ISBN:
9781477327678
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 280 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
Visualidades: studies in Latin American visual history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bruce, Caitlin Frances Voices in Aerosol
DDC:
751.7/3097241
Keywords:
Graffiti Political aspects
;
Graffiti artists
;
Public art spaces
;
Art and state
;
Art, Municipal
;
Group work in art
;
León de los Aldamas
;
Graffito
Abstract:
"Looking specifically at the Mexican city of León, in Guanajuato, the book shows graffiti as a contested tool for "voicing" public demands. It considers the changing perceptions and recognition of graffiti artists, their right to the city, and the use of public space from 2000 to 2018. Bruce studies the history of independent graffiti and state-sanctioned graffiti art to claim that its institutionalization creates tensions in the social relationships inside artist collectives, and fluctuating ideas about urban art, creative labor, and neoliberal entrepreneurship"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Frisson : early graffiti writers remapping the city -- Noise : desmadre in neoliberal geographies; youth voice against zero tolerance -- Harmonization : convivencia and municipal overtures to writers -- Amplification : cultivating acceptance through the mural as civic and affective form -- Resonance : urban art and good vibrations -- Conclusion. Susurration : cross-border institutional attunements and social infrastructure; León as global example
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
