The books of march

Dear reader, the month of March was punctuated by many arrivals of books on various subjects ! We will present in this article a selection of products present in our ART & BOOKS section. From graphics to the world of skateboarding, via Hip-Hop, it will be difficult not to find your account!

Hip Hop

Attention fans of this popular musical movement which made its debut in New York in the South Bronx in the early 1970s, you are in for a treat!

With Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 years of hip-hop style, we discover anecdotes and key moments from the hip-hop era! The movement has directly influenced music and fashion for generations. With a style that was initially focused on personalization, we mainly found denim jackets and spray-painted sweatshirts! Between MCM, Billionaire Boys Club, BAPE, and Baby Phat, you will find passages on these brands that have all become iconic and have marked many generations!

The book spans the past half-century, meticulously tracing the evolution from early hip hop style, born of aspiration, individuality and practicality, to contemporary fashion infused with luxury brands.

Fresh Fly Fabulous

For fans of coloring books, there is a third edition of Hip-Hop Coloring called Hip Hop Coloring Book : West Coast Edition.

It's an opportunity to rediscover the most important figures of Hip Hop, from electro stars like Egyptian Lover, to mega stars like Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube and more recent rappers like Tyler. The 50 pages allow for a real journey on the west coast, from the golden era to today's rap !

Hip Hop Coloring Book W.C.

The other two models are still available on our site ! To see if you are more East or West coast or if you prefer a more general book.

Hip Hop Coloring Book

Art

In this selection, New York artists are not left out ! Let's start with renowned artist, draftsman, painter and sculptor Keith Haring. A figure of contemporary art, he is known for his endless repetitions of synthetic forms underlined in black with bright, illuminating colors, on different supports.

In this book, we are faced with a summary of all the actions that marked his life! It is also an opportunity to learn more about his links with the New York art scene of the time and the way in which he denounces social prejudices through his content!

Recherche Keith Haring

Let's move on to Jean-Michel Basquiat, leader of the underground movement in 80's New York. He is an artist who influences contemporary artistic culture more than ever, known for his social critiques that still resonate through their subjects.

In this book which presents more than 200 of his works, we find the story of Jean-Michel Basquiat from the intimate point of view of his family, intertwining his artistic activities with his personal life, his influences and the time in which he lived.

King Pleasure

Head to Japan to find the famous Yayoi Kasuma, known for using polka dots and colors on her works. His pop and psychedelic compositions provide anyone with an offbeat visual and sensory experience.

She imposes herself with important subjects such as the "me" or sexuality, using repetition as an expression. Whether it's participatory installations or paintings or fashion, she definitely has several strings to her bow!

Structured around six thematic sections, "Infinity", "Accumulation", "The Biocosmic", "Radical Connectivity", "Death" and "Force of Life", this monograph illuminates the aesthetic and philosophical concerns at the heart of the work of the artist.

Yayoi Kasuma

To close this section, visual artist Tom Sachs comes on stage! The latter became known in 1994 by creating windows for Barneys stores entitled "Hello Kitty Nativity". He then recreates a Christmas scene in which Hello Kitty replaces the Virgin Mary.

Here we find the most recent body of work by the popular American artist dedicated to his highly inventive interpretation of space travel, published for the first time. Scheduled to accompany exhibitions simultaneously in New York and Palm Beach, the book follows the interdisciplinary exhibition centered on the theme of spaceships by the artist.

Tom Sachs Spacechips

Graffiti

We all agree that street art was really born in the 1960s in the United States. The first movement akin to street art is “Graffiti writing” launched by two artists from Philadelphia, Cornbread and Cool Earl.

Ten years later, the trend seduced New York which saw the birth of big names in street art: Taki 183 or Blade One. In the street, on sidewalks, walls, subways or public surfaces, everything is an excuse to create and convey a message visible to all. Graffiti, stencil, posters, stickers, projections, there are a multitude of techniques and materials for artists to bring street masterpieces to life.

Paris City Graffiti presents the graffiti of Paris in their smallest corners, all this with more than 2200 shots collected from more than 200 activists!

After more than ten developing this project, we discover a book full of anecdotes and passion, all divided into 5 main chapters: trains, railways, streets, land and old school. Paris City Graffiti and its 300 pages is of course intended for enthusiasts of the environment, but also for novices who wish to discover this world full of history !

Paris City Graffiti

In Marqué à vie, we discover the daily life of Comer OBK during the wave of arrests that shook the graffiti world from 2001. He traces his journey from his childhood until 2012, the year of the end of the trial. The one for whom the tags on the subways have been replaced by authorized canvases and plans reveals himself and explains how the graffiti made him addicted.

A 340-page book, true texts with a bit of nostalgia, published to transmit the codes of practice and set the scene!

Marqué à vie

Graphism

Let's move on to books that are based on the art of graphic design, seeking to visually translate an idea, a message or information. It is at the heart of the concerns within an organization or a brand and facilitates the recognition of the latter at a glance.

In How Ideas Are Born: Graphic Designers on Creative Processes, we find experienced graphic designers who explain to us how to achieve an idea! No less than 26 designers from 15 different countries present their ways of working, their sketches and the creative processes.

How Ideas Are Born

With Graphite hand-drawn pencil sketches and drawings from around the world, you'll discover what's special about graphite art, where every stroke of the artist seems to convey emotion in its purest form. At a time when almost anything can be done digitally, graphite brings a return to a noble and simpler art form. It is a creative tool without limits, which allows you to express all your creativity in forms that are as elaborate as they are amazing!

This book is a collection of pencil artwork by creatives around the world who have skillfully mastered the art of hand drawing to leave their mark.

Graphite Hand-Drawn

Colour Clash explores the color palettes in graphic design that surprise and grab our attention, as well as the combinations that may seem strange but work.

Colour Clash

A little in its own right, the tattoo still has its place in this section and it is here the "micro tattoos" that are honored!

Micro tattoos the subtle art of fineline tattooing takes a closer look and shows the most beautiful small fineline tattoos, done by tattoo artists around the world. With its classification in alphabetical order of the different artists, we discover many interviews with the most important tattoo artists, who reveal a lot of anecdotes to us!

Micro Tatoos

Skateboard

Skateboarding is not only a recreational activity, but a real lifestyle, which will mark our society forever. Its most likely origin dates back to the 1950s.

According to urban legend, skateboarding was invented by Californian surfers who, when the ocean was flat, were looking for a way to reproduce the same sensations provided by surfing on asphalt, using small wooden boards. wood to which they fixed the wheels of roller skates, a very popular sport at that time.

Through 1000 Skateboards, we discover the infinite creativity that unfolded on the boards, giving birth to an offbeat graphic universe that hosts a crowd of artists and amateur or professional skateboarders who have become superstars.

We find here the best creations of skateboarding while revisiting its history, to reveal all the richness of a culture in perpetual motion.