André Saraiva: A Graffiti Life

"André Saraiva: A Graffiti Life" is a monograph that looks like its author. André is a multi-faceted artist: painter and graffiti artist, jet-setter, entrepreneur and unstoppable traveller, he has been marking the nights and walls of Paris, New York, Shanghai and Tokyo for over thirty years.

The book published by Rizzoli New York can be read as the story of a perpetual creative effervescence. After an introduction by Virgil Abloh, the designer who revolutionised luxury and the relationship between street art and fashion with his brand Off-White and then the artistic direction of Louis Vuitton homme, "André Saraiva: A Graffiti Life" opens with the young André's feats of arms: facsimiles of his summonses to the police station or to the magistrates' court for the " deteriorations " caused by his Mr A's who were already multiplying, with their long legs and top hats on the walls of Paris.

Between the different chapters that reveal the extent of his field of action and his achievements (Graffiti, Drawings, Paintings, Posters, Cities, Exhibitions, Collaborations, Places), tender and colourful paper pop-ups appear, translating a continuous work on volume, that of the cities. Photos of his graffiti in all the world's capitals are love letters to his beloved ones and friends forever. An international and creative community that the book makes you want to meet again for a night of celebration, in one of the various places created by André, such as Café Henrie in New York, Hôtel Amour in Paris, Le Baron in Tokyo, or Paul & André in Los Angeles.

An artistic career like an epic, colourful and joyful journey around the world, which reveals thirty years of fashion, art and trends with his creative friends: Jennifer Eymère, Lionel Bensemoun, Marc Newson, M/M Paris, Olivier Zahm, Olympia Le-Tan, Sarah Andelman etc.