned muralists who decorate and deface contemporary cities."--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Yust, Larry > Exhibitions
• Street photography > Los Angeles > Exhibitions
• Street photography > Paris > Exhibitions
• Street photography > Berlin > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780977834440 (hbk.)
• 0977834441 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2010023103

OCLC

642624695

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library