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The Art And Life of CHAZ BOJORQUEZ | New Book March 2010
The Art and Life of Chaz Bojorquez: Curated by Marco Klefisch &
Alberto Scabbia will be released on March 31, 2010.
This monograph
charts the life and career of Chaz Bojorquez, known as "Chaz," a Los
Angeles-born Mexican-American artist who began in the "Cholo" gang graffiti
tradition but quickly arrived at his own groundbreaking style. This book
includes previously unreleased photographs and traces the artist's story in
fascinating detail.
Curated by Marco Klefisch and Alberto Scabbia, "THE ART AND LIFE OF CHAZ
BOJÓRQUEZ" is the first monograph about Chaz Bojórquez, the artist that has
influenced whole generations of street artists, writers and tattooists.
His symbol or “tag”, created in 1969, a stylised skull called Senor
Suerte inspired by Mexican folklore and especially by the cult of Holy Death, it
is one of the first examples of stencil art applied to the street and it
subsequently became an image for protection against death among the street
gangs. Bojórquez was one of the first writers to employ special typographical
characters, creating an original synthesis of psychedelic style, Fraktur and
Chinese calligraphy. Bojórquez was also one of the first to pass successfully
from street art to the galleries: today his works are in the permanent
collections of American museums such as the National Museum of American Art and
the Orange County Museum of Art, inasmuch as they are considered expressions of
South Californian Latino culture.
The book is in three sections: the
first opens with introductory texts by Greg Escalante, François Chastanet and
the editors, followed by an interview in which Chaz Bojórquez goes back over the
milestones in his artistic formation. The second part deals with Bojórquez’s
drawings and works in black and white, while the third is dedicated to his
paintings. The editors have also included several photographs that document
certain crucial moments in the artist’s life.
Contributors: Greg
Escalante, François Chastanet, Usugrow, Flycat
Technical notes: Size cm
24 x 28. Hard cover. 192 full color pages.
Over 200 images. English
language.
Release: March 2010
Retail price: € 39 | USD 50
ISBN: 978 88
6208 121 4
Produced and printed in Italy
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