Beijing Graffiti Hats all done with the crews'

all done with the crews' characteristic arrogance and humorous touch

but it gets the job done

Born in 1978

Claudia Walde has spent over two years collecting alphabets by 154 artists from 30 countries with a view to showing the many different styles and approaches to lettering within the graffiti and street art cultures

Beijing Graffiti Hats all done with the crews'A complex and contradictory graffiti culture has been brewing over the last few decades in one of the least expected settings China's capital. Through an unparalleled collection of one local photographer's images, as well as interviews with 25 prolific artists, see how Beijing has developed its graffiti movement against the backdrop of the once secluded nation's rise to global economic might. While Beijing graffiti artists take their cue from the