Graffiti Japan by Remo Camerota
$30.86 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Japan has always been a breeding ground for innovative approaches to Western traditions, such as cinema and baseball. Another example includes graffiti, which covers the buildings and walls of Japans largest cities, as well as the more rural areas. While graffiti in Japan shares many of the same charact ...Show more
Tattoo Parlour by McIntosh Martin
$29.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Tattoo Parlour is a showcase of artworks made by artisans who also make tattoos. These are tattoo artists in the broadest and best sense of the term. From skin to canvas to laser cut dollar bills these are artists who are at once immersed in tattoo culture but also their own creative practice. Forget cl ...Show more
Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia: Volume 3 by Danzig Baldaev
$42.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
This final volume of previously unpublished drawings and photographs completes the "Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopadia" trilogy. Danzig Baldaevs unparalleled ethnographic achievement, documenting over 3,000 tattoo drawings, was made during a lifetime working as a prison guard. The motifs depicted repr ...Show more
Tattoo Mystique : The Art and World of Angelique Houtkamp by Angelique Houtkamp
$35.00 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
This is the breathtaking follow up to Tattoo Darling. This second volume documents a whole new collection of artworks, glimpses into Angelique's personal collection, marvellous photographs of Angelique presenting the charms of her hometown Amsterdam.
Tattoos by Mitch O'Connell
$29.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Collects 250 tattoo designs by Mitch O'Connell--The best of his three sets of tattoo flash: "Stewed, Screwed and Tattooed," "Done While Drunk," and "From the Bottom of the Barrel." Mitch O'Connell's art is reminiscent of the Old School Tattoo Art, from masters such as Sailor Jerry Collins and Don Ed Har ...Show more
Weirdo Noir: Gothic and Dark Lowbrow Art by Matt Dukes Jordan
$45.00 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Like a corpse in a zombie movie, the Goth movement has been resuscitated-stronger, more powerful, and more contagious than ever before. From fashion to music, Goth influences have crept into every area of pop culture, and nowhere is that influence creepier, more fascinating, and more playful than in the ...Show more
On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine by Nicolas Rasmussen
$39.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Crank. Bennies. Dexies. Greenies. Black Beauties. Purple Hearts. Crystal. Ice. And, of course, Speed. Whatever their street names at the moment, amphetamines have been an insistent force in American life since they were marketed as the original antidepressants in the 1930s. "On Speed" tells the remarkab ...Show more
Black Velvet Masterpieces - Highlights from the Collection of the Velveteria Museum by Carl Baldwin & Caren Anderson
$36.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
Long lost in the shadows of art history, though beloved both with a wink and with whole heart by millions, black velvet paintings are one of the more popular and enduring art mediums in the world. "Black Velvet Masterpieces" celebrates the best/worst of this amazing artform, drawing from the unique coll ...Show more
Street Fighter: The Complete History by Chris Carle
$24.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Street Fighter took the video gaming world by storm in the mid-1980s; more than 127 million copies and hundreds of imitators later, the series continues to be one of the most beloved and successful video game franchises of all time. In this official history, legendary game developer Capcom opens its vau ...Show more
Graffiti Kings by Jack Stewart
$39.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
This rare, first-hand account of the birth of the New York subway graffiti movement during the 1970s is the first and only graffiti book to reveal what happened behind the scenes when writers put their lives on the line to grab a scrap of fame from a faceless urban landscape. Through personal interviews ...Show more
Tattoo World by Marisa Kakoulas
$44.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Once considered part of the counterculture movement, tattooing is now undoubtedly a mainstream trend. Forty per cent of Americans between the ages of 26 and 40 have at least one tattoo, and these figures only go up in countries where inking has long been a part of the local culture. While tattoos have a ...Show more
Vintage Tattoos - The Book of Old-School Skin Art by Carol Clerk
$59.95 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Tattoos have gone from badges of rebellion to fashion statements fully absorbed into mainstream culture. They are enjoying a renaissance, with graphic designers and artists creating specialty tattoos for a growing audience, unleashing a revival of interest in the bawdy vintage tattoo. Old school tattoos ...Show more