Street Art Icons The Story of Wynwood Walls Book
In Street Art Icons: The Story of Wynwood Walls, readers will discover not just a book documenting fifteen years of this seminal institution, but a book on the art form itself, a comprehensive tribute to the discipline essential for street art connoisseurs and casual fans alike.
Featuring never-before-seen photography of The Walls’ development and special commentary from street art’s most iconic figures, including Shepard Fairey, Maya Hayuk, Kenny Scharf, Ron English, and curator Jessica Goldman Srebnick, the title effectively charts why and how Wynwood Walls became a phenomenon, known as a milestone in artists’ careers, with an ability to catapult unknowns and veterans alike.
Street Art Icons: The Story of Wynwood Walls features pages full of high-impact shots by renowned documentary photographer Martha Cooper—who has been capturing the over 150 murals and pieces created in the past decade-and-a-half (what curator Jeffrey Deitch calls “vivid verbal pictures”)—make this title a technicolor testament to the genre as well as a fitting homage to the highest profile street art destination on earth, which has inspired the site’s millions of visitors to explore their own creative spirit.