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The Art of Getting Over: Graffiti at the Millennium

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Stephen Powers has a great writing style and a great knowledge of graffiti's history. I loved reading his anecdotes on individual artists as well as the history of graffiti on a whole. A great selection of flicks and writing. Buy this!

RAZZ, KADISM and SUROC! You can read about New York writers in any book. Reading about these Philadelphia standouts is worth the price alone.

This book is brilliant, pure genius. As soon as I saw that it's printed on a regular graf book, I fell in love with it. It has a brief historical account, but it's from the perspective of someone who actually lived the culture. This book has GREAT pictures and amazing designs that would rival Salvador Dali's genius. I love the murals, love the little tags and how Powers explains the different styles. Just a great book, one of the greatest books on graf I've ever seen.

This is a good book to own, particularly as is documents the work of BLADE, SUROC and SMITH/SANE. Get it for the pics.

This book rides totally on the surface of the misunderstood subculture of graffit writers. It fails to address the larger social issues of alienation and angst that most serious graffiti writers feel. Lots of snapshot style pictures that aren't that great considering the subject matter. It's basically a book by a graffiti writer for other graffiti writers. It's strange that for all the attention graffiti writers seem to so desperately to need, their intentions after all is said and done are very shallow.
They have no great cause or social statement to make. If you want to see graffiti that's real, you won't find it in this book

This book is the same old one-sided ranting found in most graffiti books. It only tells one side of the story; the selfishness of most graffiti writers to place their egos on city walls. It says nothing about how graffiti effects the people who live with it everyday in their neighborhoods. It also says nothing about how graffiti has fueled a multi-billion dollar abatement industry in the US alone. No voices are heard from the real thing that keeps graffiti alive; the intense effort by US city governments to eradicate it. This book only scratches the surface. If you want a book that gets much deep check out Michael Walsh's powerful book Graffito. It hits on everything I've mentioned here and is visually much more dynamic.

This book is poorly written, but I'm doubt that anyone is buying it for that. There is a nice chronological progression of pictures of various examples of grafitti - some of the stuff at the beginning of the book looks like real trash to me, but towards the end the bigger production pieces are really inspiring. I mean, how many ways can you write your moniker? Apparently the sky is the limit. This book is sure to inspire an idea or two into aspiring illustrators since "Bad artists copy. Good artists steal." (from the book) heh heh heh.

Great, colorful pictures, memorable stories, and an superb summary on the history of graffiti. Worth buying for anyone interested in urban art or grahpic design.

This is by far the best graff book i have ever laid my hands on...Espo is a legend and knows exactly what to present about the culture and how to present it...this is the Subway Art/Spraycan Art for the new millennium...there are so many roots in the book it easily and honestly serves both veterans and/or those just learning about graff...the flicks inside provide a wonderful visuals that brilliantly compliment the textual history which has been masterfully laid down...

well worth every penny...

p.s. if you are from philly or new york (especially philly) this book provides a very personalized representation of the effect both these cities had on graff over the years...if i were a bit more emotional it may have brought a tear to my eye...

This is by far the best graff book i have ever laid my hands on...Espo is a legend and knows exactly what to present about the culture and how to present it...this is the Subway Art/Spraycan Art for the new millennium...there are so many roots in the book it easily and honestly serves both veterans and/or those just learning about graff...the flicks inside provide wonderful visuals that brilliantly compliment the textual history (which has been masterfully laid down)...

well worth every penny...

p.s. if you are from philly or new york (especially philly), this book provides a very personalized representation of the effect both these cities had on graff over the years...if i were a bit more emotional it may have brought a tear to my eye...