Rammellzee: Racing for Thunder
Edited by Maxwell Wolf and Jeff Mao, Text by Jeffrey Deitch and Carmela Zagari and Maxwell Wolf
- Publish Date: September 03, 2024
- Format: Hardcover
- Category: Art - Individual Artists - Monographs
- Publisher: Rizzoli Electa
- Trim Size: 9 x 12-1/2
- Pages: 384
- US Price: $65.00
- CDN Price: $85.00
- ISBN: 978-0-8478-9937-1
Reviews
"...the first major monograph devoted to the artist’s life and work, RAMMΣLLZΣΣ: Racing for Thunder is a publishing tour de force that embraces defiance and resistance as its starting point....bring[ing] together the stories and memories of Ramm’s expansive cohort of artists, musicians, gallerists, and family members including graffiti writers Lee Quiñones, Lenny “Futura” McGurr, Chris “Daze” Ellis; filmmakers Charlie Ahearn and Jim Jarmusch; and photographer Henry Chalfant." — Animal New York
"An intensely singular hip-hop pioneer, graffiti writer, and multivalent artist who worked in many other modes, Rammellzee was a mythological downtown New York icon whose legend has only grown in the years since his death in 2010. His mix of mystical and cosmological interests has figured in solo shows and surveys in recent years, and now comes the first major monograh." — ARTnews
"Rammellzee: Racing for Thunder presents the first major survey of the idiosyncratic and multitalented figure, combining a trove of visual delights and insights into other creative experiments. The new, large-format volume...chronicles the incredible scope of the artist’s output, from resin frescoes and sculpture to performance accouterments and graffiti. The wide range of archival materials and ephemera, gathered in print for the first time, is complemented by context from musicians, actors, photographers, gallerists, family, and more, who share vital insights into his life and work." — Colossal
“…a thick, dense, oversized, richly enhanced book containing a treasure trove of iconic murals, paintings, sculptures, and performances from the late 1970s and the following decade… provid[ing] context around the work and life of such an enigmatic artist.” — Graffiti Art Magazine