A New Book Repaints the Legacy of Street Art by Spotlighting Women Leading the Genre — Colossal



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Medianeras, “The Crystal Ship” (2021) in Ostend, Belgium. All photos courtesy of the artists and Prestel, shared with permission

For avenue artists, the urban landscape is an infinite canvas. No matter if wheat pasted, sprayed, or layered with brushes, vibrant compositions revitalize community spaces and present an at any time-evolving barometer of the political climate and latest affairs. The genre has been historically dominated by men, but a new e book by journalist Alessandra Mattanza and Museum of Urban and Present-day Artwork founder Stephanie Utz shifts the dial.

Women Avenue Artists spotlights the varied practices of 24 graffiti and mural artists hailing from about the globe who perform in a selection of designs, from big-scale community initiatives like Camilla Falsini’s lively pavement composition in Milan to striking interventions like Olek’s pink, crocheted coverlet for “Charging Bull,” Wall Street’s masculine bronze sculpture. Each finds partitions, sidewalks, demolished buildings, prison cells, grain silos, and other nontraditional surfaces to express suggestions all-around feminism and empowerment, system imagery, racism, the local climate disaster, and other crucial troubles.

You can come across a duplicate of Ladies Road Artists on Bookshop.org, offered now in the U.K. and scheduled for release in the U.S. on December 6.

Elle, “Ruth Bader Ginsburg” (2020) in New York City

Camilla Falsini, “Tactical City Arranging Intervention” (2020) in Milan, Italy. Photo by Jungle Company

#LEDIESIS, “Superwomen” (2019) in Italy

Olek, “Charging Bull” (2010), Wall Avenue, New York City

Christina Angelina in collaboration with Simplicity One particular (2015) in Miami, Florida

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