Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo

San Francisco's unique Mission District, a haven for street art - and art in general for that matter, contains the world's largest concentration of public paintings. The vibrant Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo (Annice Jacoby) explores and showcases the district's street art - an array of boldly painted images and murals that embody and embrace activism, culture, passion and the desire for social change.

During the early 1970s the city's legendary Mission District transformed into an art epicenter - crossing popular culture, fine art, and political audiences. "Mission Muralismo," as the movement is termed, is an ongoing and ever-changing movement that combines elements of Mexican mural painting, surrealism, pop art, urban punk, eco-warrior, cartoon and guerilla graffiti that has catapulted many San Francisco artists into the spotlight of the international art world.

The book, which features over 500 full-color photographs, also contains in-depth commentary by artists who have been part of "Mission Muralismo" and that of Mission-savvy writers. The 30 essays expose the 3+ decades of the expansive public art movement of San Francisco. Among others, R. Crumb, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Barry McGee (TWIST), Rigo and Spain Rodriguez, have commented on street art and the movement in Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo. Additionally, the book contains a forward by Grammy Award Winner Carlos Santana, who states,

"The whole Mission neighborhood is a massive public artwork, both sacred and profane, brimming with graff and goddesses."

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