{"title":"Books by Alessandra Mattanza","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9783791393094","title":"The World of Banksy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis vibrant 3-volume set explores Banksy’s iconic works through the lens of some of his most powerful symbols—rats, monkeys, and children.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether he’s protesting war, challenging societal norms, or sending up political and economic systems with his scathing critiques, Banksy’s strategic and inventive use of symbolism is one of his most effective tools. Now renowned Banksy scholar Alessandra Mattanza helps readers understand and contextualize some of Banksy’s most recognized motifs. Packed with images that span his oeuvre since the early 2000s these volumes are filled with photographs and reproductions of some of his most well-known works featuring rats—\u003ci\u003eLet Them Eat Crack\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRat Inside a Clock\u003c\/i\u003e, monkeys—\u003ci\u003eLaugh Now and Devolved Parliament\u003c\/i\u003e; and children—\u003ci\u003eGirl with Balloon \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGirl Frisking Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e. His work on urban resistance is also highlighted here, including such pieces as\u003ci\u003e The Flower Thrower \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Son of a Migrant from Syria\u003c\/i\u003e. In her introductory essays Mattanza delves into the unique resonance of Banksy’s work; his wit and perception; and his remarkable ability to create enduring messages on an ephemeral canvas.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44583107788978,"sku":"9783791393094","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783791393094_38fb38f0-de25-4f06-aec4-a62a2c0bfa1a.jpg?v=1786031833"},{"product_id":"9783791388953","title":"Women Street Artists","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe power, glory, diversity, and talent of women street artists finally gets the attention it deserves in the first book to focus solely on the female gaze writ large on urban walls and sidewalks across five continents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf street art is, in itself, an act of rebellion, it is tragically ironic that the genre seems dominated by men. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis exciting book is an important first step in shedding light on the substantial number of women who are gaining fame in the street art world. It brings together the work of 24 artists, through dazzling photographs of their work and intimate portraits of their lives based on interviews collected by award-winning journalist Alessandra Mattanza. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOn walls, sidewalks, prison cells, grain silos and other nontraditional canvases, these artists tackle ideas around empowerment, feminism, the pink revolution, body shaming and body imagery, racism, and the climate crisis. From Oklahoma City and Brooklyn, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh makes site specific work that considers how people experience race and gender within their surrounding environments. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSouth African multidisciplinary artist Faith XLVII imbues her narratives with a longing for a deeper connection to nature, and a resurrection of the divine feminine. Italy’s Camilla Falsini incorporates joyful, bold colors and simple shapes to deliver serious messages about the environment. Shamsia Hassani, one of Afghanistan’s first female street artists, makes vibrant murals and paintings in which women play musical instruments as a vehicle for self-expression. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBursting with colorful photographs of works in situ as well as in detail, this thrilling and incisive book proves that street art is not only female—it’s the essence of conceptual rebellion itself.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310564094325,"sku":"9783791388953","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783791388953_c03d0734-dc9a-4266-ab7a-70119584ad8c.jpg?v=1786031795"},{"product_id":"banksy","title":"Banksy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe most wide-ranging and up-to-date volume available on the enigmatic and controversial graffiti artist, this deeply researched and highly personal tribute explores how Banksy continues to defy accepted wisdom about artistic success, growing only more famous and powerful even as he sticks to his anti-establishment platform and to his mission to give a voice to the voiceless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccompanied by stunning full-page, full-color reproductions and photographs of works in situ—including many that have been lost to time­–photographer and street art expert Alessandra Mattanza’s impassioned and informed text follows Banksy’s career trajectory from creator of message-laden stencils on London’s city walls to a sought-after champion of human and environmental rights. She investigates many of the key images that populate Banksy’s work—animals, children, historic figures, balloons, cartoon characters, police officers, and others. She shows how Banksy’s oeuvre has expanded beyond graffiti and stenciling and how his art has helped support his activism in a variety of causes—from calls for peace in the Middle East to the preservation of the natural environment. Best of all she helps readers make sense of the rather unusual path Banksy has chosen—an artist who uses his global platform to raise awareness about the underserved, rather than to his own celebrity. Readers will come away with a new understanding of how Banksy helped transform an illegal act of criminal damage into a high art form, and how, by ridiculing institutionalized art, he has achieved enormous fame within those very institutions.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57492226638197,"sku":"9783791388243","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783791388243.jpg?v=1786529057"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-alessandra-mattanza.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}