Since its genesis on the East Coast of the United States in the late 1960s, street art has travelled to nearly every corner of the globe, morphing into highly ornate & vibrant new styles. From Steve Powers (Espo) in New York to Kid Zoom in Australia, taking in Banksys London, Paris as transfigured by Honet & OX, & the gargantuan murals of the Brazilian twins ? Os G?meos?, The World Atlas of Street Art & Graffiti is the first truly geographical history of the form. Featuring specially commissioned works from major graffiti & street art practitioners, The World Atlas of Street Art & Graffiti offers the reader an insiders view of the urban landscape as the artists themselves experience it. This beautifully illustrated book, produced with the help of many of the artists it features, dispels the idea of such art as a thoughtless defacement of pristine surfaces, & instead celebrates it as a contemporary & highly creative inscription upon the skin of the built environment. Organized geographically, by continent & by city ? from New York, Los Angeles & Montreal in North America, through Mexico City & Buenos Aires in Latin America, to London, Berlin & Madrid in Europe, as well as Sydney & Tokyo in the Pacific ? it profiles more than 100 of todays most important artists & features over 700 astonishing artworks.