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Bibliothèque
Forney (fonds spécialisé dans les arts plastiques et
graphiques, les arts décoratifs et artisanats et les techniques
des métiers) :
Hôtel de Sens
1, rue du Figuier
75004 PARIS
Tél. 01 42 78 14 60
Fax : 01 42 78 22 59
Métro : Pont Marie - Saint-Paul
Artazart
Librairie en ligne spécialisée dans les arts graphiques
Artem
9 bd Sébastopol 75001 Paris 01 42 36 24 20
Librairie
Eyrolles Grand choix de livres sur l'informatique. Au sous-sol, rayon
consacré à la typographie
61, bd Saint-Germain
75005 Paris
Tél : 01 44 41 11 11
Métro : Maubert-Mutualité, Cluny, St-Michel
Le Moniteur
Librairie spécialisée dans l'architecture
7 place de l'Odéon
75006 Paris
Tél: 01 44 41 15 75
Métro: Odéon RER: Luxembourg
"Sensacional
est un recueil d'images prises dans des villages, sur des routes et dans
des villes du Mexique et d'imprimés comme des prospectus, des étiquettes
et des bandes dessinées. Leur caractéristique commune est
leur facture: les auteurs ne suivent ni les règles de l'Académie
ni les conventions de la composition plastique et encore moins les dernières
modes. En cela, leur travail a un style. L'imagination des propriétaires
ou les idées pour attirer l'attention du consommateur sur les avantages
ou les particularités de leurs produits donnent presque toujours
un produit hybride issu de la combinaison entre la technique utilisée
et l'audace."
Plus de 300
images. Textes de David Byrne et Hervé di Rosa.
"Between
urban structures and individual existence, organic and improvised systems
emerge. Situated beyond the sophisticated economy and below a level of
recognition, they are familiar yet paradoxically invisible. The ordinariness
of certain objects is so ubiquitous that they fail to evoke reflection:
construction barriers, ads on buses, traffic signs, LCD displays, chained-up
bicycles, the façades of stores, subway maps. Endcommerical / Reading
the City conducts a visual research project of urban street territory,
compiling signs, objects, and codes within grammatical relationships that
unveil embedded social conditions and contradictions. Taking New York
as a paradigmatic urban alphabet, Endcommercial / Reading the City orders
a seemingly endless array of informal and empirical photographs, demonstrating
the distinction between an unconscious visualization of singularities
and an intelligent perception of generality. Initiated by the commercial,
subject to fictionalization, it is a reference tool engaged in the thoughtful
renewal of our visual vocabulary, opposed to the omnipresent iconography
we process everyday. "
"
America Sanchez a photographié et mis en page pas moins de 1835
exemples de l'art graphique urbain de Barcelone: enseignes, numéros
d'immeubles, détails architecturaux, pictogrammes...qui illustrent
les usages de la ville et la rendent lisible. Il a ainsi tiré de
l'anonymat une multitude d'artistes graphiques spontanés et a inauguré
un nouveau champ d'étude de la vie quotidienne. Un regard superficiel
n'y verrait qu'une simple collection de curiosités, produits de
l'inventivité populaire. Un regard plus attentif decouvrira un
véritable trésor graphique."
"Nowhere
is the visual cornucopia of street graphics more striking than in India,
where a continuous gallery of images reflects the country's rich cultural
diversity. From the Arabian Sea to the Indian Ocean, from the northern
Himalayas to its southernmost tip, the subcontinent's overwhelming profusion
of art and design excites the eyes. Street furniture, architecture, transport,
billboards, posters, packaging, animals, and people are all used as the
media of calculated design and spontaneous expression. Ancient or modern,
permanent or transient, India's street art has evolved in a myriad of
styles reflecting regional variation and concerns. Barry Dawson's photographs
are not only a colorful journey through India's cities, towns, and villages,
but also a graphic celebration of its creative street culture, an inspirational
sourcebook of vibrant ideas for students and practitioners of art and
design, as well as a lively visual record for visitors. 154 color photographs."
'"From
Mumbai to Chennai and from Kochi to Karachi, from the humble signwriter
to the blue-chip advertising agency, the creative industries of India
entice and inform a population of over one billion. In this crowded, colourful
world, innovation is often born of necessity and scant resources, and
can result in the very clever or the completely ridiculous. The most exciting
graphic work has been singled out by the keen eye of Keith Lovegrove on
his journey through India. He lovingly documents a wide range of vernacular
graphics and commercial art from the personalized bodywork of vehicles
through to advertising hoardings; from political posters to lavish Bollywood
publicity. The result is a celebration of the huge variety of graphic
work that Lovegrove found in this densely populated landscape and a reflection
of the religious, political and cultural diversity recorded in specially
commisioned photography. "
"Much
of todays most exuberant, most creative and most telling imagery
is all around us, in the street. Cuba has a unique place in these international
street galleries. Its colonial past and its Revolution, invoked everywhere
in utopian images, have created something vibrantly distinct.
Beyond the
ideology, this is the venue to enjoy the nostalgia of the chrome trim
and high tail fins of 1950s automobiles, the locale for Cohiba cigars,
pre-Revolution enamel Coke signs, the ever-popular Bacardi rum and all
the excitement of the Buena Vista Social Club."
"Tokyo's
vibrant street graphics combine ancient tradition, twentieth-century mass
production, and a twenty-first-century urban vision that is uniquely Japanese.
A colorful clash of imagery renders the familiar strange and the strange
bizarre. Cartoon characters can signify the police or pornography. Fashion
statements are derived from diverse sourcesancient Egypt or even
a hospital operating room. Slot machines vend erotica; pets and cops are
robots; tempting dishes of sushi turn out to be inedible plastic representations.
Ridley Scott's futuristic film Blade Runner was inspired by Tokyo's neon
nightscape, where a fashionable department store doubles as a giant digital
TV screen featuring lifesize dinosaurs in Godzilla's hometown. 150 color
photographs."
"New
York is the world capital of street graphics a creative kaleidoscope
of signs, graffiti, murals and advertising. Its innovative ideas, styles
and media quickly become international trends.
Street Graphics
New York captures the city's cultural diversity jazz age elegance,
brash sixties Pop Art, hip-hop graffiti, anarchic stencil and sticker
art.
New York's
landmark's are appropriated for chic fashion advertising and and iconic
tourist souvenirs, and here too is the city's 9/11 experience, up on the
walls in emotionally charged imagery."
"The
street graphics of modern Egypt reflect three distinct cultures and visual
styles: ancient Egyptian imagery, a developing Western international style,
and the traditional Arabic calligraphy of Egypt's Islamic majority.
Thousands of years ago, Egyptians carved a pictorial history of Pharaonic
culture on their temples, tombs, and monuments. Representations and interpretations
of this ancient culture saturate modern Egypt's tourism industry, from
hotel signs and theme parks to the souvenirs sold by street hawkers. The
development of Egypt's coastal resorts has been accompanied by modern
images of beach and party lifestyles, and this new imagery thrives alongside
the traditional in stark contrast or startling confusion."