In concrete : urban graphics, 2004-2010 / reverse graffiti by Rafael Trelles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trelles, Rafael, 1957- artist.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trelles, Rafael, 1957---Catalogs.

Trelles, Rafael.

Street art--Puerto Rico--21st century--Catalogs.

Street art.

Street art--Latin America--21st century--Catalogs.

Graffiti--Puerto Rico--21st century--Catalogs.

Graffiti.

Graffiti--Latin America--21st century--Catalogs.

Physical Description:

210 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Urban graphics, 2004-2010

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : L'Artban Contemporary Art, 2025.

Summary:

"In 2004, Trelles developed a street art technique using a pressure hose on walls, sidewalks, and other surfaces- a genre he calls urban graphic art. Today, this technique is known as reverse graffiti. From 2004 through 2010, Trelles worked nationally and internationally, creating public art with the reverse graffiti technique. Drawing on diverse voices from Rafael Trelles⁰́₉ projects and an art history essay by Andrew Wasserman, this publication is one of the few exploring the technique of reverse graffiti." -- https://www.lartban.com/publications/8-in-concrete-urban-graphics-reverse-graffiti-by-rafael/

Contents:

In Concrete: Urban Graphics / Rafael Trelles

Public graphics made from the Matter of Time / Andrew Wasserman

Urban Graphics: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Arabesques, A Public Artwork by Rafael Trelles / Nelson Rivera

Urban Graphics: Vieques, Puerto Rico

Street Art in Vieques / Katherine T. McCaffrey

Urban Graphics: Ponco, Puerto Rico

Urban Graphics: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires: The Essence of an Image / Alicia Candiani

Urban Graphics: La Habana, Cuba

Urban Graphics: Oporto & Alijó, Portugal

Through the Lens, In Concrete / Roberto (Tito) Otero.

Notes:

"Using stencils that he himself designs, cuts out, and applies in modules do that all of us can walk on beauty, [Trelles] transforms a street into a carpet, a sidewalk into a starry trail, a patch of ground into a graphic vignette. As we step on it, we are lifted into an imaginary flight that takes us to territories as distant as that mythical Persian carpet of the 'One Thousand and One Nights' would--designs that recall those tiles in old Puerto Rican houses, which in turn recall Andalucian tiles of Moorish lineage."--Page [3].

ISBN:

9798218523534

OCLC:

1535652399