The Rise of Urban Art - A Contemporary Revolution

THE definitive overview of Urban Art – its origins, influences and development The biggest names in contemporary Urban Art come together in this magnificent survey. Pop Art great Keith Haring meets Street Art legend Banksy; Invader shares the spotlight with polka-dot icon Yayoi Kusama. A must for fans of Urban Art, this volume reveals the many currents that flow through one of the most popular art movements today. A splendid array of contemporary art treasures come to light in a collection formed since the late 1990s at the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA) in Munich, one of the most important collections of its kind. Once radical upstarts, the featured artists have grown into major figures on the international art scene, drawing on the urban landscape as a key part of their practice. This book presents the artists’ pioneering works in a striking, comprehensive display. Their art engages viewers directly, often making them part of the work – through the discourse around Banksy’s spectacular performance art, for instance, or by literally entering JR’s monumental photographic interventions. The present volume brings together the diverse stylistic strands of Urban Contemporary Art, opening up a complete panorama. With it, we celebrate a quarter-century of the MUCA story.