Graffiti goes global in this third volume of never-before-published blackbook drawings from writers around the world. Like the hugely successful volumes it follows, this latest collection mimics that most valuable of graffiti gear--the blackbook. Nearly 150 private drawings by top artists from every corner of the globe are featured in this volume. Mirroring the revolutionary format of their previous books Piecebook and Piecebook Reloaded, Jenkins's and Villorente's World Piecebook presents rare and personal illustrations straight from the collections of artists such as Atome, Demote, and Casino from Australia; Kas and Resm from Belgium; Swet, Bates, and Rens from Denmark; Virus, Zek, and Bacon from Canada; Lunar and Dock from Croatia; Oker, Drax, and Zombie from England; Lemon and Angel from Serbia; Os Gemeos, Nami, and Rio from Brazil; Dare and Ders from Switzerland; Shiro, Sniper, and Nezm from Japan; Rek, Ske, and Blend from Puerto Rico, and more. With an introduction by Sacha Jenkins, World Piecebook will be a must-have book for graffiti writers and their fans around the globe.
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Graffiti goes global in this third volume of never-before-published blackbook drawings from writers around the world. Like the hugely successful volumes it follows, this latest collection mimics that most valuable of graffiti gear--the blackbook
About the Author
Sacha Jenkins is a former graffiti writer turned journalist. A one-time music editor at Vibe and senior writer for Spin, he is the co-founder of the seminal hip hop magazine ego trip as well as the co-author of The New York Times bestseller The Way I Am, an authorized biography of Eminem. He is currently editorial director of Mass Appeal, an urban lifestyle magazine. He is the co-author of Piecebook and Piecebook Reloaded (both by Prestel). David Villorente was the editor of Source magazine's graffiti pages for twelve years, writing under his tag, Chino.A" He is the co-author of Mascots & Mugs: The Characters and Cartoons of Subway Graffiti, as well as Piecebook and Piecebook Reloaded (both by Prestel).
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“ What I would love to see for a future book in this series is a book filled with non-elaborate art - just pencil and pen sketches, works in progress, etc. ”
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By OHY
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For someone born in the early 70's and growing up in New York City in the 80's and 90's, graffiti and it's artists continue to be icons. Sacha Jenkins and David Villorente's third installation of their Piecebook phenomenon, World Piecebook: Global Graffiti Drawings, focuses on the exploration into graffiti across the globe and shows just how influential and important this art medium is. As graffiti continues to gain the respect and recognition it deserves in mainstream art circles, the artists included in this installation have been properly represented by two gentlemen who have themselves participated in the graffiti movement. As an authentic rendition of an artists "piecebook" or sketchbook, with the marker bleeding through the page, the art showcased on these pages depict stories and sometimes statements about love, hope, a struggle or protest and in other cases, just plain bravado.
I highly recommend anyone who is interested in graffiti, or grew up with it as a part of your life, and who wants a true artists' book; one without all the explanations about style and form, to purchase this book.
I highly recommend anyone who is interested in graffiti, or grew up with it as a part of your life, and who wants a true artists' book; one without all the explanations about style and form, to purchase this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Hate
Format:Hardcover
High praise goes out to David "Chino" Villorente and Sacha Jenkins for delivering an unflinching insider look into the mind of the graffiti artist!
While there is a plethora of graffiti books out on the mass market; few graffiti books can deliver with breathtaking verve the underpinning gritty structural side of graffiti art. As with Piecebook and Piecebook reloaded, World Piecebook (the third installation) continue to astound us with amazing detail, color and style the mechanizations of graffiti letter art form.
World Piecebook as the title tip-off takes us on a magical sojourn around the world and gathers some of today's preeminent graffiti artist's to showcase their remarkable graffiti. The collection of drawings found here is further testament of the insuperable impact graffiti art has made both locally and on the international stage.
Chino, quietly (and with no exaggeration) has become one of the leading voices of American graffiti. He is one of the few writers today that can articulate with volume and can give us a "first person's" account on living the life of a graffiti artist.
-Hate 156
While there is a plethora of graffiti books out on the mass market; few graffiti books can deliver with breathtaking verve the underpinning gritty structural side of graffiti art. As with Piecebook and Piecebook reloaded, World Piecebook (the third installation) continue to astound us with amazing detail, color and style the mechanizations of graffiti letter art form.
World Piecebook as the title tip-off takes us on a magical sojourn around the world and gathers some of today's preeminent graffiti artist's to showcase their remarkable graffiti. The collection of drawings found here is further testament of the insuperable impact graffiti art has made both locally and on the international stage.
Chino, quietly (and with no exaggeration) has become one of the leading voices of American graffiti. He is one of the few writers today that can articulate with volume and can give us a "first person's" account on living the life of a graffiti artist.
-Hate 156
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Chris Francz
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This is a cool book but I was confused as to why they chose to include the backs of some pages to show the marker bleeds for some of the art but not all of it and why there were some totally blank pages. This book has a really nice to feel to it. While I'm not a graffiti artist, I have held and looked through a bunch of graffiti artist's black books and they all felt just like World Piecebook. What I would love to see for a future book in this series is a book filled with non-elaborate art - just pencil and pen sketches, works in progress, etc.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book contains lots and lots of 'old school' graffiti drawings. Its awesome. Lots of cool ideas and designs. Ive enjoyed it very much.
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By Sye!
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Another banger by Chino and Sacha Jenkins. It steps into the global arena beyond the first two editions; showing the world some of Graffiti's top blackbook artists from around the world. They continued the aesthetics of the second book ( Piecebook Reloaded) by making having the pages appear as if the designers bled thru the paper. Great book!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Juli
Format:Hardcover
Villorente & Jenkins latest release, WORLD PIECEBOOK: Global Graffiti Drawings expands the horizon for what is indeed an international art movement. Authentic, filled with works from the blackbooks of the world's kings, and as beautifully printed as its predecessors Piecebook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers and Piecebook Reloaded: Rare Graffiti Drawings, 1985-2005 I highly recommend purchasing more than one!
By A. McNee
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The art in this book is unique and beautiful. It actually is made to look like a real sketch book.
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Purchased this for my daughter who is a clothing designer in Manhattan. She was absolutely thrilled with it...especially the feature that shows the back side of the art drawing.
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