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The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti by Dr Raphael Schacter is a unique encyclopaedic publication that systematises information about graffiti and street art in the widest possible historical and geographical overview.

It is the most comprehensive reference book on international urban art.

It focuses on the world's most influential and important artists and identifies key locations of their work. The Atlas is organised geographically by country and city. It features more than 100 of the most important artists working in public spaces, as well as illustrations of their work. Overviews of selected cities with a rich history of street art and graffiti are provided as a context for the artists featured. The publication aims to provide a nuanced understanding of what has become a widespread artistic practice around the world.

As the lives and work of artists are inextricably linked to specific streets and places, the World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti also features "urban works" commissioned by prominent artists from each region, giving readers an "insider's" view of urban landscapes - a chance to see and feel the location as it is experienced by the artists.

This approach brings the atlas closer to art, while revealing the artists' personal understanding of public space, not through the speculative mapping that characterises contemporary urban mapping, but through a focus on an intimate, human perspective.

This book will, without exaggeration, make you an expert in the field of street art and allow you to look at the landscape of famous cities and cultures of the world through the eyes of independent artists.

• The first book to cover street art in a global geographical context and to analyse in depth the most important artists, schools and styles.

• Contains specially commissioned urban works by 12 key artists.

• Compiled and written by urban art expert, scholar and curator Raphael Schacter.