Jose Reza "Prime K2S"
Birth Right (Book)
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Author: Jose Reza "Prime K2S"
Book type: Soft Cover Book
Published: October 2020
Size: 8 x 6 Inches (20.3 X 15.2 CM)
Language: English
Pages: 50 pages
Explore the Lettering of one of the Artists that created Los Angeles indigenous letter forms only seen on the streets of the West Coast's most prominent city.
Pages: 50 pages
Explore the Lettering of one of the Artists that created Los Angeles indigenous letter forms only seen on the streets of the West Coast's most prominent city.
Introduction: "The Barrios of Los Angeles gave birth to the first and oldest systematic stylized public wall writing culture that America had ever seen. The letter forms that originated in Razas across the City of Angels as early as the 1930's have evolved with each generation adding on to the tradition of making public declarations of praise, unity, strength, and loyalty. Cholo script as his become known, is often associated with gang writing which is true to the extent that Latino communities in LA have historically been segregated, persecuted and neglected which led to a need to protect themselves from these and other threats..."
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