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Meet 20 of the most creative, original street artists from around the world - including Banksy. Art has moved from the museum into the streets, with visionary artists using their creativity to convert the spaces of everyday life and, often, to address social and political issues. Journalist Alessandra Mattanza interviews 20 of the most renowned figures in the street-art scene, from painters to sculptors to stencilists, who reveal their stories and their inspiration. The international roster includes: Aryz, from Barcelona, Spain, who creates elaborate murals on buildings and trucks; So Paulo graffiti artist Nunca (Francisco Rodrigues da Silva) , who began painting at 12 years old; Shepard Fairey, renowned for his poster of President Obama; EVOL, from Berlin, who specializes in producing miniature buildings and installations; Fauxreel, whose photography-based work explores themes of homelessness; and Swoon, who combines art with social action through her nonprofit.
About the Author
Alessandra Mattanza, writer and fine art photographer, is originally from in Italy but has grown up and lived abroad for more than twenty years, mostly in Munich, Sydney, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. She works for Hearst Publishing, Mondadori, Sperling & Kupfer, Condé Nast, Cairo Editore, White Star/National Geographic/De Agostini, Giunti/Feltrinelli, Financial Times, Forbes, Rizzoli, and TV Studio Universal/Universal Pictures. She writes novels, screenplays, murder mysteries and comics (with pennames) , coffee table books, and tourist guides, focusing her attention on the great cities of the world, cinema and music, animals and nature. She has won several awards at the Annual Southern California Journalism Awards and at the SoCal Journalism Awards in Los Angeles. Among her books are bestsellers like Australia: The New Frontier, My New York: Famous New Yorkers Talk About the Big Apple, My Paris: Celebrities Talk About the Ville Lumière, and Street Art: Famous Artists Talk About Their Vision.
