{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Murals: Practiques, Murals, Contemporanies","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/murals-practiques-murals-contemporanies/eltono-nuria.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-09-06T16:38:22Z","description":"For me, these huge mural artworks in the urban space are always impressing. Recently I found a new book which documents the work of some well-known mural artists...","html":"\u003cp\u003eRecently I visited the Design Museum in London and stumble over an very interesting book, which unfortunately was totally new for me. \u003cem\u003eMurals: Practiques, Murals, Contemporanies\u003c/em\u003e (2010) by the Joan Miró Foundation shows different aspects of the very interesting urban art form of mural painting!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn about 140 colored pages, the book begin with the traditional work of different protagonists as the Soninke women of Mauritania and continues with the work of artists who generally intervene in public places, including \u003cstrong\u003eLothar Gotz\u003c/strong\u003e (Germany), \u003cstrong\u003eScope One\u003c/strong\u003e (Singapore), \u003cstrong\u003eUTR\u003c/strong\u003e Crew (Bosnia-Herzegovina), \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Rea\u003c/strong\u003e (USA), \u003ca href=\"/el-tono-nuria-spain/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNuria\u003c/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eEltono\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e (Spain and France) and others.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI took only a short view into the book, but I’m sure I will buy it when I’m back in Berlin, although \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/849376101X?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1638\u0026amp;creative=6742\u0026amp;creativeASIN=849376101X\"\u003eit’s relative expensive\u003c/a\u003e. The reason for that is, that the book not only presents the finished artworks, but shows the artists in action and give interesting info about the people behind that huge and impressive mural artworks!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs there someone out there, who already bought the book and could tell me whether it’s as good as I think?\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nRecently I visited the Design Museum in London and stumble over an very interesting book, which unfortunately was totally new for me. *Murals: Practiques, Murals, Contemporanies* (2010) by the Joan Miró Foundation shows different aspects of the very interesting urban art form of mural painting!\n\nOn about 140 colored pages, the book begin with the traditional work of different protagonists as the Soninke women of Mauritania and continues with the work of artists who generally intervene in public places, including **Lothar Gotz** (Germany), **Scope One** (Singapore), **UTR** Crew (Bosnia-Herzegovina), **Brian Rea** (USA), [**Nuria** \u0026 **Eltono**](/el-tono-nuria-spain/) (Spain and France) and others.\n\nI took only a short view into the book, but I’m sure I will buy it when I’m back in Berlin, although [it’s relative expensive](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/849376101X?ie=UTF8\u0026tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026linkCode=as2\u0026camp=1638\u0026creative=6742\u0026creativeASIN=849376101X). The reason for that is, that the book not only presents the finished artworks, but shows the artists in action and give interesting info about the people behind that huge and impressive mural artworks!\n\nIs there someone out there, who already bought the book and could tell me whether it’s as good as I think?\n","tags":["Documentary Film","Mural Art","El Tono","Nuria","Art Book"],"title":"Murals: Practiques, Murals, Contemporanies","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/murals-practiques-murals-contemporanies/"}