WATCHING MY NAME GO BY (THE FAITH OF GRAFFITI)

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BUONE/OTTIME CONDIZIONI GENERALI: GRAFFIETTI E LIEVE USURA ALLA COPERTINA. LIEVE SCOLLATURA DELLA CERNIERA. MOLTO RARO SE NON INTROVABILE!

The Graffiti Scene in the Seventies. a new global Phenomenon!

La scena dei graffiti negli anni Settanta. un nuovo fenomeno globale!

Featuring interviews with CAY 161; JUNIOR 161; LI'L FLAME; LURK; and the art of Rome 150; Sky 3; Jay 135; X-Ray; Star 3; Tee 333; The Fly; Eddie 135; Shorty 135; Lollypop 135; The Ice Man; Frank 136; Rube; Fats; Stitch 1; Sky 3 among many others.

Full color photo reproductions of street art in New York accompanied by an essay by Norman Mailer. First published in New York with the title The Faith of Graffiti. First British edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with minor wear to the corners and spine head.

Riproduzioni fotografiche a colori della Street Art Newyorkese, accompagnate dai testi/saggi di Norman Mailer. Pubblicato per la prima volta a New York con il titolo The Faith of Graffiti. Prima edizione britannica (prima stampa).

Descrizione bibliografica
Title/Titolo: The Faith of Graffiti: Watching my name go by
Author/Autore: text by Norman Mailer
Fotografie/Photographies by: Mervyn Kurlansky & Jon Naar
Editore/Publisher: London: Mathews Miller Dunbar Ltd, c1974 (Prima edizione/First Edition)
Lunghezza: 92 pagine; 35×28 cm
Lingua/Language: Inglese/English
Soggetti: Fotografia, Grafica, Graffitismo, Graffiti metropolitani, Anni Settanta, Fotografi newyorkesi, Artisti, Arte di Strada, Pittura murale, Scritte sui muri, Murales, Photographers from New York City, Exhibitions, Fine Arts, Les Graffitis, Wooster Collective, Old school, Grande mela, Bronx, Writing, Creatività, Interventi pittorici sul tessuto urbano, Graffitisti, Bomboletta, Spray-can art, Collezionismo, Libri illustrati da collezione, Rarità, Chicche librarie, Raccolte fotografiche, Tecniche di riproduzione, Stili, Wild Style, Bomb-style, Throw up, Metropolitana, Firme, Contorno, Cartoni animati, Puppets, Logo, Aerosol-art, Design, Cultura alternativa, Underground, Giovani, Sottoculture, Treni, Vagoni, Spazio urbano, Linguaggio giovanile, Poetica della rivolta, Autobus, Camion, Edifici, Sottopassaggi, Elenco di nomi, Reportage fotografici, Giornalismo, Cay form 161 Street, Rammellzee, TAKI 183, JUNIOR 161, Pastels, Robert Rauschenberg, JAPAN I, Socono, Tang, Tag, Super Kool 223, Julio 204, Alter ego, Pop, Flame, Lurk, Ribellione giovanile, Rabbia, Pensiero controcorrente, Moda, Disegni urbani, Vandalismo, Copyright, Photography, Graphics, Metropolitan Graffiti, Seventies, American Photographers, Artists, Street Art, Mural Painting, Wall Lettering, Murals, Big Apple, Creativity, Painting on urban fabric, Graffiti artists, Collectibles, Books illustrated by Collection, Rarities, Book goodies, Photographic collections, Reproduction techniques, Styles, Underground, Signatures, Outline, Cartoons, Alternative culture, Youths, Subcultures, Trains, Wagons, Urban space, Youth language, Poetics of revolt, Buses, Trucks, Buildings, Underpasses, List of names, Photo reports, Journalism, Youth rebellion, Anger, Counter-current thinking, Fashion, Urban drawings, Vandalism, LI'L, Interviste

Jon Naar è stato un artista autore e fotografo inglese-americano celebratissimo per le sue fotografie pionieristiche dei graffiti di New York City negli anni '70 e per i ritratti di Andy Warhol e di altre celebrità, tra cui il Primo Ministro britannico.

Attivo fino alla fine degli anni novanta, Naar ha avuto una carriera multiforme ed eclettica che andava dall'incarico di ufficiale dei servizi segreti nella seconda guerra mondiale, a dirigente di marketing globetrotter/giramondo negli anni del dopoguerra o ancora da impegnato ambientalista, con 12 libri pubblicati al suo attivo.

Jon Naar (May 5, 1920, November 30, 2017) was an English-American author and photographer celebrated for his pioneering images of New York City graffiti in the 1970s, and for portraits of Andy Warhol and other celebrities, including the British Prime Minister. Active through his late nineties, Naar had a multifaceted career as an intelligence officer in World War II; a globe-trotting marketing executive during the postwar years; and an environmentalist, with 12 published books to his credit.

Mervin Kurlansky, è nato a Johannesburg, in Sudafrica, nel 1936. Ha studiato a Londra presso la Central School of Arts and Crafts (ora noto come Central St. Martins). Successivamente ha trascorso tre anni nella pratica freelance, seguito da cinque anni come direttore grafico di Planning Unit, il servizio di consulenza di design di Knoll International. Nel 1969 è entrato in Crosby/Fletcher/Forbes e nel 1972 è stato cofondatore di Pentagramma dal quale si è dimesso nel 1993 per vivere e lavorare in Danimarca. È anche a suo agio nella progettazione di programmi di identità di marca, sistemi di segnaletica, relazioni annuali, giornali, riviste, opuscoli, cataloghi, libri, copertine di libri, poster e imballaggi. Tra i suoi clienti: l'Associazione degli architetti, l'Aga Kahn, la Barclays Bank, Boosey e Hawkes, la British Library, la British Telecom, il Copenhagen Post, la Danmarks Designskole, la Dartington Hall Trust, Dow Corning, Eureka (il museo per bambini), Export Promotion Copenhagen, the Glass Museo, Golden Days a Copenhagen Festival, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, IBM, ICI, Image Bank. Il suo lavoro è nella collezione permanente del Museum of Modern Art di New York ed è stato esposto in diverse pubblicazioni e mostre. È membro di AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) e DD (the Association of Danish Designers).

Mervyn Kurlansky was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1936. He studied in London at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now known as Central St. Martins). He then spent three years in freelance practice followed by five years as graphics Director of Planning Unit, the design consultancy service of Knoll International. In 1969 he joined Crosby/Fletcher/Forbes and in 1972 co-founded Pentagram from which he resigned in 1993 to live and work in Denmark.

He is equally at home designing brand identity programmes, sign systems, annual reports, news papers, magazines, brochures, catalogues, books, book jackets, Posters and packaging. His clients have included; the Architects Association, the Aga Kahn, Barclays Bank, Boosey and Hawkes, the British Library, British Telecom, the Copenhagen Post, Danmarks Designskole, Dartington Hall Trust, Dow Corning, Eureka (the Museum for Children), Export Promotion Copenhagen, the Glass Museum, Golden Days in Copenhagen Festival, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, IBM, ICI, Image Bank, Inchcape, Kenwood, the Latin American Arts Association, Lee Cooper, Longman Video, L'Oréal, Lyons Tetley, Mazda, the Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Novo Nordisk, Olivetti, Penguin Books, Polaroid, Rank Xerox, Reuters, Roche, Rotring, Ruskin College Oxford, Sappi fine papers Europe, Solaglas, Shiseido, STC, Toyota, the Queen's 60th Birthday Committee, Wilkinson Sword and the World Health Organisation. He is currently design consultant to Eclipse Entertainment, Caribbean Enterprises, ROR (Ringo Star and Robin Cruickshank's design firm), Zealand Pharma, and the Cass Sculpture Foundation of which he is a trustee.

He has won a number of important awards, including a bronze medal from the Brno Biennale of Graphic Design, a gold award from the Package Designers Council, silver awards from the Designers and Art Directors Association, London, a silver award from the New York Art Directors Club, a gold award from Japan's Minister of Trade and Industry, the Gustav Klimt prize, Austria, 1995 and the Danish IG design prize 1996. In 2006 he was inducted into the South African Design Hall of Fame and in 2011 he received the International Council of Communication Design President's award for his outstanding contribution to Design.

His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and has been featured in several publications and exhibitions in Austria, China, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Israel, Iran, Japan, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, UK, and USA. He conceived, designed and edited the book Watching My Name Go By, the first documentation of New York's extraordinary graffiti, with text by Norman Mailer and photographs by Jon Naar. He was also a co-author of four books about Pentagram: Pentagram, Living by Design, Ideas on Design and The Compendium. His latest book Masters of the 20th Century - The Icograda Design Hall of Fame, celebrates the work of the 110 speakers of the Icograda London Design Seminars, 1974 to 1999, of which he was chairman for the three years leading up to its 25th anniversary.

Mervyn Kurlansky is active in design education. He lectures extensively and serves on design juries for both educational, cultural and professional organisations, world-wide. He is co-founder of ICIS (the International Center for Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability). He is a former President of Icograda (the International Council of Communication Design) and co-founder of IDA (the International Design Alliance, a partnership between Icograda, Icsid and Ifi). He is a Fellow of CSD (Chartered Society of Designers), ISTD (International Society of Typographic Designers, and RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce). He is a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale), and DD (the Association of Danish Designers).