On a recent trip to London for the launch of Nuevo Mundo, a fantastic book on Latin American Street Art, Peruvian artist Basick was able to get up and paint some nice pieces.
Photos by Basick
Basick in London
NUEVO MUNDO surveys Latin American street art
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:
More about some of the other artists in upcoming posts–