Author : Caitlin Frances Bruce
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781477327678
Voices in Aerosol by Caitlin Frances Bruce Pdf
"Looking specifically at the Mexican city of León, in Guanajuato, the book shows graffiti as a contested tool for "voicing" public demands. It considers the changing perceptions and recognition of graffiti artists, their right to the city, and the use of public space from 2000 to 2018. Bruce studies the history of independent graffiti and state-sanctioned graffiti art to claim that its institutionalization creates tensions in the social relationships inside artist collectives, and fluctuating ideas about urban art, creative labor, and neoliberal entrepreneurship"--