Books

FM–2007–03841 June 3, 2007
CAT: BOOKS

Hip Hop Immortals

Documenting 20 years of commercial hip-hop photography, Hip Hop Immortals The Remix, published by Thunder’s Mouth Press, and written by Bonz Malone, is 360 pages of…

FM–2007–03605 May 20, 2007
CAT: BOOKS

Jeff Chang – Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop

The hip-hop generation is too often overshadowed by a dark cloud called rap music. This isn’t a complaint—rap has done many great things for a great…

FM–2007–03372 May 6, 2007
CAT: BOOKS

Robert Klanten, Matthias Hubner – Dot Dot Dash: Designer Toys, Action Figures And Character Art

Edited by Robert Klanten and Matthias Hubner, Dot Dot Dash—full title: Dot Dot Dash: Designer Toys, Action Figures And Character Art—is a massive hardcover exploration into…

FM–2007–03376
CAT: BOOKS

Markus Mai – Writing: Urban Calligraphy

Published in 2004 by Die Gestalten, Writing: Urban Calligraphy and Beyond is the definition of Format’s Classic Material. Featuring a sleek embedded cover, and high stock…

FM–2007–03199 April 22, 2007
CAT: BOOKS

Gates of Graffiti

Over the past 40 years, graffiti has taken over trains, rooftops, mailboxes, phone booths and, most significantly according to the authors of Gates of Graffiti, doorways.…

FM–2007–03009 April 8, 2007
CAT: BOOKS

Justin Bua – The Beat of Urban Art

The Beat of Urban Art (HarperCollins Publishers, March 2007) is an intimate look into Justin Bua’s youth, art process and paintings. Bua’s drawings and painting are…

FM–2007–03011
CAT: BOOKS

Ricky Powell – Public Access

Ricky Powell’s lens cap has more swagger than a dancing troupe of here today, gone tomorrow snow rappers. In fact, Powell’s swagger demands 128 pages, a…

FM–2007–02801 March 25, 2007
CAT: BOOKS

Martha Cooper – We B Girlz

In 2005, Martha Cooper, Nika Kramer and Ana “Rokafella” Garcia opened a new chapter in hip-hop with We B Girlz, a comprehensive, fact-based account (in many…

FM–2007–02797
CAT: BOOKS

Claw Money – Bombshell: The Life and Times of Claw Money

Bombshell: The Life and Times of Claw Money, leaps past visual brew-ha-ha by stepping into the personal life of Claudia, a woman, a graffiti writer and…

FM–2007–02799
CAT: BOOKS

Nicholas Ganz – Graffiti Women

Breaking beyond the page limits of his 2004 book release Graffiti World, Nicholas Ganz returns in 2006 with Graffiti Women, a tribute to the often unappreciated,…