Women Street Artists: 24 Contemporary Graffiti and Mural Artists from around the World

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Alessandra Mattanza Stephanie Utz

Women Street Artists

24 Contemporary Graffiti and Mural Artists from around the World

Alessandra Mattanza, Stephanie Utz

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Prestel
01 December 2022

Art & Architecture; Graffiti & street art

The power, glory, diversity, and talent of women street artists finally gets the attention it deserves in the first book to focus solely on the female gaze writ large on urban walls and sidewalks across five continents

If street art is, in itself, an act of rebellion, it is tragically ironic that the genre seems dominated by men.

This exciting book is an important first step in shedding light on the substantial number of women who are gaining fame in the street art world. It brings together the work of 24 artists, through dazzling photographs of their work and intimate portraits of their lives based on interviews collected by award-winning journalist Alessandra Mattanza.

On walls, sidewalks, prison cells, grain silos and other nontraditional canvases, these artists tackle ideas around empowerment, feminism, the pink revolution, body shaming and body imagery, racism, and the climate crisis. From Oklahoma City and Brooklyn, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh makes site specific work that considers how people experience race and gender within their surrounding environments.

South African multidisciplinary artist Faith XLVII imbues her narratives with a longing for a deeper connection to nature, and a resurrection of the divine feminine. Italy's Camilla Falsini incorporates joyful, bold colours and simple shapes to deliver serious messages about the environment. Shamsia Hassani, one of Afghanistan's first female street artists, makes vibrant murals and paintings in which women play musical instruments as a vehicle for self-expression.

Bursting with colourful photographs of works in situ as well as in detail, this thrilling and incisive book proves that street art is not only female - it's the essence of conceptual rebellion itself.

AUTHORS: Alessandra Mattanza is a foreign correspondent, contributor, and editor for several publishers in Italy and Germany. Her previous books are Street Art: Famous Artists Talk About Their Vision and Banksy.

Stephanie Utz is founder of the Munich based Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA).

300 colour illustrations

By: Alessandra Mattanza
Foreword by: Stephanie Utz
Imprint: Prestel
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 308mm, Width: 238mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 1.758kg
ISBN: 9783791388953
ISBN 10: 3791388959
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

ALESSANDRA MATTANZA is a foreign correspondent, contributor, and editor for several publishers in Italy and Germany. Her previous books are Street Art: Famous Artists Talk About Their Vision and Banksy. STEPHANIE UTZ is founder of the Munich based Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA).