40 years of Graffiti

Sur nos Murs tells the four-decade story of graffiti, from those who shaped and supported the movement.

The genesis of this book lies in a treasure trove stored in a hundred boxes at the Galerie du Jour in Paris, the first exhibition place for Graffiti in France. Filled with rare and unpublished archives, these boxes contain the different strata of urban art from 1984 to today. Pioneer and visionary, agnès b., for almost forty years, has invited a number of artists she spotted on the walls of Paris or New York to exhibit in her gallery. Through a thorough investigation, Karim Boukercha has reconstructed this history by collecting the words of many major players in the discipline, exploring the major developments of a global painting movement that was born in the street and will succeed in imposing itself in the art world. In this fresco haunted by the works of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, resound the fascinating testimonies of poster artists such as Les Frères Ripoulin, the stencil artists Blek le Rat or Miss Tic, through the pioneers of graffiti such as Futura, JonOne, Mode 2 or the BBC to the stars of street art such as Space Invader and Obey Giant.

Sur nos Murs 40 ans de Graffiti avec agnès b., by Karim Boukercha with Gautier Bischoff. Published in 2021, 23 x 28,5, 240 pages, with the support of agnès b. dotation fund.

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