University Library News

Check out the insightful commentary on graffiti-ed Krog Street Tunnel on Social Shutter by Chelsea McKee, a graduating Managerial Science major at Georgia State University.

Explore the social significance of graffiti/street art via these Georgia State University Library resources:

DVDs

• Banksy et al., Paranoid Pictures Film Company Limited., & Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm). (2010). Exit through the gift shop. [New York]: Oscilloscope Laboratories.
• Silver, T., Chalfant, H., & Public Art Films, I. (2004). Style wars. Los Angeles, Calif.: Public Art Films.

Books

• Ferrell, J. (1993). Crimes of style: Urban graffiti and the politics of criminality. New York: Garland.
• Gröndahl, M. (2009). Gaza graffiti: Messages of love and politics. Cairo ; New York: American University in Cairo Press.McCormick, C., Seno, E., Schiller, M., Schiller, S., Banksy., Pasternak, A., & Serra, J. T. (2010). Trespass: A history of uncommissioned urban art. Köln: Taschen.
• Krohn, Z., & Lagerweij, J. (2010). Concrete messages: Street art on the Israeli-Palestinian separation barrier. Årsta, Sweden: Dokument Press.
• Rahn, J. (2002). Painting without permission: Hip-hop graffiti subculture. Westport, Conn.: Bergin & Garvey.
• Wright, S. (2007). Banksy’s Bristol: Home sweet home : the unofficial guide. Bristol: Tangent Books.

Articles

• Barnard, A. (2004). ‘The anger management is not working’. Capital & Class, (84), 125-128. [about street artist, Banksy]
• Huerta, R. (2010). I like cities; do you like letters? Introducing urban typography in art education. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 29(1), 72-81.
• MacGillivray, L., & Curwen, M. (2007). Tagging as a social literacy practice. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 50(5), 354-369.
• Whitehead, J.L. (2004). Graffiti: The use of the familiar. Art Education, 57(6):25-32.

Social Shutter (edited by GSU sociology professor Deirdre Oakley, GSU sociology graduate student Chandra Ward, and photographer Angie Luvara) is an online “weekly venue for photo essays and single photos with extended captions about everyday social life.”  Submissions welcome!