Arte di Frontiera: New York Graffiti / Quattordio Graffiti

Milan: Gabriele Mazzotta, 1984. Minor bumping to gray cloth boards; near fine. In illustrated jackets with matching illustrated cloth slipcase; also near fine.. Deluxe Edition. Quarto. Two hardcover volumes in matching slipcase. Published to accompany an influential group show of American graffiti artists that traveled through Italy, this monograph features essays from curator Francesca Alinovi and gallerist Tony Shafrazi (printed in both Italian and English), a hip hop glossary, and mostly-color reproductions of works from the likes of A One, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Crash, Futura 2000, Richard Hambleton, Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer & Lady Pink, and Lee Quiñones, along with artist bios. This deluxe hardcover edition features a second volume—Quattordio Graffiti, edited by Italian art critic Tomasso Trini—reproducing newspaper coverage from the exhibition's stops through Bologna, Milan, and Rome, and documenting works produced by Delta 2, Ero, Phase 2, and Rammellzee during their artist residencies at the sponsoring IVI paint factory in the Piedmontese village of Quattordio. Text in Italian for this second volume. (Inventory #: 27480)