Street Art At Star Clipper

I know, I know...Street Art? At Star Clipper? Pssh...not happening. Star Clipper is all about the comics!

But I beg to differ. Star Clipper has a side that you may not have yet seen. While Star Clipper is admittedly better with comics than books on graffiti, we still have a special place at our store for those who are brave enough to showcase their art for "free."

In case for those of you who have little to no knowledge of street art or better known as graffiti, it's basically any original art done by spray painting onto public areas, or stenciling and stickers public property. For more information on the art of graffiti, check this out http://www.graffiti.org.

Whilst it is still illegal to participate in graffiti in most of the world, there's been a slew of famous artists who start on the underground and do graffiti. For instance, there is Fafi (www.fafi.net), a 31 year old female graffiti artist whose work can be seen from Paris to New York to Berlin. What makes her special is that she works with traditional paints to do her graffiti. She's currently showcasing her work of the "Fafinettes", liberated women painted on buildings worldwide, with Adidas and Lesportsac.

But graffiti artists aren't the only ones getting attention. The Wooster Collective, a project working on showcasing the differing degrees of graffiti around the world. Check them out! There are also several other projects and collectives with growing attention by younger generations. Graffiti is now considered a way to fuel political aggression and a need for revolution by the up and coming generations.



We carry an assortment of books on graffiti (see www.starclipper.com for more information). Some of our titles include The Art Of Rebellon, Million Dollar Vandal and Street Graphics India.

As with all things, if you need someone to help you figure out graffiti and the several different types of books that showcase it, let the SC staff know. We'd be happy to show you the artistic urban side of Star Clipper.

Evey