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    Graffiti Burners
    Graffiti Burners
    Graffiti Burners
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    Graffiti Burners

    By Björn Almqvist

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    The most eye-popping graffiti of today!
    In cities worldwide, graffiti art is constantly being taken to higher levels. The will to burn all resistance, to outdo all the others, brings about unexpected and amazing results. Graffiti Burners shows us how techniques have been refined and letter construction distorted, how colour combinations have blossomed and concepts developed. The competition for mastery is burning hot! In addition to amazing pictorial material, several of the writers talk about their pieces and what burners mean to them. Moreover, they offer tips and guidance to those who want to do a burner of their own. Graffiti Burners offers a unique opportunity to acquaint oneself with the progress of the last few years; to be inspired and impressed. In Graffiti Burners the world’s foremost writers show us their favourite works. In short, the best of the best!
    Askew (NZ), Aroe (UK), Bates (DK), Bio (USA), Ces, Dems, Ether (USA), Kacao77 (D), Kaos (S), Kem (USA), Mad C (D), Nomad (D), Os Gemeos, Pose (USA), Revok (USA), Rime (USA), Rubin (USA), Scan (CA), Skore (UK), Smash 137, Soten (DK), Suiko (JP), Swet (DK) T-Kid, Wane and Yes 2 (USA) are just a few of the contributors to the book.
    "A burner needs to suck the life out of every other piece near it and stand alone, as the focus, the centre of attention."-- AROE MSK / HA / 7TH LETTER
    "The meaning of a burner is when another writer looks at that piece and says that shit is fire. Even the average person will look at it and say it’s hot!" -- BIO Tats Cru
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDokument Press
    Release dateSep 28, 2020
    ISBN9789185639861
    Graffiti Burners
    Author

    Björn Almqvist

    Publisher and senior editor at Dokument Press. He has edited numerous books on art and street culture. His earlier books include Graffiti Cookbook, Graffiti Coloring Book 3, Writers United and Overground.

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      Graffiti Burners - Björn Almqvist

      Graffiti Burners

      Björn Almqvist

      Graphic design: Martin Ander

      Translation: Martin Thomson

      Cover: Piece by Aroe, Milan, Italy, 2010. Photo

      by Rebel, BN Crew

      Endpapers: Details from Askew, Page 120

      ISBN 978-91-85639-42-7

      First printing

      Printed in Poland

      © 2011 Björn Almqvist & Dokument Press

      Box 773, 120 02 Årsta, Sweden

      www.dokument.org

      info@dokument.org

      Adeo 98-99

      Aple76 109

      Aroe 114-115

      Askew 120-121

      Assma 54-55

      Atos 64

      Atroz 48-49

      Azek 20

      Basto1 89

      Bates 40-41

      Bio 42-43

      Bios 64

      Boaone 104-105

      Boons 50-51

      Bosie 64

      Bridge 58-59

      Cakes 18

      Cazter 79

      Ces 45

      Chas 44

      Chedo 83

      Cole 50-51

      Cost 51

      Dead 48-49

      Dem189 78

      Dems 24-25 & 48-49

      Desk 7 83

      Devas 108

      Dire 54-55

      Disey 118-119

      Diko 65

      Dmote 42-43

      Does 124-125

      Doom 68-69

      Dudez 118-119

      Duro 104-105

      Dwane 118-119

      Each (OBS) 68-69

      Each (KCN) 97

      Eazy 32-33

      Egs 62-63

      Emyr 68-69

      Ether 10-11

      Finok 60-61

      Form 76 62-63

      Func’88 12

      Gable 54-55

      Gary 9

      Gauge 13 & 90-91

      Golden Green 62-63

      Great 84-85

      Gris 70

      Herzo 15

      Hews 8

      Hocus 104-105

      Horfe 96

      How 16-17

      Huit 98-99

      Izzy 70

      Jaba 24-25

      Jaes 100-101

      Jeks 13

      Jeroo One 32-33

      Jers 22-23

      Jurne 102-103

      Kacao77 14

      Kaos 21

      Kcis 106-107

      Keats 62-63

      Keiro 126-128

      Kem 19

      Kid Kash 28-29

      Kolba 64

      Kosem 122-123

      Kurir 88

      Lanser 126-128

      Mad C 86-87

      Mega 130-131

      Milk 62-63

      More 93

      Mosk 132-133

      Mozer 52-53

      Navy8 54-55

      Nemo 132-133

      Noah 54-55

      Nomad 39

      Nosm 16-17

      Ojey 74

      Opium 106

      Oral 50-51

      Os Gemeos 60-61

      Pariz One 72-73

      Park 52-53

      Pencil 106

      Pley 52-53

      Poet 66-67

      Polar 54-55

      Pomac 54-55

      Pose 36-37

      Pun18 38

      Puppet 134-135

      Rath 94-95

      Relic 97

      Revok 110-111

      Rhok 68-69

      Riam 112-113

      Rime 116-117

      Romeo 130-131

      Rosy One 136

      Rota 106

      Rubin 90-91

      Rust 98-99

      Scaner 6-7

      Score 58-59

      Serch 102-103

      Serval 28-29

      Serve 46-47

      Seter 76-77

      Seth 78

      Sken 97

      Skore183 82

      Skore 108

      Smash 137 129

      S.M.E 92

      Soten 56

      Sobek 107

      Stae2 76-77

      Stare 6-7

      Stray 57

      Suiko 71

      Suko 75

      Swet 134-135

      T-Kid 46-47

      Trama 62-63

      Tokeo 10-11

      Tones 8

      Vans The Omega 30-31

      Vizie 36-37

      Wane 27

      Warz 58-59

      Wasted 118-119

      Wolf 54-55

      Wow123 26

      Yes 2 34-35

      Zeus40 106

      ZZ Top 80-81

      The shit got def style…so it’s a burner !

      The first burners I saw probably wouldn’t be called burners today. And then, I didn’t even know there was a thing called burners, just that they were fantastic.

      The hunt for more, better graffiti pieces took me to new, remote locations. Through suburbs on the other side of town, condemned buildings, forested areas and railways.

      Nature excursion, excitement and exploration all at the same time. The burners weren’t easy to access. You had to fight both to see them and to understand them. They were magical.

      Later, to other cities, but the same locations. When I found one, I stayed for a long time, amazed by its greatness. Studying and being fascinated. Fantasising about the image, the characters, the letter combinations, the style and colours, and after much effort, deciphering the codes. A new, exotic world.

      Part of the fascination disappears once you have solved the codes, but once you’ve learnt more and understand what lies behind a good piece, it grows again. The feeling still remains, I can’t stop looking at a really well-made graffiti piece. It has personality. A style-consiciousness and lettering architecture that has taken decades to build. There is more behind the colours. The lines tell a story.

      The German writers Lans and Moves’s piece Make Your Dreams Come True, with a girl at its centre and a dreamlike frame of flowers and bubbles catches the onlooker. It ‘s beautiful in a kitsch way. Out of the colourful image come the letter combinations: white, angular and precise. The letters play with and against the picture, and create tension. They demand a bit more of the beholder, but the framing helps and makes it easier. The painting is about ensuring that your dreams come true. The writers themselves have been actively realising theirs as graffiti writers for several years, and it shows in the letters.

      A burner burns all resistance. This is the goal of many graffiti writers. The competitive element in graffiti has always been a central impetus for the creation of new styles and masterpieces.

      According to American graffiti writer and historian Freedom, the expression burner was used as early as 1974, and probably earlier. Where it comes from is a matter of debate. Freedom guesses that: the term came about when the flame cloud was introduced by Tracy 168 in 1973. If writers didn’t pick up on it then, the Snake 1 piece with flames from New York magazine (1973) should’ve driven the point home.

      "Burners as I understood it, were defined a masterpiece with sharper angular out lines, as opposed to the common bubble style lettering, extremely bright colours with patterns inside it

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