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Street Art Las Vegas Hardcover – April 12, 2019

by William Shea (Author), Patrick Lai (Author), Phyllis Needham (Editor),
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Photographers William Shea and Patrick Lai release a photo-documentary of the Las Vegas graffiti scene with the intention of creating awareness about the unseen talent and hidden benefits that graffiti contributes to the art community. The 8 x 10 book is made up of 200 pages and consists of 252 high-quality full-color images. The project time frame covers several years, with photos from all parts of the valley and the Life is Beautiful Festival, with additional photographic contributions provided by James Stanford, Jesse Hudson, and Laura Henkel. Street Art Las Vegas is an evolution of their inaugural book, Fade to Gray.
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  1. Print length
    200 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Smallworks Press
  4. Publication date
    April 12, 2019
  5. Dimensions
    8 x 0.8 x 10 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0977880699
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0977880690
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Street Art Las Vegas

Street Art Las Vegas

Street Art Las Vegas

Street Art Las Vegas

Street Art Las Vegas takes into account a new appreciation by the public for the art value of graffiti and street art, particularly with the 2013 debut of Life is Beautiful, the now annual music and art festival in downtown Las Vegas.

William Shea and Patrick Lai spent countless hours researching and photographing street art throughout Las Vegas and surrounding areas, including abandoned mines.

Street Art Las Vegas includes murals and other works by well-known street artists, such as Shepard Fairey and Retna.

Street Art Las Vegas

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“With Street Art Las Vegas, we want to continue to show the artistic value and expression of street art against the Las Vegas canvas and create more awareness about this organic art form in a way that hadn’t been captured here before Patrick and I started documenting it.” - William Shea

Smallworks Press

About Smallworks Press

Founded in 2006, Smallworks Press is an award-winning publishing company located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Smallworks specializes in art and culture publications with a commitment to the highest standard in design, quality, and production. The Smallworks Press team enjoys collaborating with a wide spectrum of authors to create publications with impressive illustrations and photography, inspiring and thought-provoking essays, and an attention to detail rarely found in publishing today.

Street Art Las Vegas

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"Driving in from Interstate 15, freeway exits vie with Magic Mike Live and Celine Dion in all their billboard bodacious-ness. The Pyramids reside a stroll from the Eiffel Tower, while at night, neon signs face off with a light parade of fountains. You may ask, is that all there is? Reputation dies hard, but you suspect there is more, and that may lead to the sidewalks and alleys crisscrossing the City, as described in Street Art Las Vegas. Roughly the size of a Thomas Guide, but way cooler and just as informative, the book covers a lot of ground, with an overview of the street art that sinews through pathways and fronts massive buildings. Las Vegas may be the Oasis, but Shea and Lai point to some fascinating art spots beyond. The big expanse of Henderson offers a huge canvas with less oversight. At Three Kids Mine, an old mill site from 1916 to 1962, the street artists Aware created a Wheel of Misfortune, so beware of landing on “lose job” or “lose home.” In the Mojave Desert near Searchlight, the art collective Indecline transformed a former gold-processing plant into a clarion for public awareness art known as Death Metals. A ghost miner, pneumatic chisel and acetylene cutting torches boldly state that there's more to street art than murals." —Juxtapoz

"Visual Disruption Street Art Las Vegas captures creativity in photographic images. Graffiti has transformed from vandalism to an art genre, including street art, and Las Vegas has become a canvas, sometimes for a fleeting moment. The underground movement morphed into the public eye with styles including abstraction and imagery. Street Art Las Vegas, captures the spirit of the artists through photography. Murals embrace surfaces on Fremont Street calling out to locals and tourists to explore this style. In the 18b district, artworks explode on walls and in alleyways. The small voices that are not heard communicate with expressions of art in the tunnels running underneath the city. Photographers William Shea and Patrick Lai have compiled the photo essay in a beautiful book documenting art that could be lost to the elements or time. The artwork is recorded using 252 high-quality photos from all around the valley and the Life is Beautiful festival. “Originally, I was working on urban photography,” explains Shea. “The photos came out so beautifully, and I realized that nobody has ever written a book about street art in Las Vegas.” Artists bloom in Southern Nevada and reach out through colors, styles, and bold statements. This art will live on even if the buildings are torn down or walls are painted over." —Debbie Hall, Sensi Magazine

"William Shea and Patrick Lai's project Street Art Las Vegas outlines the intricacies of the city’s evolving street art scene. This new compilation stands out for its vibrant photography, which illustrates a city housing uniquely energetic public art." —Vittoria Venzine, Street Art United States

About the Author

William Shea is a professional photographer, writer, and artist living in the city of Las Vegas. Originally from the Boston area, Shea moved to Las Vegas in 2005. In 2011, he began working on new projects that focused on improving the awareness of art and culture in Las Vegas. As of November 2016, Shea works as a graphic and editorial designer while serving as the treasurer of the Las Vegas Arts District. He is an enthusiast interested in capturing the evolution of street art within Las Vegas.

Patrick Lai is a professional landscape and street art photographer who immigrated to the United States from Guangzhou, China. He is an enthusiast interested in capturing the evolution of street art within Las Vegas.

Ed Fuentes was an artist, curator, and cultural journalist known for his online arts journal Paint This Desert, where he covered everything from personalities in the graffiti and street art world to the role of public art and murals in Las Vegas. He worked for Los Angeles’s KCET from 2010-2019, covering the Inland Empire, the High Desert, and downtown Los Angeles. In 2018, Fuentes attained his master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Ed Fuentes died on February 7, 2019.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smallworks Press (April 12, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0977880699
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0977880690
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.34 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.8 x 10 inches
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    Patrick Lai, an accomplished landscape and street art photographer, embarked on a journey from China to the United States in the year 2004. He meticulously mastered various photography programs and earned a degree in Commercial Photography from the College of Southern Nevada (CSN). His passion for knowledge and learning led him to pursue a series of degrees, including computer science, software engineering development, and fine arts degree programs from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). Lai's artistic flair and inquisitiveness towards different Art forms led him to explore computer design and traditional fine arts. He cemented his legacy by collaborating on the creation of the first published book focusing on graffiti and street art in Las Vegas.

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    William Shea is a multifaceted artist, photographer, and writer residing in the City of Las Vegas, who originally hails from Boston. After moving to New York City in 1997, Shea relocated to Las Vegas in 2005 to further his career in the casino industry. In 2010, he decided to pursue his lifelong passion for photography, writing, and journalism, and consequently enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Since January 2011, Shea has devoted his life to raising the profile of local art and cultural events in Las Vegas. In the wake of the 2008 economic crisis, he has advocated for the city to shift its focus from a casino-centered culture to one that celebrates the diverse talents of its residents, thus creating a more well-rounded environment. As of August 2023, Shea is successfully juggling his role as a graphic and editorial designer with pursuing a copy-editing certification at the University of California, San Diego.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book
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4.0 out of 5 stars Vegas Arts Style
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Book is loaded with graffiti arts from Las Vegas. I'm looking for a book to help me with graffiti arts style and this is more of a beautiful arts in the streets of Vegas.
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Excellent images and printed on good quality paper. All images sharp showing the detail.
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