Street Art and the War on Terror Collects Anti-War Street Art Produced by Iconic Graffiti Artists

For Immediate Release TRAFALGAR SQUARE PUBLISHING Contact: Beth Noonkester ITI Publicist Trafalgar Square Publishing from Independent Publishers Group (312) 337-0747 ext. 240 [email protected] **digital cover image available** Street Art and the War on Terror collects anti-war street art produced by iconic graffiti artists Featuring works by such artists as Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, Swoon and Blek le Rat CHICAGO: Bringing together a stunning array of anti-war, anti-Bush and anti-Blair graffiti from the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Japan and Australia is a stunning new book. called Street Art and the War 011 Terror: The Images of Oppositio11: How the World's Best Graffiti Artists Said No to the Iraq War (Rebellion Books, an impfint of Korero Books, October 2007). Collected by Xavier Tapies and Eleanor Mathieson, the gritty, controversial artworks featured in Street Art a11d the War 011 Terror creatively communicate the strong messages their artists want to share with the public. Each photograph features a brief description detailing the city the piece appeared, the artist's name, materials used, date created and a few sentences discussing its significance. As graffiti struggles to be recognized as a legitimate art form, its artists must work quickly --more-- before authorities dismantle it. Many of the unique images captured in Street Art and the War on Terror only survived for a few hours between execution and clean-up, making Street Art and the War 011 Terror an important record of artists and their pieces that have appeared throughout the world. Every major city is featured, including London, New York City, Paris, Tokyo, Milan, Baghdad, Tehran, Berlin, Munich, Marseilles, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sydney, Melbourne and more. Including a chronology of opposition to the war organized by continent-and commentaries by the graffiti artists themselves-Street Art and the War on Terror constitutes an essential record of political opposition since 9/11. ALSO DISTRIBUTED BY TRAFALGAR SQUARE PUBLISHING/IPG: Wall and Piece, by Banksy, published by Century, an imprint of Random House UK, Cloth ISBN: 9781844137862, Paper ISBN: 9781844137879 Graffiti Planet: The Best Graffiti from Around the World, by Alan Ket, published by Michael O'Mara, Cloth ISBN: 9781843172802 Book Details: Title: Street Art and the War on Terror: The Images of Opposition: How the World's Best Graffiti Artists Said No to the Iraq War General Editor: Eleanor Mathieson. Text by: Xavier A. npies Publisher: Rebellio.11 Books, an imprint ofKorero Books Distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing from Independent Publishers Group Publication: October 2007 Price: US: $35.00, CAN: $42.00, Type: Cloth, ISBN-13: 9780955339882 Category: An/Politics, 176 Pages. JOY, x 8~. 250 color photos, four-color interior Available at bookstores everywhere and through Independent Publishers Group, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610. Toll-free number for orders only: 1-800-888-4741. Visit us online at www.ipgbook.com. ### .

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