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XOOOOX<br />

about the book<br />

XOOOOX was the first German street artist to come to prominence on the<br />

international art market. Artist, director, and curator Aaron Rose, who is a<br />

key part of the Beautiful Losers art movement, says: “The work of XOOOOX<br />

has always been a standout for me. The images of these sexy fashionable<br />

women stenciled around the streets of Berlin always stood in such high<br />

Walls & Frames<br />

Fine Art from<br />

the Streets<br />

about the book<br />

Walls & Frames is a cutting-edge collection of recent work by young artists<br />

who are moving from the street into galleries. These ambitious talents are<br />

keeping their connection to the street alive while establishing themselves<br />

in the art market with work in traditional formats such as painting, sculpture,<br />

title<br />

category<br />

Art<br />

title<br />

XOOOOX<br />

Benjamin Wolbergs<br />

128<br />

subtitle editor<br />

category<br />

Art<br />

by<br />

editor<br />

features<br />

full color, hardcover<br />

pages size<br />

price<br />

isbn<br />

978-3-89955-417-5<br />

Maximiliano Ruiz<br />

features<br />

pages size<br />

272<br />

isbn<br />

17 × 24 cm<br />

€ 19.90 {D} £ 17.50 $ 30<br />

contrast to the collapsing buildings they were painted on. In a landscape<br />

covered with street art that always looks much the same it is very refreshing<br />

to see an artist with such a singular vision.” In this first monograph, the<br />

documentation of XOOOOX’s work on the street is complemented by photographs<br />

of select exhibitions and of the artist at work.<br />

full color, hardcover<br />

24 × 26 cm<br />

price<br />

€ 38 (D) £ 35 $ 60<br />

978-3-89955-376-5<br />

and prints. The book shows how artists, who work with limited time and a<br />

small selection of tools on the street are developing other styles, concepts,<br />

and techniques in the studio that are, in turn, influencing the direction of<br />

contemporary art.<br />

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