Lonely Planet: Street Art

Lonely Planet: Street Art

140 hotspots in 42 cities worldwide across 224 pages

The dynamic street art scenes of New York, Melbourne, Rome, Paris, Adelaide, Malaysia's George Town, Christchurch and 35 other cities are brought vividly to life in Lonely Planet's latest gift book, STREET ART, published this April.

From Banksy's stencils and Invader's mosaics to amazing murals, this insider's guide compiled by independent curator & founder of The Future Tense Ed Bartlett, with a foreword by artist Remi Rough, provides practical details and maps of where to find secret stashes of street art, and introduces key artists, locations and festivals (including Perth's PUBLIC and HKwalls in Hong Kong).

'I added up the number of people living in the cities featured in this book," Ed Bartlett writes in his introduction. 'The total came to over 150 million. That's more than twice the combined annual visitors to the top 10 most visited museums in the world, all potentially being exposed to different forms of street art on a daily basis."

'Street art is now present in almost every city, town and village in the world, from Aachen to Zwolle," Ed says. 'Its true audience is measured in the billions. And given that the first record of homo sapiens painting on walls is thought to date back around 40,000 years, it's actually more surprising that street art has taken so long to flourish."

Street and gallery artist Remi Rough observes in his foreword to the book that 'purists might argue that street art has all gone a bit -mainstream', but it has become an intrinsic part of the cultural fabric of our cities." 'Street art has added something very special to our urban landscapes," Remi says, 'and books such as this one only help to cement the impact of the movement."

'This book is intended as a starting point to your journey," Ed Bartlett continues, 'highlighting a selection of some of the key cities around the world to experience street art today, and providing guides to each city's street-art hotspots to enable you to explore further. We've also included insights from some of its most important figures."

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Lonely Planet: Street Art
Lonely Planet
RRP: $29.99