This book was born from a website of the same name. The website is a photo blog of “happy graffiti” the author of this book has photographed, or someone else has submitted. This book has some of the best artworks from there.
The foreword talks about how “Happy Graffiti” is the kind of graffiti that grumpy commuters might see from the train station and be cheered up by, and how some of the phrases used are like poetry.
The introduction then talks about how graffiti has a bad name and how positive graffiti can bring a smile to people as they go around their daily lives, and how the book is intended to do the same for the reader.
Then it is the photos, plus some artist profiles, although not well known artists such as Banksy. And some of the bits of graffiti do make you smile, which is exactly what the author wanted.
Mission accomplished.
Publication Date: 7 October 2013
Website: Happy Graffiti
Link to Amazon: Happy Graffiti: Street Art With Heart
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