Generally when a new street art/graffiti book surfaces, I buy it, skim it and put it into my “to read” pile. Not the case with Maximiliano Ruiz’s NUEVO MUNDO: Latin American Street Art (Gestalten, 2011). A survey of Latin American street art has been long overdue, and I find myself savoring it — reading and rereading it. Here’s a brief preview of the book:
![bastardilla from Nuevo Mundo](https://blog.vandalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bastardilla-from-Nuevo-Mundo.jpg)
![onesto in Nuevo Mundo](https://blog.vandalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/onesto-in-Nuevo-Mundo.jpg)
![Danata](https://blog.vandalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Danata1.jpg)
![NuevoMundoCover](https://blog.vandalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NuevoMundo_press_cover.jpg)
More about some of the other artists in upcoming posts–